I would use a PLN to make connections with teachers across the country. I think it will be very useful to obtain information from experienced teachers. I am sure that as a first year teacher, I will have many questions regarding lesson plans and how to teach a particular lesson or subject. Having a PLN, will enable me to connect with other teachers effectively and easily. It will be like having many mentor teachers at my fingertips.
A PLN could also be beneficial to connect with experts on special education from around the world. There are so many new studies and strategies that would be very useful and helpful to know when working with students with special needs and having the opportunity to get feedback from experts will help me feel more sure and secure about the lesson plans that I create with the proper accommodations and modifications.
It will also be nice to have a PLN to share strategies and ideas with other teachers that have already puts those thoughts into practice and seen the results. It will be like having a practice run on an activity or lesson. I think it is a great way to find out what truly works in the classroom and why. I think it will reduce the amount of mistakes and improve the execution of lessons overall.
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Tuesday, October 11, 2016
What is the Internet doing to our brains?
I believe that the Internet is changing the way our brains work. Our reality has greatly changed since the internet became such a huge part of our everyday lives. Before the internet we had to actually investigate things in books if we had questions regarding an unknown subject. It has become a normal and everyday practice to look things up on google so our brains are receiving a lot more information and at a much faster pace. I think this constant instant gratification is accustoming our brains to not only receive quick and easy access information, but because of this fast pace information retrieval we are not storing the information received in our long term memory. We are receiving so much information constantly but it does not stay with us, because we know that if we were to need that information again it is easily and readily available. I feel that our attention spans are also very short because we have become so used to receiving so much stimulus all of the time through our phones, that we must be entertained and connected at all times.
Wednesday, October 5, 2016
Copyright and Fair Use
What I understand by Copyright and fair use is that you must get permission to use copyright material. It will be considered fair use if you get the author's permission.
After reading and discussing more about Copyright and fair use I have learned that I need to change the way I use images primarily. I didn't know that as a teacher you could get sued for using images that have a copyright. I thought since the images were not being used to create revenue off of them, that it was permissible. Now I understand that these images with a copyright must be modified if I wish to use them in my classroom, or get permission from the company to use them.
After reading and discussing more about Copyright and fair use I have learned that I need to change the way I use images primarily. I didn't know that as a teacher you could get sued for using images that have a copyright. I thought since the images were not being used to create revenue off of them, that it was permissible. Now I understand that these images with a copyright must be modified if I wish to use them in my classroom, or get permission from the company to use them.
Copyright and Fair Use
What I understand by Copyright and fair use is that you must get permission to use copyright material. It will be considered fair use if you get the author's permission.
After reading and discussing more about Copyright and fair use I have learned that I need to change the way I use images primarily. I didn't know that as a teacher you could get sued for using images that have a copyright. I thought since the images were not being used to create revenue off of them, that it was permissible. Now I understand that these images with a copyright must be modified if I wish to use them in my classroom, or get permission from the company to use them.
After reading and discussing more about Copyright and fair use I have learned that I need to change the way I use images primarily. I didn't know that as a teacher you could get sued for using images that have a copyright. I thought since the images were not being used to create revenue off of them, that it was permissible. Now I understand that these images with a copyright must be modified if I wish to use them in my classroom, or get permission from the company to use them.
Tuesday, October 4, 2016
What role should technology play in education?
In order to answer this question effectively and accurately, I would have to know in what respect am I answering the question? As a student or as a teacher? It would help to know which perspective I should take, the teacher's or the students'? There are some worrisome things regarding this question, like the idea of even having technology available to everyone. I don't believe that everyone has access to technology and this would make it quite difficult to work with. Definitely the downside of technology is the overuse and abuse of technology in our lives. We have become the mere extentions of the electronic devices that we own, and it begs to question if we own technology or if technology now own us?
What I find exciting about this idea is the great potential that it hold with it. There are so many new opportunities for learning using technology, that were never available before. The most exciting about technology to me is what is to come. We have such a long way from the old school overhead projectors that were used 20 years ago in the classroom, that I cannot wait to see what the future has in store for all of the future teachers.
I currently think that while technology is a great asset to education, OI can't help but wonder if in the future we will lose our love for books and the knowledge they bring us. I know that with the surgence of audio books it has become such an easy task to finish a whole book and gain knowledge on a particular theme or subject matter and it is exciting to think about how much more we could possibly learn if we are able to devour books of information so much quicker.
It has become so much easier to take notes in class and be able to research so many new concepts with just the magic of our fingertips. We are also able to carry thousands of books worth of information in one tiny device as our tablets, or laptops. They will take the place of our paper and pencil in the very near future as it becomes more readily available for everyone.
What I find exciting about this idea is the great potential that it hold with it. There are so many new opportunities for learning using technology, that were never available before. The most exciting about technology to me is what is to come. We have such a long way from the old school overhead projectors that were used 20 years ago in the classroom, that I cannot wait to see what the future has in store for all of the future teachers.
I currently think that while technology is a great asset to education, OI can't help but wonder if in the future we will lose our love for books and the knowledge they bring us. I know that with the surgence of audio books it has become such an easy task to finish a whole book and gain knowledge on a particular theme or subject matter and it is exciting to think about how much more we could possibly learn if we are able to devour books of information so much quicker.
It has become so much easier to take notes in class and be able to research so many new concepts with just the magic of our fingertips. We are also able to carry thousands of books worth of information in one tiny device as our tablets, or laptops. They will take the place of our paper and pencil in the very near future as it becomes more readily available for everyone.
My understanding of plagiarism, besides "don't do it" is that you should be authentic with your printed work. If you use someone else's ideas or information you have to cite your source in order to give them credit for that information and or idea that you will be using. An idea that is confusing to me, would be, if you are creating something where you are using someone else's information in a video or a recording for example, do you also have to cite that source? and in what way?
After reading the paper on plagiarism I learned that there are many different forms of plagiarism. You don't necessarily have to be writing an essay in order to be plagiarizing an idea. You can also plagiarize someone else's mathematical expressions, It would also be plagiarism to copy someone else's artwork or computer coding. The bottom line is that you may use other people's information and ideas, you just can't pass them off as your own. You must give them the recognition they deserve whenever you are using ideas that are not your own.
After reading the paper on plagiarism I learned that there are many different forms of plagiarism. You don't necessarily have to be writing an essay in order to be plagiarizing an idea. You can also plagiarize someone else's mathematical expressions, It would also be plagiarism to copy someone else's artwork or computer coding. The bottom line is that you may use other people's information and ideas, you just can't pass them off as your own. You must give them the recognition they deserve whenever you are using ideas that are not your own.
Plagiarism
My understanding of plagiarism, besides "don't do it" is that you should be authentic with your printed work. If you use someone else's ideas or information you have to cite your source in order to give them credit for that information and or idea that you will be using. An idea that is confusing to me, would be, if you are creating something where you are using someone else's information in a video or a recording for example, do you also have to cite that source? and in what way?
After reading the paper on plagiarism I learned that there are many different forms of plagiarism. You don't necessarily have to be writing an essay in order to be plagiarizing an idea. You can also plagiarize someone else's mathematical expressions, It would also be plagiarism to copy someone else's artwork or computer coding. The bottom line is that you may use other people's information and ideas, you just can't pass them off as your own. You must give them the recognition they deserve whenever you are using ideas that are not your own.
After reading the paper on plagiarism I learned that there are many different forms of plagiarism. You don't necessarily have to be writing an essay in order to be plagiarizing an idea. You can also plagiarize someone else's mathematical expressions, It would also be plagiarism to copy someone else's artwork or computer coding. The bottom line is that you may use other people's information and ideas, you just can't pass them off as your own. You must give them the recognition they deserve whenever you are using ideas that are not your own.
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
Punctuation in Text
Do you agree or disagree with the idea of using punctuation in the text you send?
I try to always send my texts with punctuation if I am writing a long text. However, if I am writing something short I will usually skip punctuation and simply write a new text back to back. Based on the Ted video that we watched I have come to a new understanding of our new form of communication through text and I now agree with the thought that texting is written speech and we should not be expected to use correct punctuation because we don't use punctuation when we speak. Punctuation has now been substituted with emojis. It is not that we have omitted punctuation but that it has evolved into a form of picture punctuation.
I try to always send my texts with punctuation if I am writing a long text. However, if I am writing something short I will usually skip punctuation and simply write a new text back to back. Based on the Ted video that we watched I have come to a new understanding of our new form of communication through text and I now agree with the thought that texting is written speech and we should not be expected to use correct punctuation because we don't use punctuation when we speak. Punctuation has now been substituted with emojis. It is not that we have omitted punctuation but that it has evolved into a form of picture punctuation.
Monday, September 12, 2016
Does texting make us bad writers?
I find myself being the only one in my group of family and friends that still insists on spelling out the exact word when texting, (if I am using letters) but I have increasingly been enjoying using emoticons and random stickers to communicate with my less formal contacts. This inspires me to ask myself and the world, "Does texting make us bad writers?" For me personally the answer is no, but this is simply because I enjoy words and communicating in written form in general. I love it when it is that special occasion and I get the chance to write a card for someone's birthday . I simply enjoy writing, so when I text it is no different than when I am writing a thank you card or a happy congratulatory letter. I believe he or she who is a bad writer will become a worse writer when texting, not because of the phone action, but simply because it is faster and easier to abbreviate or omit using words all together, and simply use emoticons. . Emoticons are so fun and easy to use that I know I can have day long conversations using only emoticons and no actual words. We also have to take into consideration that we have an automatic keyboard that guesses our next word before we even type it, so in this respect it would actually help you become a better writer as it guesses your next words using correct spelling. Good writer or bad writer? You are what you are and it is up to you to either use technology to better yourself or to become comfortable and work less, even if it is just a simple text.
After interacting with some of my classmates on the subject and watching a video on it as well I have come to a new conclusion. My new understanding of it is that texting is not making us bad writers. It is an evolution of language that is more complex than we may think. Texting has acquired new meaning, and it is an evolution of our language because it is inventing new words for faster communication and giving existing words new meaning. Texting is a way of writing as you speak and with the convenience of texting it has allowed us to communicate in a new way, that although it is still in written form it is considered much less formal and allows for new ways of using language and already existing words besides creating its own. The advancement of technology has allowed us to do this because we can use our phones as we would use our mouths during speech.
After interacting with some of my classmates on the subject and watching a video on it as well I have come to a new conclusion. My new understanding of it is that texting is not making us bad writers. It is an evolution of language that is more complex than we may think. Texting has acquired new meaning, and it is an evolution of our language because it is inventing new words for faster communication and giving existing words new meaning. Texting is a way of writing as you speak and with the convenience of texting it has allowed us to communicate in a new way, that although it is still in written form it is considered much less formal and allows for new ways of using language and already existing words besides creating its own. The advancement of technology has allowed us to do this because we can use our phones as we would use our mouths during speech.
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