Monday, July 20, 2009

My Final Thoughts

I really enjoyed this class and think that I have taken a lot of knowledge with me when I exit. Mr. Tashbin relayed so much information that I will use throughout my career as a teacher, I'm truly glad that I have taken this class. I like how Dr. Strange thinks and agree with almost all his thoughts on how education should be taught. I wish that all classes were this beneficial if they were then I believe that a college education would much more valuable. I am going to end this blog and class with three positives and one negative comments, I hope that someone, someday, somewhere will read them and see how much this class meant to me.

Let me get the negative comment out of the way.
I have come to realize how a class should be taught and the benefits of this. Mr. Tashbin has spoiled me in the ways I am going to judge other classes and hope they will be taught like this. So I would say this is a negative thought to me but I hope that it shows how much I enjoyed this class.

Onto the positives!!

1. Podcasting, I loved this project not only was it fun but I also learned how to do a podcast. In doing this project I developed a friendship and hopefully educated someone on the benefits of the military and education. I think in the longer semesters there should be more than one podcast.

2. Google presentations, this was really exciting because I got to show my fellow students and Mr. Tashbin a brief view of my life which I am very proud of. I also learned how to use Google Documents which I believe I will using a lot in the future.

3. Blogs, I learned so much things doing the blogs from ALEX to cell phones in the classroom. Writing my thoughts on the multiple topics and then getting to share them with the class was great. I think everyone took something from these conversations.

I am extremely glad I took this class, and in the same glad I took it with Mr. Tashbin.

Monday, July 6, 2009

Burp Back Education Podcast sso513

I liked the way this podcast flowed it sounded like the three got together and had a conversation on Burp Back Education, I liked that. I agree with this podcast and the thought behind it, I think that Burp Back Education does not help the student it hinders them. The way the this three gave ideas of how to teach so that students will learn what they are thought instead of using Burp Back Education. The only problem I had with this podcast was that it was so casual, maybe the could have sounded more professional. Overall I liked this podcast, good job.

Using Wiki's bwo430w

The group that I listened to talked about the use of Wiki's, it was a good podcast I only have two complaints the repetition and I believe they should have talked about the downfalls before praising it. Though they did repeat themselves throughout the podcast it was informational if you do not know about Wiki's. I just wish that they would have started the podcast with the downfalls of Wiki's I think if this would have been done the listener would know what to look out for when using Wiki's instead of hearing how good Wiki's are and thinking this before knowing the downfalls, especially with credibility. Overall good podcast and think they did a good job talking about Wiki's can help us.