CED525 Principles of Teaching and Learning

This article reinforced the "goal" an educator strives to achieve. Knowing how your students learn and being able to teach based on their needs. Throughout my teaching career thus far, I have strive to focus on the multiple intelligences and how students learn. Meeting our students "needs" in the classroom is the key to their success. I found many statements and facts throughout this article, that made me reevaluate my teaching style.
"Students’ prior knowledge can help, or hinder learning". I found that statement very interesting. The information you present to a child is only relevant if they filter and interpret the information correctly. Sounds self explanatory, but is it really? Every child learns and perceives information differently. " We cannot control the developmental process, we can shape the intellectual, social, emotional, and physical aspects of classroom climate in developmentally appropriate ways". Educators need to focus on direct instruction, feedback, assessment, and other communication tools. Feedback is not only important for students, but for teachers as well. Teachers need to take the feedback their given and adapt and make the appropriate changes, to enhance student learning. Feedback should be used to help a teacher develop and enhance their teaching style.
Effective teaching involves aligning the three major components of instruction: learning objectives, assessments, and instructional activities.

CED520 End of Week 3

Well.......this class flew by like all the others. I have enjoyed this it as much as the others. I'm excited about the internet tools we just learned about. I just love the idea of publishing work and being able to access it from anywhere, especially my phone. The new tools were interesting and full of fresh ideas. WOW---- I still can't believe all the things I'm learning. I guess I'm a geek and love school!!!! haha

CED520 Second Class

I'm really enjoying this class. I'm looking forward to learning about Wikipedia this week. I haven't done the homework yet, but I'm most excited for that assignment. I don't allow my student to use this site while doing work for my class. I have found in the past that information was not correct. That was years ago though. It should be interesting to see if things have changed.

CED520

Last night was a great start to another course. I think it's funny how we all mesh so well and we have never met face to face. Our new instructor seems funny--it's hard to pull off a sense of humor through a computer, but he was funny and enthusiastic. I'm excited to set up some ideas for my students to work with. The part I'm most excited to explore is safety--that being my biggest fear with technology!!! I'm so------- worried I'll give an assignment and my students will encounter something inappropriate. I'm not worried about them doing these actions on purpose, but I need to feel in control of the situation. I want to guide them in ways that will be successful and useful to their learning. I'm excited to get started in this course. Hopefully I leave this class with a little more confidence. I have gained it in every class thus far!! :)

CED515 First Class

I hope this class helps me become more comfortable with instructional technology. It's great to know a lot about technology, but being able to use it as an educator is another story. I feel I have learned a great deal in the last two classes, but now I'm going to learn how to implement it into a classroom.
Knowing different tools to connect with all the different learning styles is important to me. I highly believe in the multiple intelligences and knowing how to stick to that with technology is important. I feel this class will be a great tool to help me stay on track with that while using technology.
I think this class is going to provide me with great ideas and insight on the technologically advanced educational world. HAHA :)

CED510 Last Night of Class/Class Reflection

I really enjoyed CED510. I really enjoyed the assignments and what I got out of them. I learned what I could do with computers. Many of the tasks I never thought I would complete, but this class has pushed me to try these things and I did them successfully. I liked learning about the different virus protections and how to keep my computer safe. It made me realize how important a protection plan is. My favorite assignments were "under the hood" and "my perfect computer". I liked opening a computer and labeling the components. I had never done that before and I most likely never would have opened a computerIf I haden't been in this class. I always thought I would break it!! I loved the "perfect computer" assignment! Building my own computer to fit my needs and wants was fun. Keep that assignment David-- It's fun! It was a nice way to end the class.

CED510 Class 4

This class has been interesting. I've learned a great deal about computers and how they function. I never knew anything about the components before. I feel very confident about how computers function and what hardware they have. I also liked learning about different virus protections. I'll use that information at home and at work. I know these things I listed seem elementary, but it was all new information for me. Half the battle about technology is protecting your computer.