One sentence definition of RSS as I understand it...RSS is a program on many websites that was created to make constant feeds or updates possible which provides the subscriber that abilty to see all the information at once as it occurs.
Sunday, September 9, 2012
Thing #15 RSS
One sentence definition of RSS as I understand it...RSS is a program on many websites that was created to make constant feeds or updates possible which provides the subscriber that abilty to see all the information at once as it occurs.
Thing 22 Reflect on a Conference
I attended the session titled 100+ STEM Websites &Webtools. This session was very informative. Not only did she provide a livebinder that had numerous websites nicely arranged but she was able to include websites that special education students can use. I especially liked the biodigital human. I have to agree she also through her presentation taught me to use livebinders. I am now able to pull up educational breaks using the computer. She also gave us access to monthly calendars suggesting a new website each day of the month. She works at Beaufort County School District, and attended South Carolina State University.Currently she is an Instructional Technology Specialist.
Thing #7 Play with images
This is a picture taken at a science training class. Theresa and I took time to laugh at ourselves. I took this picture on the tablet and used photoeffects. I dimmed the lights, gave the picture a border and increased the contrast. this project taught me that playing with images to create certain effects can be fun.
Friday, September 7, 2012
Thing #21 reflect on a webinar
http://live.classroom20.com/1/post/2012/08/teaching-shakespeare-with-twitter.html https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/jwsdetect/playback.jnlp?psid=2012-08-25.0840.M.ACE02B5F35AA7E7975F015AAC6F794.vcr&sid=2008350
http://www.livebinders.com/edit/index/459895
My blog is about a wonderful website titled Teaching Shakespeare with Twitter. I started watching the video on Sept. 3 but restarted it Sept. 7. I found it very interesting. The presenter was Danika Barker. She had numerous ideas about how to incorporate twitter using hashtags and online conversations between students. She gave the link to her livebinder which has additional resources to use as you teach the lesson. She discussed letting the students take on different characters while they use twitter and describing their feelings. This is definitely an idea for teaching classics but unfortunately not something I can utilize in my classroom.
http://www.livebinders.com/edit/index/459895
My blog is about a wonderful website titled Teaching Shakespeare with Twitter. I started watching the video on Sept. 3 but restarted it Sept. 7. I found it very interesting. The presenter was Danika Barker. She had numerous ideas about how to incorporate twitter using hashtags and online conversations between students. She gave the link to her livebinder which has additional resources to use as you teach the lesson. She discussed letting the students take on different characters while they use twitter and describing their feelings. This is definitely an idea for teaching classics but unfortunately not something I can utilize in my classroom.
Monday, September 3, 2012
Thing#20 Share, Remix, and Reuse
http://www.fotopedia.com/items/flickr-4075544614
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
Mouth Of Coal Mine In Mountain Ridge West Of Ta Chu, China MAR [1909] Thomas C. Chamberlin [RESTORED]I removed the majority of scratch and spot defects (many remain) and discoloration; adjusted tonality, added contrast and a sepia tone.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
Mouth Of Coal Mine In Mountain Ridge West Of Ta Chu, China MAR [1909] Thomas C. Chamberlin [RESTORED]I removed the majority of scratch and spot defects (many remain) and discoloration; adjusted tonality, added contrast and a sepia tone.
![Mouth Of Coal Mine In Mountain Ridge West Of Ta Chu, China MAR [1909] Thomas C. Chamberlin [RESTORED] — Fotopedia](http://images.cdn.fotopedia.com/flickr-4075544614-hd.jpg)
Entitled: Mouth of Coal Mine in Mountain Ridge West of Ta Chu, China MAR [1909] TC Chamberlin [RESTORED] I removed the majority of scratch and spot defects (many remain) and discoloration; adjusted tonality, added contrast and a sepia tone.
Thomas C Chamberlin was a noted geologist and educator. He founded the famous Journal of Geology in 1893, and was its editor for many years. The journal is an exceptionally well referenced title that remains in publication to this day. His work in US geology is widely recognized as being the bedrock of our current understanding in North American glaciation. He also served as the president of the University of Wisconsin. In his permanent collection of papers held at his alma mater, Beloit College, there is also a large body of photographs that he took whilst traveling on a geologic survey in China.
Mining in China has been a source of livelihood for probably thousands of years. To this day, it remains one of the most dangerous and risky professions the world over, but especially so in China, where there is comparatively little oversight and many illegal operations. During the early 1900's, Chinese coal extraction for most small village operations didn't differ much from the process of today. People needed to climb into a hole and manually extract chunks of coal, using whatever tools they had on hand. A shed (seen in the above picture) generally housed the entrance to the mine. Digging was supported by a constant trail of tunnel retention structure construction; as a tunnel was dug deeper, wood or bamboo supporting columns and cross braces (to prevent deadly cave ins) were erected. Light was supplied by dim oil lamps. The mines were hot, wet (subject to frequent floods) and physically draining; serious injury and death were common.
A very interesting excerpt, describing the conditions within a Chinese mine, was found in an article in The Scientific Monthly, Vol V, July to December 1917 New York, The Science Press 1917:
"In the coal fields near Ping Hsiang there are numerous native mines on both sides of the range. These native mines are a sore grievance to the Ping Hsiang colliery because of drainage conditions. The native mines are always located where the coal seams pinch out at the surface, and are always comparatively shallow, seldom extending more than a few hundred feet into the mountain. Their slanting shafts quite thoroughly collect most of the surface waters which are held above the clay strata overlying the deeper drifts of the large colliery. The upper levels of the colliery naturally approach nearest the surface at the localities where the coal seams outcrop. The result is that the surface waters collected in large quantity by the native mines are drained off to a great degree by the upper levels and drifts of the colliery and these highest parts of the colliery are consequently the wettest by far. The native mines are frequently however in a state of practical flood. The description here given is based on an extensive investigation covering upwards of 200 native mines, undertaken by Mr. M. Esterer, of the Ping Hsiang Colliery.
In digging shafts and laterals, the native miner avoids rock so far as possible, though he has copied foreign methods of drilling and blasting. The diggings are largely in the seams and consequently have many tortuous and narrow passages. The shaft of the native mine follows the vein from the surface, usually at an inclination of from 20 to 60 degrees. After a varying distance the shaft or drift becomes horizontal and then rises, still following the vein. The result is the formation of an elbow towards which the water flows from both directions. This necessitates constant pumping to keep the passage open, and even then the water stands from one to two feet deep for a variable distance. Through this water every person must walk on entering and leaving the mine. Pumping is effected by manpower, as machinery is never used. A long section of a large bamboo, 6 to 8 inches in diameter, is cleaned out, making a circular smooth pipe. Into one end of this a crude valve is fitted and into the opposite end is introduced a piston with valve. This pump is laid along the slanting floor of the shaft and operated by a coolie who sits at its upper extremity. The water is caught in a small pool lined with clay from which it is pumped by a second similar apparatus at a higher level. A sufficient number of these relay bamboo pumps are provided to reach the surface.
As the shafts are never vertical and all work is done by man- labor, some special means is necessary for transporting the coal to the surface. Bamboo or plain wooden ladders with the rungs characteristically close together, so that each step is not over 6 to 10 inches, are laid against the sloping floor and secured by pegs or bamboo withes. The upright side pieces of these ladders are very close together, leaving not more than 6 to 8 inches for the feet to tread. Coal, earth and rock are scraped into small baskets which are pulled by ropes by a coolie who mounts on the rungs of the ladder, with the basket sliding on the sidebars after him. The coal is deposited in a heap at the pit mouth and carried thence in baskets by coolies again to Ping Hsiang or some point on the river where it can be placed in junks.
The native mines are insufferably hot, due to the entire absence of any ventilation system, to the small caliber and single bore of the shafts, and to the large number of persons at work in the mines at once. The average is 30 to 35 degres Centigrade. This temperature, with the darkness and abundant moisture, favors the growth of parasites such as the hookworm, which here finds ideal conditions for propagation. Some of these mines have a daily output of 30 to 40 tons, but most are much smaller."
Source: books.google.com/books/download/The_Scientific_monthly.pd...
Also, from Chamberlin's phonetic treatment of the location, I have yet to be able to figure out where Ta Chu is. If anyone has any clue, please be so kind as to enlighten the rest of us. Thanks.
Thomas C Chamberlin was a noted geologist and educator. He founded the famous Journal of Geology in 1893, and was its editor for many years. The journal is an exceptionally well referenced title that remains in publication to this day. His work in US geology is widely recognized as being the bedrock of our current understanding in North American glaciation. He also served as the president of the University of Wisconsin. In his permanent collection of papers held at his alma mater, Beloit College, there is also a large body of photographs that he took whilst traveling on a geologic survey in China.
Mining in China has been a source of livelihood for probably thousands of years. To this day, it remains one of the most dangerous and risky professions the world over, but especially so in China, where there is comparatively little oversight and many illegal operations. During the early 1900's, Chinese coal extraction for most small village operations didn't differ much from the process of today. People needed to climb into a hole and manually extract chunks of coal, using whatever tools they had on hand. A shed (seen in the above picture) generally housed the entrance to the mine. Digging was supported by a constant trail of tunnel retention structure construction; as a tunnel was dug deeper, wood or bamboo supporting columns and cross braces (to prevent deadly cave ins) were erected. Light was supplied by dim oil lamps. The mines were hot, wet (subject to frequent floods) and physically draining; serious injury and death were common.
A very interesting excerpt, describing the conditions within a Chinese mine, was found in an article in The Scientific Monthly, Vol V, July to December 1917 New York, The Science Press 1917:
"In the coal fields near Ping Hsiang there are numerous native mines on both sides of the range. These native mines are a sore grievance to the Ping Hsiang colliery because of drainage conditions. The native mines are always located where the coal seams pinch out at the surface, and are always comparatively shallow, seldom extending more than a few hundred feet into the mountain. Their slanting shafts quite thoroughly collect most of the surface waters which are held above the clay strata overlying the deeper drifts of the large colliery. The upper levels of the colliery naturally approach nearest the surface at the localities where the coal seams outcrop. The result is that the surface waters collected in large quantity by the native mines are drained off to a great degree by the upper levels and drifts of the colliery and these highest parts of the colliery are consequently the wettest by far. The native mines are frequently however in a state of practical flood. The description here given is based on an extensive investigation covering upwards of 200 native mines, undertaken by Mr. M. Esterer, of the Ping Hsiang Colliery.
In digging shafts and laterals, the native miner avoids rock so far as possible, though he has copied foreign methods of drilling and blasting. The diggings are largely in the seams and consequently have many tortuous and narrow passages. The shaft of the native mine follows the vein from the surface, usually at an inclination of from 20 to 60 degrees. After a varying distance the shaft or drift becomes horizontal and then rises, still following the vein. The result is the formation of an elbow towards which the water flows from both directions. This necessitates constant pumping to keep the passage open, and even then the water stands from one to two feet deep for a variable distance. Through this water every person must walk on entering and leaving the mine. Pumping is effected by manpower, as machinery is never used. A long section of a large bamboo, 6 to 8 inches in diameter, is cleaned out, making a circular smooth pipe. Into one end of this a crude valve is fitted and into the opposite end is introduced a piston with valve. This pump is laid along the slanting floor of the shaft and operated by a coolie who sits at its upper extremity. The water is caught in a small pool lined with clay from which it is pumped by a second similar apparatus at a higher level. A sufficient number of these relay bamboo pumps are provided to reach the surface.
As the shafts are never vertical and all work is done by man- labor, some special means is necessary for transporting the coal to the surface. Bamboo or plain wooden ladders with the rungs characteristically close together, so that each step is not over 6 to 10 inches, are laid against the sloping floor and secured by pegs or bamboo withes. The upright side pieces of these ladders are very close together, leaving not more than 6 to 8 inches for the feet to tread. Coal, earth and rock are scraped into small baskets which are pulled by ropes by a coolie who mounts on the rungs of the ladder, with the basket sliding on the sidebars after him. The coal is deposited in a heap at the pit mouth and carried thence in baskets by coolies again to Ping Hsiang or some point on the river where it can be placed in junks.
The native mines are insufferably hot, due to the entire absence of any ventilation system, to the small caliber and single bore of the shafts, and to the large number of persons at work in the mines at once. The average is 30 to 35 degres Centigrade. This temperature, with the darkness and abundant moisture, favors the growth of parasites such as the hookworm, which here finds ideal conditions for propagation. Some of these mines have a daily output of 30 to 40 tons, but most are much smaller."
Source: books.google.com/books/download/The_Scientific_monthly.pd...
Also, from Chamberlin's phonetic treatment of the location, I have yet to be able to figure out where Ta Chu is. If anyone has any clue, please be so kind as to enlighten the rest of us. Thanks.
Thing #19 Skype
My skype name is tina.myers28.. Hopefully I will learn how to utilize this better before a group skye occurs.
Thing #18
http://image.schoolspan.com/files/putnam/filestore/34X3RO35.pdf
Yes our acceptable use policy is current. It was last revised May 2012. It addresses they use of Web2.0 tools in the first paragraph stating the students will use good work ethic by using server software and online resources responsibly...I will use only school sponsored blogs,wikis, web 2.0+ tools, social networking sites and online groups as part of an educational activity. At our school we have a paper copy of the original papers that the students and parents has to sign. It is kept in the vice principals office. When a teacher creates an Internet project and a student either does not have an AUP or has had it revoked do to inappropriate actions, the teaher is required to create an acceptable and alternate activity.
Yes our acceptable use policy is current. It was last revised May 2012. It addresses they use of Web2.0 tools in the first paragraph stating the students will use good work ethic by using server software and online resources responsibly...I will use only school sponsored blogs,wikis, web 2.0+ tools, social networking sites and online groups as part of an educational activity. At our school we have a paper copy of the original papers that the students and parents has to sign. It is kept in the vice principals office. When a teacher creates an Internet project and a student either does not have an AUP or has had it revoked do to inappropriate actions, the teaher is required to create an acceptable and alternate activity.
Thing #17 Twitter in the Classroom
Using twitter in the classroom is a new concept for me. I always allow the students to use my kindle and tablet to play games, now they can complete part of their work daily at school.I am anxious to have them type the definitions to the weekly words. Not only will the technology help them and allow them to have fun while they complete their work it will generate less paper for me to carry home every day.
Daily word games: Ask students to unscramble anagrams, contribute synonyms, or give vocabulary definitions on Twitter.
http://www.teachthought.com/social-media/60-ways-to-use-twitter-in-the-classroom-by-category/
Daily word games: Ask students to unscramble anagrams, contribute synonyms, or give vocabulary definitions on Twitter.
http://www.teachthought.com/social-media/60-ways-to-use-twitter-in-the-classroom-by-category/
Thing #11 Learn From Video
The video I chose to use is titled The wacky history of cell theory. I believe is a great way to introduce the concept that cells ome from cells. I know that the science teachers in the general education room liked the video once I showed it to them. In addition, I will be using this video
when I start science in my special education room. The standards that this lesson covers are:
when I start science in my special education room. The standards that this lesson covers are:
SC.O.6.1.1 realize that scientists formulate and test their explanations
of nature using observation and experiments
SC.O.6.1.2 recognize scientific knowledge is subject to modification
as new scientific information challenges current explanations
SC.O.6.1.3 examine the careers and contribuations of men and women
of diverse cultures to the development of science
SC.O.6.1.4 compare and contrast the historical significance of scientific
discoveries.
SC.O.6.2.6 construct models of plantr and animal cells and compare the
basic parts (e.g. cytoplasm, cell wall, cell membrane, nucleus,
or chloroplasts). |
Thing #14 Be a reader of Blogs
I chose to look at the cool cat teacher blog. I really appreciated the appearance and the layout. The colors were light blue so that it was not overpowering and the colors complemented each other. The layout was user friendly. It had tabs so that finding the resources was convenient and quick. Many of the resources were relevant to the teaching I do everyday in class. The free lesson plans are great. The fact that she has resources for social studies teachers is awesome. It is so hard to find appropriate lessons for middle school teachers and she provides 54. Yeah!!!!!! I strongly recommend this site to teachers in math, English and social studies. http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/p/freebies.html
Thing #13 Mid Module Reflection
Well I am halfway through the 23 things unit sorta....I had to skip 7 and 8 due to internet connectivity issues. I feel like I am so far behind already. I am learning many new technology resources that will help the teachers I work with as well as myself. I am slowly turning some of my lessons into technology units. I always thought of myself as a go getter and someone who would try anything. I never understood those teachers that refused to change. Slowly my eyes are being opened to some of their concerns. I chose to comment on Teresa Orndorff's comments about podcasts. I found it very honest and informative.
Thing #12 Find something new
Twisty noodle....This is a great site for all special education teachers. It has coloring sheets on a varity of topics so those students that struggle with handwriting and fine motor skills need these sheets. I really like that the handwrititng sheets are dotted for the student to follow and you can change the font. This will help all the special education teachers in the county. I will be forwardig this link to my fellow teachers.
http://twistynoodle.com/days-of-the-week-6-coloring-page/dnealian_outline/
http://twistynoodle.com/days-of-the-week-6-coloring-page/dnealian_outline/
Sunday, September 2, 2012
Thing #9 Podcast
I would use this podcast to illustrate to teachers how a complex idea like quicksand can be taught to students of all ages. This type of learning helps a teacher teach a topic that is hard to recreate in the classroom. How does quicksand work? http://www.kidsknowit.com/interactive-educational-movies/free-educational-video-podcast-online.php?video-podcast=Quicksand
Thing #6 Webtop and Youtube Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDtdQ8bTvRc
This video will support my module on maps. The students will need to identify nations throughout the world. This is the introduction to the learning of reading the different types of maps and learning the terminology associated with each.
This video will support my module on maps. The students will need to identify nations throughout the world. This is the introduction to the learning of reading the different types of maps and learning the terminology associated with each.
Thing #3
I researched #autism and was surprised at how much information is available. The resources from individuals and organizations was overwhelming. As an educator of students with autism being able to locate and confer with fellow educators and organizations that deal with autism.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)