C4T April

C4T #1

On this week's C4T I had to comment on David Warlick's blog. He is from North Carolina not only is he an educator, but also a writer, programmer, public speaker, and entrepreneur.
My reply: Hey Mr. Warlick, my name is Monique a student in EDM 310 at the University of South Alabama. I enjoyed reading your blog. I like how you distinguished the difference between personal and personalize learning. I did not think of education in that way. Great point.

C4T #2

On the final post, Mr. Warlick posted a blog called Half the Teachers.
My reply: Hi Mr. Warlick,
It's Monique again from the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Alabama. Your blog post was very informative, I enjoyed reading it. I had no idea that about 50 percent of United States teachers have never worked in a school culture free from high-stakes testing. Great information!

C4K April

C4K #9

This week's C4K was about a student named DJ he is 9 years old and attends P.T. England School in Auckland,New Zealand where Miss Ouano is his teacher. In his post he was explaining what a Fiafia was. Fiafia is when people dress in a variety of colorful outfits and tell stories through dance and song.
My reply: Hi DJ, my name is Monique I attend the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Alabama. I really enjoyed reading your blog. You have a great way of explaining unfamiliar words. I now know what FiaFia is.

C4K #10

This week's C4K was about a student named Russel, he is 8 years old and a year 4 student at P.T. England School in Auckland, New Zealand. He is in class 9 and his teacher is Miss Lavakula. He had a video were he and his class had a Fiafia performance.
My reply: My name is Monique and I attend the University of South Alabama. I enjoyed your FiaFia performance. You guys are so adorable and did an awesome job. Nice blog post!

Blog Post #13

For this week's blog post we were assigned to create our own blog post in our area of specialty. In the future, I plan to become and English teacher. So I decided to ask and answer the following question: What teaching technologies are available for English Teachers? I found a website called Teaching English with Technology it is a resource created to help K-12 English and Language Arts teachers incorporate technology effectively into their courses. The site then search resources for English and Language Arts lesson plans, activities, projects, games,and quizzes that use technology. It is a very helpful website that helps future English teachers get started with teaching with technology.

I also came across a website called The Atlantic. The article on the page was entitled,Why an English Teacher Introduced her Class to the World. Ileana Jimenez was interviewed in a video. She is an English teacher in a New York city high school. Jimenez explains why she wants her students to write publicly on the internet. The video is primarily about why Ileana Jimenez thinks her students writings should be public. Which is pretty much what we do in EDM 310. Every post, comment, and project that is done will be seen by Dr. Strange, the lab assistants, and even the world.

This next video is called Teaching Teachers it is by Ron Waters he teaches teachers how to integrate technology in their classrooms. These tools are just some of the technology available to future educators, searching on google you will find several more.

Project #12 Part B

Blog Post #12

What assistive technologies are available to you as a teacher?

C4K Summary March

In the week of March 23, I commented on room 5 in New Zealand. Room 5 did fairy tale voice threads. The students told what their fairy tale book was and why they liked it. It was so amazing to here why the kids liked the particular books.

In the week of March 30, I was to comment on student Wyatt from Pt. England School in Auckland,NZ. He posted a blog about a skydiving incident that went wrong on March 23. A family of 7 lost their lives after the plane they were on crashed. My response: Hey Wyatt, I see you are an intelligent young man and will be very successful someday. Your blog is very interesting and well put together. While I was reading your blog, it was as if I was reading an adult's. Great vocabulary. My prayers go out to that family involved in the skydiving incident. God bless.

C4T #3 Summary

On 3/23 I was to comment on Teacher Tom's Blog. His name is Thomas Hobson and is a preschool teacher in Seattle. My comment: Hi Teacher Tom, my name is Monique and I attend the University of South Alabama. I really enjoyed reading your blog. I can see you are very passionate about teaching and that's wonderful. In elementary and preschool more male teachers are needed like yourself. There wasn't very many when I was younger. Some children will listen to a male before they will a female (my 3-year old from time to time). I also noticed that you are from Seattle I have two brothers that live outside of city. One of my brothers in particular has two sons a 1-year old and 2 month old. It would be great if they attend the school which you teach. Feel free to visit my blog anytime.

On 4/6 I was to comment on Teacher Tom once again. The post was called "Together We're A Genius." The blog was about how they are in the last two months of the school year and the kids were building things together in their community. My comment: Hi Teacher Tom it's Monique once again from the University of South Alabama. I love how you let your kids be creative and build things in their community. It gives them the freedom of creativity. I enjoyed your blog! The kids are just too cute!

Blog Post #11

What can we Learn about Teaching and Learning from these Teachers?

Project #10