President Obama Picture #2

Looking at this picture the three things that i would infer are as followed:
1.) President Obama is making a difficult decison about an issue
2.) President Obama is concerned with an issue and is taking considerable time to ponder on what to do about it
3.) Could be simply thinking about what he would like to eat for lunch/supper.

Questions
1.) Who else is in the room?
2,) What room is he in?
3.) During the briefing process. What all was he told?
4.) Is he really a good leader?
5.) Can he handle this crisis of the BP oil spill?

President Obama Picture #1

Things I would infer about this picture.....
1.) I would have to say that these gentleman feel confident on whatever they did or where ever they just came from. If they had to make a decision I believe they feel confident that they made the right choice.
2.) They are leaving a boat, so in my opinion they could have been resolving an issue with the oil spill in the gulf.
3.) This also could have been something to do with the Navy. This could have been President Obama and his crew of decision making hounds to deal with an issue inside the Navy.

Questions that were raised in my head?
1.) Where are they?
2.) Who are they? (other than the president of course)
3.) What is their mission?
4.) Why are they with the President?
5.) What type of ship is in the background?

Journal entry #5

Quote: One of the many reasons I enjoy being an educator during this time of unprecedented change is that the potential for revelation is great. To do my best revelation-hunting, I locate the eye of a hurricane, park, and look around with an open mind. When I do that, revelations come frequently.

Response: This is a quote that will be with me throughout my teaching career. I love it. The writer of this article started is paper off with this quote and then follows it with facts backing it up. I believe he completely right when e says that we are in a new age. The new age is among us, and we need to open up and realize it. The new age is the fourth R. Which is Art in our learning. We as teachers and future teachers need to open our minds up to this Fourth R and incorporate it into our teaching styles. He describes a 10th grader being able to use a computer but having trouble in other areas, but when h incorporates his Fourth R into the learning of this child the child became amazed and started learning by using it. Great subject and great point of view in this artile

Reference: Art Becomes the Next R - Educational Leadership Magazine, October 2000 Vol 58 No 2 p. 16-19

Lasting Impression Blog

My PhotoStory opens children's eyes to having a creative mind. It will also allow children to have creativity in their thinking. The quote that i choose to use was by Clay Patrick Bedford - “You can teach a student a lesson for a day; but if you can teach him to learn by creating curiosity, he will continue the learning process as long as he lives.”

The opportunities is endless. The list could go on for miles about how to use photostory in your classroom. One of the significant ways of using photostory in a classroom would be to have the children bring in pictures about the subject and make a digital photo story. This would incorporate children in photography, the learning content such as geometry or drug use, digital photo uploading, creative thinking, and much more just in one lesson!

Lasting Impression

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Double Journal Entry #3

Quote:
"She predicts that the number of “textisms” will stop growing as people continue to develop more proficiency in using handheld devices and as the devices continue to grow more sophisticated than simple telephone touch pads. She adds that part of the appeal of texting shorthands is their novelty, and that that will fade." - Naomi Baron

Response:
When texting first began on the flip cell phones i as a texter used many acronyms, but as technology started to advance even more with full keypads and touch screen auto correct iphones i noticed that my texting was more sophisticated than before. i noticed that instead of putting brb i would text be right back because it was just easier to do so. advancing technology is forming our texting language to more full texting of certain words. While i text another person and i notice that they are still using wbu? or other such things as brb, lol, lmbo, and etc. i lose interest in texting that person. All in all the advancing technology in cell phones is helping people become more accutom to not shortening their words.

Reference:

shea, ammon. "The keypad solution." The New York Times 22 Jan. 2010: mm20. Web. 11 Sept. 2011. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/24/magazine/24FOB-onlanguage-t.html.

Learning Styles Week Three

  I have learned a lot about myself and the way i learn through this VARK Learning Style test. I do think it is accurate. It says that i am an aural learner. I learned that attending class is very beneficial to my learning style, which i agree with completely. another instance in the overview of an aural learner was that my notes may not be the great, which they are not, and to read my notes out loud to get the greatest impact out of them. I catch myself reading my notes out loud all the time so this Vark Learning Style  has confirmed a lot of my habits already.

Poll Everywhere and Wordle

In our classroom we used poll everywhere has an open question that everyone had a chance to participate and give other classmates responses. After we had our answers to our questions in poll everywhere we got a chance to use another useful learning tool named Wordle. Wordle is a text making box that creative with our answers.
The teacher in the first article used Wordle as a spelling tool. She used the creative inventiveness of using digital resources to benefit her and her classroom. One great way that caught the students minds was that it had bright colors, so in turn they would want to actually spell because it looks "cool." I believe that poll everywhere is one of the best uses of technology in the classrooms. Not only can you use it with just about any subject, but you can use it anywhere. PowerPoint which is another great technology learning tool can be incorporated into a poll everywhere question. This promotes student reflection to your question because they can actually use their cell phone in the classroom.

Double Journal Entry #2

Quote:
Before we despair that language is going to hell in a handcart, we should remember two lessons. First, normativeness in language goes through cycles, much like taste in music and politics. All is not lost.

Response:
I do agree with this article to a point. The amazing amount of LOL's and OMG's that are in text messaging and online instant messaging is incredible. I also am a victim of this linguistic attitude. I read this and started to notice how many emoticons and other shortening of words that i actually use in my day to day messaging. Needless to say i have started to "slow my roll" on using these in text messaging. This definitely has opened my eyes and mind to the new norm of language and how it is evolving. Good article.

Reference:
Baron, Naomi S. "Are Digital Media Changing Language." Educational Leadership 66.6 Mar. (2009): 42-46. Web. 2 Sept. 2011. <http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/mar09/vol66/num06/Are-Digital-Media-Changing-Language%C2%A2.aspx>.

Wordle

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