Podcast Project

Click here for my podcast project!

Interview Project

Part One


Part Two


Here is our Interview Project! We worked really hard on it and we hope you in enjoy!

Google Earth Project!

This is my google earth project! I worked really hard on this so comment and tell me what you think!

Teaching with Technology and Substantive Project!

I taught my classmate Alex how to upload a video onto his computer from his iPod and to e-mail it! Here is the link!

Click Here for our substantive presentation.

Voice Thread Project!

This is my Voice Thread! I'm really excited about it so go check it out!

April 25th Blog Post

Our assignment for this week was to watch two videos, one about a PLE (also known as a PLN) and one giving you two questions to ask yourself about your life.

The little girl who discussed her PLE was very informative. I loved how she showed us her home page. I think she is very responsible. I love how she told us that even though her school gives her the freedom to go onto the social networking sites she feels it makes her more responsible that she do her classwork. I feel that a PLE or PLN can be very useful and this video proves it. If she did not have her PLE then she would not have all the wonderful websites or she would forget which websites did what.

My favorite video was the second one. This is because it reflects where I am in my life right now. I adore that all I have to do is choose a sentence to reflect my life. I know if I were to begin to live my life by this sentence "I am going to be a great teacher!" I will become the teacher I need to be. I will have the motivation to be better than I was yesterday and to continue to overcome the obstacles that stand in my way.

Comments for Classmates

Week 15

Leigh Ankersen:

I agree with you that this class was stressful but useful. I too would be lost in the world of technology with out this class. I loved learning all the different things we can do with technology! I am also looking forward to using the blog for my classroom and parents! I think another way to use the blog is to keep parents up to date on homework and what their children our doing in the classroom!

April 18th Blog Post

I have thought long and hard about this post. I have decided that my own creation will be about what technology I would like to use in my classroom. The first piece of technology I would love to use in my classroom is the SmartBoard. I love the different things I and my future students can do with the smart board. As a future English/Language Arts teacher I can't wait to come up with games on the SmartBoard that teaches the different part of a sentence! Or to come up with ways for my students to remember the characters in a book and what happened in the story. Another piece of technology I would love to use in my classroom is the Wordle! (click on the link to check out the wordle I made to show the different parts of speech and sentences) I think this will be a great learning tool for my students and something really cool to put on my classroom walls. My favorite technology though has to be making videos! I can't wait to show my students how to make videos for projects. I think this would be a great way for my students to understand the stories that we read in the classroom. For instance, if my class is reading Shakespeare, I can assign my students groups and each group a different Act and have them video a reenactment of Shakespeare in more modern words. I truly believe that this assignment would help my students understand Shakespeare or any other older piece of work.

April 11th Blog Post

Our assignment is to prove that children posting to the internet is important. I can see where one could see it that way but I'm not sure I do. I see things from Kaia's father's prospective. He loves that he is exposing his child to the world but it scares him a little. We forget that we are not the only ones who can see our children's work. There are bad people out there who would use these blogs for things other than their intended purpose. That said, I think it is still a wonderful experience for these students to expand their world. The children in PS 22 would never have gotten the chance to sing in Madison Square Garden if their work were not published online. My favorite example are the students in Viki Davis's class. If not for posting their work online they would never have had the opportunities that were presented to them. Another example is one of the children I commented on Hannah. According to her blog, her teachers have her blogging as a creative outlet so she won't talk so much during class. The poem she wrote was just adorable. If she didn't have a blog then she would not have an outlet where others around the world could respond to her. One more example is unfortunately my blog. Through all of this I have learned that the world can now see how disorganized I really am. If it were not for this blog I would probably gone through life ignoring this problem until it got me fired from a job. Fortunately for me, this class has shown me how easy it can be to get organized and it has shown me that I do have the self discipline to organize my life.

Comments 4 kids weeks 13 and 14

Week 13:
The student I was assigned was Gianna. Her writing about the beach reminded me about the time I went to a beach and bit a crab in half on my dad's and uncle's dare! Here is what I wrote on her wall!

Hello Gianna! My name is Heather Love and I am in Dr. Strange's blogging course at the University of South Alabama. Dr. Strange assigned me your blog to read this past week. I must say I really enjoyed reading your post! It's a very wise idea that you put the crab down so it didn't pinch you! I bet being on the beach was loads of fun. I haven't been in years! Keep up the good work in your writing and good luck with your future endeavors!

Week 14:
Hello Awhina, my name is Heather Love. I attend the University of South Alabama and have been assigned to read your blog for my blogging class. I think your writing is very good. It is very cute too. I love your humorous ending! Good luck with your future writings!

Comments 4 kids!

The first girl I commented on was Britney. Apparently her class was climbing a rock wall and she got to go up. I think it's so cool that she got to do that at school! We NEVER got to do that in elementary school! This is what I wrote on her blog:

Hi Britney! My name is Heather Love. I have been assigned your blog to read. That is so cool that you climbed that rock wall! Congratulations on it. I never get to far on them because I don't have a lot of upper body strength. Good luck on your future endeavors!

Caroline is the next girl I commented on. She wrote about her favorite thing at camp which was the slide. At first she was scared but she persevered through it and the slide became her favorite thing at camp. This is what I wrote on her blog:

Hi Caroline! My name is Heather Love. I have been assigned your blog to read. I think its great you faced your fears and went down that slide! Your writing is awesome! Keep it up!

The third person I commented on was Brodie Jack. They were too cute! They had the cutest description of who they were. This is what I wrote on their wall:

Hi Brodie Jack! My name is Heather Love. I have been assigned your blog to read. I think your picture is just too cute and I love your description! Keep up the good work!

My results

These are my results on the questionnaire that I did. The purpose of my questionnaire was to see who wanted to teach where and why they wanted to teach there.

Comments 4 kids!

My comments today were on Sarah and Elizabeth.

Sarah is a little girl who is from Maori. The thing about Maori is the country is losing its culture. In an effort to preserve some of this culture Sara and her classmates are learning the native language.It is so cool that these kids are doing this. I think that it is terrible when a culture is lost. Ireland had that happen. The original Irish language, Gaelic, has been lost for at least a century. I think it is absolutely wonderful these kids take enough interest and pride in their culture to not want it to die! And I think the teachers should get a pat on the back for not letting it die also! Here is what I said to Sarah:

Very good Sara! You should be very proud. Not many people can do what you just did as I'm sure you know. I think it is AWESOME that you and your classmates are doing this! It is so important to know your heritage. Good luck on your future posts and in learning your native language!

Elizabeth's class had parent teacher night and Elizabeth did a video blog post about it. She was so cute! Here is what I said to her:

Hello Elizabeth. My name is Heather L and I attend the University of South Alabama. I am in a blogging class and have been assigned your blog this week. I'm so very glad because you did such a wonderful job! Congratulations on your mom going to meet your teacher. You sounded very excited about that. Good luck on your future blogs!