http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AfFKBwQM7xNqZGY1Z3hiam1fMWY3cWpicWQz&hl=en

Critical Assessment

IPhoto

Heyo! This is a video that Mariah, Shannon and I made about IPhoto. Feel free to watch it multiple times. A sequel is in the works.

Iphoto is a very cool program. It could be useful in the classroom in a variety of ways. One of the best features of IPhoto is how easy it makes it to share photos. If a teacher wanted to organize photos and share them with a class for any reason, they could do it with a click of the mouse.

Another way Iphoto would be helpful in the classroom would be for slideshows. You can arrange you photos very easily and then create a slideshow from them simply by hitting the slideshow button.

The last way I could see Iphoto being useful in class is using the maps function. You can assign a location to any picture you've taken. By having pictures from various places around the world, a teacher could teach geography with visual aids using Iphoto.

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Spready McSpreadsheet

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AvFKBwQM7xNqdGhScnlXSXo1ZWZManB1akdlSXlkTlE&hl=en#

For this assignment I averaged the scores of the student on tests 6-10. I then found the standard deviation for each test. After that I found the average for the students who scored above the class average and created a graph representing the growth from test 6-10. The graph showed that for every test the scores of those who were scoring above the class average where growing. The growth was fairly constant with a little bit of a spike in the end. This graph shows that the teacher was doing a good job at reaching the students who were already high achievers. Those students continued to increase their scores over each of the last 5 tests. This graph doesn't show us who those individual students are, just that the average score of students scoring above the average continually grew over the course of the last 5 tests.

Yo! I'm back and better than ever. Scribblar and Dabbleboard are two applications that can be used in various ways in the classroom. Both applications are programs which enable multiple users to collaborate on visual projects. Users can work together in real time on a project. Both programs have chat features as well. I could see using these programs in an art class, to teach geometry in a math class, or for visual aids for projects in any given class. Gotta go, I'm gonna go get my Scribblar on!

ODE Assignment "Questions to consider"

1. How will this be useful (challenging high end learners)?

Reading about how to challenge TAG students was very interesting. I've wondered about this a fair amount recently because we do have at least one TAG student in my practicum class. I liked the idea of focusing more on higher-level learning skills in relation to Bloom's taxonomy. Analyzing the same content more critically. I also liked the idea of being familiar with content standards 1-3 grades ahead of the level I'm going to be teaching at. This will help me to scaffold TAG students learning and set them up for success in their future classes in addition to passing them in my class. I believe all children need to be challenged at school.

2. How will this resource help me identify state standards I must address (Oregon Standards Newspaper) ?

I was already fairly familiar with this website before doing this exercise. I've found that this page is a great resource for teachers. When I've looked through the curriculum given to me by my practicum teacher I've noticed that some of the standards are not clearly addressed in the curriculum I have. I'm not sure if that's just because they will be hit later on in the year or why. It's good to know all of the standards for that grade though. I can even see ways of integrating content standards into the curriculum that are not overtly stated right away. I would never have known to do that if I didn't know what the standards were though.

My Favorite Web2.0 Tools

HEY! I'm back. I've missed you all terribly...Josh that means you. While I'm here I'd like to give a shot out to my favorite professor, you know who you are (math methods is going to be off the hook next week!). While I've got your attention I'd love to tell you about my favorite Web2.0 tools. Web2.0 tools are applications that can be used by anyone on the internet to access files and information that people have created or uploaded to these programs. They are ideal programs because everything is stored online and can be accessed by any computer with an internet connection. They are also compatible with any operating system so you don't have to worry if you're running a mac at one place and a pc in another. Now that we got that out of the way let me tell you about a couple of my favs.

Skype:

Skype is a program that allows people to make phone calls over the internet to anywhere in the world. You can video chat in real time with anyone, anywhere. This program could be used in the classroom for students to connect with other students around the world. Students could learn loads of information about other cultures by actually talking face-to-face (or screen to screen) with someone far far away. Totally killer man.

Google docs:

Google documents are files that are saved online and accessible by anyone with the right login and password. Using google documents allows students to collaborate on projects without having to physically be in the same room. Genius.

Well that's all for now. Take care of yourselves. Meet me back here next week.

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Blog applications

Blogs could be used effectively for numerous classroom exercises. A teacher might use blogs for journaling in and out of class. A blog could be a way for a teacher to inform parents of what's going on in the classroom. If peer editing and feedback is required for an assignment blogs would be helpful. I like the idea of using a blog as a way to communicate. Blogs can be a fun way for students to interact with one another and they are easily accessible from any computer with an internet connection. Blogs. Blogs.

Hey there! You found me! Jake Pommier here, let me tell you a little bit about myself. I am currently in the MAT program at Willamette University, studying to be a teacher. I am hoping to teach middle school math after I'm done. Next semester I will be student teaching at Walker in West Salem.

In addition to going to school I enjoy spending time with my family, watching arrested development, playing tetris, playing four-square, flicking bugs, stomping on leafs, predicting the outcomes of cases on "the peoples court", eating hummus, going to rodeos, picking on Mahssa, drinking iced coffee and napping. I'd love to say that I will love blogging...only time will tell.

Would you like to know more about me? Great, I'd love to tell you more. I was born in Corvallis, OR, but have spent a majority of my life in Salem. I went through the public school system in Salem and even went to Corban College in Salem....and now I'm at Willamette. I have two sisters, who both live here in town. I also have both a mom, and a dad. I love my niece and nephew too by the way.

Well my computer is about to die so I better get going. Godspeed.

Jake