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I have contacted a few teachers in the education department and plan on asking many more. These teachers that I have emailed are elementary education teachers! I emailed these teachers about giving me advice on teaching ideas and assignments. The teachers that I have emailed are Tommie Autrey and Carolyn Burmeister.They teach at Daphne East Elementary School. I also made a Twitter account (Lnr903) and plan on following a few teachers.

Week 5

Wikipedia Scanner

The program that Virgil Griffith made for scanning Wikipedia to see who edits something can be a useful tool. Wikipedia has never been a trusted site to me, and most of the teachers I have had in the past. As a student I was never allowed to use Wikipedia as a source for a research paper. It is just too easy for anyone to go on there and edit things. With this new scanning program I think it might help a little. People will still be able to edit things; they will just be caught sooner.

Wikipedia Scanner is a really great idea but, I would still prefer to not use Wikipedia as a reference. However, it is appealing to see all the companies in Wikipedia using it and editing their own information. It makes you think about why they are changing their information. Wikipedia Scanner is a great update to Wikipedia but I do not think I would trust it 100 percent.



"What I've Learned this Year"


The post by Mr. McClung of "What I've Learned this Year" was Fantastic and interesting. He went through what he thought his first year as a teacher was going to be like and what it ended up being like. He said he thought it was going to be all about him and how he taught. He was in a fantasy word which means, he would go by his lesson plan, everyone would understand everything, but he soon found out it is not always like that. It is all about your students and its ok to get off course you just need to pick the students up and stay positive.

His thoughts of what he went thought at the beginning is what most new teachers go through. I am taking classroom management this semester and it really has helped, it teaches us the things Mr. McClung was talking about. He says being flexible and communicate are very important, so as a first year teacher you need to know these things that Mr. McClung is talking about and I thank him for sharing this with us!

My Life After High School!!

Blog 4

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I read Anna H. post about being safe on the Internet. She made great points! Reading a student's blog is a lot of fun and interesting. I think it is a great idea for students to write blogs, it really seems to help with the student's ability to write and think. I really enjoyed reading Anna’s post and look forward to reading other student blogs.





Benefits to Pod-Casting in the Classroom
Pod casting is a rapid growing new way of teaching. There are many benefits to pod castings like it can be used to access learning materials anywhere and anytime. Pod casting is manly used by “millennials”; which refers to people born after 1980, and has always had a life with access to personal computers. Pod casting is a creative and innovational way of learning using differentiation; which is more student centered.
Pod casting is a new and relevant way to learn and has been shown to excite students. It allows students to demonstrate higher learning experiences. One great thing about pod casting is it allows students out sick to still receive study materials to help them study. Pod casting provides relevant information on the go and the info easily uploads to web sites. Parents can easily get involved and make sure their children are keeping up with their assignments.