Thursday, May 3, 2012
Monday, April 30, 2012
This is believe....
By doing this project I was able to find out just how many negative aspects there are to teaching and how hard it is going to be to be a teacher. I hope that I will be able to show other people just how tough it is going to be and hopefully be able to overcome these things and become the best teacher that i can be
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Open Educational Resources
The Educational resources I found were very helpful and gave me lots of insight on how students will be able to save money in the future.
Here is a great definition of Oer and gives great examples to help you the reader understand it better and hopefully give you more insight to the idea like it did for me
OER DEFINITION
Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching and learning materials that are freely available online for everyone to use, whether you are an instructor, student or self-learner. Examples of OER include: full courses, course modules, syllabi, lectures, homework assignments, quizzes, lab and classroom activities, pedagogical materials, games, simulations, and many more resources contained in digital media collections from around the world.
Open source (relating to business and technology)
Open source software
Open source hardware
Open standards
Open access (research)
Open design
Open knowledge
Open data
Open content
Open courseware
Open educational resources
Open educational practice
They give many ideas on how OER can help students. They talk about potentially being able to receive all your materials online for free and saving students lots and lots of money. They are trying to pair up with publishers to help cut students a deal and help to improve the conditions of the books they are using.
I believe that the idea of OER is a great idea but there are still a lot of kinks to work out like why would the publisher want to donate and lose a lot of money. However, I think if we continue to build the partnership and work on advancing the idea some day we will be able to save students lots and lots of money.
Here is a great definition of Oer and gives great examples to help you the reader understand it better and hopefully give you more insight to the idea like it did for me
OER DEFINITION
Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching and learning materials that are freely available online for everyone to use, whether you are an instructor, student or self-learner. Examples of OER include: full courses, course modules, syllabi, lectures, homework assignments, quizzes, lab and classroom activities, pedagogical materials, games, simulations, and many more resources contained in digital media collections from around the world.
Open source (relating to business and technology)
Open source software
Open source hardware
Open standards
Open access (research)
Open design
Open knowledge
Open data
Open content
Open courseware
Open educational resources
Open educational practice
They give many ideas on how OER can help students. They talk about potentially being able to receive all your materials online for free and saving students lots and lots of money. They are trying to pair up with publishers to help cut students a deal and help to improve the conditions of the books they are using.
I believe that the idea of OER is a great idea but there are still a lot of kinks to work out like why would the publisher want to donate and lose a lot of money. However, I think if we continue to build the partnership and work on advancing the idea some day we will be able to save students lots and lots of money.
Monday, April 16, 2012
What I believe
I don't want to be a teacher.....
You will never believe what happened today. I got to sleep in today until 6:00. I usually wake up around five but today i spoiled myself. I never thought i would be waking up at the time i used to be going to bed. I used to be a bartender and got to do whatever I wanted and sleep in as long as I wanted. Now I'm up before the crows. After I put on my uncomfortable dress clothes I go on my drive in the pitch black to my cold school.
When i get to school I hae to clean and set up my room because the janitors half-ass their job. An hour later the kids start showing up for first period. I teach fifth grade word problems to start of my day. Not exactly something to change my negative attitude. Kids are always tired in first period so teaching them anything is a challenge. A young boy named Matthew never stays awake. He doesn't come from a very well off family so he doesn't sleep well. What am I supposed to do? Waking him up does nothing and its not his fault he is always tired. Its a lose-lose situation for me.
Teaching middle education is a terrible experience. My paycheck sucks and I deal with little monsters all day long. They all complain and smell bad and act like they grew up in a barn. I made the biggest mistake of my life deciding to be a teacher. DO NOT BECOME A TEACHER.
You will never believe what happened today. I got to sleep in today until 6:00. I usually wake up around five but today i spoiled myself. I never thought i would be waking up at the time i used to be going to bed. I used to be a bartender and got to do whatever I wanted and sleep in as long as I wanted. Now I'm up before the crows. After I put on my uncomfortable dress clothes I go on my drive in the pitch black to my cold school.
When i get to school I hae to clean and set up my room because the janitors half-ass their job. An hour later the kids start showing up for first period. I teach fifth grade word problems to start of my day. Not exactly something to change my negative attitude. Kids are always tired in first period so teaching them anything is a challenge. A young boy named Matthew never stays awake. He doesn't come from a very well off family so he doesn't sleep well. What am I supposed to do? Waking him up does nothing and its not his fault he is always tired. Its a lose-lose situation for me.
In second period I teach accelerated math to 7th graders. They are for the most part a good class but you always get those little pricks in your class that think they know it all. Mine is Joseph. He always has an argument and thinks he is smarter than me. It is very annoying and I think it's because he reminds me of myself when I was his age. I always knew karma was real. I guess I finally get what i deserve, a little version of myself.
My third period is pre-algebra to 6th graders. The class rarely pays attention to me. Everyone is thinking about lunch and recess and being able to see there other brat-like friends. I once tried to teach them a lesson by giving them a pop quiz. Half the class failed that quiz. Of course, when i handed them back half the kids started crying and what seemed like the other half all had their parents calling me that night complaining. Don't need drama when all I do is deal with it so can't do that again.
My final class is 8th grade geometry. It is my least favorite class to teach. The kids all return from recess and all smell terrible. They all fart and burp like crazy from the food they just ate as well, making my room smell like a shithole. They all also have ants in their pants because they are all so excited to go home. To make matters worse, if possible, is 8th graders hormones are going crazy. I have a couple in the back of the room that hold hands and grope each other the whole time. You shouldnt' do that but what am I supposed to do. Can't get them in trouble with their parents, just make them want to do it even more. I can never win.
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Top ten ppls tools
1. Alex Fedorko
2. Nina M.
3. Angela Ewing
4. Mike Chezwick
5. Rien Wetmore
6. Kerri
7. Becca
8. Hayden Julius
9. Divine mrs. M.
10. Alicia Pierce
2. Nina M.
3. Angela Ewing
4. Mike Chezwick
5. Rien Wetmore
6. Kerri
7. Becca
8. Hayden Julius
9. Divine mrs. M.
10. Alicia Pierce
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Cool Tool for School
http://teachertube.com/
This is a website used by many teachers all over the world that gives them advice on how to improve their teaching skills. There are many videos posted everyday and the site has many topics that you can look up and discover new techniques. It is basically a youtube for teachers hence the name and you can learn a lot from other teachers experiences and ideas.
The site always is connected through facebook so you can follow it as well. It is free to join and can limit what you can see and search just about anything having to do with teaching. There are lots of separate links to it as well such as videos, docs, audio, photos, channels, community and even a place where anyone can upload their own video to help other people and give them your own ideas as well. You can also have notifications sent to you by registering your email.
This site will help you stay well connected and help improve your teaching skills in all spectrums and make you the best possible teacher you can be. Use this too or your not cool!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is a website used by many teachers all over the world that gives them advice on how to improve their teaching skills. There are many videos posted everyday and the site has many topics that you can look up and discover new techniques. It is basically a youtube for teachers hence the name and you can learn a lot from other teachers experiences and ideas.
The site always is connected through facebook so you can follow it as well. It is free to join and can limit what you can see and search just about anything having to do with teaching. There are lots of separate links to it as well such as videos, docs, audio, photos, channels, community and even a place where anyone can upload their own video to help other people and give them your own ideas as well. You can also have notifications sent to you by registering your email.
This site will help you stay well connected and help improve your teaching skills in all spectrums and make you the best possible teacher you can be. Use this too or your not cool!!!!!!!!!!!!
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