I read the article : Technology and a House of Learning by Charles and Dawn Graham
I watched a bunch of different videos. Some of them were from netzsmart where I watched about the harmful effects of cyber bullying and jealous friendships. I watched more BPS videos from Frontline that talked about how children and teenagers are spending their lives on the internet. It also brought up the discussion about what parents can do to prevent issues on-line. I also watched 5 videos from NetSafeUtah which also showed videos about cyber prededors, what they say and how to be safer online. I also watch the video on Katie's story which described the Missing game and how is was used to reach Katie and showed her the harmful effects of talking and meeting stranger online. Alot of the videos were insightfull and shows how cunning and crafty prededors can be.

I talked with my mother about internet safety. I explain about the different videos that I watched and we discussed what type of things predetors say and do to sound innocent and to attract other people. I explained to her that I learned about not giving any information out o the internet and how important it is for me as a future parent and a future teacher to teach childen about internet safety. I explained about parents using different safety blockers online and my mom has already used some on our own home computers. We also discussed how to keep the temptation away such as keeping the computer in open areas where no one person is alone and secluded on the computer. Another way was to talk to children at a young age and explain the dangers of misusing the computer. I also talked about the article I read and we both discussed the good and useful qualities of the internet and that we should always be looking for the good in technology. I think my mother will continue to talk to my brother and remind him of the good and bad uses of the internet.

TPACK Lesson Plans

My three lesson plans

Math--Geometric Shapes

Langauge Arts-- Responses to Music

Science-- Animals Around the World

what is Important

I Agree that using videos, tapes , music, or movies are all a very good way to incorporate audio visual into the classroom. Allowing the students to actually see real life items or actually hear something will always spark their interest a lot more than a boring text book. I think the most important thing is to make technology equipment kid friendly, instead of saying “use your digital camera” the teacher says “okay use your spidercams” This allows students to become more excited in what they are doing for their assignment. Getting their excitement and getting the equipment on their level is very important. I also think that it is important to show students what kind of things they can do with the computer outside of the classroom. This is important because they do not equate computers simply with school and class work. They need to see that technology can be used at home and for fun!

Technology in the Classroom

I am in the elementary education program, and currently doing my first cohort in a second grade classroom at Southland elementary school. In the school as a whole there is not a lot of technology available. There are no computers in the classroom where I am at. Each teacher is given a lab top to use for attendance and other school things but she is the only person with access to a computer. In the classroom there is an over head projector and something similar to an overhead where is magnifies anything put under it. sometimes the teachers use this when they are conducting a shared reading lesson and all students need access to the text, however I have not seen this done so far. the students do go to the computer lab once a week but that class is taught by a different teacher.

I have done both the midcourse evaluation and the informed consent forms.

I thought all of the technology tools that we looked over in class were really cool and I would love to use them in my class room. The Microscope was neat because it lets children see what is really all around them up close and personal. It is also very kid friendly and allows them to take pictures, print them and make videos. I would definitely use this in my classroom when taking about cells and other tiny objects that usually seem so abstract. I thought the thermometers were cool as well because they provide a more hands on approach to learning about temperatures. It is also a fun easy was for students to use graphs and watch their work as the temperatures change. Many of the templates and tools shown in class really bring science to life and make is easy enough for kids to enjoy. I hope to be able to use these sorts of technological tools in my classroom when I am a teacher!

http://tecchelsie.blogspot.com/ Chelsie McCage

http://alyssah287.blogspot.com/ Alyssa Hipps

http://nataleeb.blogspot.com/ Natalee Biggs