week 4 :)

WOOOO!!!

Still learning new things every day! Today we finished with a Powtoon, a program used to create a more fun PowerPoint, however I lost all of my animations because they want money for the cool ones. Oh well. I had a great time creating it and realized how awesome the tool could be to make the classroom entertaining and engaging. this is important because using digital tools and students education have a positive correlation as well motivates students to learn on there own.

Our movie trailers for our GH topic and presentation were assigned today, and I am really focused on that. I want the movie to be a great prelude to my TedTalk and hopefully the presentation will be intriguing.

My badges (modules for the course) are coming along well and I am starting understand more and more how to integrate technology into a course as well as grasping the importance of technology in a learning environment.

Class September 22

Good afternoon!!!

Today we watched what I thought was going to be another boring TedTalk but to my surprise, the speaker was quite funny and entertaining as well as informative. He had a very interesting thesis that if children were willing, and had the resources, they can learn in groups on their own. Mitra (the speaker) had plenty of research to back this up and very interesting research methods which I thought were very cool. He continues to stress that technology is very important in learning and shows this by conducting his research in areas of poverty while the children continue to show a positive learning curve.

Genius Hour Portfolio

My genius hour topic:

How would I develop a strategy to conduct research on sharks in order to find a cure for cancer? What previous research and knowledge can I use to create a starting point?

My goals for this project are to expand my knowledge. I like to consider my self pretty well educated when it comes to the physiology and the general knowledge of sharks but I am hoping with the research for this question I can learn new things.

I have had a lot of research experience with sharks, through books, educational videos and speaking with some experts (I have had a passion for sharks at a young age), and I have some hands on experience such as diving and swims with ocean creatures. Hopefully, I get to do a bit more as my life continues.

Copyright in the classroom!

Todays research involves the issues with copyright. Copyright laws are in place to protect original work. With so many resources readily available infringements are all too common. So it is important to be careful when using resources for  educational and personal purposes. That leaves the questions. How do I cite? Where can I learn how to cite? What do I need to cite? Well the need for access to open educational resources has become a demand for educators and learners. Educators and learners  have made strong wave to readily make available and share digital media through the Internet. Creative Commons was created for just that, to allow open sharing of created work.

Information about Creative Commons can be found here: https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/Creative_Commons_and_Open_Educational_Resources

The Creative Commons 6 licences can be found here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/

These six licences create a simple way to obtain and distribute copyright permissions.

If you have to use images or videos in the classroom as either the educator or the learner remember to cite your work.

Cite It Right can be found here and explains how to cite the images you use: http://www.handy4class.com/h4c2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/CITE-IT-RIGHT-2015.pdf

Finally Creative Commons search tool can be used to find images you can use, share and remix.

Here it is: https://search.creativecommons.org/

The most important thing is to give credit where credit is due.



Levy, Elias. (August 13, 2014). Great White Shark [Online Image]
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/elevy/14894417636/in/photolist-oGaMs5-35Uidn-jN1mt-4RtVSb-72fZGF-ewqf-4ykTJa-2Vvuhc-7eLhmZ-8HnpXD-3dxRFH-5xVFYj-7eLhsZ-orHiFR-oHVAYR-4KnYic-GXuNX-5jmZ13-73boiZ-e3LbCQ-4VBH7D-5KXpXv-e3EvRc-7B6Nu6-dyk1Zt-GXuNi-53UtsV-9uaZQ-5fnEAu-7cPNmJ-rzEF8E-cfcR4-aF1GW-zzc7Y-FXJoL-9g6sbt-dyjSJT-kgDby-acB8D9-2BXX9b-hCLcP-orHgL8-5tUai4-oJaKNh-orGUyS-orH1pY-orGNVX-oHVLa6-dWJDF6-o5dfo8


Jeep. (January 30, 2012). Jeep Wrangler "Avalanche" Official  Commercial. [Online Image]
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https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TtCL_cka700/maxresdefault.jpg

Welcome!

Today in Class we learned about Genius hour. There is still more to learn however today I found out that Genius Hour allows students to follow their own dreams and passions and contributes to them exploring creativity in a learning environment.

Link: http://www.geniushour.com/what-is-genius-hour/

Thanks for Visiting. :)