DONE WITH EDM 310

THANKS

DONE WITH EDM 310

DONE WITH EDM 310

END OF SEMESTER

I have learned a lot of things in this class that will help me later on in my classes and when I become a teacher.
The first thing that i learned was creating and posting blogs.
2. making a power point presentation
3. making a tri-fold brochure
4. The best thing about this class was developing a website. This was one of the most hardest assignment in this class. It was a lot of fun creating this website and very enjoyable. I learned how to add tags to my pictures. Before I took this class I had never heard of things like Picasa, making a iGoogle page, and making a Google spreadsheet etc. .
Another nice thing about this class, is Dr. Strange will make a instructional video that explains everything that he has gone over in class. These videos have allowed me to complete my website, tri-fold brochure, and finish my spreadsheets. I have really enjoyed this class, even though Dr.Strange made it a little hard to keep up in class, but the videos make it so much easier to keep up.

" WILKIPEDIA"

This semester I am taking English 102, and the first day of class my professor said that "Wilkipedia" could not be used in any of papers as a documented source. Wilkipedia is not a reliable source and can be edited by anyone. There have been alot of problems with people changing information with some major companies such as Wal-mart and Diebold. I could not find any reason that wilkipedia could be trusted. Whenever I am going online to research a particular topic for English class "wilkipedia" is usually the first site that pops up. I don't think users should be allowed to go onto this site and change any information with this site.

GROWTH VS. FIXED MINDSET IN LEARNING

Carol Dweck, Professor of Psychology said that " some students have a fixed mindset and believed that their basic intelligence is just a fixed trait". Most students wonder if they are going to be smart or if they will look smart to other students. Carol Dweck, developed a eight section course workshop that split students up into two groups ( a study skill) and ( fixed mindset) workshop group. "Brainology" in New York , fixed mindset students nose dived, and growth mindset students were able to soar. Dweck believed that the brain is like a muscle it grows as we learn new information and store it. After the eight section work shop teachers were able to pick out students were in the growth mindset workshop without knowing which students were in that section.

As a teacher, I think it is very important that we motivate students to learn and that the brain does grow as it learns new information.

Teacher's Domain

I remember when I was in elementary and middle school, whenever we had to watch any type of educational video it was usually on a film strip projector with a video recorder on the side of it playing the voices from the film strips Today Technology has come a long way. We are able to watch educational videos right from the computer.


Educational videos today are much more interesting and exciting. I think school age children would be more likely to watch them now opposed to when I was in school. As a teacher you could use these videos for almost any subject that you are teaching. I think science has the most benefits.


The video that I watch was titled " Mirror Neurons". In this video it explained how mirror neurons are located on either side of the brain. Mirror neurons were first discovered at the University of Parma in Italy. They discovered mirror neurons by studying a monkey and observing how mirror neurons were fired just by a monkey doing something and also by seeing that same object. That the monkey brain waves were exactly the same. Mirror neurons can send messages to the brain for us feel emotion, this is a big part of makes us humans. Why people cry at movies or react at sport events are triggered by mirror neurons in the brain.

ITune University

Apple recently created a new program called iTune University which allows free downloads of professors lecture notes. There are several University that are currently using the program which are Duke University, Arizona University and Stanford. The great thing about listening to your notes on ipods is that you can listen on the go. "Students can sync iTunes U with any iPod or iPhone". iTune University is avaliable for downloads 24/7 from many Universities. This is very benefical to students who can study by listening to lectures notes over and over again.

Itunes