Blog Post #10

Papermate vs. Ticonderoga

I didn't get this at first until I read through the comments of what John T. Spencer and other people had said and then I finally got it! Papermate pencils are affordable and cheap while the Ticonderoga (which I have never heard of till now) is a better pencil but more expensive. He was comparing these pencils to PC's and Mac computers. He was basically saying you might as well go for the more expensive kind because the more affordable PC's will break down and you'll have to pay to repair them so you might as well go for a Mac.

Why Were Your Kids Playing Games?

Another post from John T. Spencer talks about a conversation he had with his supervisor about "playing games" when they should have been learning memorization skills. He even states that "They were reading as well. They had to read various scenarios and describe their solutions in a text. It was real interactive and the kids were engaged" In the end, he talked his supervisor into allowing them to play an algorithm factory game to prove what he is doing helps the students. I didn't like the principals attitude about games. I know that I learned much better with hands-on activities and games.You have to make sure your interacting the students or they either won't learn or won't pay attention to you while you were teaching. There is many kinds of games for each kind of learning for example: memorization games, simulation games and so on. You can learn and still have fun and that's what helped me learn the most!


Don't Teach Your Kids This Stuff. Please?

In his most recent post, Scott McLeod acts very opposing to having any kind of technology in the classroom. No computers, tablets, iPads, phones because he states in his "argument"  that children can't be trusted with technology. He says that the students would be too busy sexting, cyber-bullying or looking up porn before doing their homework or assignments. To some degree he is right, but I believe if the students are taught from an early age about the dangers and the pros and cons of technology, they will learn to use it properly. 

Coming into Dr. Strange's classroom, I knew technology was a big deal but growing up, my teachers hardly used technology so I had no plans of using technology in my classroom. I've realized now that technology is an important part in a classroom and should be used but not relying on technology 100%. I know what I have learned will be beneficial for me and for my classroom in the future.

Scott McLeod is currently serving as the Director of Innovation for Prairie Lakes Area Education Agency 8 in Iowa. He is also the founding director of the UCEA Center for the Advanced Study of Technology Leadership in Education. Also, he is the co-founder of the video series, Did You Know? (Shit Happens) with Karl Fisch.

Project #14

Project #11

Blog Post #9

Version 4 Post (2011-2012)

I learned from Mr. McClung's reflective blog post Version 4 post (2011-2012) is that you can't fret over others opinions on how they think you teach. You need to do everything to the best of your ability and to succeed as a teacher  you need to worry about your students and that is it. Your students are your main priority and you need to focus on how to be the best teacher possible for them. He is exactly right when he says "Worrying about perception of adults has never done anything positive for me, but making sure that my kids are taken care of and enjoying class has done wonders for me. As long as I stick to this rule and remember who I really work for then I should never divert down the wrong path." I couldn't have said it better myself. You don't work for your peers, you work for your students. 

What I Learned This Year (2010-2011)

In Mr. McClung's blog post What I Learned This Year (2010-2011) was very inspiring. He is most definitely trying to give advice to future teachers so they don't make the same mistakes he has made.  Like I said before, students are our primary focus and nothing needs to take our attention from that. YOU make your own rules. You don't always need to fit in, you just need to be yourself and worry about you and your students. Not about what others think about you. I agree with him saying that we can't take over the tasks the students are doing because they won't learn a thing. They'll struggle but in the end they will get it! Always, always try to change things up. You want to be comfortable but not to comfortable as to doing the same things over and over again. Like he says "The teaching profession needs individuals that are passionate and willing to exceed the demands of the traditional 8-3 teaching format...is this not an achievable goal?" And that is exactly what I intend to do.  They need teachers nowadays who will work before 8 and after 3 to help their students succeed in all of their abilities. 

Project #12

Project #12

It won't let me upload the video, so here is the link.

C4T #2

My teacher was Jabiz Raisdana who is currently an English teacher and an IT teacher.

Tell Me The Story of My Life

2013 JANUARY 1

tags: Digital Storytelling, Flickr, Photo, storytelling

by Jabiz

Fancy yourself a storyteller, a writer, a creator, a tinkerer, an artist, a child at heart? You like to play and sculpt and shape and remix and mashup? You like photos and stories and music and art and never ending searches for meaning and beauty and things that give you pause and gratitude and feelings bordering authentic? You feel connected, disconnected, isolated, surrounded, loved, ignored or necessary?

Wanna make some art?

For the last year, I have been taking photographs. For each day of the 365 I have chosen one photo to be the photo of that day. The photos can be found here. Or I suppose if you want, you could flip through them here:

Whatever you do, please link back to this post with a URL of where your creation lives online. Please also add the link to the Flickr photo itself. Perhaps you can also scribble some lines in the comments of the photo, where someone else can take the lines and move them forward or backward to wherever they needs to go.

You can also share this set with your students, your peers, your administrators, your grandmas and grandpas. But, if, however you do not feel artistically up to the challenge, then send me some ideas and I will do it for you. Fill out this form to give me some direction:

My comment to him was:

Brittany Haub
Twitter: brittanymhaub
PERMALINK

February 20, 2013

Hi! My name is Brittany Haub and I am in EDM310 class here at the University of South Alabama. My major is Elementary and Special Education. I am truly inspired by what you said. Your photographs are breathtaking. There is no way you can write a song, story, or a poem on just one of these photos. Each one tells a different tale. If I could I would write one on each photo. When I become a teacher, I will for surely be using this idea. It will really open their up creativity and their minds to use their imaginations. Thank you for sharing this idea with the rest of the world. My blog is haubbrittanyed310.blogspot.com.

Project #9

For my PLN I chose to use Symbaloo. I have organized mine into several groups. I have a social networking group, an educational group, and a group for my favorite stores I shop at. I can't wait to keep adding tiles to my Symbaloo! This tool will definitely help me in my future classes at South and when I have my own classroom in the future.

Blog Post #7

I really enjoyed watching Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams. My favorite aspect probably was how Randy's enthusiasm was for life. He was so full of life and for pursuing your dreams. He most definitely loved life and was living it each and everyday unlike most people in America. After all, he did achieve most of his childhood dreams. What I took from this video is that we should all pursue the goals we set for ourselves. If we don't, one day we will regret not trying.

There is quite a few things from Randy Pausch's lecture that I will be using in my classroom. The majority of his lecture was talking about pursuing your childhood dreams and to never give up. One of his dreams was to become a Disney Imagineer, which he achieved after running into a few brick walls. He never gave up on his dream and helped creative the virtual world of Aladdin. 

I plan on teaching with positivity and an open mind for everything from the students and even the parents or guardians. I know deep down as an educator, you need to make sure the students goals are possible for them and to show them that they don't ever need to give up on something worth pursuing. I will give as much advice and help my students out as much as possible with their goals. Every child deserves a chance to succeed in their own way. We aren't doing any good for our students if we set a bar for them to achieve, we must be willing to aim beyond the limits because what we may see as limits, someone else sees as an opportunity.

"Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted"-Randy Pausch

C4K Summary

This is my C4K summary for the month of February

This blog I commented on was a 10th grade girl named Michelle at BCHS. Her post was this: 

Tom Walker was a very greedy man. Tom and his wife both cheated on each other. He was a person that never wanted anyone else to have anything but him. He wanted to be first at all times. He wanted his way and only his way.

My response to her:

Brittany HaubFebruary 10, 2013 at 5:30 PM

Hey Michelle! I enjoyed reading this little tid bit about Tom Walker. How long is this story? I've actually never heard of it until I read your blog on it. It doesn't seem like a very happy story from what you put on here! Thanks for the insight.

The next blog I posted on is a girl named Trinity that is a Year 5 student at Pt England School in Auckland, New Zealand. She is 8 years old and loves Barbie. Her post was about some artwork she had done earlier that year and posted a couple pictures of them. My comment to her was this:

Brittany Haub20 February 2013 05:33

Hi Trinity! I love your artwork. They are very colorful! You are very talented and I hope you keep up the great work. Is that you in the picture? I look forward to reading more of your blog and seeing if you draw anymore pictures so the world can see them!

Brittany

Project #8