Final PLE Posting

1) The most valueable aspect of learning to use the PLE was knowing that I could use one in the future to communicate with the parents of my future students.
2) I least liked having to write so many reflections. It got boring after awhile.
3) There is a very good chance that I will use a blog in the future. Especially to communicate more easily with my family.

Doing

I talked with my mom (who is in her forties) about identity theft on the internet. It was a positive, easy experience overall because she's a good listener. I think it was somewhat valuable, but she already knew most of the things I told her.

Watching

Watching: I watched some interesting videos about identity theft. This caught my attention because sometimes I like to buy things online. I know now that I need to be really careful and only enter my credit card information when I trust the site.

Media Safety-Reading response

1) I read "Game Over" by Stephen F. Powell.
2) Violent video games can offend the spirit and waste your time.
3) I will teach my future children and/or students to listen to the spirit in order to judge which video games are appropriate and which are not.
4) I can remind them that our time is precious and that we should use it to do things that the spirit would have us do.

Math Patterns Activity

*Standard 2, objective 2 a
*Technology: National Library of Virtual Manipulatives- Color Patterns: http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_184_g_2_t_1.html?from=topic_t_1.html (This game gives kids color patterns which they have to finish. )
*Pedagodgy: Have the kids explore the pattern game on their own. Give them different colored clay and let them create their own patterns and explain them to their classmates.

Letters and Sounds Activity

*Kindergarten Standard 4, objective 1 a
*Technology used: Starfall: http://www.starfall.com/n/level-k/index/load.htm?f (This is an interactive technology that lets kids see different letters, hear what they sound like and pair them with a picture( ex: A=apple).
*Pedagogy: Give the children different letters to explore on Starfall. Have them re-create one of the letters on their own using clay, markers or other art media. Have them write the letter and then draw a picture of an object that has the same starting sound. For example, a child could build the letter B out of clay and also create a banana out of the clay.

Digital Camera Project

Technology: Digital Camera
Pedagogy: Demonstrating/practicing emotions and deciphering them in pairs, experiential/active learning by taking pictures of emotions in people around them and Creating/organizing a poster displaying different emotions.
Content: Kindergarten Standard 1 Objective 3 a: Identify and express ideas, information, feelings in a variety of ways.

The pictures you see are examples of emotion pictures that the children can take. Can you guess which one is excited, angry, and sad?