Apparently it is not only America that is taking advantage of all the blogs and websites on the net. After doing a little searching on line, I have discovered that Portugal too has taken advantage. Luckily for me I can speak Portuguese fairly well so I can get around on the blog website even though it is written in Portuguese. The site I liked the best was the teacher web website. (Teacher Web) The great thing about this site is that you can search for any teacher in just about all major countries in the world. But going back to before, I found interest in Ms. Ana Margarida Flor's blog.
In professora Flor's blog it's got all kinds of links for her students (as well as others interested.) Some of the links she has are for homework, posted grades, art, and study guides. To view her page click on the link Ms. Flor Even though this site was my favorite, I did find something interesting about the Australian teachers and their own blogs for their students.
It seems that even the excitement and craze of blogs has reached "down under". Yes even in Australia teachers are using blogs for the benefits of their students. The site responsible for this is the Australian educ. bloggers site. (Blogger Link) The teacher whom i focused most on was the Lauren O'Grady who is an English teacher in Victoria, Australia. On her blog, Ms. O'Grady gives her students a brief summery of her life and links to some of her favorite websites regarding English literature. Unlike the other blogs I have seen, Ms. O'Grady tells her students and other teachers what she expects out of teachers as well as herself. I found this thoughtful and think that it would make her as well as other teachers better at what they do. And isn't that what students really need? A good role model for their studies? Apparently the Australian teachers union does. To see her page click this link. O'Grady Page
Friday, January 30, 2009
Blogs for American School Teachers/Students
One website whose main purpose is to keep connection between students and teachers through blogs is the blog.wired. site. WIRED . This site is used by many schools across the country (especially Technical schools.) The purpose of this particular website is to keep the students and teachers in contact with each other and to look up information on what you happen to be studying. Now since this is more of a technical website (with information about cars, computers, etc.) One thing about this website I found interesting are all the blogs showing how to improve one's cars, electrical systems, and computers. So you really don't even have to be a student at a Technical school to get something out of this website. It is no surprise that schools like Diman Regional Vocational Technical high School give input on these certain subjects. To see this schools website and view their own blogs click here: DIMAN
After viewing a technical school's blogs and how they operate, I thought it would be nice to view a public schools blog and see how they operate in the public school setting. One website that uses blogs for teachers is the Scholastic Community Message Boards website (To view click here.) Scholastic Message Boards This website is basically for the younger students and includes blogs from kindergarten and 1st grade teachers. One teacher's blog that impressed me was the kindergarten teacher Mr. Jeremy Brunaccioni (Jeremy's profile) In his blog he puts in his thoughts on teaching as well as pictures of what students in his class have drawn. This is very important for kids to have their pictures up because it gives them a optimistic boost of confidence for their art. Just another example of why blogs are very good for the development of all ages. (to see some drawings click here) PIX
After viewing a technical school's blogs and how they operate, I thought it would be nice to view a public schools blog and see how they operate in the public school setting. One website that uses blogs for teachers is the Scholastic Community Message Boards website (To view click here.) Scholastic Message Boards This website is basically for the younger students and includes blogs from kindergarten and 1st grade teachers. One teacher's blog that impressed me was the kindergarten teacher Mr. Jeremy Brunaccioni (Jeremy's profile) In his blog he puts in his thoughts on teaching as well as pictures of what students in his class have drawn. This is very important for kids to have their pictures up because it gives them a optimistic boost of confidence for their art. Just another example of why blogs are very good for the development of all ages. (to see some drawings click here) PIX
Friday, January 23, 2009
Fischbowl Video
A movie I had the pleasure of watching was an educational one known as "The Fischbowl: Did You Know?" The movie is made up of about 8 minutes of numbers and statistics regarding our country and the advancements it has made over the years. The movie goes into great detail about how much people in our country use cell phones, Internet, laptops, etc. One idea this video conveys is the importance of learning amongst the world's youth and how other countries (non-developing countries) do not get the opportunities the kids in countries like the U.S receive.
A one point in the movie, it states that there are 2 billion children in developing countries and that 1 out of 3 never completes the 3rd grade. This is really disturbing to me as a student because in this day in age, we have so much knowledge and technology to send e-mails and text messages (as stated in the movie with surprisingly large numbers) and we can not provide books or other learning materials? The One Laptop Per Child Project" or OLPC looks to change that by giving kids in poor countries laptops. They said that "children who never held a book could now hold the entire world."
The whole premise of this film is really hard to understand while watching it. however, at around 6 minutes and 45 seconds into it, the film claims that its purpose is to show that we need to prepare ourselves for jobs that have not even been thought of yet so we can prepare ourselves for the problems of tomorrow. As the given Albert Einstein quote stated: "We Can't solve problems using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them."
The end of the movie says that it is vital that we as a generation prepare ourselves for the challenges of tomorrow. Whether it asking your principals or teachers or whomever, it is important to prepare oneself and ones family for problems that will occur. It gives a link to the website for more information. Here's the link if you would like to view it: Shifthappens I myself enjoyed this movie and urge people to give it a try. Click the link here to view Video
A one point in the movie, it states that there are 2 billion children in developing countries and that 1 out of 3 never completes the 3rd grade. This is really disturbing to me as a student because in this day in age, we have so much knowledge and technology to send e-mails and text messages (as stated in the movie with surprisingly large numbers) and we can not provide books or other learning materials? The One Laptop Per Child Project" or OLPC looks to change that by giving kids in poor countries laptops. They said that "children who never held a book could now hold the entire world."
The whole premise of this film is really hard to understand while watching it. however, at around 6 minutes and 45 seconds into it, the film claims that its purpose is to show that we need to prepare ourselves for jobs that have not even been thought of yet so we can prepare ourselves for the problems of tomorrow. As the given Albert Einstein quote stated: "We Can't solve problems using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them."
The end of the movie says that it is vital that we as a generation prepare ourselves for the challenges of tomorrow. Whether it asking your principals or teachers or whomever, it is important to prepare oneself and ones family for problems that will occur. It gives a link to the website for more information. Here's the link if you would like to view it: Shifthappens I myself enjoyed this movie and urge people to give it a try. Click the link here to view Video
The importance of "ACCESS"
If you are planning to excel in the classroom for the future as well as for tomorrow, the ACCESS may be the program for you. ACCESS (Alabama Connecting Classroom, Educators and Students Statewide) is an online tool used by both students and teachers. The whole purpose of this program is to show the importance of online learning through "distance learning". With exposure to this program, I as well as the website believe that a student can learn more efficiently and a teacher can improve his/her lesson plans.
One term used throughout the ACCESS website is "distance learning". But what exactly is "distance learning"? Distance learning is described by the ACCESS website as learning online. And with ACCESS they can make this a reality for students. They do not however want to disrespect the importance of teachers in a classroom setting. They say that interaction with your piers as well as teachers builds great memory and social skills. But there is a method to the ACCESS site's beliefs.
There are a lot of options for students looking to "advance their learning experience". The ACCESS program offers more challenging courses as well as easier ones (depending on what your certain needs are for a particular class.) With these, they also offer advanced degrees for up and coming students or perhaps teachers whom want to advance their teaching degrees. And with all the videos and power points they offer, this program can be a fun experience as well as an educational one.
The ACCESS program is a very helpful tool for all students and teachers. I myself will most likely use this fine program during my journey from student to teacher. As a current student I will use this website to get some extra help of even learn a bit more in order to help my process of becoming a teacher. And as a teacher, using ACCESS would be very helpful if I ever wanted to advance my degree or perhaps even learn a bit more about my own profession from others. If you want to visit this website (which if your a student I urge that you do) follow this link.
ACCESS
One term used throughout the ACCESS website is "distance learning". But what exactly is "distance learning"? Distance learning is described by the ACCESS website as learning online. And with ACCESS they can make this a reality for students. They do not however want to disrespect the importance of teachers in a classroom setting. They say that interaction with your piers as well as teachers builds great memory and social skills. But there is a method to the ACCESS site's beliefs.
There are a lot of options for students looking to "advance their learning experience". The ACCESS program offers more challenging courses as well as easier ones (depending on what your certain needs are for a particular class.) With these, they also offer advanced degrees for up and coming students or perhaps teachers whom want to advance their teaching degrees. And with all the videos and power points they offer, this program can be a fun experience as well as an educational one.
The ACCESS program is a very helpful tool for all students and teachers. I myself will most likely use this fine program during my journey from student to teacher. As a current student I will use this website to get some extra help of even learn a bit more in order to help my process of becoming a teacher. And as a teacher, using ACCESS would be very helpful if I ever wanted to advance my degree or perhaps even learn a bit more about my own profession from others. If you want to visit this website (which if your a student I urge that you do) follow this link.
ACCESS
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Importance of ALEX (Alabama Learning Exchange) and ACCESS (Alabama Connecting Classroom, Educators and Students Statewide.)
One important website that all teachers as well as future teachers should use is the website for ALEX. ALEX, which stands for Alabama Learning Exchange, is a site that lets teachers of all courses of study come and pick up lesson plans, chat with other teachers, and have access to other sites regarding their lesson plans. It even has its own personal workspace for teachers who may want to keep all their important documents and teaching aids on the site at their disposal.
Another important site for Alabama teachers and students is the ACCESS website. ACCESS (Alabama Connecting Classroom, Educators Students Statewide) is based of the same principles as ALEX, but has tools for high school students as well. The emphasis for this site is the purpose of distance learning for students. Distance learning is used for the purpose of giving students knowledge for High school and college via online. Both of these programs are extremely helpful for the advancement of Alabama students and teachers.
Although the ACCESS website stresses the importance of actual teachers, they also show the benefits of online learning for students as well as teachers; as stated above this is known as distance learning. The ALEX website is also a great learning tool for teachers and can provide up to date lesson plans for all courses of study (even some for special needs.) It is easily seen that with these two programs helping the youth in Alabama, that their achievements will be great.
I am defiantly looking forward to using ALEX as well as ACCESS for my own teaching career. I love teaching others, but like all successful teachers I like to look to others for their ideas and thoughts. By doing this I can better myself as a teacher and better the students. Also, if I have anything to share to people I can. The purpose of being a teacher is giving back to the community (or in this case Alabama.) And I see no better way to do this than by recieving aid from these two extremely helpful websites. I defiantly recommend these websites to all aspiring teachers and even high school students looking to advance their knowledge.
Another important site for Alabama teachers and students is the ACCESS website. ACCESS (Alabama Connecting Classroom, Educators Students Statewide) is based of the same principles as ALEX, but has tools for high school students as well. The emphasis for this site is the purpose of distance learning for students. Distance learning is used for the purpose of giving students knowledge for High school and college via online. Both of these programs are extremely helpful for the advancement of Alabama students and teachers.
Although the ACCESS website stresses the importance of actual teachers, they also show the benefits of online learning for students as well as teachers; as stated above this is known as distance learning. The ALEX website is also a great learning tool for teachers and can provide up to date lesson plans for all courses of study (even some for special needs.) It is easily seen that with these two programs helping the youth in Alabama, that their achievements will be great.
I am defiantly looking forward to using ALEX as well as ACCESS for my own teaching career. I love teaching others, but like all successful teachers I like to look to others for their ideas and thoughts. By doing this I can better myself as a teacher and better the students. Also, if I have anything to share to people I can. The purpose of being a teacher is giving back to the community (or in this case Alabama.) And I see no better way to do this than by recieving aid from these two extremely helpful websites. I defiantly recommend these websites to all aspiring teachers and even high school students looking to advance their knowledge.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
First Post
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My name is Nicholas Anthony Nogueira. I am currently a student at the University of South Alabama and I am majoring in Physical Education. I was born in Sao Miguel, Azores and moved to the United States when I was just 5 years old. Since then I have lived in Boston, Massachusetts and love it. I grew up with 2 brothers as well as a mother and a father and plenty of cousins. one thing I hold close to my heart is the connection I share with my brothers and parents because there is no bond like the family bond.
I was always active in my community ever since I was a child. I was an Eagle Scout by the time I was 16 and was always involved in walks against cancer. I am also very interested in the Martial Arts and have a black belt in Tae Kwon Do. At the age of 15 I attended Bishop Connolly High School which was a private Catholic School in Fall River, MA. There I played 4 years of Football and was pretty good and got a full scholarship to play college football for Charleston Southern University.
While at Charleston Southern, I was majoring in Kinesiology and spent most of my time playing football and spending time in my fraternity (Phi Beta Sigma). I am extremely active in my fraternity and do a lot of charity events and raise money all in the name of my frat. Then in 2008 I transfered to the University of South Alabama. Right now I am a Junior and hopefully will be graduating Fall of 2010.
In the future I hope to be able to teach Physical Education at the High school level. I would also like to be the Head Varsity Coach of a football team. While Teaching I plan on getting my Masters Degree in Administration and becoming an Athletic Director.
My name is Nicholas Anthony Nogueira. I am currently a student at the University of South Alabama and I am majoring in Physical Education. I was born in Sao Miguel, Azores and moved to the United States when I was just 5 years old. Since then I have lived in Boston, Massachusetts and love it. I grew up with 2 brothers as well as a mother and a father and plenty of cousins. one thing I hold close to my heart is the connection I share with my brothers and parents because there is no bond like the family bond.
I was always active in my community ever since I was a child. I was an Eagle Scout by the time I was 16 and was always involved in walks against cancer. I am also very interested in the Martial Arts and have a black belt in Tae Kwon Do. At the age of 15 I attended Bishop Connolly High School which was a private Catholic School in Fall River, MA. There I played 4 years of Football and was pretty good and got a full scholarship to play college football for Charleston Southern University.
While at Charleston Southern, I was majoring in Kinesiology and spent most of my time playing football and spending time in my fraternity (Phi Beta Sigma). I am extremely active in my fraternity and do a lot of charity events and raise money all in the name of my frat. Then in 2008 I transfered to the University of South Alabama. Right now I am a Junior and hopefully will be graduating Fall of 2010.
In the future I hope to be able to teach Physical Education at the High school level. I would also like to be the Head Varsity Coach of a football team. While Teaching I plan on getting my Masters Degree in Administration and becoming an Athletic Director.
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