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blog post 9

I enjoyed the essay by Mr.Mcclung.The best way to summarize what this essay was about focusing on students.I believe that we focus on ourselves instead of the students.The best thing about the essay was how he focused on teachers continuing learning.I believe when we are finished with our education and start teaching we will all have to adjust our way of thinking to properly educate our students

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1)Learners that are motivated can definitely teach themselves. 2)Kids can teach themselves without a doubt. 3)The main thing kids need to teach themselves is motivation and a willingness to learn. 4)Computers and internet access is a tool to help them learn. The way it does that is if they do not know the answer they can look it up. 5)Someone cannot teach themself if they do not have the drive to do so 6)The problem is people can teach themselves ,but having difficulties with the learning is where teachers come in. 7)The way to motivate to someone to learn is to be creative and knowledgeable about a particular subject. 8)I am motivated when a teacher is very passionate about their expertise.I am also motivated when it is something when it is something that does not necessarily come easy to me. 9)I believe that anyone that has the drive to learn can .I also believe that if we are going to be good teachers we have to believe that or we have no business going into this field. 10)I think even though we have a instruction manual a lot of this course is self-taught .I am also a math major, so I do a lot of self teaching with that. 11)The teacher is a someone that motivates a student and gives the student the knowledge on a particular subject that they want to keep learning more on that subject. 12)The best thing I can say I took from this video is we do not give students enough credit. 13)I we think need to focus more on being life long learners.I believe if we do this we can motivate our students to be more self -taught.

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blog post#7

Randy Pausch I was really dreading watching an hour long video like some other students,that changed as soon as I started watching it .I realized this was not the first time I have seen Randy Pausch speak.I saw his wife speak on the Oprah Winfree ,that episode they showed exerpts of him speaking at graduation.He embodies the word motivational. I agree with Randy that you cannot give up on your dreams.The thing I liked was he referred to the brick wall,that force that tries to stop us from achieving our dreams.We are or will be educators,so we have to believe in achieving anything.I think Randy's health situation proves that point. I could not imagine having a family and be given death sentence.He is truly inspirational,as far as his attitude.I don't know that I cold have that positive attitude if I were in the same position.I understand that he would rather focus on quality time.The problem is as we grow up we learn to forget about our dreams. I liked all the videos of his parents.I could tell they were probably wonderful people to raise such an amazing man.One thing I noticed was how many hits were on his video compared to other videos.I know his wife and kids are so proud of everything he accomplished and did with such dignity.The one good thing is that his legacy will live on through his children.

blog post #6

1)The Networked Student was an interesting video.I think all teachers are going to have to be ready for networked students.Technology is being taught to students so early now that many students can do more with technology than their parents.The technology is going to continue advancing especially in the classroom.I am not ready for networked students yet.The reason I feel I am not ready yet is because I have been out of school for a number of years and I am learning about technology.EDM 310 is starting the process of getting me ready for networked students.I am learning a lot about technology.I agreed with the video just because we have networked students does not mean that they do not need teachers. The job we have as educators is guide our students to use technology properly.The best example I could use is Dr. Strange for EDM310 . 2) A 7TH Graders Personal Learning Environment is very interesting from a student's perspective .I liked all the tools that were given.The one I liked the most was describing a science report and the students could skype scientists to check facts.The way the video was presented I interpreted it more about personal learning network. 3)The Machine Is Changing Us gives us a different perspective than we are used to thinking about.YouTube has become so popular.The difference is it can be isolated and part of the greater good at the same time.Authenticity does not just mean one thing when it comes to YouTube.