Project #16 Prezi

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C4T April Summary

Comment for a Teacher

The teacher that I was assigned for this month is Pernille Ripp who is a 5th grade teacher in Denmark. Her first blog post that I commented on was about how people should not be afraid to put the "bad" on their blogs. Ripp goes on to say that many people only blog about the good days that they have but never seem to blog about the bad days. She says that is one of the few that isn't afraid to blog about her bad days.

I commented on her blog post and said: "That was such a great post and I admire you for being comfortable with putting up posts about your good and bad days. Nobody is perfect and it is perfectly okay to have bad days and blog about it. Keep up the good work!"




The second blog post that I commented on by Pernille Ripp was called Stop the Hurry. In this post, Pernille told a story about how her and her daughter were going somewhere and her daughter was going along on a different path from her, a path that was slowing them down. Pernille wanted her daughter to hurry up but said that there was so much joy in her face that she could not bear to bring her down. Ripp relates the story to how some educators teach. She says that many teachers hurry their students and tend to not let them explore different subjects a little further because they are afraid the students will not learn everything they need to learn for the school year.

I commented on her blog post and said: "This was very thought provoking! This was a great blog post and had a very inspiring message!"

C4K April Summary

Comment for a Kid

The first blog that I commented on was by Kishan, a 6th grader at Pt England School in Auckland, NZ. His blog post was about his class having professional coaches teaching them how to swim. He talked about how he liked to do freestyle and using his flutter board.

I commented on his blog and said: "Kishan, it sounds like you had a great time swimming! I too love to swim! I also really enjoyed your blog post! Well done!"

The second blog that I commented on was by Simon, a 4th grader at Pt England School in Auckland, NZ. His blog post was basically a questionaire on how well he liked using Chromebook. Simon said that he loved to use the Chromebook and play educational games on it. The only thing he disliked was when the wireless would go out.

I commented on his blog and said: "Simon, it sounds like you have had fun using Chromebook! That must have stunk that the wireless kept going out though! I am glad that the Chromebook helped you to learn."

Blog Post #13

For this week, Dr. Strange left it up to us to come up with a blog post assignment that adheres to our area of speciality and then do it. My major is elementary education, so I picked a topic that had to do with that. My blog post assignment is the following: What is the importance of educating elementary students on the importance of safety? This can apply to their everyday life as well as in the classroom. Write a blog post that answers this question.

Safety is a very important issue and should be taught to elementary students at a young age. One of the biggest websites that advocates child safety is Safekids.org. Their main goal is to prevent injuries in children, which also happens to be the number one killer of kids in the United States. This site also provides many resources that helps to spread the word about child safety. They have printable stickers and sheets that contain the 7 most important safety tips for kids. They also have an online fundraiser that you can donate to as well as a "Safe Kids Day." I feel that it is extremely important to educate students about safety. Too many parents today are not practicing safety with their children, and more and more kids are getting hurt and killed because of it. As a future teacher, I would use the resources from safekids.org to teach my children as well as their parents on proper safety techniques. I would send home the 7 safety tips sheet as well as information about the website, so parents can see what their children are learning about. I would teach my students some of the basic safety tips such as: buckling their seat belt, wearing a helmet while riding a bike, and wearing a safety jacket while swimming. These are simple enough to know, but can ultimately mean the difference between life and death in the case of an accident. Overall, my goal as a teacher is to make sure my students are being safe and wearing proper equipment so as to prevent injury. At the same time I want to educate them on why it is important to practice these safety skills in their everyday life.

Blog Post #12

Project #9

Audio Commentary Video

Project #12 Part B

Smartboard Lesson Plan

 

 



Blog Post #11

C4T March Summary

Comment For A Teacher

The teacher's blog that I read is named "The Cool Cat Teacher" aka Vicki Davis. I read her post called Creativity for kids: November 21 and every day with Everyartist.me #creativitymatters. In this post she talked about how schools are taking out art and music from schools and that a lot of students are not doing well in school because of that. She says that some students are more into art/music and not so much into math and science and therefore have no motivation when it comes to school. She then goes on to promote EveryartistLive!, which is a movement that inspires kids to do what they love in relation to art and music. Overall this was a very inspiring blog post!

My comment on her blog was: "Your right it is important that children be allowed to do what they love, especially if that is art and music and schools should not be taking that out of the curriculum. I think that EveryartistLive! is a great thing and it is good to see other teachers spreading the word about it!"

 

C4K March Summary

Comment For A Kid

The first blog that I commented on was for a blog called Little Voices, Little Scholars. I commented on a post that they did called "Our Fairy Tales as Told by our Wonderful Voice Thread." This was interesting because I listened to each kid tell me which fairy tale was their favorite and at the same time I could see pictures of which kid was talking. Most of the kids said that their favorite fairy tale was Hansel and Gretel or Cinderella. It was very interesting to hear!

I left a comment and said: "Hansel and Gretel is my favorite fairy tale too! I also loved how I could put a face to a voice with your voice thread! That is really cool. Keep up the good work!"










The second blog that I commented on was for a little boy named Germaine. He is a 4th grade student at Pt. England School in Auckland New NZ. His blog post was about how he loves to swim. He talked about how his favorite swimming exercise is the rocket.

I commented on his blog post and said: "Hi Germaine! I loved your post about swimming! I too love to swim. Not only is swimming fun, but it is also great exercise as well! Hope you continue having fun swimming!"