Blogs around the world!! INTERNATIONAL... 9/8/08

The first INTERNATIONAL classroom blog a found was Mrs.Racheal Boyds Room 9 Nelsons Central School blog in New Zealand. This class is filled with 23 students and are the ages of 6-7.
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In this blogs it tells about how they do their daily activities and whats to come. Each students has their own profile and they are all allowed to blog freely about they own personal school work and post many pitures and also pod casts.. It is interesting to see how different our vocabulary is from theirs and to see how they they spell things so differently too.. we say visit they say vizit~~~ you can visit this site at: http://room9nelsoncentral.blogspot.com

The second INTERNATIONAL classroom blog I found was,

How Classrooms Use Blogs!! 9/6/08

The first blog I found was Mrs.Gibbons 2nd grade classroom at Willowdale Elementary School in Omaha, NE. The purpose of this website was for students and parents to be able to keep up with everything that is going on in their class. In their blogs they talk about what new things they have learned, learning and soon to be learning. they do daily updates about activities and field trips, they also have weekly and monthly events posted. Which each child is allowed to personally post blogs too.In order to find out more you can visit Mrs Gibbons 2nd grade blog at http://www.mpsomaha.org

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The Second classroom blog I found was, Mrs. Putnams 5th grade class at Salem Elementary School in Salem Mass. This blogs is pretty much like the other but i found it just a little more interesting. In this class blogs it tells what they have for homework everynight and through out the week. It also gives CONGRATS to students that have done well in their studies and tells the about what they are studying and reading at the moment. But the coolest thing about this blog is that they are from SALEM!!!! So I know that they have a fun HAlloween... which is soon to come!!!

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DiD YOu kNow?? 9/1/08

After watching the presentation of Did You Know ? I was completely thrown for a loop hole .. I must say that it is pretty amazing to see how all these countries have become so knowledgeable but yet kinda sad to see how far behind we as a country are. Technology is growing at a very fast rate but it seems we are allowing everyone to get ahead of us... Since we are living in a new era, we see that almost everyone relies on some kind of technology just to make it through the day or be able to complete everyday tasks. I agree with the views of the video, as educators old and new we need to be aware of all of these new technologies in order to prepare us as well as students to succeed in the future. In the video it states we have the opportunity as individuals to put the world in every child's hand, and personally I think that is every educators goal.

ACCESS... 8/30/08

Access or better known as The Alabama Connecting Classroom, Educators, and Students Statewide is a newly introduced program that has been set up in many high schools to help students wanting to receive higher education ..... Just as we college students take online classes, now is available for high school students too, they are able to access a higher course online. This gives the he or she the opportunity to take advanced placement courses that are not offered at their school. Personally I think Access is a great program because in high school education is somewhat limited and with the new Access program students can go online and receive higher level courses. Which by the time he or she graduate they will have more knowledge of what they need to expect in college and the future.

ALEX PROJECT 8/24/08

The Alabama Department of Education has created a project better known as ALEX, which is a system that provides teachers, students as well as parents a site to able them to retrieve information as well as lesson plans, web links, distance learning, courses of study and also interactive activities at the click of a mouse. This website is rich in its quality and will only continue to get better because you are allowed to share your knowledge with others, you can ask questions and have a quick responses and comments by actual members of the National Board of Certified Teachers.
This site is made possible by resources such as the Verizon Foundation, Alabama Supercomputer Authority, Technology Initiatives and the Federal Government. My Opinion, this site is a very helpful resource especially for teachers to be. It is a good way to become more familiar with the way lesson plans should be made and carried out. This site is a excellent way to benefit especially of you are of the teaching persona.

A little bit about me!! 8/21/08

Well lets see, My name is Albani like the capitol of NewYork but my dad chose to spell it his own way so that is why it has a i instead if a y. I am 22 years old, I blew out my candles on Monday. I am a junior this year and my major is Elementary Education. Just recently on July 2nd I had the gastric bypass, I weighed 337lbs and in the last 6 weeks I have lost 50lbs which has made a large impact in my life, I was very scared at first but I knew it was for the best and it has turned out to be wonderful! Also I am getting married January 31st to a great guy that I have been with for the past 3 years.

First night in EDM310..

Just wanting to welcome all readers to my blog.. This is my first night in my EDM310 class and I must admit I am a little nervous, but I am sure it will get better!!