I recently read an article called I don't want to integrate it, I want to embed it! by Jeff Utecht. The title of the article gives away what the article is about, it is about how people say that they say "I want to integrate technology into the classroom" and how it should be "I want to embed technology into the classroom." By the way he says this in his article shows how it gets on his nerves and how fustraithing it is when someone uses a word in sentence wrong.
Like me it gets on my nerves when someone tries to do something that doesn't really work for them, like Jeff and the word being used wrong, buth the bigger picture about this article is how technology is wanting to be embeded into classrooms and school curriculum. I also am in favor of technology being used in the classroom and to help students learn better and more efficiantly. Me I am a visual learner and just like me a lot of other students learn and remember things better when it is not just talked about, but seen. Videos, pictures, other peoples thoughts around the world are all made through technology, the efficiant way to see, or use these things is technology. Technology, technology, technology is the way to a better learning experiance and the word of this article.
I would love having to use technology in all my classes at school. It kind of gives everyone something to be excited about, I mean how many honest students are completely excited to come here and learn all day long with a pencil, paper and maybe a binder, ooooooooh. I know that those three things aren't exactly my highlight of the day. I think it would make things for students more exciting and hands on. I know my english class is one of my favortie classes of the day because I have my own laptop to learn on, it is much more exciting that I get to type my notes that to sit there with a paper and pencil and write my notes. How assingments like this is not on paper, how I am sitting here writing(typing) my thoughts for not only my teacher to see, but for my classmates, family and other people around the world.
Friday, September 28, 2007
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
PLN week 3-1
I read an article that tells you about one newly released movie , 3:10 to Yuma and a movie called A Face in the Crowd. The article Two Great Movies by Dave reminded me about how much I like to watch movies and how I haven't seen a new movie in a long time. I have heard from other people that 3:10 to Yuma was a pretty good movie, my mom watched it but didn't have much to say, I have never heard of the movie A Face in the Crowd.
I bet I could really relate to what the movie 3:10 to Yuma was about. I grew up in kind of a westernized place, where there were horses, dirt, no water, dry place, so I know all about the west. I hope to see it, but I promised my self I wouldn't because my stepdad Shawn is i in the movie, but I would barely call it being in there, he is kind of big headed when it comes to this kind of stuff, so there are somethings I just don't support him in.
Sometimes in movies they show the side of things that are not real or true about what the movie is about. It is cool how Dave said that the movie wasn't one of the those kinds of movies because I think it just runes the whole movie when you know about the setting and they completely are off course and makes everyone think that that is how that type of place is. Like movies with Indians in them, I am Navajo and the movies that I have watched make it seem like all we do is dance around fires, we all ride horses, and we all wear braids. We are totally different from what the movies show, we don't dance around fires, not all of us wear braids, I know a lot of people who haven't even rode a horse before. Yeah we do have are tradition, but it is not the kind that you see on T.V. and movies.
It is kind of funny how people think that we actually are like that. There is a kind of traditional thing called a Pow wow that I go to a lot, it is not just for us Native Americans, there are also other people with other ethnicies that go to. When you talk to those people, because a pow wow is kind of a social gathering for natives, they tell you that they expected all of us to be half naked and to dance around a fire, but no there are some dancers and singers, but they don't dance naked and there is no fire involved. Those are my thoughts on Two Great movies.
I bet I could really relate to what the movie 3:10 to Yuma was about. I grew up in kind of a westernized place, where there were horses, dirt, no water, dry place, so I know all about the west. I hope to see it, but I promised my self I wouldn't because my stepdad Shawn is i in the movie, but I would barely call it being in there, he is kind of big headed when it comes to this kind of stuff, so there are somethings I just don't support him in.
Sometimes in movies they show the side of things that are not real or true about what the movie is about. It is cool how Dave said that the movie wasn't one of the those kinds of movies because I think it just runes the whole movie when you know about the setting and they completely are off course and makes everyone think that that is how that type of place is. Like movies with Indians in them, I am Navajo and the movies that I have watched make it seem like all we do is dance around fires, we all ride horses, and we all wear braids. We are totally different from what the movies show, we don't dance around fires, not all of us wear braids, I know a lot of people who haven't even rode a horse before. Yeah we do have are tradition, but it is not the kind that you see on T.V. and movies.
It is kind of funny how people think that we actually are like that. There is a kind of traditional thing called a Pow wow that I go to a lot, it is not just for us Native Americans, there are also other people with other ethnicies that go to. When you talk to those people, because a pow wow is kind of a social gathering for natives, they tell you that they expected all of us to be half naked and to dance around a fire, but no there are some dancers and singers, but they don't dance naked and there is no fire involved. Those are my thoughts on Two Great movies.
Sunday, September 23, 2007
PLN week 2-2
This week I read an article called "Thank you Basipo Maseko," and it was about how people in Nata inspired a 27 year old man form the village of Tsamaya help out with what Nata was trying to do. He helped out by making money for Nata by giving tours to people of his home village. How happy and excited he was to help out and also how amazing it was that Nata was doing the things they are doing.
I think it is good that he is doing what he is doing and how inspired he was by Nata. I know how it is to be inspired by something so much, that you are very passionate about and go out and do it. Me I am very easily inspired and a lot of times I don't go out and do the things that I am inspired by, even though I should. Some little things that I find very important are the things that I am willing a probably would do, if it not only effected me, but others everywhere else. For him to help a cause that is so big and serious in his village and a lot of other nearby villages is good because it doesn't only effect him and his family, but also other people all around the world.
The world is also effected by what is going on in this not only village, but the country of Africa. Even though Africa is the main place where AIDS is the worst this is not the only place that is effected by this disease. The fact that other places are effected by AIDS helps it be more out there and for more people to want to help to make this disease not so world wide spread. Every where you hear the word AIDS and I think it is not just something that we can just put to the side I think that it should be in full attention of everyone because it is a big deal in our world today.
It is kind of funny how you hear about this horrible disease out side of schools and not so much in schools. I personally think that schools should present more awareness about this world wide problem. I can't remember the last time one of my schools talk about these kinds of diseases, or the last time one of my schools wanted to help out. As young people I think we should be more involved in the world that we are going to come into. Those are my thought on the article I read this week.
I think it is good that he is doing what he is doing and how inspired he was by Nata. I know how it is to be inspired by something so much, that you are very passionate about and go out and do it. Me I am very easily inspired and a lot of times I don't go out and do the things that I am inspired by, even though I should. Some little things that I find very important are the things that I am willing a probably would do, if it not only effected me, but others everywhere else. For him to help a cause that is so big and serious in his village and a lot of other nearby villages is good because it doesn't only effect him and his family, but also other people all around the world.
The world is also effected by what is going on in this not only village, but the country of Africa. Even though Africa is the main place where AIDS is the worst this is not the only place that is effected by this disease. The fact that other places are effected by AIDS helps it be more out there and for more people to want to help to make this disease not so world wide spread. Every where you hear the word AIDS and I think it is not just something that we can just put to the side I think that it should be in full attention of everyone because it is a big deal in our world today.
It is kind of funny how you hear about this horrible disease out side of schools and not so much in schools. I personally think that schools should present more awareness about this world wide problem. I can't remember the last time one of my schools talk about these kinds of diseases, or the last time one of my schools wanted to help out. As young people I think we should be more involved in the world that we are going to come into. Those are my thought on the article I read this week.
Monday, September 17, 2007
PLN week 2-1
I read an article called "Shhh! I'm Googling My Facts..." by Dave, this article was about how students use different kinds of resourses to find out information about school projects. Also, how teachers complain about the sources that students use to get information, but then again they don't exactly tell us what not to use. I agree with what Dave is trying to say. All that he is trying to say is that teachers rely to much on text book and resources that are exclusive then complain about how this information is not very resourceful.
It is very true that the internet is not a very good resource to get any kinds of facts or to research on because I have had my own share of experiances with research on the internet. I can really relate to the little story about cool cat teachers son and his google experiance with 9/11. There is so many junk on the internet that you can't find anything that is a fact anymore.
This applies to every subject in school for me cause in almost every subject there is a textbook involved in every class. I think that is why this is a concern of every class. I think that teachers should be able to do this.
It is very true that the internet is not a very good resource to get any kinds of facts or to research on because I have had my own share of experiances with research on the internet. I can really relate to the little story about cool cat teachers son and his google experiance with 9/11. There is so many junk on the internet that you can't find anything that is a fact anymore.
This applies to every subject in school for me cause in almost every subject there is a textbook involved in every class. I think that is why this is a concern of every class. I think that teachers should be able to do this.
We have to practice what we preach, and we have to practice it out
loud!
PLN week1-2
I recently read an article called "Online Safety-Videos that get em" by Jeff Utecht, it was an article about Internet safety, how every teacher should at one point discuss with their students and how video clips are a great resource for learning. I can totally agree with with Jeff that every teacher should teach their students about how to use the Internet safely, because in this generation it is one of our main sources of communication, research, information, etc... I think that videos are a cool and great thing to use in the classroom, because it is true that
Me personally would like to know what to put out there and what I can put out there, so that other people wouldn't take advantage of the information put out there about me. Also, how to search and find out information more efficiently and I am sure that every student would too. I have had times where I could not find the right information about a topic that I was researching. When I went to my teacher she found what I was looking for, but even better in half the time it took me to find what I had found. Which was information that was very vague compared to what my teacher had found. Every student probably knows what I am talking about, so I think we would all appreciate it if teachers would discuss how to use the Internet properly.
In our English class I think this would be a great topic to discuss because everything that we do is on our laptops and on the Internet. Even though our teachers are there to supervise us and tell us what not and what to put on the Internet then and there, but what about when we get home? We all sometimes don't have a lot of common sense of what to put out there and what not to put out there. Just because we were told once doesn't always mean that we will remember, I think actually sitting down and having a discussion with students will remind and inform them of how to properly use the Internet without them forgetting.
The world could also learn a thing or two about how to properly use the Internet. Almost everyday there is someones identity being stolen, or people being stalked and put in to dangerous situations. Having the knowledge of the Internet will prevent these kinds of awkward and stressful situations.
Videos are a great source for teachers to use for learning. It is very true that are generation are visual learners and understand things more if they visually saw it. I think that any kind of prop, personal involvement in the classroom definitely help student learn and understand what is being taught to them. Me I understand things more when I actually saw what was going on. For example if we didn't have projectors in out classrooms, I think it would be pretty hard for our teachers to explain where to go if they had an assignment on the computer that needed to be completed. It also saves the students from all the note taking of where to go. Any kind of technology that helps us learn better and faster is also another great thing to have for our understanding.
There is something about a video that really gets this generation
Me personally would like to know what to put out there and what I can put out there, so that other people wouldn't take advantage of the information put out there about me. Also, how to search and find out information more efficiently and I am sure that every student would too. I have had times where I could not find the right information about a topic that I was researching. When I went to my teacher she found what I was looking for, but even better in half the time it took me to find what I had found. Which was information that was very vague compared to what my teacher had found. Every student probably knows what I am talking about, so I think we would all appreciate it if teachers would discuss how to use the Internet properly.
In our English class I think this would be a great topic to discuss because everything that we do is on our laptops and on the Internet. Even though our teachers are there to supervise us and tell us what not and what to put on the Internet then and there, but what about when we get home? We all sometimes don't have a lot of common sense of what to put out there and what not to put out there. Just because we were told once doesn't always mean that we will remember, I think actually sitting down and having a discussion with students will remind and inform them of how to properly use the Internet without them forgetting.
The world could also learn a thing or two about how to properly use the Internet. Almost everyday there is someones identity being stolen, or people being stalked and put in to dangerous situations. Having the knowledge of the Internet will prevent these kinds of awkward and stressful situations.
Videos are a great source for teachers to use for learning. It is very true that are generation are visual learners and understand things more if they visually saw it. I think that any kind of prop, personal involvement in the classroom definitely help student learn and understand what is being taught to them. Me I understand things more when I actually saw what was going on. For example if we didn't have projectors in out classrooms, I think it would be pretty hard for our teachers to explain where to go if they had an assignment on the computer that needed to be completed. It also saves the students from all the note taking of where to go. Any kind of technology that helps us learn better and faster is also another great thing to have for our understanding.
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
PLN week 1-1
I recently read a post Another Mind Blowing conversation on 2cent worth by Dave. It was about space and the possibility of life on other planets.The post Another Mind Blowing conversation was an article about the possibility of other life outside of our solar system and how we know of other life.
When I read Another Mind Blowing conversation, it was kind of mind blowing that there might be other life outside our solar system. One thing I got out of this post was the reality of life and how many different things could happen, no matter how crazy or unexpected it is. Another thing I got out of Dave's post was that our world is so advance and is advancing more and more everyday at a very fast pace.
To me I think it's kind of cool knowing that there might be other life out there. It would be funny if they were doing the same thing we are, tring to figure out who we are and if we exist. I could really relate to the face that life is unexpected and the change of it. My life that past couple of years have been a perfect example of what I got out of the Dave's post. I have moved, meet people lost people and definatly had to learn to adapt to it. Like if we found out there was other kinds of life, people would have to face the fact that there is other, just like I had to live with and except the fact that sometimes people have to go to a better place. It may not be as tragic, but it is something that you have to accept.
The world around us I think is use to this kind of situation. I think that because of where we are compared to where we were a decade ago. We have so many things now that we didn't even know would exist. It seems when something new comes everyone see it coming compared to when we first got a colored tv. Compare when we first found that to when we found out that we could get a bigger, clearer version. It was like when we first got colored we were all excited and amazed and couldn't get enough of it, when we found out we could see it as if we were there we just kind of just put it off and really didn't advertise or talk about it. Just the fact that everyday it seems as if there is something new and more advance that what was new yesterday. The fact that everyday in our classroom we use laptops instead of paper, notebook and pencil is an example of how our world is forever changing, advancing, more and more.
When I read in the post that in giving time and money scientist could make a tool to find for sure if there was life it kind of reminded me of this one story that I read last year. It was about out government in the next couple of decades. They had this device that kind of in a way controled everyone and made sure that everyone lived the way that the government wanted them too. I really don't know why I though of that then, but I think it is because the story took place in the future and it reminded me of where we might possibly when we make this tool to find out if there is other life.
When I read Another Mind Blowing conversation, it was kind of mind blowing that there might be other life outside our solar system. One thing I got out of this post was the reality of life and how many different things could happen, no matter how crazy or unexpected it is. Another thing I got out of Dave's post was that our world is so advance and is advancing more and more everyday at a very fast pace.
To me I think it's kind of cool knowing that there might be other life out there. It would be funny if they were doing the same thing we are, tring to figure out who we are and if we exist. I could really relate to the face that life is unexpected and the change of it. My life that past couple of years have been a perfect example of what I got out of the Dave's post. I have moved, meet people lost people and definatly had to learn to adapt to it. Like if we found out there was other kinds of life, people would have to face the fact that there is other, just like I had to live with and except the fact that sometimes people have to go to a better place. It may not be as tragic, but it is something that you have to accept.
The world around us I think is use to this kind of situation. I think that because of where we are compared to where we were a decade ago. We have so many things now that we didn't even know would exist. It seems when something new comes everyone see it coming compared to when we first got a colored tv. Compare when we first found that to when we found out that we could get a bigger, clearer version. It was like when we first got colored we were all excited and amazed and couldn't get enough of it, when we found out we could see it as if we were there we just kind of just put it off and really didn't advertise or talk about it. Just the fact that everyday it seems as if there is something new and more advance that what was new yesterday. The fact that everyday in our classroom we use laptops instead of paper, notebook and pencil is an example of how our world is forever changing, advancing, more and more.
When I read in the post that in giving time and money scientist could make a tool to find for sure if there was life it kind of reminded me of this one story that I read last year. It was about out government in the next couple of decades. They had this device that kind of in a way controled everyone and made sure that everyone lived the way that the government wanted them too. I really don't know why I though of that then, but I think it is because the story took place in the future and it reminded me of where we might possibly when we make this tool to find out if there is other life.
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