conclusion

Picture one gave me more confidence in the President's leadership abilities. This was because he looked like he knew what he was doing and looked confident that he could fix the disaster. The second picture he looked too worried.

oil spill blog posting 2

People	Objects	Activities
Obama	books	Look of worry
	Plants

Three things to infer from the photograph:

1.       He looks worried.

2.       He is casually dressed so he isn’t in his office.

3.       He is not optimistic about what is going to happen.

Questions raised:

Is there anything he can do to fix the oil spill?

Why can’t he find a solution?

Is this going to hurt his presidency?

Oil spill blog posting

People	Objects	Activities
Coast Guard	Ship	Look with Binoculars
Gov. Officials	Concrete barriers	Talking
Obama	Ocean	Leading

Three things to infer from the photograph:

1.       Obama has his sleeves rolled up like he is ready to do some work.

2.       The two men on the left side of the picture do not seem very concerned.

3.       The group of people on the right side seem worried and hurried.

Questions raised:

Why are they smiling as if nothing is wrong?

Are they smiling because they think everything is going to work out?

Is he really going to seize claims on the oil spill?

Copyright in an electronic environment

Students are not allowed to upload their multimedia projects to Youtube. This is because "Fair use ends when the multimedia creator loses control of his product's use, such as when it is accessed by others over the Internet. " There are limitations in how much copyrighted work a student can use. For video it is 10% of the video or 3 minutes, whichever one is less and it can not be altered in any way. A picture can be used in it's entirety, but you can not use more than five images from one person. For music you can use 10% or up to 30 seconds of music. Also, the music can not be altered in any way. Students do not need permission to use copyrighted materials if it is used for a school based assignment and that the material is not going to be gave out over the internet or in a mass way. It can be used for face-to-face instruction, demonstrations on how to create multimedia, presented at conferences, and for remote instruction, but can only be kept for a period of two years.

my digital story

Journal entry

Quote:
"digital storytelling helps students become active participants rather than passive consumers in a society saturated with media."

Response:
I believe digital storytelling has a place in the classroom. It may take a once shy passive student and give them a medium to express themselves. I believe that if digital storytelling is to be used it needs to be taught to the students how to do it the correct way and not just use the technology. I don't think that the story should be a replacement for a term paper but it could be used as a visual aid to accompany the term paper or project. I think that the digital story will find its way into classroom use more and more, but we as teachers should teach the students how to properly compose the story and to make it meaningful.

Related resources:

I believe that diagram is a good way to build a digital story so it has some meaning.

Reference:
Ohler, Jason. "The World of Digital Storytelling." Educational Leadership, December 2005/January 2006, p. 44-47.

Journal Posting

Quote:
"with the exception of a few recent coinages like LOL, “virtually all the commonly used ones can be found in English a century ago.” For example, bn (been), btwn (between) and wd (would) can all be found in a 1942 dictionary of abbreviations."

Response:
This quote shows that abbreviations of words have been around for a long time now. I believe that we are seeing so much news about it now is because of the frequency of texting and the amount ot texts that the population sends. The article also talks about how maybe it is time to reform the way spelling of words are in the English language to make them more understandable, therefore spelling them phonetically. Nobody likes change, but I feel that it could be done, given some limits. We would have to agree on the spellings or you would have many different spellings for each word.

Related content:

I believe this cartoon shows that we basically beat the use of proper english and spelling into students early on.

Reference:
Shea, Ammon. "The Keypad Solution." January 22, 2010. The New York Times.

Learning style test results

Visual: 1
Aural: 6
Read/Write: 12
Kinesthetic: 8
Mild read/write learning preference

From this test I learned that I prefer to learn by reading or writing rather than demonstrations or talking about the subject. Thinking back I can tell that this is the way i learn the best.
Some strategies that were given to me to learn are Intake (learning by usings lists, dictionaries, glossarys, etc), SWOT (study without tears, convert notes into a learning package by reducing them), and Output (write exam answers, practice with multiple choice tests, etc.). I feel that this test was fairly accurate, but i think it depends on the person.
Here is a link for study and learning strategies for those who have a read/write preference to learning:
http://www.vark-learn.com/english/page.asp?p=readwrite

Wordle and Poll Everywhere

Wordle is a tool that can be used to make a visual representation of words. It forms a word cloud with the most repeated word being the largest and the one that is repeated the fewest amount of times the smallest. Poll everywhere can be used to ask any type of question and you get real time results. The participants can either use their cell phone or the computer to respond to the poll. One example of how Wordle could be used is for spelling class. The students could put the words that they are having the most trouble with in more times than the ones they are having the least trouble with therefore repeating the hard ones numerous times and then studying them with the visual picture it creates. One example of how poll everywhere could be used is to ask the students which areas of a subject they are having the most trouble with and the teacher could get the results that way.

The ISTE NETS-T is about getting students to use technology to develop their ideas and use them in the classroom. Wordle and Poll Everywhere are two examples that are fun and easy to use for a variety of subjects in the classroom.

Journal posting 2

Quote:
The issue is that attitudes toward linguistic "rules" have shifted. (Baron, 2009).

Reaction:
I believe the author is trying to tell us that we should gain back control, as teachers, of how our students interact with us. I do not totally agree with her. She has a point about how students should be expected to use proper English when they do assignments, but in my opinion the students should be allowed to speak freely when having in class discussions and be able to communicate how they see they can easily get their point across in discussions. I believe we should stop demanding such control in school and allow more freedom of expression, including language. However, the students should know what is appropriate and what is not appropriate.

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

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I believe this is what we are going towards and it happens throughout history so it is not that big of a deal.