K-12 learners- my idea of web 2.0 and 21st century students

Wow! I found this video on YouTube, and was like wow! Reality check! Watch the video at the bottom, you will probably feel the same way, but it is so true, over half the jobs that will be open within the next 10 years, we aren't even ready to teach, nor do we know what they are. It's really kind of weird to think about but true. I really liked how the creator of video involved even younger students because they too are digital learners. I am a 21st century student and still learning how amazing technology can be and how useful it can be in the classroom. I'm also so glad that we can have access and are getting more access to the world of technology so that we as teachers can facilitate the findings of technology and how great of a tool it can be.

Week 4-TeacherTube

I was looking around on Teachertube because I am already familiar with Discovery, and I know how awesome it is! But I found this cute video on how to teach multiplication using arrays. I know in 3rd grade, which is what I will be teaching this year, you begin to learn multiplication facts. For some students, this can be a really frustrating and difficult concept, but by using arrays, students can learn how to find the product of number pretty easily. This video that is at the bottom of my page, helps describe how to use arrays and show students step by step on how to set up the array and find the answer. Cute!

Week 4

Animoto!!! At first, I was having a little trouble trying to upload it, but I was finally able to get it, and now I have a really cool video of me and my finace! Ways that I could use this neat tool in the classroom is to find pictures from whatever subject or topic we are studying and create a "focus" or attention getter to get students to beging thinking about what we are going to talk about. It's neat because it has the option of adding music into the video, instead of just seeing pictures and images. I like this tool because I can create any video and animoto also provides images that you can choose from. It is convinient and creative!

Week 3 stuff

WOW! So iGoogle and Google Reader, some pretty cool stuff going on there! I had no idea that this was all availible to me! And I just graduated college, and we did alot of tech stuff. Anyhoo, I'm having a little bit of trouble trying to download Google earth though. And it is a little aggravating, but oh well. I'm really glad that I took this set sail workshop. I'm really learning alot. Hope everyone else is enjoying the journey!

Week 1 and 2 blog from edublog

After watching the videos and learning more about what web 2.0 really means, I have come to realize that blogging and other applications really are not that difficult to use once you get accustomed to them. At first, it was a little frustrating trying to get everything set up, however it was somewhat user friendly and I did enjoy making my voki Having 21st century skills simply means that you are able to communicate with others through the fast growing technology applications that are becoming more and more useful in not only the classroom, but real world applications. As a classroom teacher, these tools are more accessible to students because of the increasing need of cyber uses. More and more companies are requiring email, blogs, wikis and other ways of communication. Even the popular cell phone is becoming less and less used to communicate with other people. It is however important to use such materials that are availible because as a teacher, the generations that are coming into the classroom will be more apt to using such technology as a form of turning in assignments, and daily uses in everyday learning.

Wow!

So at first I was on edublog, and it was kind of crazy. It did have alot of pop-ups and I kept having problems trying to upload wikis and my voki. But, I am not ready to continue on with this cool new way of communication in the technical world!