Shelly

=August 21, 2011 1746= I have completed majority of my MM project the only thing that I have to do and having problem is my tutorial. My Jing is giving problems and I just don't know what other options to use. This is my site listed below. Unfortunately I create my url and weebly provided me this bunch of numbers as my URL. It does work though because I just tested it out. []

= = =August 19, 2011 time 0422= =This is what I did so far. I haven't even get to the core of the project. I submit it just for the purpose of participation and I was told that a draft needed to be submitted.=

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June 11, 2011 time 1350.

Hi Everyone: Welcome to my page. I am very fortunate to be utilizing wiki as a tool to share and learn from you all on various technology tools to prepare me to teach when I do enter into the classroom. Learning educational instructions with the aid of using technology is important to me being that we are moving in an era where technology is a biggest asset in the school curriculum. Utilizing technology might be a great asset but a lot of teachers don't know how to use it as a useful tool in the classroom. My topic of discussion will be to discuss ways teachers can become creative learning the skills of a being manager and technology expert. I will also be discussing any other topic that I feel will help me and the group in this wonderful journey we call Wiki. Look forward communicating with you all.

July 11, 2011

I finally thought out what I am going to write my plan on. I think my hold up was not trying to do what everyone was doing. But to me it still seems similiar. Here it goes. Your feedback would be appreciated. Have a great 4th of July!!!

The goal of this instructional plan is for students to produce a fantasy narrative story about guided with an essential question “What works for you? Students would use blog and wiki which will support the development of the strategies for writing (including note-making, using models, planning, editing and proofreading) which will act as a showcase for student work. The end product is to create a digital storybook which will be delivered to a real audience.

My audience will be 7 and 8 graders.

ISTE-NETS standards: 1. Creativity and innovation 2. Communication and collaboration 3. Research and information fluency 4. Critical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making 5. Digital citizenship 6. Technology operations and concepts

The unit starts with a discussion on different audiences the student may write for. Student will brainstorm on “what works for you” using a student blog (link to []).

Student will collaborate to consider structure in writing-how a story can be written for a particular audience and what the structural characteristics are of a good story using [|http://whatworks.edublogs.org]

Student would research some characters from well known fairy stories from a range of sources, including the internet. Examples may be provided, eg Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Pinocchio. Student will use their blog to reflect on the characteristics of one chosen fantasy character before creating their own possible character for their own narrative.

Student will begin writing their story with the support by using course wiki (http://whatworks.wikispaces.com/)

A draft story can be posted either to the wiki or blog for feedback from fellow students and the teacher as well as self reflection of encouragement.

Student will publish their final stories to the class wiki for peer and teacher assessment. Once they receive feedback and make their final changes review and editing they would transfer to Digital Storybook.

To enhance the story, students could be encouraged to present a final product as a multimedia presentation using Digital Storybook []. Student will use Microsoft Photo story or power point presentation to present their final product.

Shelly L.

July 11, 2011

This is my final draft of my ID Plan. I was fortunate to get gret feedback from my professor as well as my team members from my group. I made the additional changes accordingly and I am happy with my end product.I feel confident that this plan will work in a classroom setting. [|ShellyIDplan.doc]

Shelly Lan.

July 11, 2011 Creating a crossword puzzle like other project I would be submitting on my wiki, was very challenging to me. Although it was simple for others I had issues as far as posting it on my class conference section. I was web searching and ran across this site [] that I felt that was much user friendly than the Eclipse Crossword. When you get the opportunity you can look at it. On another note using crossword puzzle in a classroom can be fun, students are active learners rather passive learners. Crossword solving involves several useful skills including vocabulary, reasoning, spelling, and word attack skills and having fun while learning. To solve any crossword puzzle, students must be able to identify and understand the terms being used. This often involves acquiring new vocabulary or terminology. It help students to practice their dictionary skills. Although my puzzle didn't turn out like the other classmates I still was happy with what I created. Please view at your leisure. [|NorthAfrica.htm.rtf]

Shelly L.

July 11, 2011 I must say that I can actually see why my husband loves podcasting. Even before I entered into my graduate program I would always wonder why my husband is so into podcasting. After reading the article I realized that it did improve on his learning english,he is more confident than ever in speaking in a crowd and in front of people. His spanish accent is still there but I can understand them clearer without taking out my spanish dictionary :). He would kill me if he read this. I must say that it wasn't difficult as I predicted it would be. I went into Audicity and did my speech which wasn't that great, I stumbled a little but nevetheless this is all for practice. I saved it as Mp3, went into Podbean sign up, got a password and user name. I upload my audacity voice and voila!!!! Podbean provided me a URL which is below for your leisure time to listen.

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Shelly

July 11, 2011 Out of all my assignment screencast has been in my opinion quite challenging. I have tried numerous attempt to try to make this work. One of my classmates even provided a detailed instructions on how to go about doing it but due to time constraint, I was unable to make that necessary changes.

[|My_Smartboardvideo.wmv]media type="file" key="My_Smartboardvideo.wmv" width="300" height="300"

July 26, 2011 []. This is my video that I created. I interviewed Mr. Henry David Thoreau. He was an American author, poet, historian, philosopher to name a few. He was ideally suited as a basis for interdisciplinary curriculum because he belonged equally to Language Arts, Social Studies, and Natural Science. Mr. Thoreau writing has inspired and influenced countless number of people around the globe. He has been an integral part of the curriculum of American literature courses in school districts for many years. Now his ideas have bene brought to life through drama, dilemmas and thought provoking discussions to connect with young people worldwide. Below are the sample questions and answers of the interview.

**INTRODUCTION BY SHELLY** This interview is for the sole purpose for my educational graduate studies none of the characters are real. Today I will be interviewing pronounced gentlemen Mr. Henry David Thoreau. Before we proceed I would give an overview of who this man is. Mr. Henry was born July 12 and is an American author, poet, historian, philosopher to name a few. Thoreau is ideally suited as a basis for interdisciplinary curriculum because he belongs equally to Language Arts, Social Studies, and Natural Science.

Mr. Thoreau, your writings have inspired and influenced countless number of people around the globe. You have been an integral part of the curriculum of American literature courses in school districts for many years. Now your ideas have been brought to life through drama, dilemmas and thought provoking discussions to connect with young people worldwide.

**QUESTIONS AND ANSWER** ** SHELLY :** How can educators use your writing in the curriculum framework?

**DANA/MR. THOREAU** : My writing is an effective tool for better understanding a deep current in American culture. I am an independent thinker that articulates underlying values so important in a society that is often portrayed as too rushed, too aggressive and materialistic and too divorced from the natural world.

** SHELLY **: Mr. Thoreau I can tell from your response that you are a nature by heart. I learned that you live according to your values. How can your students benefit from your values and naturalistic thinking?

**DANA/MR. THOREAU** : My students would benefit from studying someone so spiritually centered, yet aware of the environment and willing to lecture and write about his/her principles and life’s observations.

** SHELLY **: What messages do your students find in your writing that might help them in America and other countries and to understand themselves and the American culture?

**DANA/MR. THOREAU** : Students need to know that it’s ok to be different. I think students get more secure with themselves upon reading ARTICLES AND BOOKS. My writings are good model of an inter-disciplinarian, I could help students connect to Literature, History, Government, Social Science and Environmental Studies, and help them to understand that each are all equally important. My contribution in my writing is to understand yourself before changing the world and that’s the key to life. Students learn the many ways to see themselves and develop a sense of self-identity by carefully examining their place in history, nature, and society. If one can develop a sense of self, one becomes more aware and open to others.

SHELLY: Name two contributions you could make in your classroom now and in the future? DANA/MR. THOREAU: I can give the students a sense of the gift of nature free to man, the understanding that man's life is reflected in nature, and the comforting and consoling power of nature. This can help the students to realize how improtant and cecessary it is to protect and nurture nature, because it "belongs" to each and ecvery one of us. 2. DANA/MR.THOREAU: I am fascinated with scientific advances, yet mindful of the challenges posed by rapid and widesperad technological change. So my contributions in the classroom to allow my studentes to now never limit the possibilities of change. Educators throughout America were contacted through a mass online mailing th help identify the strongest connections between my writings and the dilemmas and decisions facing young people today. Their responses overwhelmingly validate the need and value for new modern teaching materials that are designed to engage students, providing them with key ideas about Cultural History, Literature, Social Studies, Science, Government and Environmental Studies; ideas that are perhaps even more relevant today than they were when written 150 years ago.