Final Project link

https://sites.google.com/site/finalproject129000/home

Photostory When I become a teacher..

When I become a Teacher I will inspire student creativity by..........

Teaching them how to use technology in an effective and positive way. I will teach them not to hold back on their own creativity and for them to express themselves. I will inspire them to be excited about learning through technology rather than being forced and bored with their typical learning experiences.  I will teach them the new ways of technology for their job opportunities of the future. I will inspire my students and make an impact through technology and their lives.  

WebQuest Link

Here's my WebQuest link if you want to check it out!
https://sites.google.com/site/musicisthekeytolife/

Driving Question

Why do we need to learn music and how it works?

WebQuest Group Questions

1. Which two of example WebQuests listed below are the best ones? Why?
2. Which two are the worst? Why?
3. What do best and worst mean to you?

1. .One of the examples we paicularly liked was the Unraveling the Underground Railroad & We all Scream for Ice Cream. These examples stood out to me because of the detail the WebQuest had. I liked the fact that these two examples showed photos, and wentin depth for detail. They also are very well put together.
2. The Ancient Egypt WebQuest and "Where is My Hero?" are in my opinion the worst WebQuests. I feel that they are not well put together and lack a great deal of information. The Ancient Egypt wasn't very appealing in color, while "Where is My Hero?" is more of a personal WebQuest rather than a group effort, because not everyone likes superheros.
3. The best means that they both were appealing to me by the form of the WebQuest and the details and pictures. The worst meant to me that the page lacked information and wasn't appealing to its audiences. When something is the best it must have all the characteristics the audience wants and needs like clear directions and visuals, while the worst means its lacking information for the audience like visuals and instructions.

Friday Webquest

I was the effieceny expert, I had to deal with the length and time of the WedQuests. Th best WebQuest for our group, Nathan and Derick was the Anti-Earthquake Designer.

The Top Ten Video

• Does this activity differ from much of the activities you engaged during your K-12 education? How? or How not? Give examples.
• Is your learning style addressed in this activity? How? Give me an example.
• This project was implemented without the use of textbooks. Are you surprised? Are you interested in teaching in a similar way when you become a teacher?
•  What are your concerns and what do you anticipate as being barriers? 

1. Yes, because technology played a huge role in this activity. When you do an assignment without technology it doesn't allow you to view other peoples views and opinions in a unique way. With technology it allows you to view your peers assignment in a unique way they would enjoy and actually get excited about working on it.

2. Yes, its very handson and I like learning by visuals. I like how their assignments are through technology rather than doing it with pencil and paper. Example: Others can learn from each Wiki, its different from just learning with a textbook.

3. Yes, it's very suprising which questions a lot about the activity, and the creditability. But, it seems to be designed well. I would be interested in doing these kinds of activities at certain times when apporpiate, I like how it gets the students so involoved in technology.

4. The protection and privacy of their pages (Wikis), and the fact that they can see their peers work, they may copy their work of other Wikis. Some students may struggle with the technology, and may not be skillled enough to do these kinds of things yet. They may not go to creditable sources and would get their information on the Wiki all wrong for their peers and themselves to see.

Blogging questions

1. What do you like or dislike about keeping a blog for this course?

2. How can keeping a blog make you a more effective teacher?

3. Will you consider continuing to post to your blog after this course is over? Why?

4. Keeping a blog helps you develop four new media literacies:

• Appropriation - The ability to meaningfully sample and remix media content.
• Collective Intelligence - The ability to share and pool knowledge and compare notes with each other toward a common goal.
• Transmedia Navigation.- The ability to follow the flow of information and stories across multiple modalities.
• Networking - The ability to search for synthesizes and disseminate information.

1. I think it's a great tool because it keeps us well organzied with our assignments, we are free to comment on our peers blogs and views as well.

2. It would keep you organzied and if the students in your class have one..it'd make them more organzied too. It would allow other teachers to see your blog as well, and you could share ideas with other teachers.

3. No, because I wouldn't have anything interesting to dicuss on my blog, I have enough social networking sites as it is, this is more of a professional one that my friends don't have. Maybe when I become a teacher I will use one, I feel it's very effective.

Concrete example: Collective Intelligence - The ability to share and pool knowledge and compare notes with each other toward a common goal. This is my peers commented on my blog posts, this shows them comparing and discussing my blog post together.

Wikipedia worksheet

16 and Pregnant Wikipedia article  

This article or section has multiple issues.	Yes
This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards.	Yes
The neutrality of this article is disputed.	No
The factual accuracy of this article is disputed.	No
This needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone or spelling.	No
This may contain material not appropriate for an encyclopedia.	No
This article only describes one highly specialized aspect of its associated subject.	No
This article requires authentication or verification by an expert.	Somewhat useful information
This article or section needs to be updated.	No
This article may not provide balanced geographical coverage on a region.	No
This is missing citations or needs footnotes.	No
This article does not cite any references or sources.	No, it does

2.        Read through the article and see if it meets the following requirements:

Is it written in a clear and organized way?	Yes
Is the tone neutral (not taking sides)?	Yes
Are all important facts referenced (you're told where they come from)?	Yes, very
Does the information provided seem complete or does it look like there are gaps (or just one side of the story)?	Complete

1.    Scroll down to the article's References and open them in new windows or tabs. Do they seem like reliable sources? (For help in determining the general reliability of a source, check out the Knowing What's What and What's Note: The 5 Ws (and 1 "H") of Cyberspace handout.)

Reliable references:

^ Real Life Is Like Juno, Except Maybe the Dialogue, a 11 June 2009 article from The New York Times

^ Nielsens: Baseball very very good to Fox, a 21 July 2009 article from USA Today

                  ^ 'No Easy Decision' Special - Extended Interview at mtv.co



Possibly unreliable references:
^ "Maci" and "Bentley" soar in baby name game Reuters, May 16, 2011


Definitely unreliable references:

^ http://thestir.cafemom.com/toddler/126351/16_and_pregnant_stars_arrested



 

4.        Click on the Discussion tab. How is the article rated on the Rating Scale(Stub, Start, C, B, GA, A, FA)? What issues around the article are being discussed? Do any of them make you doubt the article's reliability?

Start class on quality scale

Low importance on projects importance scale

5.        Based on the above questions, give the article an overall ranking ofReliable, Partially Reliable or Unreliable.

• You may use a Reliable article as a source (but remember that even if a Wikipedia article is reliable, it should never be your only source on a topic!)
• You may use a Partially Reliable article as a starting point for your research, and may use some
  of its references as sources, but do not us it as a source.
• You should not use an Unreliable article as a source or a starting point. Research the same topic in a different encyclopedia.

How did you rank this article (Reliable, Partially Reliable or Unreliable)? Give at least three reasons to support
your answer.

I rank this article very reliable, because it’s something I know very much about, so, it’s very reliable and helpful in my eyes. 

Wikipedia questions and answers

a. What is Wikipedia? 

•  Its a multilingual, Web-based encyclopedia project, operated by the Wikimedia Foundation, a nonprofit organization.

b. How would you answer the question posed in this piece “How reliable can a source be when anyone can edit it?”? 

•  The site is monitored by people all the time, so if there is unreliable information, it will soon be taken off. So, most of the time it can be fairly reliable but you should be prepared if it isn't. 

         c. Who do the creators of Wikipedia place their trust in when it comes to weeding out misinformation?  

•  Wikiscanner

 d. Why did founder Larry Sanger leave Wikipedia? 

•  He believed that it should give more authority to experts; he has since created another site.

e. What would abuse or vandalism look like on a Wikipedia page? 

•  Embarrassing headlines or titles, irrelevant information on the page of the topic.

f. What do the statistics quoted in the third paragraph of this piece reveal? 

•  That its a well known site in many different languages and a total of 8 million articles. It shows that people do use it and that its successful and useful.

g. Why do you think Wikipedia is so successful? 

•  You can get information quick on Wikipedia, its straight to the point and almost effortless. I wouldn't use it for a paper, but if I want to look up something I will use it. 

f. Why might Wikipedia’s creators not want to accept advertising? 

•  It takes away from the information and doesn't make it look reliable and trustworthy. 

i. How does Wikiscanner help increase the reliability of Wikipedia entries?

•  It quickly exposes examples of self-interested editing by prominent businesses and governments around the world. Wikipedia's leaders hailed the device as another check on abuse at the site, even if it produced some embarrassing headlines for a time.           

Video Discussions Part 2

I asked everyone how they felt about same sex marriages, I got very contestant responses.

Video Discussions Part 1

This particular discussion was on how are country is today, and why it is the way it is. 

Double Entry Journal/ Website Evaluation

                           "Over 2,500 dogs are already enjoying a better life at Dog Island."
The Dog Island:

I felt that the website, was well put together. Although, the Ads in the corners were very disturbing, but they were relevant to dogs and the dog lovers viewing the site. I felt the title of the website was seen to be a trustworthy site to all its viewers and all the people that would be interested in that particular group. The dog island website was a commercial based site, which made me think at times it wasn't reliable with some information. But, with clues and details it became clear to me that it was indeed reliable. The site even had enough detail to show the weather of the island and the size of the dogs. Overall, even though it was a commercial site I felt that it was very informational and trustworthy to its viewers, there's no need to look more into it when you have the web at your fingertips.


NOTE: If video doesn't appear to be working click:
https://docs.google.com/present/view?id=ddmdcb94_52crspdwfz
The copyright information page got cut off...

Website Evaulation Activity

During my website evaulation I found my site to be highly creditable even though it was a .com website. I felt that this site was trustworthy with information because it looked so authentic and detailed with photographs, and great detail. The 5 questions helped with looking at the creditablity of the site, the contact information at the bottom of the page was yet another sign of the site being creditable. Overall, it seemed to be a trustworthy site for information, and if I were doing a paper of victorian-era robots I would most definately use this site to gather information.


NOTE: If the video above is not working use this link:
https://docs.google.com/present/view?id=ddmdcb94_23dvqb9xf7

Statistical Activites clustered column

Levels 1 & 2 of Reading in grade 11

• Describe your graph (from 1 above) in terms of most peaked, least peaked, and whether or not there is a bimodal score in your distribution.

Most peaked: Column 8, level 1 (highest)
Least peaked: Column 1, level 1 (lowest)
Bimodal score?: There doesn't seem to be a bimodal score in this clustered column.

Picture Perfect

• What type of skewness: This graph is a form of a positive and negative skewed distribution. 
• Where is the distribution most concentrated: A, because its the tallest of all the lines and it negative. 
• How is the data dispersion: The graph shows different averages, low scores, and high scores. A, is the least dispersed, B is quite dispersed, while C is more dispersed. 

Avatar Technology clip

• This is my original 150 word philosophy, it wouldn't allow me to put all of it so I just put the main points.

I believe education is the key in life; it allows you to have so many opportunities. The purpose of education is to become a successful person; it allows you to have the skills and knowledge you need in life. Students need education for their future in order to become successful and independent beings. Students learn each day for their future, that’s why education is so important, because our children are our future. Teachers are the true root of education, if it weren’t for teachers none of us would be who we are today. Teachers have dedication and a drive to teach their students and put them out into the real world. They are the main people to thank for our working society. Technology is so important to integrate into the classroom because it allows students to have knowledge and skills they need later on in life, technology is growing each day so they need these skills. Technology can help students learn by having them learn in a different and unique way, it also can help them develop skills for their future, and it helps students be more aware of the world around them.

Magazine Article!

Teaching Media Lieracy

Quote:

"Unlike reading assigned textbooks, reading online challenges students to make judgments about the reputability and validity of the information they see."(Ivanitskaya, O'Boyle, & Casey, 2006)

Reaction
I chose this particular quote because it stood out to me; I like how it says it "challenges" students. Not only would reading online help students with their technology skills, but it would make them actually WANT to read! The reading mentioned that students would enjoy clicking links to assignments instead of just flipping pages. I feel that teachers should allow students to have this opportunity often in their classroom. Students are already used to the internet for social networking and researching, why not have it for readings too? The internet is such an effective tool for students, so why not use it to educate them once in awhile?

References:
David, Jane . (2009). Teaching Media Literacy. 
Ivanitskaya, L., O'Boyle, I., & Casey, A. M. (2006). Health information literacy and competencies of information age students: Results from the Interactive Online Research Readiness Self-Assessment (RRSA). Journal of Medical Internet Research, 8(2), e6.
Photo of children on the computer 
google.com http://tinyurl.com/6lx4rn6

Resources:
This photograph shows students learning off of their computer, it compliments media literacy.

Seven Power Lens

Quote:

 "Teaching must capitalize on students' preferred literacy behaviors online. For example, since we know that they are speed-reading and skimming online, that they prefer clicks to scrolling and that they will rarely read below the "fold" (Nielsen, 2002), we can teach quick ways to assess and credibility."

Reaction:
I feel that if students make sure they follow the seven lenses and are taught correctly, then they will get a clear visual of what the are reading or "skimming." These could be ways to prevent them from not reading the material. I feel that the seven power lenses allows students to fully understand what they're seeing in photos. Students not only fully understand the photo with the lenses but they understand the meaning to the photos as well. For example Lens #1 is a close observation, it's "learning to look without drawing inferences is a powerful observation tool." This allows students to just see the visual in the visual literacy. Lens #2 is Drawing on Prior Knowledge, this is what students already know and their just concluding what they already know to the photograph and making inferences. Lens #3 is Gathering your Information, on this, you need to do our own personal research to fully understand what exactly the photo or visual literacy explains. Lens #4 is Deepening Knowledge this is asking yourself deeper more personal questions about the photo. Lens #5 Gaining Understanding students need to use information literacy, this allows students to evaluate the visual literacy. Lens #6 is Generalizing Learning making up symbols and rules about the literacy. Lens #7 Student Learning this is the students role and their conclusions of the literacy. These 7 lenses allow students to get a clear visual of each category in an organized way.
Reference:
Abilock, D. (2002 April 21) Seven Power Lenses.https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B6DFAmexYq7vMTFmZjZhNWItZWY5Ni00NzdhLWIxYzItMmE4NmI0MGI5NzJl&hl=en
Media Literacy Video: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRBQpGJTHWY
Related Resources:

Detailing parts of a photo

Photo #1:

The title says that it could "strain Obama", which explains why he looks extremely stressed. The caption states that he is brief which we could see that he doesn't want to talk about it much. Looking at the photo and reading the article and title; it shows the details and explains the details of the photo.

People	Objects	Activities
Look pretty determined	American flag	Helping America
They're all smiling	Ocean	Trying to fix the oil spill
Ready to solve issues	Oil	Smiling/ having fun
Dressed casually, not really looking to get their hands dirty	Oil spill equipment	Seem optimistic (their body language)

Photo #2:
The title of the article states that "Obama is ready to seize the claim process", but in the picture, I observed that he's smiling and having a good time and not looking ready to work out a problem. When you look at the details of a picture in a category, you tend to see a lot more of what the photo is trying to portray.

People	Objects	Activities
It's Obama! He's leaning in and looking like he's being serious about something	Looks like there are books in the background maybe outside	Looks like he's thinking pretty deep
He looks concerned	He's got a good looking shirt on	Looks almost worried about the oil spill
His body language is negative	The backgrouns seems to be outside, which would be because its  about the oil spill	Looks nervous about the oil spill
He seems to be stressed	Background is blurred out, and the focus is on him.	Looks like he may be doing a deep discussioned interview about the oil spill

Question:
Which picture gives you more confidence in the presidents leadership abilities? Why?
-Definitely the first one (the one above), his body language shows that he is confident in what he's doing, while in the second photo he looks negative and concerned about a certain issue. This makes America nervous if our president looks stressed and negative. 

Digital Stories and how they're effective in the classroom.

Describing:
The digital story project was effective because it allows you to show the knowledge about something in a unique manner. I feel that students would enjoy this more rather than just learning from their textbook or through a lecture. This activity will show the students how creative they can be; it will also show the teacher as well. Digital storytelling is a way to let the teachers see how well the students are learning and putting their skills to the test. Not only is this a fun activity for the students, but it allows the teachers to see the ability of the students, and it’s certainly more entertaining than grading papers.

ISTE NETS-T
ISTE is a International Society for Technology in Education. Digital Storytelling is a connection with this because it allows the students to promote, support, and model creative and innovativeness. It allows students to engage with digital tools, and show their creativity.

Lesson Plan:
I think the Digital Story activity would go great with a history lesson, say knowing the all of the US presidents. This would probably be for 4th grade students; students could search the web for all the US Presidents in order, and then create a digital story on them. Then, at the end of showing all the presidents they can describe which one is their favorite and say a fact about that particular president. This would be a fun way to recognize all of the presidents; it would be effective as well with Digital Storytelling.

Copyrighting and how it works in the classroom

Group #2 Copyright in an Eletronic Enviornment


Quote:

"Students may use portions of lawfully acquired copyrighted works in their academic multimedia projects, with proper credit and citations. They may retain them in personal portfolios as examples of their academic work"(Information Technology Evaluation Services).

Response:
This is something that all students need to keep in mind, you must ALWAYS cite something that isn't yours. It's extremely important that you have a citation page, wheater it'd be a video, photo, or a quote. If students were not to follow these rules, they could eventually get caught for plagiarism. Plagiarism is taking someone elses work and using it as your own. The consequences are very intense if you get caught plagiarizing, so do whatever you can to avoid it. 


Copyright Questions:

1. Can students upload their multimedia project to YouTube?
2. Are the limitations to the amount of pictures or length of music or video that can be used in a multimedia project?
3. Do you need to request permission from the original creator in order to use copyrighted material in multimedia project for school related assignment?

Copyright Answers:


1. Yes, with the proper citations, credits and permission.
2. Yes, there are certain limitations for a multimedia project. "Multimedia selections falling within the above guidelines may be altered to illustrate a specific technique or to support a specific instructional objective.If more than one person has created the multimedia presentation, each principal creator may retain only one copy. Also, Notation of the alteration should be documented within the presentation itself"(Information Technology Evaluation Services).
3.For certain projects you need permission. It's always safe to ask for permission rather than submitting it and maybe having the risk of getting in trouble. "Educators or students need not write for permission if their presentation falls within the specific multimedia fair use guidelines; however, "educators and students are advised to note that if there is a possibility that their own educational multimedia project incorporating copyrighted works under fair use could later result in broader dissemination, whether or not as commercial product, it is strongly recommended that they take steps to obtain permissions during the development process for all copyrighted portions rather than waiting until after completion of the project" (Information Technology Evaluation Services).


References:

• Information Technology Evaluation Services, Public Schools of North Carolina, 1997
• YouTube Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2AR5-sDfbU&feature=related


Relate able material:
This is relevant because this video actually shows you how important citing is and the consequences of plagiarism is. Even though its for another college. We can still learn from it! Enjoy. 

Video with credits!!

Digital Storytelling

Quote:
 "Through creating narratives, students develop the power of their own voices and become heroes of their own learning stories" (Ohler 47).

Reaction:
I chose this quote because I completely agree that digital story telling is a positive activity in the classroom. I feel that it expresses students creativity, and imagination rather it'd be their own story or an assignment from the class. Having students create stories helps not only with their technology skills, but with their grammar skills as well. By the time I have my own classroom, I'd like to see more of this in class assignments. I feel this activity would get students excited about learning, it'd be an activity where they'd be learning different skills at once without even realizing it. Doing these stories would allow the teacher to view students individually, it'll show their strong points and weak points, which will help in the classroom. I feel that this activity would be effective in any grade, it's something fun and creative but at the same time you can be learning from it as well, and the teacher can benefit also!

Refrences:
Ohler, Jason. (2011 September 14). The World of Digital Storytelling.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKZiXR5qUlQ

Related Resources: 
This is relevant because, it shows you just how to make a digital story!