Powtoon: http://www.go2web20.net/app/?a=powtoon
Powtoon is a wonderful website that will help you create animated presentations online. It has different templates that you can choose from like power points, resumes, and even flyers. This site has useful features like creating cartoons, templates, and presentations that will be more interesting to the viewer. I could see this being used in a classroom setting the animation feature could be very exciting for students to see in their lessons.
- Kayla
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Thing #5
School 2.0
School 2.0 to me is approaching in the near future. I think school 2.0 is the future of education and it will revolutionize learning. Kids today are learning to use technology most of the time before preschool and sometimes by age 1. I know a 1 year old, and at 9 months she could unlock an iPhone and knew how to slide threw pictures as well. I know a child in Kindergarten that knows how to take subtitles off of a television and has been playing video games since he was 3. Children today are highly perceptive to technology and this will lead to students doing more online work than classroom work.
I predict that by 2020 that most every student will have a laptop that they will carry with them to do school work on instead of traditional notebooks.
-Kayla
School 2.0 to me is approaching in the near future. I think school 2.0 is the future of education and it will revolutionize learning. Kids today are learning to use technology most of the time before preschool and sometimes by age 1. I know a 1 year old, and at 9 months she could unlock an iPhone and knew how to slide threw pictures as well. I know a child in Kindergarten that knows how to take subtitles off of a television and has been playing video games since he was 3. Children today are highly perceptive to technology and this will lead to students doing more online work than classroom work.
I predict that by 2020 that most every student will have a laptop that they will carry with them to do school work on instead of traditional notebooks.
-Kayla
Thing #4
Commenting on others blogs creates a sense of community and interaction. This happens because you should not comment unless you care of course, and when you comment about something that you care about you are giving a personal piece of you for others to read. This interaction creates a community because blogs are a place to give uplifting comments, not negative and derogatory comments. These positive comments or agreeing comments allows people to get to you know and when they see how you think they want to know about you and will more than likely check out your blog to see who you really are by what you post on it.
There are those out there that pray on new bloggers, I have not encountered anyone like this as a new blogger. When a new blogger comments on their first blog it takes a lot of courage. There are people out there that will not be so nice to you when you comment on things, but this should not stop anyone from giving their opinion on a topic that interests them because you never know who else that shares the same views or maybe they were needing some advice. Whatever the reason if you want to comment then do not be afraid.
It is always important to criticize kindly, when someone posts on a blog they are expect to have others post that care as they do about the content. No one wants to be put down or be told that their opinion is not right. Simply comment on the parts that you agree to or don't comment at all.
I chose to comment on Krystal Martin's Thing #1, I did so because I feel that we have shared the same work background and we both have trained people for jobs that we have worked and I found that very interesting. I really enjoy teaching others thing that I know, and my employers have always relied on me to train new workers because as I have been told before I was born to be a teacher.
I chose to comment on Zach Amis' Thing #6, I commented on his blog because he suggested to use blogs in a way that I had not thought about and I wanted to let him know that I liked the way he would use his blog in the classroom. He also stated that he did not see himself using blogs that much in the classroom, so I suggested ways that I thought blogs would really help me keep in touch with my student when they are not at school as well as their parents. I also agree that teachers should not become dependent because not every student has access to a computer.
I chose to comment on Erin McClain's Thing #2, I felt that she shared the same experiences with me about making our new blogs for EDUC 3040 and I wanted to let her know that I was also excited to make this new blog and that I planned to keep my blog active after this semester is over because I feel that this blog is a great experience that will benefit me as a teacher.
I posted on a blog with the title of Science and they had posted a picture of the life cycle of a leaf. I posted that it was awesome and also a great idea. I thought this would be a great idea to show my future students.
I posted on Sammie Ebright's Thing #8 blog because I really liked her thoughts on how to use Flickr in the classroom. I felt I could also integrate these things into my future classroom.
-Kayla
There are those out there that pray on new bloggers, I have not encountered anyone like this as a new blogger. When a new blogger comments on their first blog it takes a lot of courage. There are people out there that will not be so nice to you when you comment on things, but this should not stop anyone from giving their opinion on a topic that interests them because you never know who else that shares the same views or maybe they were needing some advice. Whatever the reason if you want to comment then do not be afraid.
It is always important to criticize kindly, when someone posts on a blog they are expect to have others post that care as they do about the content. No one wants to be put down or be told that their opinion is not right. Simply comment on the parts that you agree to or don't comment at all.
I chose to comment on Krystal Martin's Thing #1, I did so because I feel that we have shared the same work background and we both have trained people for jobs that we have worked and I found that very interesting. I really enjoy teaching others thing that I know, and my employers have always relied on me to train new workers because as I have been told before I was born to be a teacher.
I chose to comment on Zach Amis' Thing #6, I commented on his blog because he suggested to use blogs in a way that I had not thought about and I wanted to let him know that I liked the way he would use his blog in the classroom. He also stated that he did not see himself using blogs that much in the classroom, so I suggested ways that I thought blogs would really help me keep in touch with my student when they are not at school as well as their parents. I also agree that teachers should not become dependent because not every student has access to a computer.
I chose to comment on Erin McClain's Thing #2, I felt that she shared the same experiences with me about making our new blogs for EDUC 3040 and I wanted to let her know that I was also excited to make this new blog and that I planned to keep my blog active after this semester is over because I feel that this blog is a great experience that will benefit me as a teacher.
I posted on a blog with the title of Science and they had posted a picture of the life cycle of a leaf. I posted that it was awesome and also a great idea. I thought this would be a great idea to show my future students.
I posted on a mans blog named Steven Krohn, he does a bird of the day post every day. Today's bird of the day is the Eastern Bluebird. Since I have such a fascination of birds I would love to show my future students the bird of the day when I begin teaching.
I Commented on Hannah Evans Thing #9 blog because I really liked her stop sign she created, I thought it would be a great idea to use for field trips and such when the students had to cross the street.
I posted on Sammie Ebright's Thing #8 blog because I really liked her thoughts on how to use Flickr in the classroom. I felt I could also integrate these things into my future classroom.
-Kayla
Thing #3
There are several ways to use blogs as a teacher. Something that I can do as a future teacher in my classroom would be to post things that would benefit my students and their parents, I could use a blog as a message board to provide all parents and students with the web address so they could access it quickly; this will also allow the parents to post things to me and other parents. Some other things I could use a blog for would be to inform parents and their children on upcoming evens such as parades, 1/2 days, and even snow days; I would also send letters home with my students bout these things to ensure that all the parents are informed. I could use a blog to inform a child on what he or she missed during that day if they were absent or just wanted to review what we covered in class. A blog could be used to inform parents on what their children are working on at school, for example I could post all the topics for the week in each subject.
-Kayla
-Kayla
Thing #1
"Even a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." -Confucius
Some of the easier habits, for me, from the 7 and 1/2 habits of Lifelong Learners,(http://www.slideshare.net/LoriReed/7-12-habits-of-lifelong-learners): Setting goals, viewing problems as challenges, accepting responsibility for my own learning, making a learning tool box, teach/mentor others, and playing. There were 2 of the 7 and 1/2 habits that I find to be harder and they are: finding confidence in myself as a competent, effective learner and using technology to my advantage.
I enjoy teaching others, I have found that it is a strong passion of mine to help others understand and learn new things. I am always thinking of ways that I can improve myself as teacher and I love to have fun while doing so. With that being said, playing keeps the soul young and it is a great way to create/instill habits for lifelong learners.
Most of the time it is easy to have confidence in myself as a competent, effective learner but there are times that I struggle to gain confidence. But with my motivation to achieve challenges I turn my problems into positive goals for myself and those around me.
I have never set up a blog before so this was a new experience for me, it was not difficult once I became familiar with the technology, as I stated above using technology for my benefit is not always easy for me. As I begin to use more and more technology I learn things that will help me as a future educator and I am thankful that I am required to use new technology in college. As I worked on this piece I felt enthusiastic about creating my own blog, I am excited about starting new posts.
-Kayla
Some of the easier habits, for me, from the 7 and 1/2 habits of Lifelong Learners,(http://www.slideshare.net/LoriReed/7-12-habits-of-lifelong-learners): Setting goals, viewing problems as challenges, accepting responsibility for my own learning, making a learning tool box, teach/mentor others, and playing. There were 2 of the 7 and 1/2 habits that I find to be harder and they are: finding confidence in myself as a competent, effective learner and using technology to my advantage.
I enjoy teaching others, I have found that it is a strong passion of mine to help others understand and learn new things. I am always thinking of ways that I can improve myself as teacher and I love to have fun while doing so. With that being said, playing keeps the soul young and it is a great way to create/instill habits for lifelong learners.
Most of the time it is easy to have confidence in myself as a competent, effective learner but there are times that I struggle to gain confidence. But with my motivation to achieve challenges I turn my problems into positive goals for myself and those around me.
I have never set up a blog before so this was a new experience for me, it was not difficult once I became familiar with the technology, as I stated above using technology for my benefit is not always easy for me. As I begin to use more and more technology I learn things that will help me as a future educator and I am thankful that I am required to use new technology in college. As I worked on this piece I felt enthusiastic about creating my own blog, I am excited about starting new posts.
-Kayla
Monday, September 23, 2013
Thing #2
I have no prior experience with blogs. I have never made one and to my knowledge I do not remember reading someone else's. When I chose the name Kayla McCarson's 23 Things for my blog I decided to name my blog after myself and also after my assignments of 23 Things that I have to complete on this blog for my Education class, Instructional Strategies 3040 that I am taking at Austin Peay State University. Creating this blog was strange for me at first and I did not understand the point, but after becoming familiar with Blogger I have found that it is very easy to create and post on my new blog. I created an avatar called Mini Me for this blog and I enjoyed dressing it and changing its features so that it would resemble me as much as possible. I think my avatars personality reflects my personality to an extent, I am always smiling and I am in college to become a teacher. I honestly think that my avatar looks nothing like me, I was unable to find features such as hair that resembled me so I chose the closest that I could find. I still found it fun to experiment and use doppleme and I would recommend for others use it as well.
-Kayla
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