Last Blog Assignment

I learned a lot in this class. I learned how to make a website which could be very helpful in a classroom so that the parents can view it to see what is going on in the class. I also learned how to make a trifold brochure which could come in handy at the beginning of the year so that I could explain a little about myself and how I will run my classroom and to help me undergraduate chapter go to the next level. I would have like to learn how to make a grade book using excel. I did learn how to use the Google spreadsheets which could come in handy when I buy a new car and creating math time tables. I think that the idea of using Google for I presentation was good very inexpensive and gets the job down. I also wish we could have used something different to make our websites so that we could have gotten a little more creative. Overall, learned a lot and it was a great experience.

Wikipedia

I don't think that Wikipedia is a very source dependable of information. But on some things they are correct about because, you can look it up at other websites. On the other hand though if someone doesn't like something that is said on there that may be the truth then they can change it to something else so that they don't look bad. For example in the article it said Wal-Mart change what was said about them on Wikipedia was changed by someone at Wal-Mart just because, they didn't like what was said about them. There are some things on there that are factual and some that are not. On there it shows you how many times something has been edited so if it has been edited once or more then you should know that something was either changed to make that particular story about them look good or it could have just been wrong in the beginning by whom ever wrote the story in the first place. I use it a lot to find things out about particular things but I would never use it to write a school paper or anything like that.

Stanford university video

I think the video is helpful for us to understand the difference between the growth and fixed mind set. I think that it was very interesting to learn about the two different types of mind sets. I didn't really know about them before and this video was very informational. It as neat to see that this will stay with you even when you grow older. That if you have a growth mind set you will go far in life.

This will affect me as a teacher because, the children with the growth mind set will be easier to teach. The ones with the fixed mind set will be a little more difficult because, I will have to get them to lean how to see things a little differently than what they do. They won't be as willing to learn because, they may think that they already know what is right and they don't want to expand on the idea. Whereas the others will be willing to learn new things and it will help them to grow throughout their life.

Video from WGBH

I thought that the video was extremely helpful. I would definitely use this in my classroom. With this you can show the kids exactly what you are talking about. Instead of just explaining to them without any visual can be hard for them to absorb the information.

With these videos the children will enjoy them and while learning about the subject that you are teaching about. They are also easy to access to. You just go to itunes and then download the videos that you want. This is very helpful for you and the student. You could have them to go home and watch the video if they have access to the internet. You could also go to the computer lab at the school to do this as a class.

I will use this in my classroom if I have the equipment to do so. This is a very useful tool and so easy to use. I like how itunes is doing this because, where else would you find videos like these to show the kids. The ones that you get from the school are usually boring and the kids don't want to watch them or they fall asleep. Overall I think that this is a very useful tool.