Blog Post #6

The Networked Student
My reaction to this video, is that it makes so much sense. The 21st century is a different day and time. Students networking is going to be everyone's success soon. I feel if a student can't network in a few years, he or she will be out of luck.
The network student is also great because you meet different people and you receive information and guidance from people all across the world. This input from different cultures can help you in so many ways. Students networking is everything.
The question, "Why do we still need teachers"? This question is easy to answer. Our teachers guide us to our success. The teachers are there to teach us how to use our social network and expand our network base. This is perfect, because when we are done with the class, we will understand how to network throughout the world.
Personal Learning Environment
I think this 7th grader is very smart. She has everything in order and in a specific place. If she ever need to find anything important it's right there. I think to be successful, organization is the big key. My personal learning network is organized, but not as organized as her's.

Group Podcast

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Blog Post #5

Don't Teach Your Kids This Stuff
I think that if we don't teach our children technology, that they will be left behind. The world that we are living in now is different. Technology runs our world today. It's best that everyone knows how to use it. Scott McLeod is an Associate Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Kentucky. He also is the Founding Director of the UCEA Center for the Advanced Study of Technology Leadership in Education (CASTLE), the nation’s only academic center dedicated to the technology needs of school administrators, and was a co-creator of the wildly popular video series, Did You Know? (Shift Happens). He has received numerous national awards for his technology leadership work, including recognitions from the cable industry, Phi Delta Kappa, and the National School Boards Association. In Spring 2011 he was a Visiting Canterbury Fellow at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand. Dr. McLeod blogs regularly about technology leadership issues at Dangerously Irrelevant and Mind Dump and occasionally at The Huffington Post.
iSchool Initiative
The argument that is being made by Travis Allen, is that there is not enough technology in the schools due to the world we live in. He feels that since we have been born into this situation that everyone needs an iSchool to keep up to date. He is trying to get as many supporters as possible to help him with this. My first reaction to this was that it's a great idea, but in the long run it will get out of hand. How are teachers going to prevent students from cheating? This will also create a problem, as far as jobs. A lot of teachers will be out of work if everyone agree with this.
Virtual Choir
My first reaction to this video was wow! I have never seen anything like this. It was so different, I mean different as in a creative way. Eric was very creative when he thought of this. I think that everyone who was involved in this had a great time.
Teaching In The 21st Century
In this video, Robert thinks that it means nothing to teach in the 21st century. He feels that everything that is being taught has a bigger source that can be found easily using the internet. The way I feel about all this is that he's right. I think that technology will eventually take over and put a lot of people out of work. The thing about Robert's video is that if he's right, It looks bad for us who are trying to become teachers. We may have to find another job.

C4T Post #2

In my C4T post, I commented on a post that was written by Mrs. Hadley. In this post she talks about the way she and her husband prepared for hurricane Irene. They really came up with a great idea to keep there home from flooding. One of the things I found very interesting that they did was take 4 trashcans, fitted them with faucets and attached hoses to them. This post was very good. I think the ideas they had were great and it really helped them to save money. This post taught me that using your head can help a person go a long way.

This Is My Sentence

Blog Post #4

Podcast is a great thing to use as far as classrooms. It also helps those who are better with working with electronics more so than paper. Ipods have over 100 ways to help us learn and study better. I think that podcast have actually made the world better. Podcast is a major factor for teachers too. It gives them content to teach with and things to teach about. I think the EPN is great for teachers world wide. The benefits of podcasting in a classroom setting is amazing. It's a great way of interacting with students outside of class. It also helps students become creative. I think podcasting is great.

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Blog Post #3

It Not About The Technology
In Kelly Hines post on technology, she makes some great points. I feel that technology is good to an extent. It helps those who are smarter with electronics, but what about the individuals who are good with hands on things. I feel that teachers should come up with a way to benefit both types not just one. Technology it's good for everyone. This was an awesome post.
Technologically Illiterate Teacher
I think that this post was stated perfectly. I feel that it could have not been said any better. Teachers should have to understand how to do everything or most things that technology has to offer. Technology is growing and growing everyday, and for teachers to teach our youth they should have to be up to date on there technology too. I really recommend this post to all teachers in the world.
Social Media Count
Once I started reading over the numbers in this post, I realized the affect that technology has on our world is amazing. Technology plays a bigger role in our society than people think. This is why we need to try and get everyone in our society on the same page when it comes to technology. We need everyone together in this because technology will take over the world in the future. This post makes me want to learn more about technology.
Vision of Student Today 
This video brought a lot of things to the light for me. It made me understand the true meaning of a lot of things. It was very interesting to see the different signs that the students held up, because all of there signs were so true. It's amazing how we as the students know so much but are so scared to voice our opinion. I think that if students start to voice there opinion to teachers, they will know how to help us in better ways. 

Weird Writing Project #2

Blog Post #2

Did You Know

In the first video I watched, I really learned some interesting facts. Did you know that China will soon become the number one English speaking country in the world? I also learned that 25 percent of India's population IQ, is greater than the total population of the United States. India has more honor students than American has kids. I think a major fact that caught my eyes, was that we are preparing students for jobs that don't even exist.

The U.S. Department of Labor estimates that today's learners will have 10-14 jobs by the age 38. Did you know that one in eight couples met online last year? The U.S. also ranks 19th in Broadband Internet. Text messaging is a very popular thing in today's society, but the first commercial text message was sent in December of 1992.

Mr. Winkle

This video is about an old man name Mr. Winkle, who wakes up after 100 years. When Mr. Winkle woke, he woke to find that the entire world had changed. He didn't understand what a computer was or how it worked. He went into a school classroom and it all looked the same. I think the mural of this story is that if someone does not stay on top of technology, they will get left behind.

Sir Ken Robinson

In Ken Robinson video he feels that creativity is just as important as education. In today society kids are taught to be afraid, but most kids are not afraid of being wrong they'll take a chance. In today's society we are educating people not to be creative. The biggest thing we as the people need to work on is being creative and educated at the same time. People should start thinking outside the box and stop worrying about being wrong.

Cecelia Gault

In Cecelia Gault post she explains the way Finland is way ahead of the United States. One of the major things to this is that we need to change our curriculum. The drop out rate in Finland is one percent. The drop out rate in the United States is twenty-five percent. I found this very interesting, so what is the U.S. doing wrong? I think that the U.S. might want to take on a different learning method to reduce our drop out rate, before we get left even further behind.

Harness Your Students Digital Smarts

In the Digital Smarts blog post Vicki Davis lets her students learn using more than just pencil and paper. She understands that everyone doesn't learn by just writing and listening to lectures. She understands that most students love to have a visual aid to guide them. I think that this is a great idea, because really the students are teaching themselves and are able to learn better.