Internet Safety Reflection:

What article did you choose to read for your article of choice?
I chose to read Let our Voices be Heard by M. Russell Ballard.

Describe the video resources you watched?
We watched a video on internet safety as a class. It was very interesting and had some surprising facts.

I think what stuck out to me the most was that using the internet can be a lot more dangerous than I've given it credit for. I know it's dangerous. I even knew most of the statistics and facts that were shared through the movie, but I had the mindset of "that'll never happen to me." What the movie helped me with was the idea that everyone needs to be careful because no one is an exception. The internet can present very serious danger both temporally and spiritually, if one isn't careful.
I chose to talk about internet safety with my mom. She actually already knew everything I'd learned and more about the internet. My mom has eight kids and since we're getting into the teenage stage and using the internet more she has already taken the initiative to learn about internet safety recently. Although she wasn't surprised by any of the statistics or facts that we talked about, it was still a sobering reminder about just how dangerous using the internet can really be. I was a little surprised that she already knew so many specifics and more, yet they still had a sobering effect. I think my mom is going to be a bit more careful with programs like Facebook that my siblings and I use so often, among other things after our discussion. I do know that my mom has had a talk with my siblings since we had our discussion about internet safety. Hopefully, that'll help start the chain of internet safety in my area.

TPACK Project Report

Week 12 PLE Post

Description of the most important thing learned from the videos about using technology with young children.

I chose to watch I Love Spiders and Habitats. The emphasis on the importance of teaching children to use technology effectively and safely really stuck out to me. Now that I’ve been able to use the basics of technology for a while I’ve taken those skills for granted. It doesn’t occur to me automatically that we need to teach our students these skills and that they don’t come naturally. I also noticed that the technologies that were used in the movies were very practical technologies that the students would need to become fairly adept with in the future. Learning how to use a camera and create a multi-media presentation are two very common skills that you are called upon to use throughout your life. It seems to me that teaching effective, safe use of technology and teaching practical technology skills are very important to incorporate into a lesson plan.

Week 11 PLE post 3

Digital Storytelling Project:
Visual & Auditory representation

Virtual Field Trip:
Visual and Textual representation

Science Project:
Dynamic representation

Helps the students visualize and relate to the content being taught

Week 11 PLE post 2

I've never actually taught a lesson in a classroom. I've been an assistant volunteer in a few classrooms and spent one-on-one time with students. As far as being an instructor I think the best example from my personal experience would be teaching a couple of my students how to use the electronic check-out system at the library. I was assigned to teach the children how to use a library and the electronic check-out system is an essential part of that skill. It was a technology that aided in teaching the content area. :)

Week 11 PLE post

TPACK (Technological Pedagogical And Content Knowledge):

1.) Technology Content Knowledge
This entails knowing the technologies that are relevant to a particular domain and how to use those technologies within the domain.

Some examples might include:

a scientist using a scanning electron microscope to analyze insects
a journalist using desktop publishing software to prepare a manuscript for the press
a historian using online databases of primary source pictures and letters from the civil war

I think this was the biggest thing I really learned about. I never really thought about making technology a central part of my lesson plans, hence, I'd never really explored any educational technology extensively. It's been a fun experience learning how to integrate technology.

2.Pedagogical Content Knowledge
can be defined as general knowledge and skills related to teaching.
An example might be knowing how to use DIBELS to test reading ability.

3.)Technological pedagogical knowledge (TPCK): is the knowledge of how technologies can be used in a general (non-content specific) teaching context. An example of this might be knowing how to manage classroom technology and knowing disadvantages and advantages of possible technologies to be used in the classroom.

Mathematics Lesson_Plan_Template

Name: Brigette Magoffin
Title: Whole Numbers up to 100
Summary: Students will learn to count, read, and write whole numbers up to 100.
Primary Core Objective: 1st Grade - Mathematics Standard 1 Students will acquire number sense and perform simple operations with whole numbers. Objective 1 Represent and use whole numbers up to 100. Count, read, and write whole numbers.
Materials Used by the Teacher: Hundreds chart Hundreds chart number cards Tape	Materials Used by the Students: Connect the dots worksheets Pencils Crayons
Technologies Used by the Teacher: Promethian board Computer Printer Internet	Technologies Used by the Students: Promethian board Jumpstart First Grade
Intended Learning Outcomes: My students will be able to identify symbols of whole numbers up to 100 by sight. My students will also be able to count from 1-100 with a little assistance.
Instructional Procedures: This activity involves counting from 1-100 using a hundreds chart, then matching pre-made number cards to the numbers on the hundreds chart.  Preparation: Get 2 large hundreds charts.  Cut one chart into individual number cards, and laminate the cards for easy re-use.  If desired, the teacher can put tape on the back of each card before the activity or do it as the activity progresses.  Implementation:  The teacher should get out the large hundreds chart so all the class can see and access it.  Guide the kids through counting from 1-100.  When it seems the children are fairly familiar with the numbers have the children match the number cards to the numbers on the hundred chart.  Make sure to be positive and give praise for how well your students do.  This activity involves using the promethean board to help the students trace the numbers.  The teacher should make the worksheet before class with the desired numbers for the students to trace.  Make sure to give plenty of praise.
Extensions: Have connect-the-dots worksheets available as a time-filler.  This will provide practice with counting up to 100 in order.  A good online resource for this is: http://www.connect-the-dots.info/
Assessment Plan: I will be able to tell whether my student has learned the material by the number of correct matches in activity 1 vs. incorrect matches. I will also be able to tell whether my student has learned the material by accuracy of connect-the-dots worksheets that my student may have done.