Peer Reviews

It was awesome to see everyone's ideas for integrating technology into their classrooms. My two favorite lessons were about building bridges and the other was a jeopardy game just like the one I did. The one for building bridges used tons of pictures and interaction about how to build them which I thought was very effective. The jeopardy one was a lot like mine where they used jeopardy to review a certain subject. The kids loved all the projects and it was really helpful to get so many ideas from my classmates!

Read, Watch, Do

I really enjoyed the articles and videos I watched. I was grateful for the assignment and for what I have learned!

I talked to my brother about it. He has 5 children and the oldest one just turned 11. He is very computer-savvy and so it was very interesting to talk about what I learned with him. We discussed the internet problems issues and ways his family could stay safe with the internet. He has already put a filter on his computer and he keeps his computer in the living room. He also talked to me about some of his concerns about cell phone pornography and other worries he has. It was a very enlightening conversation and very eye-opening with some of the concerns he brought up. I really enjoyed this assignment!

Technology Slideshare

Technology Powerpoint Emilie

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Internet Safety

I chose to read http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=ac58759235d0c010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____. It's an article about how to enjoy the benefits of the internet while still keeping it a safe place for your children.

The articles had many things in common. Some of the main points I got were that you need to keep your computer in a main traffic place, have a filter on your internet, and see how to see the history of websites. Another thing that I thought was a good idea was one article said that you should instruct your children that if something sexual or inappropriate pops up, they need to come and tell the parent immediately. That takes a away the shame and mystery of it. I thought it was a really good idea.

After reading all of these articles, I am a much more conscious person as far as internet safety goes. I had no idea about how scary the internet can be.

It is extremely beneficial for parents to be conscientious about the internet and safety for their children. They need to make sure they are spending more time with their children than their children are spending in a virtual reality. We need to make sure our children have a real reality, rather than a virtual one.

Technology Lesson

My partner and I team-taught the lesson to make it more effective. The subject we needed to teach was vocabulary from the book "Charlotte's Web". We found a template online of a jeopardy game and then put the definition of the vocabulary word in the template and the children needed to say the vocab word in the form of a question. The lesson was a great success! The children were very excited and we had children speak up who don't normally speak up in class.

TPACK ideas

In my classroom the only technology available is a computer (on the teacher's desk that we really shouldn't use) and a projector that goes around the classrooms. I would teach a modern art unit with the projector showing different artist's work and their histories.s

TPAC questions for virtual tour

Content Area - I will be using several pictures, and a couple internet sites to show the students about the trek to Salt Lake City, Utah.

Pedagogy - I will use an active participant pedagogy to teach this lesson. The students will use the ruler tool and pictures to see how far away Nauvoo and Salt Lake are from each other and see how difficult the terrain is for pulling things across.

Technology - I will use google earth to have the students able to access the exact distances between Nauvoo and Salt Lake. They will also use the internet site for specific journal entries from pioneers.

Technology Inventory

I was surprised that there weren't any computers in the classroom where I have been assigned. The students do just fine without them. In fact, their class is rather crowded so it's better that they do not have computers in the room. I think it's great that there are so many computers in the computer lab and that the students have access to them there. I wish there were more science technology tools, but you have to work with what your school has!

Location	Activity	Google Earth Content
1. Nauvoo, Illinois	Show picture of Nauvoo in old days and compare with today	Look up modern Nauvoo
2. Winter Quarters, Nebraska	Measure distance from Nauvoo to Winter Quarters	Follow the trail from Nauvoo to Winter Quarters
3.Martin's Cove, Wyoming	Ask them how difficult it would be to pull wagons and handcarts across the terrain at Martin's Cove	Look up Martin's Cove and notice the mountains and hills
4. Salt Lake City, Utah	Measure the distance from Nauvoo to Salt Lake	Follow the trail from Nauvoo to Salt Lake City. That's like walking to disneyland and back
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Digital Storytelling

Storyboard

Here is our story board for our story!! Thanks!!

The content we will be using in our lesson is a poem called "The Aliens have landed" by Ken Nesbitt.
The pedagogy we will be using is reading aloud. Because we are learning about rhymes in this unit, this is the ideal way to to teach because they will be able to hear the rhyming.
The technology we will be using is the digital storybook program. This will enhance the lesson because the children will be able to listen to the story and see the funny pictures as many times as they need.

TPAC questions

The content we are focusing on our lesson plan is showing the difference between celsius and fahrenheit. The pedagogy we used was a specific science experiment that was hands on. The instruction was hands on. The technology we used was a temperature probe and a mac computer. They were very helpful in the instruction and pedagogy. The whole lesson was made around the temperature probe and computer... so they were very crucial to the success of the lesson.

The Tech Savvy Teacher

Temperature Time

The 4^th grade class of Ward Elementary decided to figure out what the difference in Fahrenheit and Celsius is. To do this we first filled a water bottle with cold water from the water fountain. Then we measured the temperature by placing the temperature probe in the water for 60 seconds. Our temperature probe was connected to our computer and the information that the probe collected was input to the computer program. The computer program then told us the temperature of the water in both Fahrenheit and Celsius. The temperature of the water was 13.5º Celsius and 56.2º Fahrenheit.

Second, we filled the water bottle with hot water and measured the temperature of the water for 60 seconds. This time the water measured 46º Celsius and 102º Fahrenheit. Once we collected our data it was time to calculate the difference between Fahrenheit and Celsius! To do this, we created a table and subtracted the Celsius degrees from the Fahrenheit degrees for each example.

ITEM	DEGREE CELSIUS	DEGREES FAHERENHEIT	DIFFERENCE
Cold Water	13.5 º	56.2º	42.7 º
Hot Water	46º	102º	66 º

After doing our math we came to the conclusion that the difference between Fahrenheit and Celsius for the first example was 42.7 º Celsius and 66 º Fahrenheit. Obviously the difference between Fahrenheit and Celsius is dependent on high or low the temperature is. Come back next week to find out the conversion formula!

Screen shot of the temperature analysis

Mindy, Tausha and Emilie analyzing the data for the temperatures.

The water being analyzed

Looking studious while noticing the the temperature changes

Tausha and Mindy with the temperature probe

Just Mindy with the temperature probe before we stuck it in the water.

The TPACK

In today's lesson we learned that PK is Pedagogical knowledge, CK is Content Knowledge, and TK is Technological Knowledge.  When you combine the whole package it is TPACK which is Technological, Pedagogical and Content Knowledge.  When you combine all of those, you are able to teach the kids in an all-encompassing way.  Most teachers are really good at their CK and PK, but have a hard time with TK.  There are many things that you can do to use TK that will enhance the lessons and the children's learning.  The optimal teaching option is TPACK.

We also learned how to use Stelarium.  It is a free resource to document and show what the sky is like in different parts of the world.  You can also use it to teach constellations and patterns of the planets, moon, and sun.  

RSS Feed and Webtools 2.0

This is a wonderful resource to know how to use! I did not know about the RSS feed before this lesson. Now I will be able to stay updated on sites that may have needed information. If I want to keep updated on the National Geographics to see what will interest my students, I can add the RSS feed to that. I can also add it to stay updated on fellow teacher's blogs.

I also really enjoyed the lessons about Goodreads and Delicious. Both sites are and will be extremely helpful during my teaching career.

Initial Post

My technology experience is quite limited.  I have done email through gmail, hotmail, and juno (back in the day).  I have a blog where I keep updates for my family members.  It is one of the blogs that already had everything set up on the site so I didn't have to change it at all when I got it.  I have worked with powerpoint but it still frustrates me.  I have worked with the BYU website and I mostly understand that. :)  Excel is an unknown beast to me.  I have no idea how to work with excel.  I do not know anything about creating my very own website or anything like that.