April 21st- My Belifes.

Personally i am excited to incorporate technology in my classroom. I think children will be able to relate to me as a teacher and maybe the subject we are learning. It can help to show excitement because technology is a way of presenting. It may help students to want to learn and be able to use the tools available to them. Used appropriately they can find so many sources on what they are learning at the time. Teaching my students how to appropriately fine information that is real and relevant is the most important tool i can think of.  

April 21st- Lessons Learned.

I felt there was quite a bit of information i picked up on, some of it was things i have been realizing working with children and from even my own learning. We have so many tools and resources that we can incorporate into our class that children are familiar with. To them its just a way of life and to some of us, even me and I'm younger it has not always been a part of our world. I still to this day do not type correctly which i know i could learn but having no experience and then being put into a school where they had typed since 1st grade i had to try and keep up. Simple things like that are the things i have to realize my students may or may not know. They may be more advanced at understanding computer concepts so that is an area i can develop as a teacher. to help my students every day!  

April 21st- Strengths & Weeknesses.

I think that the overall picture of media and me are alright. There are a lot of things to improve on however. After watching the video's and reading the articles on all the positive and negative aspects of media i have decided there is lots to learn. There is a lot i could learn about formatting activities using media so that my students are able to best use their resources. I understand the language and newer ways of saying things, but when it comes to computer language i could learn a lot. Goal # 1: Learn terminology and more about how to specifically run certain software's. Goal # 2: Be flexible with new material in my teaching and realize that some students will know a lot about technology and others will know nothing. The mini lessons i thought most helpful were the tools for change and the did you know. They really opened my eyes to our ever changing and growing world. I herd once somewhere, probably in this class that most of the jobs our students will have are not even created yet. There is so many amazing things being discovered everyday.    

April 14th- Field.

What:

This last three weeks have been our first field experiance! My field partner was Amy and we tought at Greenwood elementary 5th grade. Our class was full of energy and full of children. Thirty students with about seven of them with IEP's. They were so cute and fun to work with, we even got to work with the other class some. Our genenral day included math or reading, and ocational art project. After lunch, was either science or soical studies which is what we tought. We assisted as needed and planned lessons including different things we have been learning throughout the semester. It was a great experience to actually be able to apply what we have been learning.We could see the different teaching models where they could be used, we had fun with including stratigies, and where media applied we put it in our lessons. The digital story we left to the end, our children got pretty excited about it. In our viedo we included alot of what we have been learning about the civil war. The children were so smart and could tell us about the all the slides! We were also able to use an educational viedo and a the projector, media is such a part of these kids worlds its amazing. It makes lesson planning very resourceful being able to use the internet.
So What:
So what do i take from this experience is that there is so much to teaching and there are so many sources we are lucky to have! Teaching the children appropriate ways to use these sources and by ourselves using them the right way is a good way to learn. What i take from the whole experience is that there is so much to consider while teaching and working with children, but that it is a very rewarding experience. You can build relationships with children in many different ways and media is one way you can relate to them. It is such a part of our world.
Now What:
For my future plans and teaching i have a lot to learn, but i feel like i have been learning alot this semester too. I am glad for the experiences i have been having. I like to know there really is so much to include and incorporate with media in teaching. It has been fun learning and working with our fifth grade class :)