Blog Post 6

What are PLNs (Personal Learning Networks)?

In Steven Anderson's Video Building Your PLN- A Primer For Anyone, he refers to PLNs as PLCs (Personal Learning Communities). PLN is similar to PLC, but it takes the same concept and makes it global. People use PLNs in their everyday use and may not even realize it. PLNs are can be helpful when you have a question that you need an answer. Examples of PLNs are Twitter, Facebook, Blogger.com (for this EDM 310 class).

PLNs will help me as a teacher to connect with other teachers to get help on lessons plans and ask questions. My blog and Twitter for this class is part of my PLN. Technology is constantly changing and as Dr. Strange mentioned, I will have to be a lifelong learner. But it can help me develop the skills I need as a future teacher.

Project # 8

This is my Passion

This is my Sentence

Blog Post 5

In watching the conversations with Anthony Capps, I learned 3rd graders in Baldwin County are using laptops and are learning to use technology where Mobile County is not. Capps is creating projects for his students so that they can excel in their futures and careers. He gets feedback from his students to see what they enjoy as 3rd graders for later projects. The use of technology that students are learning today, is totally different from when I were in elementary school. Everything is so advanced, so project based learning is a new experience to me, but my desire for teaching English someday, I am willing to embrace the change. The 3rd graders are doing the exact same things were are as college students, but for me it is more of a challenge since technology was not so modern back then.

Blog Post 4

In order for us to ask questions to be an effective teacher, is we have to ask questions that are more engaging. Open-ended questions are more engaging and the student will think more when they respond. Close-ended questions are more than likely to leave the student with just an "yes" or "no" answer. Some students may ask a teacher a question and the response was not what the student expected.We as future educators should learn to ask questions more effectively for open class discussions.

Blog Post 3

Peer editing is working with someone similar in age to help them improve, revise, and edit their writing. It is always the best decision to remain positive when doing so. Peer editing is not an easy task, because you do not want to hurt that person's feelings. In English 101 & 102, for each writing assignment there are peer reviews. It allows your peers to make compliments, suggestions, and corrections. in my own experiences, I felt that I would not edit someone's work correctly, when my own writings needed improvement. But peer editing in some ways is also constructive criticism.

Peer editing is important, because we should suggest words of encouragement to help someone else. It gives the reader the opportunity to find mistakes that you (the writer) may have missed. The editor can also suggest better word choice in the writing. So, in conclusion be mindful and stay positive.