This post is a response to a quiz on copyright laws.
I did pretty well on the quiz. I felt like I knew most of the answers and was confident in my knowledge on the topic. There were only a few questions that I guessed on and got wrong. The few questions about who would win lawsuits, stumped me.
I was surprised that a student couldn't use a copyrighted picture on the school website even though he gave credit to the source. I had thought that as long as credit was given to the creator, the art could be used. I also found it interesting that a student could download a copyrighted picture from the web and use it in his project without an issue. I had thought that he would need to cite the source, which the situation does not say that he does.
This was a very interesting quiz to take. I found that I did pretty well on the quiz and felt confident in most of my answers and knowledge. However, I did discover that I still have more to learn and need to keep looking into copyright laws.
Friday, December 13, 2013
Sunday, November 24, 2013
WebQuest Project
1. Topic and grade
My area of focus is Language arts with a specific focus in affixes
This is a second grade standard
2. Standards covered
Common Core: Reading standard for fundamental skills RF grade 2 3.d
ISTE: Collaboration and Communication 2.a
3. Final Product
After completing this WebQuest, students will be able recognize, decode, and know the meaning of common prefixes and suffixes. Students will demonstrate their mastery of this standard by completing a word journal that categorizes words by their respective suffixes and prefixes. The last step to this project will instruct students to add 10 more words to their journals and share their words with the class.
Scoring Powerpoints
This post is a response to reading This article on Powerpoints.
PowerPoints can be wonderful tools to boost a presentation and keeps the audience's attention. They can also be distracting and too complicated. This article had several good points to help keep PowerPoints on the helpful side of presentations. One thing the article discussed was making the content worth 80% of the final grade. I like this suggestion for a couple of reasons. Like the article says, it takes the student's focus off of the fancy effects and keeps them focussed on their topic and research. I also think that the appearance of the presentation should be a factor as it is an important piece to the presentation and also a good skill to have. I also agree that teachers should create a rubric with clear expectations for the presentation. Students should have a clear picture of what they need to accomplish with their presentation.
One thing that I did not agree with the article on was the idea of providing a very strict rubric that dictates what the PowerPoint should look like. PowerPoints are blank canvases and can be molded into very creative presentations. I believe that by creating too strict of a rubric, the creativity is taken from the students. This creativity can also be taken by providing examples of presentations. I feel that examples can be helpful, but they need to be diverse and there should be several of them.
I feel that this article brought up several good points to keep in mind and has sparked thoughts about how to introduce PowerPoint presentations for my students. I found that there is much more to think about than I had originally thought. I can't keep track of the number of horrible PowerPoint presentations I have seen and now feel better equipped to create better PowerPoints myself as well as help teach my students to create better presentations.
PowerPoints can be wonderful tools to boost a presentation and keeps the audience's attention. They can also be distracting and too complicated. This article had several good points to help keep PowerPoints on the helpful side of presentations. One thing the article discussed was making the content worth 80% of the final grade. I like this suggestion for a couple of reasons. Like the article says, it takes the student's focus off of the fancy effects and keeps them focussed on their topic and research. I also think that the appearance of the presentation should be a factor as it is an important piece to the presentation and also a good skill to have. I also agree that teachers should create a rubric with clear expectations for the presentation. Students should have a clear picture of what they need to accomplish with their presentation.
One thing that I did not agree with the article on was the idea of providing a very strict rubric that dictates what the PowerPoint should look like. PowerPoints are blank canvases and can be molded into very creative presentations. I believe that by creating too strict of a rubric, the creativity is taken from the students. This creativity can also be taken by providing examples of presentations. I feel that examples can be helpful, but they need to be diverse and there should be several of them.
I feel that this article brought up several good points to keep in mind and has sparked thoughts about how to introduce PowerPoint presentations for my students. I found that there is much more to think about than I had originally thought. I can't keep track of the number of horrible PowerPoint presentations I have seen and now feel better equipped to create better PowerPoints myself as well as help teach my students to create better presentations.
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Getting to Know You
Here's the skinny on me.....
1. At home: I am a roommate to 3 other God-loving ladies. The cargiver for a goldfish and co-caregiver for an organge cat. I am a girlfriend. And an only child (excluding my 2 adopted doggie siblings).
2. At school: I am a grad student at APU. I am a hopeless procrastinator, becuase I have a need for the thrill of meeting the deadline.
3. Out and about: I am an employee at Lindamood-Bell as a clinician as well as at Real Connections Child Development as a Floortime Player. I am very social and am prone to procrastinating on responsibilities when social events arise. I have a deep love for the beach and sunshine.
4. Something unique to my life is: I am a Navy brat and as a result I attended 3 seperate elementary schools, lived in 3 states, and resided in countless homes.
1. At home: I am a roommate to 3 other God-loving ladies. The cargiver for a goldfish and co-caregiver for an organge cat. I am a girlfriend. And an only child (excluding my 2 adopted doggie siblings).
2. At school: I am a grad student at APU. I am a hopeless procrastinator, becuase I have a need for the thrill of meeting the deadline.
3. Out and about: I am an employee at Lindamood-Bell as a clinician as well as at Real Connections Child Development as a Floortime Player. I am very social and am prone to procrastinating on responsibilities when social events arise. I have a deep love for the beach and sunshine.
4. Something unique to my life is: I am a Navy brat and as a result I attended 3 seperate elementary schools, lived in 3 states, and resided in countless homes.
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