Presentation

Take a look at my presentation that I did through prezi:

http://prezi.com/ek_vr_dysfus/becoming-a-teacher/

LISTEN...... LISTEN.... (podcasts)

Personally I feel that podcasts are great, if I could have each and every textbook to where I could listen to it that would be absolutely wonderful. An interesting fact that I found was that podcast are also called non-streamed webcast. I find these very interesting and they are some what compared to how some internet classes are operated. I enjoy listening to other peoples thoughts and ideas. Through podcasts people are able to listen to what someone has to say rather than read about it. I had never listened to a podcast before until today, they are very interesting and I enjoy ed them, at least most of them. My math teacher has been using podcast for my online class, they are somewhat boring but they go step by step on working out problems. Which is very easy for me to understand and to follow along with. I have the options to pause it, rewind nad do everything I need to do so that way I fully understand the lesson and the message that he is trying to get across.

A Vision of Students Today

I really enjoyed watching this video, I felt that it helped capture the overall meaning of college.

Video Blogs

I thought all three of the videos were great. They really gave a lot of valid and useful information that I already previously knew and some information that I did not know. If I had not taken this class I would have probably not ever came across any of these videos. I do not get on you tube very often, but I do use technology each day. Through all of these videos they have shown me that change needs to happen in the school system but change had happened in the technology department. The video Sir Kin Robinson: Do schools kill creativity? Ideas are worth spreading and as I am a substitute teacher for Arlington ISD and I have noticed that creativity are hard to come upon through the day to day curriculum that the school districts use. I do feel as if this video is speaking to us in this class. One point that he used was that creativity in schools is just as important as literacy. Some people say that the time for the students to be creative is during art, in which art class is a time to let them be creative but they go to that class what once or twice a week. That is nothing compared to actually getting the chance to be able to express your thoughts and feelings throughout the day numerous amounts of times. I feel that that statement is very true. Students need to learn how to express their ideas and be creative.

He really uses a lot of fact and thoughts about the lack of creativity in schools, and focuses on his audience and grasping their attention throughout the video. Schools that are killing creativity are a major issue but it is still happening in classrooms today. Children and students need to have creativity in their curriculum and give their feedback and thoughts on everything. Creativity does not have to just be in an art form it can also be shown in English, Math and a ton of other non core subjects.

This video was so true, but interesting with all of the statistics and everything. Each and everything we do is revolved around going to college and gaining career seeking knowledge. Yes, we do spend a lot of money on textbooks that we usually never can resell back or actually do not need for the class. I think that all of the books should definitely be put online, just as classes should. Having everything online would make things a lot better.

This video touches on some of the day to day classroom issues and also touches on the overall college experiences that I and millions of other college students have to deal with on a regular basis. All of these statements were so true in the video and I hope that future college students are able to watch this video so that they do not get the wrong impression of college and think it is all just fun and games. College is expensive and is some what over rated with all of the things that they offer. My overall experience has been some what okay but I prefer taking online classes rather than sitting in class for an hour and feeling like you have just wasted an hour of your time with the teacher just reading everything to you from the powerpoint slides that he or she post online. I find that extremely nerve-racking. But in the end you are recieving a higher education and that is what you need in this world to actually make it day to day in a career.

Web 2.0 to me is absolutely great!!! The internet today has definitely changes even in the last 10 years. Just as all of the technology advances that we have also had in out day in age today. Internet and web 2.0 allow us as users to create blogs, WebPages and so much more that we can use on a day to day basis. I truly do not know what I would do without the internet; it is so useful and is easily accessible everywhere I go and with everything I do. Technology is how I thrive each day and is also a part of how I am able to take this online class. The internet is extremely use and is how we are able to find information right at our fingertips.

I really enjoyed all of these videos in fact I have been on you tube more often now, watching all of the crazy videos that are on there, but there are also alot of really educational videos that I came aross and have caught my attention. I did not know that all of that was out there, but it is you can look up anything and everything. Other than that, these videos really helped me to go out onto the internet and dig deeper. I usually just get online for classwork, social networking and that is about it. Now I am able to go alot further and find out more information. Reading blogs is also another thing I have never done before but it is actually a lot of fun you are able to express your thoughts and ideas online and to other people who may want to read what you are discussing.

Mind Mapping

For my first mind map, I created it on paper with my purple and black pen. This was really alot of fun I have never created a mind map before but it really gave me a chance to look outside of the box and really think about how I got to where I am now, and what it will take for me to become a teacher for my future career. With graduating this year in August, it really has made me think of a ton of options and ideas while I was making my mind map. Below you will find my pen and paper mind map and I also have my computer generated mind map below that.

With this mind map that I created on the computer I found that it was alot easier to create rather than the one on the actual pen and paper. I enjoyed creating it on the computer, it allowed me to put everything together on one page rather than having it look all scrambled together and as one. With the computer generated version it gave the mind map a completely different look and a more simple but crisp look compared to my mind map above that was very messy but had alot of information in it.

Potential Benefits of Visual Designs

Some potential benefits of using visual techniques in instructional design is that it helps organize your thought and opinions. I found that when I used paper and pen my ideas were some what colliding together and everything just looked all put together on one piece of paper. But when I did it on the computer I was able to move things around and it looked simple and clean.

Design Considerations

To discuss about the design considerations for this weeks group project I would have to say that technology definatley depends on what a person will have to bring to the table.
Some other considerations are that:
A person should be able to discuss about what way they are wanting to approach the project.
Different group members will submit different materials and have several opinions about the case study that we had to discuss this week. For instance some people may think that it is perfectly fine that the teacher should stand behind the podium the whole time while he or she is teaching. Which I do not think is right, because teachers should move around the classroom and interact with the students.

Well these are just a few ideas as that each person,student, and professor will be different and has a different way of teaching no matter what students you have.