Technology in Special Education
I think that technology can be good, definitely for special education. It helps the teacher and the students get things done faster and more efficient. When I was a student aide in high school for a special education class they first came out with a small device that the student could use to write things out and it would say it back to her and then she could tell the teacher. It was really neat and you could tell the student liked it and it made communication easier because she could barely talk. Technology has came a long way since then however.
I think that it would be easier to keep special needs children active and excited about learning with technology unlike other middle or high school students that would take advantage of having a personal computer all day. Some ways that I would use technology in the classroom for special education would be power points that had a lot of fun colors and activities. Get different educational games for them to play, if they get finished early. I also like that the one child had the iPod touch to help him read his book. We had the same things as kids they were just other types of voice recorders such as walkmen. Now they have it where you can download whatever book and probably in whatever language right to your phone of iPod.
Apps for Special Education
I think that is it cool that there are so many apps out there generally for any and everything but I think that any of that learning could of been down with out an iPad. Without the ipad the parents would have more interaction with the child. The game that the child was playing where he hit the icon and it would count for him, yes its still teaching him but he also might just be repeating what the computer says and not actually retaining it. It the dad were to point to an object and have the child say it, it does the say justice, if not more and gives them more bonding time together to learn. I suppose it's good for students to know what kind of technology is out there but what happens when they can't take the ipad, ipod, laptop or smartboard home and the parents don't have money to purchase one then what?! Having been around special needs children if you give them something like this on a daily basis and then take it away (when they go home) most will get very aggravated trying to communicate and maybe even regress. I think everybody it relying to much on technology!
If I did have iPad's in my special needs classroom however I would let them play whatever educational game they chose.
Vicki Davis
I liked when Vicki said "I do not have to know everything to teach." I agree its good for the students to learn some stuff on their own and to help out other classmates. It builds teamwork and makes for a better classroom environment I think. However since I am going into Elementary Education and not Secondary or Higher I sure hope I do know everything a child ask me on work or assignments. I did not agree with Mrs. Vicki though on that fact that she said "Students can't just learn with pencil and paper." Yes all children are different but pencil and paper is not stopping a child from learning. I want to bet when Mrs. Vicki was in school she used pencil and paper and rarely was on a computer and now look she is an educator and I guessing doing an okay job if she is still teaching so I believe that is false and hypocritical. We have had many, many genius people in our history come from not using any technology at all.
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Friday, January 25, 2013
Blog Post #2
Did You Know?!...
I must say I did not know all those crazy pointless facts in the "Did You Know? 3.0 - A John Strange 2012 Version" Stuff like the numbers of videos uploaded to Youtube daily and the fact that 93% of 8-18 years old had a computer in the home. I do believe the statistic is true but I'm sure that number does not mean 93% of 8-18 year old's are sitting at home on the computer or that the computer has internet even. My house was one of those statistics but I can not remember one time from the age 8-16 being on the computer at home. So what is this statistic even proving?! That technology is growing?! Well so is education, science, and mankind so I'd suppose that's a good thing.
I know how to use technology very well, and it may be everywhere but I do not think I have to know everything about technology to be a great Educator. I also do not think technology HAS to be used in the classroom. I'm sure I will use technology in my classroom but not excessively and not mandatory. I believe in personal interaction and problem solving over e-mailing or using Google to find answers.
Mr. Winkle Wakes
I agree with Mr. Winkle that technology has grown so much in the last 100 years, but I do not think that my schooling was "boring" or I did not learn as much due to not having technology. I remember looking up research papers and just general information via dictionaries, encyclopedias and books, I also remember not getting internet at my house until I was a freshman in high school. I think having internet and having students do research papers via the web provides more room for plagiarism. There are sites that can prevent that such as Turnitin.com but I just think that back when you were suppose to read actual books for the information, they did.
The classroom has changed a lot, but unless I am teaching a computer class I do not plan on having each child have a personal computer, Ipod, Ipad or any of those things. It is good for them to know how to use them yes, but that can be up to their parents and life outside of school. I guess you could say I am old fashion but we all have our own ways of learning which would then make us have our own ways or teaching.
Sir Ken Robinson: The Importance of Creativity
I think that Sir Ken Robinson has some very good points. I do agree that we are born with creativity it is just up to us to keep it to adult hood. And I also think that schools are taking away from children's creativity. If a child is not doing what you (the teacher, or administration) wants then it is "wrong" or need to be fixed as if something is wrong. His definition of creativity is great "process of having original ideas that have value." I also love when Mr. Robinson fights for dance in schooling. I strongly agree I think that dance is a good form of art and I think it school be offered an an elective just as art and music are. Also how he talked about the little girl that he mother thought something was wrong with her because she could not sit still to learn. I am the same way and that is also probably why I am a dancer. I learn better by being up and being active and there is nothing wrong with that, and I hate that people think that there is and the immediate reaction is to take them to the doctor and get them on medication. This is why children's creativity is dying!! Intelligence is 3 things diverse, dynamic, and distinct as Robinson says and I agree they are all good points. Very good speaker and I love how he uses humor to keep the audience alive and I think puts things in prospective for them.
A Day Made of Glass
The Glass technology was pretty cool I'd have to say but I see technology fail daily. I would not trust that technology at a doctor's surgery table if it glitches in the middle of that who know what would happen. I would also not depend on it for my classroom. If it was available to me in my class room I would use it for certain projects but not an everyday thing because you would have to have a back up for if a server goes down or anything like that, which happen quit often.
I must say I did not know all those crazy pointless facts in the "Did You Know? 3.0 - A John Strange 2012 Version" Stuff like the numbers of videos uploaded to Youtube daily and the fact that 93% of 8-18 years old had a computer in the home. I do believe the statistic is true but I'm sure that number does not mean 93% of 8-18 year old's are sitting at home on the computer or that the computer has internet even. My house was one of those statistics but I can not remember one time from the age 8-16 being on the computer at home. So what is this statistic even proving?! That technology is growing?! Well so is education, science, and mankind so I'd suppose that's a good thing.
I know how to use technology very well, and it may be everywhere but I do not think I have to know everything about technology to be a great Educator. I also do not think technology HAS to be used in the classroom. I'm sure I will use technology in my classroom but not excessively and not mandatory. I believe in personal interaction and problem solving over e-mailing or using Google to find answers.
Mr. Winkle Wakes
I agree with Mr. Winkle that technology has grown so much in the last 100 years, but I do not think that my schooling was "boring" or I did not learn as much due to not having technology. I remember looking up research papers and just general information via dictionaries, encyclopedias and books, I also remember not getting internet at my house until I was a freshman in high school. I think having internet and having students do research papers via the web provides more room for plagiarism. There are sites that can prevent that such as Turnitin.com but I just think that back when you were suppose to read actual books for the information, they did.
The classroom has changed a lot, but unless I am teaching a computer class I do not plan on having each child have a personal computer, Ipod, Ipad or any of those things. It is good for them to know how to use them yes, but that can be up to their parents and life outside of school. I guess you could say I am old fashion but we all have our own ways of learning which would then make us have our own ways or teaching.
Sir Ken Robinson: The Importance of Creativity
I think that Sir Ken Robinson has some very good points. I do agree that we are born with creativity it is just up to us to keep it to adult hood. And I also think that schools are taking away from children's creativity. If a child is not doing what you (the teacher, or administration) wants then it is "wrong" or need to be fixed as if something is wrong. His definition of creativity is great "process of having original ideas that have value." I also love when Mr. Robinson fights for dance in schooling. I strongly agree I think that dance is a good form of art and I think it school be offered an an elective just as art and music are. Also how he talked about the little girl that he mother thought something was wrong with her because she could not sit still to learn. I am the same way and that is also probably why I am a dancer. I learn better by being up and being active and there is nothing wrong with that, and I hate that people think that there is and the immediate reaction is to take them to the doctor and get them on medication. This is why children's creativity is dying!! Intelligence is 3 things diverse, dynamic, and distinct as Robinson says and I agree they are all good points. Very good speaker and I love how he uses humor to keep the audience alive and I think puts things in prospective for them.
A Day Made of Glass
The Glass technology was pretty cool I'd have to say but I see technology fail daily. I would not trust that technology at a doctor's surgery table if it glitches in the middle of that who know what would happen. I would also not depend on it for my classroom. If it was available to me in my class room I would use it for certain projects but not an everyday thing because you would have to have a back up for if a server goes down or anything like that, which happen quit often.
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Saturday, January 19, 2013
Blog Post #1
About Me:
My name is Bailey Baker, I was born and raised in a small town in Kansas with a graduating class of 32, so I gladly left last July to venture down to Mobile. After graduating high school I attended Butler Community College in Kansas and earned my Associates Degree in Liberal Arts and then decided Kansas was not where I wanted to end up teaching. So even though I will now being going to school for 2 more years than expected and be adding a couple more zeros to my school debit, in the end I am very glad I did the move and now attending USA! My passions are dancing and teaching/ helping others. In high school I was the VP of our business team and the team captain of the dance team so I would say I was good at being a leader and have yet to change that. I am the youngest of 5 and even though people may think that the baby is always the spoiled one, that is absolutely not the case here! Lets just say my parents have taught me you have to fight in what you want, believe in, and what you deserve and that's the only way you will get it, nothing will ever be handed to you, and if it is it is not worth it!
When I first went to college I was a business major with the plan to own my own dance studio and after a semester of accounting I changed back to Education, but hey who does not change their major at least once. I do however, hope that later in life I will be able to go back to school and still get my business degree. I know however that teaching is my destiny. I found a worksheet my mom kept from when I was in Kindergarten that asked " What do you want to be when you grow up?" my answer "A Teacher, just like you (talking about my Kindergarten teacher)." That never changed in tell my senior year in high school when I joined the business team. So I am still a little stuck between Teaching and Management. I think full force that it was all the great teachers I had and all the fun things I can remember doing as a child of why I want to teacher. That and the fact that I have seen so much failure in public school systems due to the "No Child Left Behind Act" and "10 Year" for teachers. I do not like these acts and policies. I think that there were intended to be good and were but then failed over time. I'm not saying it's like this everywhere, but everywhere I have seen the child that doesn't quite get the material gets pushed along due to "No Child Left Behind." Then once a teacher is in 10 you can almost guarantee their care and participation goes down, due to the fact that they can almost do anything and get away with it. I have even had teachers in all age levels Elementary, High and College say "Well I don't care I'm 10 year." I do hope that one day I will be able to change these policies and better Education.
As a teacher I will have the same mine set that I got from me parents, that nothing will be handed to me. I plan on being a guide for young children. Of course teaching them the essentials about school but also life. I will never hand my children (students) anything. They will set goals and I will do whatever I can to help them reach those goals. I plan to be an authoritarian friend to all of my students and wish to be one of the teachers that is revisited by her students years down the road. Just as I did to almost all of my Elementary teachers up until I did the big move down to Alabama.
Some of the things that I plan to do in my classroom is to keep in calm but chaotic at the same time. Organized chaos is good for children I think, and with 20+ young children in one room to yourself, it is hard to keep a fully structured calm room. So if you make it a fun learning environment the children are more open to participating. On an Elementary level I plan to assign responsibilities to everyone each week. This will teach everybody responsibility, participation, teamwork and it will also take stress off of my self and probably many children too. I also plan to use all 7 learning techniques, linguistic, logical, spatial, musical, bodily, interpersonal, and intrapersonal. Everyone learns in a different way so I think it is very important to know all these different learning styles and to test the children to see where they are at the beginning of the year.
A few other things I plan to do is to keep all work caught up for the children and for my self. Never get behind and always be positive. Children will always play off of your mood so you can never be in a bad mood and if you are you can not show it because they depend on you! I also hope to have many parent teacher conferences. If the children need it, if the parent needs it or just to get to know the family and background of my students.
RANDY PAUSCH;
I do agree with Mister Pausch that American's waste a lot of time just in general. I know I waste a lot of time trying to figure out what I should be doing. That is why I started to make "to-do lists." I seem to get upset though when I do not get things finished on the list so I am trying to learn to have a relaxed list of things to do in the near future not necessarily have a certain time it needs to be finished. Unless of course it is homework for class.
I loved his saying "..Doing things right, when we should be Doing the right thing."
When I first went to college I was a business major with the plan to own my own dance studio and after a semester of accounting I changed back to Education, but hey who does not change their major at least once. I do however, hope that later in life I will be able to go back to school and still get my business degree. I know however that teaching is my destiny. I found a worksheet my mom kept from when I was in Kindergarten that asked " What do you want to be when you grow up?" my answer "A Teacher, just like you (talking about my Kindergarten teacher)." That never changed in tell my senior year in high school when I joined the business team. So I am still a little stuck between Teaching and Management. I think full force that it was all the great teachers I had and all the fun things I can remember doing as a child of why I want to teacher. That and the fact that I have seen so much failure in public school systems due to the "No Child Left Behind Act" and "10 Year" for teachers. I do not like these acts and policies. I think that there were intended to be good and were but then failed over time. I'm not saying it's like this everywhere, but everywhere I have seen the child that doesn't quite get the material gets pushed along due to "No Child Left Behind." Then once a teacher is in 10 you can almost guarantee their care and participation goes down, due to the fact that they can almost do anything and get away with it. I have even had teachers in all age levels Elementary, High and College say "Well I don't care I'm 10 year." I do hope that one day I will be able to change these policies and better Education.
As a teacher I will have the same mine set that I got from me parents, that nothing will be handed to me. I plan on being a guide for young children. Of course teaching them the essentials about school but also life. I will never hand my children (students) anything. They will set goals and I will do whatever I can to help them reach those goals. I plan to be an authoritarian friend to all of my students and wish to be one of the teachers that is revisited by her students years down the road. Just as I did to almost all of my Elementary teachers up until I did the big move down to Alabama.
Some of the things that I plan to do in my classroom is to keep in calm but chaotic at the same time. Organized chaos is good for children I think, and with 20+ young children in one room to yourself, it is hard to keep a fully structured calm room. So if you make it a fun learning environment the children are more open to participating. On an Elementary level I plan to assign responsibilities to everyone each week. This will teach everybody responsibility, participation, teamwork and it will also take stress off of my self and probably many children too. I also plan to use all 7 learning techniques, linguistic, logical, spatial, musical, bodily, interpersonal, and intrapersonal. Everyone learns in a different way so I think it is very important to know all these different learning styles and to test the children to see where they are at the beginning of the year.
A few other things I plan to do is to keep all work caught up for the children and for my self. Never get behind and always be positive. Children will always play off of your mood so you can never be in a bad mood and if you are you can not show it because they depend on you! I also hope to have many parent teacher conferences. If the children need it, if the parent needs it or just to get to know the family and background of my students.
RANDY PAUSCH;
I do agree with Mister Pausch that American's waste a lot of time just in general. I know I waste a lot of time trying to figure out what I should be doing. That is why I started to make "to-do lists." I seem to get upset though when I do not get things finished on the list so I am trying to learn to have a relaxed list of things to do in the near future not necessarily have a certain time it needs to be finished. Unless of course it is homework for class.
I loved his saying "..Doing things right, when we should be Doing the right thing."
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
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