Hello all,
Today I'm going to blog about the proper use of citation in a presentation. To help illustrate my point I am going to answer the following questions.
You have created an electronic presentation for your class and wanted to use several graphics from Intel's web site. The Journey Inside (www.intel.com/education/journey/index.htm) Do you need to cite these graphics in your presentation? Where do you place the citation? What would the citation look like?
Yes, you must cite these graphics in your presentation. The TEACH Act of 2002 gives teachers the right to use this information in a presentation, but you still are obligated to cite your source of information.
When placing a citation you should number your citations during your presentation and then reference them at the end of your presentation. You should if at all possible site your source directly on the graphic in small font on the lower right hand corner stating graphic courtesy of Intel. This is what the citation for the use of Intel's web graphics should look like when it is referenced at the end of your presentation; you need the author / editor (Intel corporation) the title of the article (The Journey Inside), the producer (which is optional) and where it is available at, in this case (www.intel.com/education/journey/index.htm) [retrieved from the World Wide Web on 3/08/08]
Hope fully this information is helpful to anyone that needs guidance on citing during a presentation.
Respectfully
Dean :)
Saturday, March 8, 2008
Sunday, March 2, 2008
Word in the classroom
Today I would like discuss using word in the classroom.
I believe that word will be a very valuable tool in the classroom. It could be used in a wide variety of ways starting with using word to draft up a weekly or monthly newsletter to be sent home to the parents to help keep them informed of the on goings in their child's classroom.
We will have our students use word when we ask them to write research papers for class so it is imperative that our students understand the basic concepts of using word.
Yet another use for word processing will be for developing the rubrics that we will use to grade our student's assignments. This will be very important information for our students so that they understand what we are expecting of them on their assignments.
Word is valuable and much needed in today's classrooms.
Regards,
Dean
I believe that word will be a very valuable tool in the classroom. It could be used in a wide variety of ways starting with using word to draft up a weekly or monthly newsletter to be sent home to the parents to help keep them informed of the on goings in their child's classroom.
We will have our students use word when we ask them to write research papers for class so it is imperative that our students understand the basic concepts of using word.
Yet another use for word processing will be for developing the rubrics that we will use to grade our student's assignments. This will be very important information for our students so that they understand what we are expecting of them on their assignments.
Word is valuable and much needed in today's classrooms.
Regards,
Dean
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Jigsaw activites
Hello all it's me again and today I'm going to talk about "Jigsaw"
If I was teaching in a classroom that only had 5 computers I would we could use the jigsaw method by dividing the classroom by 5, obviously so that the groups would be in manageable sizes.
Advantages to using the jigsaw method are; first it teaches the students to work together in groups and with other groups. A project that requires all the pieces cannot be completed if not every team is contributing. Working as a team helps to develop students for some real world lessons on what can and will happen if everyone doesn't work together to get a project done.
Secondly it is a really fun way for the students to learn.
Using the jigsaw methods does come with some draw backs however, as a teachers we need to keep a close eye on the students to make sure that everyone is participating. Sometimes in big group settings the slower kids might fade into the background or they might be fearful of making a mistake and hurting other peoples grades, that is why you should always try and put at least one higher level student in each group to help as a guide for the project.
Overall I think that jigsaw is an excellent change of pace activitey.
Regards,
Dean
If I was teaching in a classroom that only had 5 computers I would we could use the jigsaw method by dividing the classroom by 5, obviously so that the groups would be in manageable sizes.
Advantages to using the jigsaw method are; first it teaches the students to work together in groups and with other groups. A project that requires all the pieces cannot be completed if not every team is contributing. Working as a team helps to develop students for some real world lessons on what can and will happen if everyone doesn't work together to get a project done.
Secondly it is a really fun way for the students to learn.
Using the jigsaw methods does come with some draw backs however, as a teachers we need to keep a close eye on the students to make sure that everyone is participating. Sometimes in big group settings the slower kids might fade into the background or they might be fearful of making a mistake and hurting other peoples grades, that is why you should always try and put at least one higher level student in each group to help as a guide for the project.
Overall I think that jigsaw is an excellent change of pace activitey.
Regards,
Dean
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Evaluating my students
This week’s blog is to tell you about what standards and evaluation methods that I will be using in my classroom.
I believe in using the standard assessment of excellent, acceptable and needs improvement.
So if I had my students write a paper on “How smoking affects your body” I my rubric might go something like this;
An excellent score in for the writing portion would be zero spelling or grammatical errors, acceptable, grammar and spelling are mostly correct and needs improvement would be spelling and grammar interfere with the understanding of the paper.
An excellent score for paper content would be all content is covered and complete, acceptable, most content is covered and complete and needs improvement would be missing or incomplete information or material.
The section and research done for the paper would goes as follows, to be excellent the student must use 2 or more accredited sources site properly, acceptable, used 1 source sited properly, and needs improvement would have zero sources.
I believe that this is an excellent way for the students to have an understanding of what is expected from them going into assignment.
Regards,
Dean
I believe in using the standard assessment of excellent, acceptable and needs improvement.
So if I had my students write a paper on “How smoking affects your body” I my rubric might go something like this;
An excellent score in for the writing portion would be zero spelling or grammatical errors, acceptable, grammar and spelling are mostly correct and needs improvement would be spelling and grammar interfere with the understanding of the paper.
An excellent score for paper content would be all content is covered and complete, acceptable, most content is covered and complete and needs improvement would be missing or incomplete information or material.
The section and research done for the paper would goes as follows, to be excellent the student must use 2 or more accredited sources site properly, acceptable, used 1 source sited properly, and needs improvement would have zero sources.
I believe that this is an excellent way for the students to have an understanding of what is expected from them going into assignment.
Regards,
Dean
Saturday, February 9, 2008
My Philosophy
My goals and educational philosophy as a future educator
A few of my goals as a future educator are simply; first and foremost I would like my students to enjoying learning as much as I enjoy teaching. Learning is easier when students are having fun doing it.
I want my students to not only learn from me but to help teach as well. The youth today has a vast knowledge of subjects such as technology that some teachers may not have and if you can learn from your students and also have students learn from each other they will get more out of the classroom.
I want my students to feel comfortable around me, meaning I want them to be able to come to me with any problems that they might have school related or not. This can be done by building trust in your students.
My main goal and it is my philosophy by which I will teach is what I like to call “life lessons”. As future educators we will be required to teach students certain subject matters that they must understand well enough to “test” on. I will not discredit this as being important, but this shows me that the student understood the subject just long enough to test on it, but down the road can they recall it. Life lessons are usually learned later in your life when thru trail and error you figure things out. Students need to learn from in my opinion middle school age on up that life isn’t always fair. All too often kids have a miss understanding of how the really world operates. Students need to know that once they are on their own the world is a cut throat operation. Students need to learn that not everyone gets a chance to play on the team that in corporate America has soon as they can find someone to do your job nearly as well and for less money you’re gone.
Life is not fair, as adults we learn that, but kids we are sometimes taught differently. It is not fair that some people don’t have home to go to each night, it is not fair that movie stars make millions and teachers make very little, it is not fair that someone’s son or daughter as to go a die for our country but that is life and students must learn about life.
A few of my goals as a future educator are simply; first and foremost I would like my students to enjoying learning as much as I enjoy teaching. Learning is easier when students are having fun doing it.
I want my students to not only learn from me but to help teach as well. The youth today has a vast knowledge of subjects such as technology that some teachers may not have and if you can learn from your students and also have students learn from each other they will get more out of the classroom.
I want my students to feel comfortable around me, meaning I want them to be able to come to me with any problems that they might have school related or not. This can be done by building trust in your students.
My main goal and it is my philosophy by which I will teach is what I like to call “life lessons”. As future educators we will be required to teach students certain subject matters that they must understand well enough to “test” on. I will not discredit this as being important, but this shows me that the student understood the subject just long enough to test on it, but down the road can they recall it. Life lessons are usually learned later in your life when thru trail and error you figure things out. Students need to learn from in my opinion middle school age on up that life isn’t always fair. All too often kids have a miss understanding of how the really world operates. Students need to know that once they are on their own the world is a cut throat operation. Students need to learn that not everyone gets a chance to play on the team that in corporate America has soon as they can find someone to do your job nearly as well and for less money you’re gone.
Life is not fair, as adults we learn that, but kids we are sometimes taught differently. It is not fair that some people don’t have home to go to each night, it is not fair that movie stars make millions and teachers make very little, it is not fair that someone’s son or daughter as to go a die for our country but that is life and students must learn about life.
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