Full Report
After reading this report, I have to say it, I'm scared. I teach basic computer applications in a middle school and the thought that less and less schools are actually educating students in the areas of computer science really worries me. "...As the role and significance of computing has increased in society and the economy, quality
computer science education is being pushed out of the K–12 education system in the U.S" The article states that is the past five 5 years there have been less introductory and advanced placement computer science classes being taught at the secondary level. I was shocked to hear this I thought, computer science was on the rise and more classes were being offered. I could go on forever about this report, it's a subject close to my heart. I hope you take the time to read the whole report as it was eye opening.
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Saturday, May 12, 2012
Confronting Bullies and Bullying
ikeepsafe.org ~ Confronting Bullies and Bullying
Bullying has become a large issue here in New Jersey, new policies are in place and lots of forms are no required to be filled out. If anyone so much as mentions the word bullied we are required to do something. You can longer look at it like someone having a bad day or two people just not getting a long. This article makes some good points about bullying, that's it's not universal and that a lot of bullies are such because of problems at home. I do like that it points out that not all aggression is bullying. My school treats almost every issue of aggression as bullying I think we are definitely going in the wrong direction with this.
Bullying has become a large issue here in New Jersey, new policies are in place and lots of forms are no required to be filled out. If anyone so much as mentions the word bullied we are required to do something. You can longer look at it like someone having a bad day or two people just not getting a long. This article makes some good points about bullying, that's it's not universal and that a lot of bullies are such because of problems at home. I do like that it points out that not all aggression is bullying. My school treats almost every issue of aggression as bullying I think we are definitely going in the wrong direction with this.
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Kids and Tech: Failure Might Be The Best Option | Edutopia
Kids and Tech: Failure Might Be The Best Option | Edutopia
I think this the a great article. It is so hard to teach children to be responsible with all the new technology that is out there because we can not possibly cover every situation. But when do we as educators take the time to teach them? Maybe it is best to let them mess up and then teach them what is correct, those teachable moments that so many teachers like to talk about. But how do we catch them? There was an incident in our school recently where two girls had photographed themselves top-less and were sharing it with other students. Once they were caught how was it handled? I wish I knew. Did we take them time to talk to them about appropriate use of technology or did we just punish them for doing it? I think one great way to educate properly, would be to start with educating the parents. They grew up in a different world then their kids are growing up in. Once they know how to better handle things we can work together to make sure that children are being able to use the technology appropriately.
I think this the a great article. It is so hard to teach children to be responsible with all the new technology that is out there because we can not possibly cover every situation. But when do we as educators take the time to teach them? Maybe it is best to let them mess up and then teach them what is correct, those teachable moments that so many teachers like to talk about. But how do we catch them? There was an incident in our school recently where two girls had photographed themselves top-less and were sharing it with other students. Once they were caught how was it handled? I wish I knew. Did we take them time to talk to them about appropriate use of technology or did we just punish them for doing it? I think one great way to educate properly, would be to start with educating the parents. They grew up in a different world then their kids are growing up in. Once they know how to better handle things we can work together to make sure that children are being able to use the technology appropriately.
Student Podcast
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/student-podcasts-expanding.shtml
If you have the right technology, podcast can be a wonderfulr thing. There is already a teacher in my school who has his students create podcasts in his Language Arts classroom. If I am remembering correctly the students would have to do thier traditional writing assignment and then once it was corcceted they would have permission to begin recording it. The podcast took place of the students presenting thier writing to the class. I think the students creating podcast for the school newsletter is a gerat idea. It creates a sense of school pride when students know whats going on in thier school and get involved. if I had more time in my classes I would definatly get into this!
If you have the right technology, podcast can be a wonderfulr thing. There is already a teacher in my school who has his students create podcasts in his Language Arts classroom. If I am remembering correctly the students would have to do thier traditional writing assignment and then once it was corcceted they would have permission to begin recording it. The podcast took place of the students presenting thier writing to the class. I think the students creating podcast for the school newsletter is a gerat idea. It creates a sense of school pride when students know whats going on in thier school and get involved. if I had more time in my classes I would definatly get into this!
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
What is the Point of Pinterest
What is Pinterest? Article
Being a computer teacher I like to try and follow all the new things that coming out especially for the social networks on the Internet. I do this because I want to be able to inform my students of what is safe and what may be unsafe for them to be doing on the Internet. When I first noticed Pinterest appearing on facebook I had no idea what it was. being curious I went to it's site looked around and even joined myself. I still had no idea what it was really about. After reading this article, I discovered I was really confused about what I thought it could be. It appears based on what I read that Pinterest is mostly for inspiration for peoples careers and hobbies, followed closely by being used just for images. After using it myself I felt it was more like Twitter where you found things to follow. I am planning on doing some research on what Pinterest is because to be honest I am still confused and though this article explained it well, the article contradicted what I saw when trying to use Pinterest.
Being a computer teacher I like to try and follow all the new things that coming out especially for the social networks on the Internet. I do this because I want to be able to inform my students of what is safe and what may be unsafe for them to be doing on the Internet. When I first noticed Pinterest appearing on facebook I had no idea what it was. being curious I went to it's site looked around and even joined myself. I still had no idea what it was really about. After reading this article, I discovered I was really confused about what I thought it could be. It appears based on what I read that Pinterest is mostly for inspiration for peoples careers and hobbies, followed closely by being used just for images. After using it myself I felt it was more like Twitter where you found things to follow. I am planning on doing some research on what Pinterest is because to be honest I am still confused and though this article explained it well, the article contradicted what I saw when trying to use Pinterest.
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