This Week!

So everything i have due for the rest of the semester is due this week! I did my practicum for Science yesterday which was amazing!!!!! I had a Mississippi History research paper due today and a writing lesson plan. And Thursday my portfolio for Cir 306 is due. So once i turn in all of these things i will finally be done besides finals!!! This week i am going to the mullet toss in gulf shores at the flora-bama! I am so excited because i need a weekend to have some fun!!!

AHHHHHH!!!!!!!

So this week is going to CRAZZZZYYYY for me!!! Everything i have for the rest of the semester is due next week! So i am trying to get it all done this week so i do not have to stress out this weekend!! But after i turn all of my assignments in next week i will be done until finals!!!! And next weekend i am going to gulf shores so i can finally relax and have a good time!!

Easter!!!!

I can't wait until Thursday!!! I will be done until Tuesday! But.... i will be doing school work the entire break!! I have my cir portfolio due soon and a Mississippi History research paper due! I can not believe that we are almost done with this semester it makes me sick thinking about all the stuff i have left to do and no time to do it in!!!

WOW!!!!

WOWWWWWW!!! I can not believe that we only have a little over a month left of this semester! This semester has flown by. I can not wait until the summer! My family has a boat so we live on the water and its my favorite thing to do in the summer! Just a few more lesson plans and test and we will be doneeeeee!!!! YAY!!!!

Spring Break!!

So pretty much all i have done this spring break is workout and sleeeeeep!! It has been amazing knowing that i have absolutely nothing to do! Unfortunately its getting close to the end :(

Finally Friday!!!!!!!

Ohhhh Friday it feels so good! I had so much due this week and it feels amazing to have it all turned in! I am looking forward to enjoying this weekend! I have never had a blog before so i a trying to write on it as much as i can i just never have anything to write!!!

School, School, and more School...

ughhhh so midterm week is a nightmare! Every teacher decides to have a test and then on top of test they want to add lesson plans to it! Lesson plans suck and i hate writing them! I feel like a blind woman when trying to write them because i have no clue on what i am doing! Thank goodness i just wrote my last one for the week and i have nothing else to do for this week! Tomorrow is my friday and i can not WAIT!!!!!

Mid Term Essay's

8. Describe a learning situation that illustrates the difference between technology that is integrated into a lesson and technology that is tacked onto a lesson (chap. 5).

The difference between a integrated lesson and a lesson that's tacked on is a integrated lesson actually works technology in the lesson and can teach another subject at the same time. A integrated lesson will be well planned out and organized. It will also have a assessment to go along with the lesson. A example of a technology integrated lesson would be teaching children about a certain content and then teaching them how to construct a concept map about the content. This teaches them about a certain subject and then teaches them something about technology to go with it. a technology assignment that is just tacked onto a lesson would be poorly planned and not well organized the teaches would have most likely just thrown in technology into the lesson.

Mid term Essay's

4. What role does technology play in the context of learning 21st century skills and content (chap. 2)?
Technology plays a huge role in the 21st century and the skills that are needed to live in this time period. Any job out there calls for a literacy in technology. There is no way you can get around technology in this day and age. Technology is a way that we communicate now. Technology is how we do our research. Each grade has performance indicators that they must know in technology before going on to the next grade. We teach and learn with technology. Technology is even involved in the "No Child Left Behind " act. This says that they will improve student academic achievement through technology. A few things that technology helps us learn is strenghten leadership skills, innovative budgeting, improve teacher training, and integrate data systems. There are six key elements that technology helps teach in 21st century skills they are as follows: Emphasize core subjects, emphasize ,learning skills, use twenty-first-century tools to develop learning skills, teach and learn in a twenty first century context, teach and learn in a twenty first century content, and use twenty first century assessments that measure twenty first century skills. Technology changes the ways that we do research now. It has opened many doors for researchers and has given them a new way of learning theory and practice. Technology has also changed the classroom. Teachers who use technology are teaching the kids how to use and how to apply technology to their everyday lives. Technology has had a huge effect on how students learn and has improved learning a tremendous amount.

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