Learning about Copyright

This week we learned about copyright and what we can and can't do. I was amazed by the things that I learned. For example, I had no idea that by googling a picture and then using it in a presentation, in a sense is copyright infringement. I did learn, however, that it does depend on how you use the information you obtain. It made me feel a little better though, when we learned that educators can use information to teach and not be infringing on the copyright. Man, that sure is a relief. I am glad that as a future educator I can use information to better my lessons and teaching. However, I realize that with copyright I still have to be careful with what I use because it can be very serious if copyright infringement occurs. So, I am really glad that I learned about copyright because before going to class I was clueless. Thanks Jon!!

Lesson Plans and Group Presentation

Last week we learned how to create and post lesson plans online. I loved it! By the way, I have already posted a lesson plan that I created and the site is http://ia.usu.edu/viewproject.php?project=ia:7094. Also, Shayla and I did our group presentation, which I thought went well. I probably could have been a little more prepared, but hey it was a miracle I was to class on-time and ready to go, so I can only do so much. I did contradict myself, however, because I think that cell-phones should not be allowed in the classroom because I think that would open up a can of worms. Well, I guess one of the slides I did was kind of for that and I was confused when Jon was asking me about it. Lol so when you hear me go off in class about not liking cell-phones as a use for technology in the classroom, do me a favor and just let it fly. I know I sound like a hypocrite, but I really am just spacey and didn't realize what I had said after it was too late. Lol Well, I hope can learn more this week and try not to get into any arguments. :)

My Lesson Plan

For my lesson plan I decided to do 5th grade science. The title of this lesson was "It's for the Birds". I just used the model lesson plan and then incorporated technology along with it. I changed a few things about the original lesson, and then added some stuff of my own. It was a time-consuming assignment, but it was worth while. I was able to find so many ideas on lesson plans that can be taught using technology. The links that I used were http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview?LPid=2357 for the model lesson plan, and http://kids.yahoo.com/animals/birds for the site that I used in in my lesson plan.

Blogs and Podcasts

Well, I am finally finished with subscribing to blogs and podcasts. That took forever! The blogs that I subscribed to are 101 cookbooks, hair stylist blog, and myterious teaching. I am interested in cooking and hair, so that is why they are in there, and the mysterious teaching is a blog for elementary teachers. The podcasts that I subscribed to are EdTechTalk.com, Speaking of History, and Moving at the Speed of Creativity Podcasts. The Ed talk one is just about anything and anything for teachers, and the speaking of history is a weekly podcast that reviews history and such. I have to take the praxis in a month or so, and I need some help studying about history so I thought this would be a good one. The moving at the speed of creativity is just a mixture of education, technology and other stuff. So what I learned about Blogs and Podcasts are that they can be very beneficial to use. As a future elementary teacher, I now have more ideas of things I can use on the internet to aid in teaching my kids.

Hooray!

This is my very first blog! So far I am still learning how to run and manage it, but hopefully in the near future I will have everything figured out! Yay for finally creating a blog!