TPACK REPORT PRESENTATION

TPACK Lesson Plans: First Grade Curriculum

Science Lesson Plan Link (Plants):
http://docs.google.comView?id=dhq5gzcd_4hfwnpwdm

Math Lesson Plan Link (Shapes):http://docs.google.com/View?id=dhq5gzcd_2gcxpc9d9

Language Arts Lesson Plan Link (Setting):http://docs.google.com/View?id=dhq5gzcd_3g4mtfhf9

Story Board for Book Trailer: Roald Dahl's The Witches

These images of my story board are numbered in the order that they go in by the number up in the left hand corner( thus #1 is the beginning of the book trailer etc.)

Internet Safety Reflection

1. Article: Technology and a House of Learning- By Charles and Dawn Graham

2. Video: I watched several of the provided videos for this course that dealt with Cyber bullying and Cyber Predators.

3. In watching and reading the resources it made me realize just how much of our lives are run by the media. It has shown the good resources and also harmful things out there on the internet. Many of the resources such as the article I chose above and videos like Katie's Story and the PBS videos( Cyber Bullying, A Revolution in Classrooms and Social Life, and A Child Predator Fear) illustrate the need to teach kids and even adults how to be safe with the internet and look for signs of these dangers. It motivated me as a teacher and eventually a parent of the things we can do to prevent our children from accessing inappropriate and harmful media, which include keeping TVs and computers in a public area and not in rooms that can be locked behind closed doors. Technology is not anything you can escape this day and age, so rather than not letting kids on the computer we can put up filters and also direct their attention away from social networks and media that wastes time and help teach them ways to use the technology to channel creativity. Activities such as creating a presentation using a family vacation video or looking up important things in the Wikipedia encyclopedia.

4. I discussed internet safety with my younger sister. She was aware that there were filters for the internet she could use to prevent inappropriate material from being viewed on her computer. She also mentioned keeping the computer out in an open area, so as not to be secluded in a room with a door.
I then shared with her some of the resources I read and viewed and how to particularly prevent cyber predators. She is a smart girl , but she is young and I shared with her Katie's Story where she could understand that it is real and to also see the cool resources like the video game that aided Katie in becoming a victim. Even though she had heard of these happenings my sister was surprised at just how prevalent these kinds of things were out there and readily available on her computer screen. I was glad at her reaction because it helped me assess what she got out of what I was teaching her. I think she will really consider these points shared not only for herself, but with her roommates and it may even influence her eventual family.

Technology In Classroom...

My practicum experience is at Mt. Loafer Elementary in Salem, Utah. Being that this is a newer school built within the past ten years I thought that these classrooms would have a lot more access to technology, but there are still a lot of great technologies in this school. I am in the first grade and they don't use computers as often and they have a lot more rote instruction. They have technology such as an Elmo document projector and cameras that are shared as a grade level. All the classrooms have TVs, cd players, DVD players and at least one PC computer. There are two computer labs. One has newer computers and this is used to teach computer once a week to each class in the school. The other lab has older PC computers and it is open access. The computers have access to the internet and many educational programs. I think that at least in my classroom we could be using technology a lot more to make connections with the curriculum, especially since we do have a wide variety of access there at the school.

*I completed the evaluation and informed consent.

Good Reads Screen Shot

Google Reader Screen Shot

Diigo Screen Shot

Web 2.0

I created a wiki page using PBworks and the address is:

http://welearninthisclass.pbworks.com/


I have to admit I thought I was technology suave until I did all the work for this week. I had never heard of google reader, creating screen shots, diigo and goodreads. It was amazing to me how much I learned and enjoyed learning about these tools that I can use to organize the many social networks etc in my life. My wiki page took me the longest, but now I have a website that I can use as a template for my future classroom. I found that as I was creating each extra page especially the content page I grew more and more excited to add the moon phase google gadget and my teachertube link. I think I will end up using goodreads the most because just checking off the books I want to read it inspired me to continue reading. After creating several screen shots i realized I had no idea what the function of the "prt scr" key was and it surprised me how easy of a task it was to save.
Everything was useful. I am not sure how much I am going to use diigo for my personal use. However, in the classroom this will be a perfect way to organize articles in relation to what they are learning. I found that the hardest parts were the creations of the the different wiki pages. I mainly struggled on the content page, but I think it turned out nicely.

Love for Education...

When I was about ten years old I told my parents I wanted to be a teacher, so I could boss other kids around. My view of education has certainly matured since then, but I still have a great desire to teach. I have substitute taught and have worked with children on many occasions over the years. Their enthusiasm to learn and their open minds is what inspires me to become the best educator I can be. I look forward to learning with the students in my class as they learn from me.