Final Seft Reflection for EDM 310

Final Report on PLN

I use Symbaloo as my PLN. Through this I can access many things. The most important things I can access are Blogger, YouTube, and Google. All three of these are things that I must have in EDM 310. For my personal use I have Facebook, Twitter, and Yahoo! I also can look at CNN and the weather through my symbaloo. Symbaloo has been such a useful tool. I plan on continuing to use it after EDM 310.

Summary of C4K November and 12/5

I commented on Jkeega's post. He talks about the American math challenge. He like it because he gets to compete with other kids from the US. I commented back and told him that it sounded like fun! I also told him how it was great that he get to do this with kids from all over the US. I wished him luck during this challenge.
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Next I commented on Yasmines blog. She created a post called Winter Poem. In this poem, she talks about snow falling and a fire cracking. I commented on her poem and told her how creative her poem was. I also told her to keep up the good blogging, and that she was doing a great job!
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I commented on Danielle's post about Christmas. In the post she told about her Christmas plans. She also told about how much she loved the snow, seeing her family, and all the good food. She also told about getting 12 days off for Christmas! I commented back and told her how Christmas was my favorite holiday. I also told her how much I also loved spending time with my family. I told her how I wished it would snow here!
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Summary of C4T #4

I commented on attheteachersdesk.blogspot.com. The first post I commented on was a post called, Gotta Stay Positive. In this post he describes having a bad day. He talks about how he took his frustrations out on the students. He also talked about having an attitude. I commented back and told him about my bad days and how I sometimes take my bad days out on the children at the daycare I work at. I told him to keep his head up and he would make it through it. The next post I commented on was called An accident of geography wont save us. This post was about children being isolated in the classroom. He talks about how children should be able to have learning communities outside of the classroom. I commented back and told him that I agreed. It seems like children stuck in the classroom all day are in jail. I agreed that children should be allowed to reach out and learn from others.

Project #16

Additional Assignment #5

Just Teach Them to Solve for X:
This post was about teaching a math lesson. It talks about letting students use metaphors when learning. He says that metaphors are how we make sense out of the abstract. I believe using metaphors is math is a great idea. If a metaphor can help a child learn something, especially in a hard subject like math, it should be encouraged.
Sketchy Portraits:
This post was about eight graders. Everything in this post was very true. Older children, especially ones in eight grade, will test their boundaries. They want to be adults and children at the same time. It is our jobs to try and let them be this. Everything in the life of a child that age is constantly changing.
He Just Likes the Class for the Pencils:
I loved this post. It was my favorite! This post was about a metting with a child, parents, and some other teachers. The child had been acting up in all of the other classes but his. The other teachers say that it is because of the "pencils". This is not true at all, the child likes to be in his class because the child trusts him. Trust is such an important thing, especially for children. We should take time for each of our students, so that they can trust us.
The Medium Shapes the Learning:
This post was about him and his students. They were on a tour of Edison's film studios. He talks about how teachers think that they have the power to unchange a lesson with a medium. Actually, the medium shapes the learning.
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"Five Little Ducks" Project 15