Post# 10

Some topics that I found most interesting from reviewing other students' blogs was how much other students have learned in this class. Also how many problems students have in this class. I know that I wrote a lot of the problems I was having in my other classes and in my life in general. I met other students who like football just as much as I do.
I think the technology-related skill that I most would like to learn next would be how to take my major of Physical Education and incorporate technology into my lessons. I have thought about using PowerPoints to teach the students about the sport or activity we will be learning. Our using Microsoft Word to make handouts and study guides. The Internet has a huge amount of info to use for planning lessons with technology as well.
One way that I might achieve my future educational technology-related goals is by taking more computer classes that are more specific to what I want to learn instead of something so broad. I would also talk to friends who are more technologically advanced than I am. I have a friend that is a genius when it comes to computers and when my computer was being retarded I asked him for help. It allowed me to see what was wrong and also how to fix it in the future. So having him come over not only helped my computer but also helped me to learn more.

Post #9

An interesting web-based tool or resource that I might use when teaching is a website called PECentral (http://pecentral.com/) that helps put together lesson plans for any grade. You can shop for books and different PE supplies that you would need from grades K-12. There is a kid's program section where kids can log on and take small quizzes. You can also look on the web site for a job, schools can post job openings, you can also get sample interview questions and tips for when you do have an interview. The website also helps you with your portfolio. The website also offers other sites for when you want to engage in different activities such as dance fitness and health. Overall I think that this website will be very beneficial when I begin to teach PE and even before that when I begin to look for a job.

Another website that I found that could be beneficial for the health part of my classes was the Dole 5-A-Day Website (http://dole5aday.com/ ). This website helps teachers and students learn the benefits of eating healthy and promotes eating 5 fruits and vegetables a day. The website dedicates an entire section for teachers. In this section teachers it helps teachers present the material in their classroom, gives the teachers materials like print outs, DVDs, cookbook, chart and other very helpful material for teaching eating healthy. There is also a section for the students. On here the can play games that will help their understanding. There is also a cookbook and crossword puzzles, a fruit and vegetable encyclopedia that will boost their knowledge.

I would not so much want to learn a technology-related skill, but I would like to know how I can incorporate technology into a PE lesson. I know I can use a possible PowerPoint to give the instructions for the activity the students will be participating in that day. they can give me the opportunity to show a video or pictures for the students that need a visual to understand.

Ways that I might achieve my future educational technology-related goals is by researching into it. There are probably several websites and books that have examples of how to use technology in PE lesson. I would also ask other PE teachers and see how they use technology in their lesson plans. Overall I would just use what I know and apply it the best way that I can.

Post #7

In chapter 7, it talks about integration strategies. Due to the constant challenge of motivating students to learn, teachers must change their traditional roles and become facilitators of learning. Technology plays a key role in easing the change because it allows teachers to use technology tools to enhance the learning environments. There were three instructional strategies described in the book. They were a one-computer classroom, a multi-computer classroom, and a computer lab. You can integrate educational technology with one computer by projecting the computer's image on a projection screen or large-screen television, you can enhance your traditional lectures to accomplish whole-class instruction of learning objectives. One way to use two or more computers in the classroom is to set up the computers as separate learning centers for student use. Teachers can divide the centers by subject area and then create activities that continuously change to match the curriculum or lessons being taught. The most important advantage of using a computer lab or wireless mobile lab is that all students have hands-on experience using computer technology. Teachers may successfully use computer skill instruction, Internet research, whole class instruction, and tutorials.

This week since we are still doing power point, I just keeping learning differnt things about the computer program that I did not already know. For example, how to add a sound to a screen or how to add action buttons. I also learned that the History channel's website has an amazing site about Halloween and almost everything you would want to know. They also have a lot of info about other holidays.

This week was an interesting week. When I went to register for classes I found out I had a hold on my account. FUN!! I had to run all over campus to find out how to get this hold off my account so I could register. Also the FSU/UM game was good up until the end when we lost!! But other than that it was a decent week. The Packers were off so we are still 5-1!!.

Post #6

In chapter 6, I learned about the ASSURE model. The ASSURE model developed by Heinich, Molenda, Russell, and Smaldina is a procedural guide for planning and delivering instruction that integrates technologies and media into the teaching process. The ASSURE model is a well-known guide for developing any instructional lessons. There are several steps of the ASSURE model: analyze the learner, state objectives, select methods, media, and materials, utilize methods, media, and ,materials, require learner participation, and evaluate and revise.

The skill I learned this week was how to put a power point together. I kinda of already knew how but when I had a question I put it into the search and worked my way through it to figure out the answer. By searching it in the search engine in Power Point it helps me to better find the information and know where to go the next time.

Since I'm writing this blog now, I'm going to talk about what I did that week that we were suppose to write this blog. Thursday of that week I went to Lake City to visit my uncle and meet my boyfriends parents so that we could drive to Atlanta. That night was horrible because the Seminoles lost to Wake Forest in a horrible game. But the weekend was much better. I went to Norwood, GA for a wedding. The weather was beautiful, the ceremony was amazing and I had such a great time. It was soooo nice to just get out of Tallahassee even for only a weekend. The Packers improved to 5-1 this weekend. GO PACK GO!!

Post #8

In chapter 8, it talks about ethnics and the information age. There are five areas of computer ethics frequently discussed are 1. unauthorized use of computers, 2. hardware, software, and information theft, 3. information privacy, 4. copyright, and 5. the existence of objectionable materials on the Internet. Information privacy is the right of individuals and organizations to deny or restrict the collection and use of information about them. There are several different scams that are listed in the book under unauthorized collection and use of information. The first scam is phishing. Phishing is a scam in which a perpetrator sends an official-looking e-mail that attempts to obtain personal and financial information from the recipient. Spam is an unsolicited e-mail message or newsgroup posting sent to many recipients or newsgroups at once. The Copyright Act of 1976 and its numerous amendments apply to all creative works. A copyright means the original author or creator of the work retains ownership of the work and has the exclusive right to reproduce and distribute the creative work.

Something I learned was how to put together a really good power point. I also now know how to add action buttons and insert different backgrounds instead of using the default ones they have.

I have a pretty bad week. Trying to register for classes, I found out that I had a stop on my account that I did not know about. When I fixed the first stop I found out that I had another. A huge pain in the butt to run around campus on my day off from school. And then registering for football tickets was another fun excursion. And let's not get started on the fact that FSU lost to Miami. There goes our season, Again! Anyways hopefully we'll win against Duke. The Packers didn't play but we have to play the Broncos on MNF. GO PACK GO. GO Noles.

Post #5

In chapter 6, it talks about putting technology into the classroom and talks about creating an integrated learning environment. Centers, or learning centers give the opportunity to break your classroom into many different tyoes of learning environments without ever leaving the room. Learning centers allow students to rotate around the classroom to complete projects or activites. Many educators teach their students to use an essential questioning technique, which is lookinf=g for the most important or fundamental part of a topic. In this process, students develop their own questions, find their own answers, and develop their own meaning from the informaiton they collect.

I am writing a newsletter every two weeks for my apartment complex and we just finished our first issue last week. I learned how to use a template for our newletter and how to adjust the font and pictures and copy and paste different things to make our newsletter rock!!

GO PACK GO 4-0!!!!!!! And Role Tribe Role...How stupid that is that we stole that from Alabama but it works. This weekend was good. We have a home game on Staurday that I am very excited about becuase we are doing a big tailgate before the game. Dierks Bentley is coming to concert on Friday and I CAN"T WAIT!!! We are tailgating for that too. A tailgatin kinda weekend. I'm so excited and next weekend I'm going to Atlanta for a wedding and the weather is suppose to be in the 50's. YEAH!!! It's begining to feel like Fall, sort of.

GO PACK GO Beat Da Bears
GO NOLES ------//---------> Beat the Wolfpack

Post #4

In Chapter 2, I learned how a web page works. A web page is a hypertext or hypermedia document residing on the Internet computer. A hypertext document contains text hyperlinks to toher documents. A hypermedia document contains text, graphics, video, or sound hyperlinks that connect to other documents. When reading a book from cover to cover is called a linear way of learning. But when you branch off and investigating related topics as you encounter them in a nonlinear way of learning is known as discovery learning. I learned that a Webnaster is the person responsible for developing web pages and maintaining a Web site. Webmasters adn otehr Web page developers create and format Web pages using Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), which is a set of special codes called tags, that define the placement and format of text, graphics, video, and sound on a Web page.

This week as far as technology I just found out how much information you can really find on Google. When doing our assignment for this week we had to find a printable calendar and Google does that for you too. Google narrows their searches down to a tee. Also I used to instant messaging service provided by the FSU Libraries. It's really neat you just log onto the FSU website and on the right side it has a post and you just click it and you can talk to a librarian live about anything for a research paper or other library related topics. It was extremely helpful.

GO PACK GO!! Is all I have to say for this weekend. The Packers are one of the five remaining teams that are undefeated. Whoot Whoot!! 3-0 on top of the NFC North!!! Seminoles were off but that did not stop the some players from particpating in some extra cirricular activies at Potbellies. Of course one of them is my friend. Sigh...What are you going to do. Then I get to work on Friday and my friend decides he is going to punch one of our other co-workers ultimately lossing his job. Halloween is just around the corner so my house we started decorating and I go to put up decorations outside and I get stung by a wasp. The next day I cut my self cutting lettuce at work. I'm offically the Activities/Events Chair at my apartment complex!!
GO PACK GO
GO NOLES -----//--------> BEAT BAMA!!!