Blog Post #14

Teaching Channel

In the Teaching Channel, have students click on the videos link at the top right hand corner. Once the page has loaded, scroll down to topics; it will be on the left hand side. From here, click on Digital Literacy, there will be 48 different videos that your student can choose from, just have them pick five and have students summarize the videos. You will be able to find videos that are designed to help with lesson ideas and teaching practices that are designed for specific grade levels. I think that this website is a great resource to have. I have to give thanks to Mr. Tashbin, who taught EPY-355-701 at the University of South Alabama. As a student in his class, we were assigned to watch a few videos and write papers about the videos we watched. The videos are very helpful to a new teacher, and a new student in EDM310!

C4T #4

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For my first C4T #4 post, I had Educate the Governors by Beth Still. In this blog post of Beth Still she explained that she read a blog titled Tech and Trust written by Doug Johnson. The Tech and Trust post compares two different philosophies on how to manage students and their new high tech devices. One way that the Tech and Trust explains was a lock down method for the iPads if a student mishandles their learning utensil. This philosophy was apart of the LA Unified School District. The other way was to teach safe and responsible internet usage in all lessons. In this second philosophy, the students are allowed freedom to make mistakes. It is here that the mistakes are looked at teachable moments. This philosophy was part of New Canaan High School.

But just a few days before the post of Doug Johnson, Beth conversed with a colleague from her region. In the school, it had a 1:1 ratio of children to iPads, however, a colleague explained that if a students violates the policies that are set for their technologies and the students will have computer access revoked for 15 days. An of the reason for getting access revoked was leaving the device out; it was by a seven year old boy. Beth Still was upset, why are you going to give students devices to use for their education, but as soon as they make a mistake teachers are to take the device away, and it is the teacher’s responsibility to get other materials ready for the student until their access is granted.

Beth Still made very interesting points, for instance: What would be the consequence for Little Johnny if he forgot his textbook? Would Little Johnny be denied access to his book? No! What about if he left his crayons across the room, would Johnny lose his color time? No! So Beth’s question was “Why do some schools feel the need to punish the student by taking away the very tools they must have access to in order to learn?”Beth Still did make a great solution to burning question. Her solution would be to assign different internet access. If a student is not responsible, they would lose their full internet access and join a group with limited access to the internet. Once the student has proven themselves, they can be moved back to full internet access. I explained that in our public schools here in Mobile, AL, do not have iPads yet, but it has been debated and talked about heavily. I thought that this post was very interesting, because I liked her opinion on the topic. I especially like her solution for the students.

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For my second C4T #4 post, I had Beth Still. The post of Beth’s that I read and commented on was No Potty for You! In Beth’s post she discussed that while she was in her second semester of her second year of teaching, she had students that would constantly ask to go the bathroom. She thought that she would be smart and make a new bathroom rule. The rule was a limit of 3 passes to the bathroom each quarter. Beth Still was so proud; she went to her principal to share her new idea. Her principal guided her to the realization that it was not reasonable. Beth Still gave great advice to new teachers: “never make rules that are based on all action of a few, empower your students and pick your battles wisely. I explained that I was an Elementary Education Major and that the restroom passes probably would not work for me. In the Kindergarten class we have to set aside time to go as a class to the restroom, however, there are still a few that will ask in the class. But these are very young students, and there is no need to procrastinate with the issue. I also thanked Beth Still for the great advice.

PLN Project #2

My Personal Learning Network or PLN is a set of tools that I will be able to use for help, consultation, and other assistance. After learning the importance of a PLN in EDM310 with Dr. Strange, I have found that Symbaloo would be a perfect match for me. With Symbaloo, I am in control of the tiles that I feel is important for me as a teacher. The tiles that I found that will help grow my network is LinkedIn, facebook, Blogger, and Twitter. So I have added tiles of my accounts. This way I will always be able to get assistance from other teachers that I have subscribed to. I also think that it was important for me to put our class blog for EDM310 in my Symbaloo. My purpose for this discussion was because Dr. Strange is great at finding new technology and having his students experiment with it. Also, the class blog has a link of all students so I see how the technology can be used.

Now, the tiles that are white running down the right side of the Google Search tile are tiles that I can use in the process of making my lessons. The first is Pandora; it is a free app to listen to music. The reason I choose it was because there is different channels one being just for kids. I think that it is something great to use in the class if we are at centers. The second is Discovery Education; it is a resource that we learned about in EDM310 with Dr. Strange. The one thing that I like about the website is that they offer free resources for teachers. Next, is “r-t,” it is a Reading tutor tile. I really thought that it was a unique website because you can build a tutoring program for English readers and ESL readers. Since this EDM310 class is about teaching student how to become technology intelligent, I found a website that will use technology in a transformational kind of a learning experience. That website is Desire2Learn; it is here that you can find lessons and technology that can be used by students for a greater learning experience. The tile neoK12 has educational videos, lessons, quizzes, and games for every grade level and subject. The last two tiles are the Teaching Channel and Story Bird. Teaching Channel is a video library of teaching practices from other teachers and creative lessons. Story Bird is just what it says; it is a website where you can create, read, and share visual stories. I thought this would be a great tool to have I a classroom for beginning readers, and students that are writing short stories. There are many different activities I can use with this tile.

So my blue tiles on the right side of my Symbaloo, are tiles that I liked and did not want to forget about. Most of the blue tiles are tiles that my students will be able to use in the class for writing papers, and conducting research for instance the title with the squirrel, it is a website of flash cards. IXL is a website that, as a teacher, I can look up state standards for Math and Language Arts for each grade level. I also have a pencil and the notebook, with is a Paper Rater. It allows students and me the teacher to check spelling and grammar and helps with proofreading. The plus side it is a free website. I also have Skype, so I have interviews or guest speakers in the classroom even if they cannot be present. The last two tiles I have been for blogging. In EDM310 and seeing firsthand the outcome of teachers using a classroom blog, I want to use blogging in my future class. So I have education.weebly.com and edeblogs.com both websites are free to set up and use in the class. I still have empty tiles to use, but I cannot wait to find more resources for my Symbaloo and classroom.

Project 12B

Blog Post 13

Shane Koyczan: "To This Day ... for the bullied and beautiful," by: Tarcela Kohn

In this video by Shane Koyczan “To This Day… for the bullied and the beautiful,” he shares his own experiences in a beautiful poem. This video was very moving, funny, and relatable. The way he opens the floor with “I’ve been shot down so many times I get altitude sickness just from standing up for myself,” was just a part of his poetic journey in his video. Shane express that this is what we are told- “to stand for yourself, but it is hard to do if you don’t know who you are.” However, to do this, he explained that “we are expected to define ourselves at an early age, and if we don’t, others will do it for us.” Such as nerd, geek, and fatty just to name a few that Shane expressed.

Shane Koyczan goes on to explain his childhood. When Shane was a kid, he wanted to be a man, and he wanted to shave. However now that he is older, he does not want to shave as much. By the time he was eight, Shane had wanted to be a Marine Biologist and at nine, he saw the movie “Jaws,” and he said “No, thank you.” At ten years old, he was told that his parents did not want him, at 11 Shane just wanted to be alone, when he was 12 he wanted to die, at 13 he wanted to kill a kid, and at age 14 he was told to “seriously consider a career path.” Shane replied that he wanted to be a writer, and the response was “Choose something realistic.” So he answered “Professional wrestler,” again the response was “Don’t be stupid.” Shane explained a great point: “We were being told that we somehow must become what we are not, sacrificing what we are to inherit the masquerade of what we will be.” This statement was a beautiful analogy; and is true. We are dismissing children’s dreams, to tell them what they want to dream.

Shane said that “at the age of 15 poetry hit him like a boomerang; the one thing that he loved came back to him.” He remembers the first thing that he wrote “I hated myself for becoming the thing that I loathed: a bully.” This words from Shane: “Standing up for yourself doesn’t have to mean embracing violence,” are very positive and everyone can learn from his statement. Shane Koyczan, then delivers his poem of two kids, one a girl and the other him. The little girl was called names and made fun of only because she had a birthmark on her face. Shane expresses because he was adopted; he went to therapy and had a “personality made up of test and pills.” He was called a “popper,” and because of the cruelty he wanted to end his life and he tried to in the 10th grade. He explains that they are not the only kids that grow up this way being bullied , and that it still goes on today. Another great message that we can received from this video is “I want to tell them that all of this is just debris left over when we finally decide to smash all the things we thought we used to be, and if you can't see anything beautiful about yourself, get a better mirror, look a little closer, stare a little longer, because there's something inside you that made you keep trying despite everyone who told you to quit. You built a cast around your broken heart and sign it yourself. You signed it, They were wrong."

This video would be worth sharing with students to stop bullying and to show kids that are bullied that they are wanted, and there is something special about them!

Shukla Bose’s “Teaching one child at a time” by Katlyn Lusker

In Shukla Bose’s video "Teaching one child at a time" she tells the story of her Parikrma Humanity Foundation that is growing more and more each day. This foundation brings hope to the Indian slums by “looking past the daunting statistics and focusing on treating each child as an individual.” Shukla Bose began her speech in this video by explaining what led to her forming a foundation. She explained that they first walked through the slums of India. Of course, they could not go to all of them, but they tried to cover as many as they could. As they walked through the slums, they tried to identify houses where children would never go to school. They were excited about doing something, to bring them education, and then the numbers finally hit them. She said, “they’re 200 million children between ages 4-14 that should be going to school, but do not, they’re 100 million children who go to school but cannot read, and 125 million who cannot do basic mathematics.” Mrs. Bose also said that one in four teachers in India do not go to school the entire academic year. They have absent teachers, and that is harmful to children's learning. These numbers are overwhelming! She said it is hard not to get worried and scared about them, but instead they should and they want to focus on taking one child at a time. To make sure that child completes the circle of life.

The first Parikrma school was started in a slum where there were 70,000 people living below the poverty line. In this first school, they had 165 children attend. After six years, 4 schools, 1 junior college, and 1,100 children from 28 slums and four orphanages have developed. English was taught, and they adopted one of the best curriculum's possible. The curriculum is tough, some believe it is too tough, but the children actually do very well. Through this foundation, they have also started many programs for the children’s parents, as well. Many of the parents want to learn, and after-school programs have been developed just for them. They have started all kinds of programs just to make sure the kids come to school. Mrs. Shukla Bose started this thinking she wanted to transform the world, however, now she believes she is the one who has been transformed by the impact the children have played in her life. I have learned a lot from Mrs. Bose. She is very inspiring. Her dedication and commitment to helping these children is so moving. “Educating our poor is more than just a number game.” Instead of trying to reach as many children as possible, it may work so much better to help one child at a time, to make sure that what they are being taught is working and it is effective. Many children go to school, but not all of them learn.

Alison Gopnik “What do Babies think?” By: Jake Dukes
In the video "What do Babies think" by Alison Gopnik, she explains how babies think and how they learn. She explains how babies think as if you were in a new place and you're just trying to learn your surroundings for the first time. In an experiment that Alison conducted, she used broccoli and goldfish crackers on a 18 month old child. The first thing she did was ask the baby which one they wanted and of course they wanted the crackers. The next time she did the same experiment but then switched it up. She tried to fool the baby by acting as if the the broccoli was yummy by eating and saying that it tasted good. Then she ate the goldfish and acted as if they were gross and said that it didn’t taste good. This didn’t fool the baby she again asked which one they would like, but the baby still went back to the goldfish. By this experiment she found out that babies already know at 18 months old that not all people like that same things. Alison says that as babies grow, they try to figure out how things work and how the world works. Another experiment she did was done on a five year old boy. This experiment involves a child putting shapes together in a particular order to make a light come on inside of a box. One of the sides of the box was already lit up, to show how it is works. After a couple of tries the kid was able to turn the light on in the other box by just placing the objects through a series of trials.

C4K #10

C4K #9
C4K #9 was Lorenzo from pt. England School in Auckland, NZ. The post that I commented on by Lorenzo was a video that he created called “Lorenzo School Day.” In the video there are three boys that go into a bathroom pull out a lighter and burn some paper. So I looked at the post before the video called “School.” In the post Lorenzo had talked about this one school day was like any other school day. But when the bell rang at 3 o’clock everyone in the school had “disappeared home asept Lorenzo, Jesse and Frankie. The three of them went to the boys bathroom, because Jesse had a lighter. Once in the bathroom, Lorenzo pulled out his homework that he forgot to turn in, and light it on fire. A parent walked past and saw them playing, told Mr. Marks their teacher, and they all three got “snap”. The next day they went to the Principal, and their parents were called.
I replied to Lorenzo about the video. I said that the video was very good. I was very impressed with the design of his video and how he incorporated the music. I explained to him that I have a hard time drawing people and you did a great job.
I figured that both the video and the post go hand in so I replied to his post called “School.” For his post I explained how he did a great job writing this story, and I hope it was just a fiction story. If it was a true story that I am glad there was no damage to his school and that he did not hurt himself or his friends. I will just take it as a fiction story and that he wrote it with great detail. I was captured from start to finish in his story.
C4K #10

For my last C4K assignment I had Brady who is in Mrs. Cassidy’s First Grade Class in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada. On November 7, 2013 Brady colored a beautiful masterpiece in his Art Education Class they were creating are in Colours and Feelings. Brady called his art work “I Coloured Happy.” My reply to Brady was that I really enjoyed his art work. The image that he created of “coloured happy” really did make me happy looking at his art work and I expressed to Brady to keep up with the great art work!

The second post of Brady’s that I commented on was a video that he created named “Numbers.” In this video Brady counted from 10-20. While counting aloud he wrote each number. My reply to Brady was that I thought that he did a great job counting and writing from 10-20. I also told Brady that he had nice penmanship (handwriting) and to keep up the good work!

Blog 12

What can we learn from Sir Ken Robinson by: Tarcela Kohn, Katlyn Lusker, and Jake Dukes

“How to Escape Education’s Death Valley”

In the TED Talks video; How to Escape Education’s Death Valley by Sir Ken Robinson, there was a lot of information that we found useful. Sir Ken Robinson started his video by saying that the No Child Left Behind is an irony, because approximately 60 percent of kids drop out of high school, and in the native community about 80 percent of the kids drop out. We were unaware that when a student drops out of school, it cost an enormous amount to clean up the damage. With this dropout crisis, it does not factor in the students that are disengaged, that don't enjoy school, and the students who do not benefit from school. Sir Ken Robinson stated “that this is the reason our education is going in the wrong direction.”

Sir Ken Robinson explained that there “were three principles on which human life flourishes, and it works hand in hand with the culture of education.” The first of the three principles that Sir Robinson explained that we learned was that all humans are different and diverse. Sir Robinson made a great analogy, he asked the audience members if they had kids, grandkids, or have seen kids. He then goes on to ask the parents of two or more children and makes a bet with the audience members that the children are different from each other. There is no way of confusing them with each other. “Education under the No Child Left Behind is based on not diversity but conformity.” One of the effects of the No Child Left Behind has been to narrow the focus on the STEM disciplines. Sir Ken Robinson said that the STEM discipline was very important; however, a real education has to give equal weight to the arts, humanities, physical education, and to the kids.

The second of the three principles was curiosity. Sir Ken Robinson explained that if you light the spark of a child’s curiosity, they will learn without any further assistance, very often. He continued by saying children are natural learners, and curiosity is the engine of achievement.

Lastly, we learned that teachers are the lifeblood of schools, but teaching is a creative profession. Sir Robinson stated that “to teach properly; it is not the delivery system that you just pass on received information. However, great teachers do pass on received information, but they are mentors who stimulate, provoke, and engage. We have also learned from Sir Ken Robinson that the role of a teacher is to facilitate learning, and that is it.



“Changing Education Programs”

There were so many things to learn from the video “Changing Education Paradigms” by Sir Ken Robinson. A few things we learned from Sir Ken Robinson were; “Every country on earth at the moment is reforming public education,” “The current system was designed and conceived for a different age,” “Kids now are living in the most stimulating period in the history of the earth and we because of this we need to make some changes,” and “We need to go in the opposite direction of school conformity and standardization.”

The first thing we learned from Sir Ken Robinson was “Every country on earth at the moment is reforming public education.” The two reasons for this are economic and cultural. This video asks the questions, “How do we educate our children to take their place in the economies of the 21st century?” and “How exactly do we do that when we cannot anticipate what the economy will look like at the end of next week?” We think these are two very important questions to ask ourselves, especially knowing how the economy has been going lately. We aren’t guaranteed anything, so these questions are valid. Sir Ken Robinson put it best when he said, “One big problem we are facing is that we are trying to meet the future with doing what we’ve done in the past.” People who went to school a long time ago were told that if you work hard, do well, and get a college degree, you would get a job. Kids now a days do not believe that, and they have every right not to. Sir Ken Robinson said, “You are better off having a degree, but it does not guarantee you a job anymore.”

The second thing we learned from Sir Ken Robinson, which is a continuation of our last point, was “The current system was designed and conceived for a different age.” Sir Ken Robinson explained this by saying, “Public Education, paid for from taxation, compulsory to everybody, and free at the point of delivery, was a revolutionary idea.” He also said many people group other people into two categories based on “Academic Ability.” He said those categories are the “academic or smart people” and the “non-academic or non-smart people.” This creates a problem because many brilliant people think they are not because they’ve been judged on this particular view of the mind. Public Education being made up of economic and intellectual categories has caused chaos in many peoples lives. Some have benefited from it, but most people have not.

The third thing we learned from Sir Ken Robinson was, “Kids now are living in the most stimulating period in the history of the earth and we because of this we need to make some changes.” Kids have so many distractions “from every platform” now that include computers, phones, advertising, and television. We agree with Sir Ken Robinson when he said, “Children get to school, and their teachers expect them to focus on ‘boring stuff’ for the most part.” We agree with this because we have witnessed this happen, and we can testify to this ourselves. In this video, Sir Ken Robinson continued by giving his views on ADHD and how lots of drugs to treat ADHD shut kids senses off, deadening them to what’s really happening. He said, “We are getting our children through education by anaesthetising them, but we should be doing the exact opposite.” We need to wake our children up to what is happening inside of themselves.

The fourth thing we learned from Sir Ken Robinson was “We need to go in the opposite direction of school conformity and standardization.” Children have basically always been put through school in “batches” according to their age, but is that really what’s important? Is that really what we want our students to think is the main thing they have in common with other students? One of the most impacting things we thought Sir Ken Robinson said was, “If you are interested in the model of Education, then you don’t start from the product line mentality.” Sir Ken Robinson believes we need to go in the opposite direction of school conformity and standardization, and that’s exactly what he meant by “Changing the Paradigm.” In order to make this change we must first, think differently about human capacity and get over the old conception of academic, non-academic because all it is is a myth and secondly, we have to recognize that greatest learning happens in groups, collaborations is the stuff of growth.

“How schools kill creativity”

In the TED talks video, “How schools kill creativity” by Sir Ken Robinson, we learned a lot about creativity. Sir Ken Robinson began by saying,“creativity now is actually just as important in education as literacy,and we should treat it with the same status.” He explains that as kids we are more creative because we are not scared to be wrong. As we grow up we are more likely to be less creative because we are frightened of being wrong. Sir Ken Robinson also said, “we are now running national education systems where mistakes are the worse thing you can make.” This results in educating people out of their creative capacities. One specific thing we really liked in this video was when Sir Ken Robinson quoted Pablo Picasso saying, “All children are born artists, the problem is to remain an artist as we grow up.” Creativity is a good thing because it separates us from the rest of the people in our classes, making us unique. Sir Ken Robinson concluded his speech in this video by saying, “We need to see our creative capacities for the richness they are, and see our children for the hope that they are.” Our task as teachers should be to educate their whole being so they can face the future, and to help them make something of it.

Project #15

My project #15 is Our Five Senses. I will be teaching my student about the senses of touching, tasting, hearing, smelling and seeing. This lesson is designed for First Grade students, in the subjects of science, reading and writing. This lesson will be a week long lesson that include 21st century skills of collaboration, critical thinking,creativity and teamwork.

Blog Post #11

In this Blog post, we were to watch four videos. One was on Little Kids… Big Potential by Ms. Cassidy and the other three were interview 1, 2, and 3, with Ms. Cassidy by Dr. Strange. In the video Little Kids…Big Potential, Ms. Cassidy, included her students in the video to explain what they are learning with the use of technology in their classroom. After watching the videos I have learned that Ms. Cassidy is a first grade teacher from Canada. Ms. Cassidy said that she has not always used technology in her classroom. It was not until about ten years ago that she started her technology voyage with a classroom webpage. From there, she received great support from her Technical Coordinator in her school district that she expanded her technology to blogging, videoing, using Skype, using Wiki, and using Nintendo DS in the classroom as technology. Out of all of the techniques that Ms. Cassidy talked about in her classroom, the one that I liked the most was the webpage. I could see myself using a webpage in my class to link appropriate websites, learning material, and class blogs. This was my students would have access to our class website in the class and at home. So the students can share what they are learning at home with their parents and loved ones. The second use of technology that Ms. Cassidy used that I could see myself using in the classroom would be Skype. I feel that is necessary to a have a vast network of connections so that you can Skype with reputable people to learn from. In Ms. Cassidy’s video, she had Skype’d a Geologist, and the geologist was talking about rock with the students. My third use of technology that I would use would be blogging. At first I had my stipulations as to what grade level would be able to use the technology of blogging. Any grade level can, even in kindergarten we can upload our daily writing and put them on our blog. This way my students can see how their handwriting are improving and parents and loved one can leave messages for them. In first grade, like Ms. Cassidy did, allowing student to write sentences on their blogs. The fourth technology that I would use from Ms. Cassidy would be videoing. By allowing students to video what they have learned, it makes them revisit the information in a different way to teach it for the videos. The videos can be uploaded to the class blog, which is linked to our class website.

Ms. Cassidy and the other three were interview 1, 2, and 3,In the interviews Ms. Cassidy explained why she got involved in bring technology into her classroom. She said it all started when her classroom, about ten years ago, received five computers. With the five new computers she made a new center, however, the computers that were given to her class were unable to have programs downloaded to them. So Ms. Cassidy had to turn to technology to make her computers work in her classroom. So she made a class webpage. The webpage allowed the students to play learning activities that Ms. Cassidy approved of. From the webpage she created a blog account for her students; this ultimately changes that pencil and paper writing. Ms. Cassidy said that the blogs are seen by people from all over the world, and when her students see that, it gives them a bigger purpose to write. In the second interview video Ms. Cassidy talked about where people might want to start incorporating technology in their classroom. She said that if you enjoy videos, get a YouTube account and have you and your students create videos. I think that is great advice from Ms. Cassidy. In the third interview video, Ms. Cassidy was answering questions from Dr. Strange’s students. One question I thought that would benefit me in my classroom was, “How often she used blogging in her classroom?”Ms. Cassidy answered that it depends on the students and the class environment. She explained that last year her students blogged everyday when they had center time, however, this year she only blogs once a week with her students. I think that is something that is important to know is it is ok to change things around to fit your students needs, because every student is different as well as the classes. So just having the reassurance that it is ok for a little change in the classroom with technology.

C4K #8

C4K#5

In this assignment, I had the opportunity to read Carson's blog. This week he wrote service dogs and what the purpose of a service dog is. A service dog is to serve a person with a disability. Carson said, "he wonders how people with disabilities feel." In my reply to Carson was I think that a service dogs are a great thing. I explained that that many of my friends are former military personnel that got injured while serving our country. Now because they are disabled, a few have service dogs because of their disabilities. If you are concerned with how someone feels because of their disabilities, you can try it yourself. Maybe one weekend have you parents tape one arm down (try the are with the hand you write with) and do chores, play basketball, make popcorn, or better yet try to do homework. I expressed that he seemed to have a great personality, because he wanted to know what it felt like.
C4K #6
For this assignment, I had a student named Robert. Robert explained The Levels of the Forest. He started with the first area of the forest was. It was the sub floor. He then provides examples the sub floor. He then explains the second and third levels of as being the floor where the tree starts and the understory being the middle of the trees. Lastly, Robert explains the last level to the forest, which is called the canopy, and it is the top of the trees. Robert also states that the canopy is the least studied of all the levels. Robert finishes his post with a photo of the drawing he drew. However, it did not load properly and would not let me view it.In my response to Robert, I explained that I enjoyed reading his post about "The Levels of the Forest" It was nice to get a refresher from him about the different levels of the forest. Secondly, I did tell him that I was unable to see his masterpiece and I was looking forward to seeing his artwork.
C4K#7
My C4K#7 Student was Jonti. He attends Medbury School which is an independent school for boys. This school is located in New Zealand. Jonti is in year 5; I am guessing that is equivalent to the 4th grade here in the United States. Jonti's blog post was an action story, about "Running to the End." In Jonti's writing for a fifth year student wrote a very detailed story. Jonti wrote about the start of the race and how he got really muddy. "The mud was flying in my face and all over my clothes." After the start of the race he was in the fourth position, and Sam Dickie was running with each other. Then he started feeling "puffed" but he kept on running. My favorite part of Jonti's story was when he explained "Everyone was spreading out and I was on the last lap, I felt so puffed, but I kept on going. I finally got past the finish line."The reason I liked these two sentences was because that are relatable. Everyone has been at a point where they wanted to give up, but they kept on giving it the best that they could, and finished. In my reply to Jonti, I told him that I really enjoyed reading his action story and that he wrote in great detail, which made your story fun to read. I could visualize the events of the mud splashing all over the characters as they ran. As well as, the competition of the running event. I also told my favorite part of his story
C4K #8
My C4K in this week’s assignment was Kelty.

In her blog they were reading the book Out of My Mind. The assignment for Kelty’s blog post was to describe a problem that Melody experiences with her disability of cerebral palsy. Kelty explained that Melody had so many thoughts in her head, but she could not speak and communicate her thoughts. This frustrates and angers Melody. Kelty predicts that by the end of the book, Melody will be able find a way to communicate her thoughts and will be really smart and have many new friends. My reply to Kelty was that she had an interesting point of view. I really like opinion of Melody. Melody is unlike most people. Melody refuses to be defined by her disability “cerebral palsy.” I hope you will see just how brave Melody really is.

Interview Movie- Project #10

SMARTboard Project #12