Blog Post #8

Richard Miller: This is How we Dream

In Part one, Miller talks about how writing has been changed by the web. He grew up, like most of us, in a world of reading, writing, and publishing in print. Now things like that are all done in print, but are available on the web as well. Miller also discusses how to change teaching from reading and writing, to listening and watching. In one of his classes he taught he had students compose a print, sound, and visual document using materials available on the internet.
In Part two, Miller talks about how we, as educators, need to share our ideas with everyone via the internet. He talks about iTunes U and how you can listen to lectures from various college professors. Miller also tells us that by publishing on the web, people can have access to something faster. Instead of waiting 2 years for something to be edited and printed, we can see it almost immediately if posted on the internet. At the end, Miller stresses how we need to be inspired to move forward with technology and continue with this concept.
I thought these videos were fairly interesting. I will admit, it is sometimes hard and confusing using only technology to teach students. I am so used to reading and writing on print and only sometimes using the internet for things. However, I am prepared to continue learning about technology and how I can use it in the classroom to make learning more engaging for students. I realize this method is important and is taking over whether we like it or not. Thankfully getting help from professionals and fellow peers is easier than ever because I'm sure many of us will need all of the help we can get.

Carly Pugh's Blog Post # 12
Apparently we get to create our own blog post assignment in the future! Reading Carly's blog gave me so many ideas, I can hardly wait to get started on post # 12 now.

Carly Pugh is witty, motivated, and genius. Her blog post assignment that she created instructed us to create our own youtube playlist of videos about our philosophies as teachers. She gave 10 topics to chose from but only 5 was required. Some of those topics included: describe the kind of teacher you would like to be, tips on classroom management, describe what a good teacher is and what a bad teacher is, and ways to improve modern education. Not only did she go above and beyond with creating this assignment, she also did the assignment and created her own youtube playlist. I'm sharing it with everyone because a lot of these are so useful and I want to remember where I put all of these videos so that I can refer back to them in the future!
Carly Pugh's Youtube PLaylist

EDM 301 is Different
The video The Chipper Series , is about a college student at south named Chipper. She begins in Dr. Strange's EDM 310 class and complains about his methods of teaching and never turns her work in on time. She decides to drop out of school and start her own pilot school. When that doesn't work out, she gets a job as a teacher but later gets fired for not showing up. Chipper continues trying out other jobs but ends up either quitting or getting fired because it is too much work for her. At the end, it finally hits Chipper that if she wants to succeed in life she has to do her work right and be on time. She decides to go back to South Alabama and finish her degree. All of her time was wasted when she could have already graduated and had a job if she would have taken responsibility and not give up.
The Video EDM for Dummies (obviously fake) featured students enrolled in EDM 310 that were driven crazy because they did not understand how to complete the assignments. Luckily, they purchased the book EDM for Dummies. This book had many tutorials for Skype, Blogger, Delicious, Twitter, and many more sites required for the class. At the end of the video the students were excited about doing their EDM assignments.
After seeing these videos, I am excited about making my own. I think making a video including tips on how to survive EDM would be good. I would also like to make a video that actually included tutorials of the essential tools needed for this class such as Blogger, Twitter, and Google Docs.

Learn to Change, Change to Learn

This video is about learning to change schools to accommodate the 21st century student. The way students really remember and truly learn something is through technology. They respond to assignments better if technology is incorperated into the lesson in some way. Today, cell phones, computers, internet, and social media is the center of children's lives.
I completely agree with the arguments that are made in this video. As educators, we need to accept that and use it to not just ours, but the students benefit as well. As hard as it may be to learn new ways, it is our job to get over it because it is what is best for the future and for the students that we teach.

Scavenger Hunt 2.0
This activity was suggested by a former EDM student, Justin Commetti. Visit hisBlog Post # 12 and watch the video he has provided.
I created a comic with Make Believe Comix

Next I found a video tool called Animoto
This tool is easy as 1-2-3! You just choose photos you want to include in your video. Then choose some music that you want played in the back ground of your video. Finally, you can easily share your video in an email, through facebook, or on youtube! There are plenty of different video styles that you can choose such as: an autumn theme, a firework theme, and even a holiday theme. If you download the Pro version, it comes with many samples of music that you can use. This video tool is so simple, even a first time movie maker could use it.
Lastly, I found a great polling tool calledPoll Everywhere that allows you to text a code for your answer. The results are kept on the website under your profile. I encourage everyone to participate