Inspiration (NETS-T I-V)

I used the digital tool inspiration to deign a mapping of all the NETS-S combined with all the technology that I have gained this semester. It is the use of technology to create a vivid image as a whole to outline a lesson. It communicates that the understanding of what we have learned in the classroom this semester.

Journal #9: “Green Schools Teaching Green” (NETS-T I-V)

Waters, John. "Teaching Green: An Abundance of online tools can help educators inform and instruct students about enviornmental issues." Journal(2011): n. pag. Web. 10 Jul 2011. <file:///C:/Users/Jonathan%20Garcia/Desktop/New%20folder/journal%209.htm>.

John Waters brings out some new interesting aspects in how education also effects students in becoming resourceful to the planet they live in. It is through incorporating technology that students can get a better understand of the importance of incorporating technology into classrooms and learning about the environment. I found this interesting because when I am an English teacher I don’t see this as part of my curriculum. Yet in looking back at the article there are websites that are designed to make them fun and enjoyable and still students continued to learn. Using technology in a variety of classes and a variety of grade levels is significant because we are educating our students using technology curriculum and as well as giving them the knowledge to preserving out planet and learning to become more earth friendly. The laws that were passed to make this happen are the reason technology is now appearing on the internet to bring students to these websites to learn through research, playing games and of pure interest. It really stood out to me when I look at the grade levels technology can influence in a variety of ways.

Q: How can you incorporate websites based on environmental learning into a creative writing class?

A: I think I would ask student to do research on the environment and expect them to establish a sense on nature through producing vivid details of what they have learned and incorporate them into the scenarios of their writing. I feel that this will bring a new sense of realism into their writing.

Q: Is learning about the environment seen as a distraction from the classroom?

A: When the article first began I was asking myself the same question on how or the importance of educating students about their environment should really be dealt with in schools. Yet I have seen through the reading that it can be incorporated into all subject matters even though it isn’t part of the curriculum, and more importantly it is through the internet students can become more interested on their own that they will relate to the research and games. 

Journal 7: My Person Learning Network (NETS-T-I-V)

What is your PLN and how will it help you as a classroom teacher?

MY Personal Learning Network (PLN) has been created for my classroom designed to encourage learning through the use of technology and using it to incorporate it into my classroom. Using technology for the subject matter of my English class I want to engage students to discuss their work online because it will help students learn in a variety of ways. My PLN consists of twitter where I can have students post up comments where all classmates can read what they have to say. Then there is DIGO a website that helps students bookmark any websites that helps them out. Finally there's the Educators PLN which help me as a teacher learn how to improve my methods of teaching/running my classroom. My PLN is resourceful to me and my students because learning is being done outside the classroom. I am engaging students to be technology savvy and be able to have fun in the process. My PLN is ongoing and changing as technology continues to advance, I will stay up to date in order to be the best teacher that I can be.

Discuss your use of Twitter. Who is in your Network? Reflect on your participation in an educational chat on twitter.


My use of Twitter has been to inform those following of what I have been up to. I see Twitter as a way of being informed from a variety of other teachers. Other teachers include future teachers from my Education 422 class that I am following and others that are following me. I am also following people that I got from my Education 422 professor. My network consists of people all in the education field as well as people from the Los Angeles channel five news, and the reason I chose this because it can relate interest to my students. I have used my Twitter account for my personal use and for my teaching to engage myself with others in conversations dealing with education. This is done through chats done on Twitter.

I participated in a one hour chat with teachers and students on Twitter ans is one that i found on ed chat. The topic was on Should students be allowed to have cell phones in schools? I thought that for a first time experience  it went really fast. The conversation started off small but as we got later on into the hour mo0r e people joined in. One thing that I liked that I would like to incorporate into my future classroom is students moderating the conversation. students and teachers and myself were involved in the conversation more questions arising and overall a great conversation. I did find it quite difficult to keep up with the pace because new issues arised after I knew what I wanted to contribute. For a one hour chat it went better than expected and there was a great involvement I thought. Twitter does expand the knowledge on students and can be fun and exciting when everyone is participating and engaged. I found it interesting that I also had the ability to input myself before the chat even began because there was a poll for what the weeks discussion would be and it eventually lead to the use of cell phones on school.

Discuss your use of diigo as a networking tool. Describe what you tagged on your PLN and why?

My use of Diigo as a networking tool is to primarily promote my ideas to other educators. This is done by creating an account where other educators or students can refer to if they ever need assistance with lesson plans or help with assignments. I can do the same in taking ideas that have been used by others in the education field. This can be with creative writing, English, or just issues within the classroom. I can find what I am looking for by searching what I need specifically.

What I tagged on my PLN is basically websites that have been recommended to me. For me it is very helpful for the day when I do get in the teaching profession I am able to use Diigo as a way of getting all my references and be able to look back and see what I can incorporate into my classroom. I only got the basics, but it helps me see how technology helps me further me in improving my classroom and me as an educator.


Discuss which digital discussion forum you joined and describe what it is, add the badge to your blog, and reflect on the blog post, video, or article you explored.

URL: http://edupln.com/forum/topics/school-newsletters

I Joined a discussion based on the newsletter where there is a search for a whole new different way of creating a newsletter. I found the discussion interesting because the newsletter is something that interested me in Education 422. This is a type of discussion that is based online through the educators PLN website. It is basically starting with a question and seeing on who responds answers you to help you improve the classroom or issues within it. when I looked over the discussion the responses made the persons job of creating a newsletter much easier because they created a new way of designing a newsletter through a website rather than publisher. I learned that through this website I can start a question that deals with problems and see what other educators advise me and it helps me become a better educator.

Journal 8: Point/Counterpoint: Should Schools Be Held Responsible for Cyberbullying? (NETS-T III-V)

Bogacz, R, & Gómez-Gordillo, M. (2011). Point/counterpoint: should schools be held responsible for cyberbullying?. Learning and Leading with Technology, 38(6), Retrieved from http://www.iste.org/learn/publications/learning-and-leading/issues/Point_Counterpoint_Should_Schools_Be_Held_Responsible_for_Cyberbullying.aspx

I found this article to be very interesting because it revolves around safety and how we as a society can prevent cyber bullying in our schools today. The trend involves educators, administrators, students parents, and police because they can all take the initiative in preventing cyber bullying. All we need to do is speak up and in doing so we are making the statement that cyber bullying will not be tolerated in our schools today. Police involvement is a clear statement that cyber bullying will have consequences. Most students are influenced so much by their parents and it is important to get parents involved in the process because parent’s involvement can lead to preventing cyber bullying. This includes talking with their kids, but also keeping an eye on their kids activity on their text messaging, social networks, and doing this means knowing their passwords to see what they’re doing and seeing what their saying online. Students fear that if they speak up for another student who is bullied will make them a target, and it’s true it is better ignore it than to confront it and speaking up. Ignoring these issues will only make things worse and the best thing is to confront it and speaking up to the bullies then to educators so that they can take care of the issue. Bullying weather it is in person or online administrators need to have consequences that will send a clear message that cyber bullying as a way of speaking with students won’t be tolerated at all.

Q1: Is Police necessary to make a statement to bullies that cyber bullying will not be tolerated?

A1: Yes, definitely because anything that happens off campus is much harder for the school administrators to get involved. I believe that if it Is happening off campus and not during school hours I believe that police involvement because they can speak to parents and then with the students involved that bullying online will no0t be tolerated and that their actions will have ramifications.

Q2: Speaking up makes students a target how can schools prevent this bullying from continuing to new targets?

A2: When students inform administrators of bullying going on they are seen as the enemy. In order to avoid this I feel that student’s names should be kept anonymous so that they don’t become the known targets, and this way only the bullies are apprehended without them knowing who informed the administrators.

Journal 6: Grow Your Personal Learning Network (NETS-T I, III-V)

Warlick, D. (2009). Grow your personal learning network. Learning and Leading with Technology, 36(6), Retrieved from http://www.iste.org/learn/publications/learning-and-leading/digital-edition-march-april-2009.aspx

In dealing with PLN’s as technology advances It is important for teachers to add more PLN’s to their ways of teaching. In ways it means being aware of what is out there. It is no longer just television and twitter, but now there are blogs, facebook, and so much more that can help revolutionize the way a teacher teaches inside the classroom.  New PLN’s and having knowledge open the doors to the ways we see our classrooms. I found that the more technology we feel comfortable with the more resources and references we can go to.  In applying new resources it improves communication and adds more input from others because maybe not one person has the answer, but another expert with the same area of interest can have the answer that someone else doesn’t have. The resources continue to expand and improve and that leads to ore resources and that is the main purpose of a PLN to help extract the answers we need to the questions we have. These recourses are not that hard they are recommended to the individual and they that individual can check it out, or always come back to it if they ever have use for the resource. In my personal experience there is so much more to just answering my personal questions about teaching but rather engaging myself in conversations with educators from other places, but have the same passion for teaching such as myself.

Q1: Is there a certain number of PLN's a teacher should have to refer to?

A1: I beleive that there shoudn't be any limit to how much a teacher has when it comes to PLN's. Although after reading this article it is always a good idea to keep up with the technology, but always have old resources because you never know whehn  chance might come up when an old PLN resource will come in handy.

Q2: What should be an important quality for a teacher to have when it comes to working with PLN's? Why?

A2: One important quality when using PLN's is commitment. I think this is an important quality of a teacher because with commitment when using these PLN and its resources a teacher must also commit to responding to other educators because educators want to hear from everybody. PLN's are not made to just help when an educator needs help it is for all educators to add their input solve problems and add more to the PLN's.

Journal #4: It's Time to Trust Teachers with the Internet: a Conversation with Meg Ormiston” NETS-T III

Schaffhause, D. (2010, December 1). It's time to trust teachers with the internet: a conversation with meg ormiston. Retrieved from http://thejournal.com/articles/2010/12/01/its-time-to-trust-teachers-with-the-internet-a-conversation-with-meg-ormiston.aspx?sc_lang=en

In “It’s time to trust Teachers with the Internet” Dian Schaffhause is interviewed with question that basically ask for the truth on white social networking sites such as facebook are being blocked in schools. I found it very interesting that she revolves her answers around the fact that teachers are not aware of social networking sites. She continues that if teachers knew how to incorporate these websites into their curriculum there wouldn’t be this problem. The issue is not being seen from the aspect of protecting children but rather seeing a way that students can learn with websites such as facebook and youtube. YouTube contains so much good stuff, but the argument also arises that with so much good there is so much bad and that is where teachers are losing control. Teachers fall behind on technology that they are unable to keep up and find it easier to have these websites blocked, but rather it is the students who are suffering because we are taking away an aspect of learning. If a teacher knew these websites very well then these websites would not be blocked because Teachers can incorporate them into the learning part of the classroom environment.

Q1: Do you believe that this article is the real reason these websites are blocked from school?

A1: I am not going to question Dian Schaffhause because she see's things around these issues that i don't. However, I believe that the real reason facebook is blocked on campuses is that these social networks can be used for non learning and seen more as a distraction father than learning.

Q2:Do you agree that trusting teachers is a valuable excuse for blocking websites such as facebook?

A2: I don't agree that trusting teachers for blocking facebook and other websites like this should be blocked. pornography sends a wrong message to students, but facebook doesn't. facebook disrupts students learning and anything disrupting learning needs to be blocked. 

Journal 2: Join the Flock! (NETS-T I-III & V)

Ferguson, H. (2010). Join the flock!. Learning and Leading with Technology, 37(8), Retrieved from http://www.iste.org/learn/publications/learning-and-leading/issues/Join_the_Flock.aspx

The article brought up many issues in not just learning from those around us or those that we work with. Computers now allow educators to go online and see what others are doing in their classrooms. The proper use of twitter is a good example of this. An emphasis with getting a good deal from a twitter account is to make sure you are committed to participating and engaging yourself in what others have to say. Creating an account is easy, but finding the right people that have the same interests as you is up to you as an educator. The process is then taking that information and putting it to work in the classroom. It’s interesting that as a teacher and I want to get into creative writing I can easily go on twitter and look up high school creative writing teachers to see what tools I can incorporate in my classroom. Then I use that information and retweet it so my followers can see what I got. The information and ideas are going around and their not full proof but it’s good to stay connected with others in other parts of the world. Commit oneself to using ideas that are your or from others to express what works for you as a teacher. The point of tweeting is not to make friends, but rather enhance students learning and the classroom environment.

Q1: How does twitter tie back to a classroom setting? Can students use tweet as well and in what ways?

A1: Taking what I've read about twitter I can say that any class can have their own twitter where students can talk with a professor in or to answer questions from students especially the ones that pertain to certain assignments. also a teacher can use twitter more when he expands it to more than what he is learning from other educators, and now students are also being included in teaching the teacher. 

Q2: Would Twitter be a good way of communicating with parents of the classroom?

A2:I strongly believe it would be the best way. Parents need to take a priority in their child's education. Twitter can make the commitment of parents into education by reading tweets, and a teacher could ask for volunteers through twieets with parents. this is a great way of getting parents to be more involved through twitter. 

Journal 1: Do Web 2.0 Right (NETS-T I-IV)

Light, D. (2011). Do web 2.0 right. Leaning and Leading with Technology, 38(5), Retrieved from http://www.iste.org/learn/publications/learning-and-leading/digital-edition-february-march-2011.aspx

 I find it very interesting that as technology advances so does the ideals of teaching inside a classroom.Technology has changed the aspect of learning through technology in the classroom. There is much research being done to get better answers. The author of the article has done research looking at how teachers are incorporating their web 2.0 skills into the classroom. It was discovered that implementing technology wasn't enough. Careful planning needed to be involved in order to get all students to participate. To get technology involved it is important to remember stick with small assignments and don’t just focus technology around projects. The article also proved that although blogs are a good way of communicating between all students and teachers the issue of showing of one’s work made some students feel uncomfortable which was for many reasons not just one reason. Blogs seemed to have worked much better when it was only between student and teacher. The use of wikis didn't work as the teacher would have liked, but there is still the issue that it wasn't well planned out. The article also made clear of ways of getting students interested and one of the ways Light sees in one of the schools he researched was the a teacher allowed students to first tell what they knew of a subject, and it was the beginning that got students interested before even beginning the unit. To adapt web 2.0 technology into the classroom there has to be work done both on and off line assignments. It was also a top priority for teachers to specify to all students in leaving feedback that wasn't harsh towards students. Then there was also the idea of filtering all comments before students could read them so a teacher could oversee the assignment overall.

Q1: How would a teacher that has been teaching for over three decades be informed of web 2.0 or be incorporate something that their not familiar with their teaching method?

A: Education is ongoing and as time goes by the education system will also eveolve. when I was in public school i did't have a cell phone to talk to. six year later students in public schools don't just have cell phones they hjave cell phoines with the ability to text and go online. this is a great way of incorporating students to learn. In adition a teacher also has to be kept up to technology and everything that deals with education because students are learning about this technology in record numbers.

Q2: there is the argument of having students comment on one another's blog. How important is a parent taking a look at his or her child's blog as well as others classmates blogs?

A: I find that parents come from different perspectives. parents will not always care what their kids do on their blogs, but the parents that do pay close attention might be overprotective especially if they misinterpret anything that is in the blog that was written by another student. a parent should be able to see their work and the work of others up to the point that any concern should be brought up to the teacher so that she could manage the situation or have a clear explanation for it.

Technology Self-Assesment: School 2.0

Nets I: Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity

Reason: My dream classroom is that of teaching a creative writing class in high school. The first nets deals with inspiring creativity, and I can apply this to my class through creative writing and getting creativity with technology. I thought that as a teacher I would like to incorporate creativity as much as I can into my classroom.

Link: http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html

I took the time to watch a twenty-minute video on Ken Robinson who says that schools kill creativity. The title itself got my attention so I decided to take the time to listen to him. I learned teachers are educating people out of their creativity capacities. It really did make sense because all children are born artistic or rather in my point of view able to express themselves creatively. So why is that adults can’t be any more creative as they grow up? The problem that Ken Robinson states is that as we educate ourselves we are becoming less creative. When I heard this it really saddened me because its true it is happening not all of my classmates are creative writers. So what can we do to prevent education to lessen an individual’s creativity? I learned that as teachers we need to do more than just challenge students academically. Academics are just one component in learning. The second part I feel that creativity can develop academics when we get creative with our knowledge. I like what Ken Robinson says about creativity and what we can do begins with rethinking the view of intelligence and have students take the academics and incorporate them creatively so our knowledge can be expanded revolutionized. I learned that as a teacher there is more than just preparing students for the high stakes tests, but it also shows the importance of out arts/music classes because they promote creativity in a whole different manner that brings a whole different aspect to students. Thinking creatively can be interactive for all students.

 

 

Journal Three: 100 things I love

1. Smallville
2. Chow mein
3. Literature and writing
4. Creative writing
5. Talking with Sara Connelly
6. Working at San Dieguito Academy
7. Educating
8. Tower of terror
9. Csi Miami
10. CSI New York
11. Cheese Cake
12. Going to the beach
13. Talking with friends
14. Going to class
15. Shopping
16. Doug (cartoon series)
17. Cooking
18. Being a leader
19. Dreaming
20. Freedom writers
21. Writing in my journal
22. Facebook
23. Being at Disneyland
24. Being with the family
25. Holidays
26. Paydays
27. Working with high school students
28. Imagining my next story
29. Working with blindsided
30. Working in groups
31. Buffets
32. Reading
33. Browsing Barnes and noble
34. Going to the beach
35. Movie theaters
36. Kristen kreuk
37. Meeting people
38. Editing
39. Solitaire
40. Poker
41. Friends
42. The Mandarin
43. Eating
44. Walmart
45. Pokemon
46. Gameboy
47. Iphone 4
48. Jurassic park
49. Harry Potter
50. Emma Watson
51. Hermione Granger
52. Oceanside High school
53. WWE
54. Stand and deliver
55. Percy Jackson
56. School
57. A.V.I.D
58. Black Berry
59. My Parents
60. La Raza
61. Prezi
62. Working with imovie
63. Toy story
64. Uno
65. Scrabble
66. TGI Fridays
67. Mac
68. Analyzing literature
69. Swimming
70. Running
71. Going to class
72. High school
73. Learning
74. Day dreaming
75. Microsoft word
76. Tough enough
77. Social justice
78. Diversity
79. Winter
80. Fog
81. Books
82. Driving
83. Communicating
84. Flashpoint
85. Cross cultural center
86. Women’s center
87. Student life and leadership
88. Swimming pools
89. Working out
90. Cross country
91. Thinking
92. Free will
93. Pink
94. The dark knight
95. Blackberry
96. Macs
97. Christoper Golden’s Body of Evidence books
98. Walker Texas Ranger
99. Chuck Norris
100. Jogging

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All about me survey

The Real Jonathan Garcia

Hi,

My name is Jonathan Garcia, but I am known as Mr. G. I go by Mr. G because I am not Mr. Garcia, Mr. Garcia was my father. As a child I truly loved going to school. I especially enjoyed my first years at San Luis Rey elementary where I accomplished so much such as: learning to read in first, played a major role in a school play in third grade, and choosing my two careers in fifth grade one become a teacher and two become a writer. I wasn't very fond of middle school as much I guess it was just a huge transition for me. High school what can I say about this stage of my public education three words  "WHAT A RUSH!". My journey to attending college all began here with meeting people that are very inspiring in my life. I was an AVID student then, and always did excel in English classes.after high school I made another transition and went to Mira Costa Community College where I fulfilled my general education, and met many great professors. In the Spring of 2008 I finally transferred to my dream college California State University San Marcos, and it didn't disappoint. I jumped right in and got involved around campus and became a huge advocate for Social Justice. I am planning on graduating this upcoming May, and hoping to continue into the teachers credential program next fall.

I will admit when it comes to technology savvy I am probably not the best, but I can do the basics. I will say that I am willing to learn the necessary to improve my methods of teaching in the classroom. My passion for teaching is something that I want to expand on my knowledge on ways of teaching. I have always enjoyed working with computers, and my only frustraiting expieriances with computers has been when my computer has a virus on it and I have to have it fixed. In addition to my computer I enjoy using it for netflix, checking my bank accounts, doing homework, skyping with people, and writing email, and my stories. So my laptop whom i have named Hermione is the gate keeper to my personal life. Me and hermionme play many games that i've had the priveledge of installing such as monopoly and scrabble.

Now, since I am in this class with many great people it can be certain on what I want to do with my life now. Become a highschool teacher. It has been one of my biggest passions since fifth grade with Mrs. Ritter who in someway inspired me to teach and write. In reading the College of Education Statement, and a part of it that really stood out to me was the part that read "We are committed to diversity, educational equity, and social justice, exemplified through reflective teaching, life-long learning, innovative research, and ongoing service". One thing about me is that I am a huge advocate for social justice. in adition it really does stand out to me because for me teaching isn't just about a curriculum but educating students about the real life and preparing them to stand out in this world so that they can lead the world of tommorow. For me I am happy that I get the chance to talk about Social Justice with underprivledged youth at where I work as an AVID tutor I can make the difference, and this prepare me for for this new type of teaching in my future.

Oh and by the way did I mention "TEACHING ROCKS!!!"