Blog Post #8

Richard Miller: This is how we dream parts 1 and 2

Richard Miller starts off in his first video by talking about incremental change. Incremental change is described as having to change our work space from paper and pencil to the desktop. He talks about how students can do anything without even stepping into the library these days. Students are able to research the riches of the world from any computer or cell phone at anytime, from anywhere. One of the many beauties about teaching students in the 21st century is with using social networking tools the information updates instantly.

The second point that caught my attention was when Dr. Miller points out that as future educators we must be in the business of sharing ideas freely. It is important for us to be this way so that we can fully give our students the best education possible. Collaborating and building off others ideas allows teachers to be fully educated and well rounded in the classroom, which is key to any student's success.

Another great point that Dr. Miller points out is, "the limits and restrictions are largely ones that we put on ourselves." This is complete true! As a future educator I will always encourage my students to go above and beyond. Learning has no limits. That is why it is so important for students to interact with one another and share their own individual ideas about a project or an assignment so that they can challenge each other with new ideas and bring them to life!

Carly Pugh's Blog Post #12

For this assignment Dr. Strange gave instructions that we were to read Carly Pugh's blog post #12 and evaluate how close she comes to Dr. Millers hopes for writing with multimedia (shown above).

Carly's post gives a great example of using multimedia! She was very creative when organizing her thoughts on this post. Blog post #12 talks about her assignment she would create for edm 310. She thought outside the box so to speak. Her assignment was very catchy. Carly's idea was to create a YouTube play list that consisted of at least 5 of the 10 topics she listed in her post and the actual play list need to have a minimum of 10 videos. These videos are to describe your teaching philosophy and things you have learned in edm 310. With this assignment it allows students to collaborate by using multimedia with no limits as to how the students want to express him/her self.

EDM 310 is Different

These videos, The Chipper Series and EDM 310 for Dummies made me laugh, especially edm 310 for Dummies! This video made me laugh because it portrayed my reaction when I first started this class! I was a bit overwhelmed with all the material and had a hard time trying to keep up with all my different social media accounts. However, after watching these two videos the idea that popped up in my head was to create a student acting out two separate outcomes that any student could have in edm 310. The student could either follow all the requirements for edm 310 or not to follow all the requirements in edm 310. That way it would encourage students to stay on top of their assignments and focus on time management.

Learn to Change, Change to Learn

I agree with the message that this video is talking about. Most of our school systems are still teaching students with industrial learning. As in memorizing material and going over the same routine every day with in the four walls of a classroom or in other words the "burp back method." Industrial learning is what needs to change because students have a richer environment outside the classroom rather than inside the classroom due to technology. The reason for this is because many schools do not believe in teaching students through different technologies and using social media within the classroom, this limits and hurts students. It is important to change the way students are taught so that the role is switched to where students can get a richer environment inside the classroom rather than out.

Web 2.0

For the scavenger hunt 2.0 we were to find three items within this website and write about them. This assignment was created by an edm 310 student back in the fall semester of 2011.

1. The first site that I found was called Voicethread. This site helps make it easy for teachers, students, and parents to communicate, collaborate, and connect. It can be used from any computer and web browser. iPads, iPhones, and iPods can be used to access this site as well. The benefits of Voicethread are, it is free, it allows individual creativity on the student's part, and it is easy to operate. This site can be used at any grade level from elementary school through high school. I could incorporate this within my class by giving out assignments that require my students to watch a video I have posted and have them upload their answers or opinion by a certain date. 
2. Animoto was my second item. This site allows students to make and share photos or videos online. This site breaks down how to make a video with three simple steps which will allow students to create, customize, and share videos. 
3. Last I created a poll asking,