September 26th's Class: to Learn about Spreadsheets

I could think of how I use spreadsheets for students in my future. A spreadsheet software, Excel, is convenient if I know how to utilize it, and it is not complex and helps me to organize professionally students' grades. If I plug numbers in the spreadsheet, I can know the average for each test or each student easily as well as maximum and minimum scores without mistakes. I learned the basic skills for by practicing the basic skills on Monday from the Ed 2255 class. I learned about sorting alphabetizing, absolute value, and weighted average. Also, the graph for weighted average visually helps to see, how well students went through during the session. Furthermore, based on the date, I can analyze data, who are doing well or not, everyone follow up the class, or I need to adjust the tests or assignments. I have learned the basic skills to be a professional teacher by using spreadsheets.              

Copyright:Blogging about Monday September 19th's class

© (copyright  symbol)

    In the class, we talked about copyright, sharing examples what is fair use or not through Google Doc. I think that it is an important to learn how to use sources. I learn what materials are copyrighted: written works, sounding records, works of art, video, and motion picture works, and architectural works. So, I have to be careful to use the materials. Everyone could share what she or he found from the website, http://www.delicious.com/genlow/copyright. There are various and specific examples, Fair use and Not a Fair use. Also, there are interesting examples, for me "Fair use. Publisher Larry Flynt made disparaging statements about the Reverend Jerry Falwell on one page of Hustler magazine. Rev. Falwell made several hundred thousand copies of the page and distributed them as part of a fund-raising effort"  because the part of copies do not affect the market. Learning about copyright is helpful to keep me from misusing the sources. In my future as an educator, it is necessary to use the correct copyright for students.




reference
(Internet) Stanford University Libraries(2010). Retrieved from http://fairuse.stanford.edu/Copyright_and_Fair_Use_Overview/chapter9/9-c.html     

Blogging about Monday September 12th's class

What I felt during the watching the video, "A Vision of Students Today" is that the students proclaim reality of the current classroom, their condition, and their feeling without any secrete. The Youtube that I watched fairly reflects characteristics of student's today. I felt in the same way I have to be a multi-tasker nowadays. Honestly, I am prefer to forcing on one task rather than do two or more things at the same time. However, I listen to music and talk with my friends while I am driving. If I do not listen to music, I feel empty like something is missing. 

The other thing I agree is usage of technology, "2300 web pages, 1281  Facebook profiles". It is usual to use technology for me. I always turn on my laptop and frequently check my Facebook and email. In addition, I got my bank-statement through email because it is more convenient and I don't need the paper. 

I am so impressive of a question, "some have suggested that the technology alone can save us.." In my opinion, the importance of how to use technology is going to be emphasized and have to be trained.   

EDUC2255

Describe the differences between the 21st century classroom and the classrooms of 10 or 20years ago.

As the social works change rapidly for 20 years, the classroom inevitably turns to focus

 on developing more complex knowledge and adapting in 21st century workplaces from

 lecture-centered classrooms. First of all, the school requires students to get higher order

 thinking skills as well as knowledge of technology in the information industry. The idea of

 learning is changed. The teachers had the power to control students in the past years.

 However, students have their opportunity to choose what they want, to pursue their goals, 

and take a responsibility from their decision. As students become self-governing individuals, 

they also can communicate effectively each other; students would share their opinions and 

would discuss on a specific topic. Moreover, the major roles of teachers, classroom 

facilitators, are care of their kids and help them to be interested, to engage what they are 

doing in classes, and to achieve the skills to figure out by themselves. In the technological 

society, it is more important to how to get information and to use it than the material itself, 

which is changed by releasing a new program and the older one is outdated for a few years. It 

is not possible to avoid using the technologies in the 21st century. Students will be able to 

learn handling knowledge through technologies applying in the workplaces. In my opinion, 

the huge difference in 21st century is the era which combines progressive educative 

conditions for students and technologies.