Monday, November 24, 2014
Blog Post 7: Professional Learning Network
Throughout this class, we have discovered many outlets to connect to the professional world via social media and websites. We have looked at Twitter, RSS fields, and Affinity Groups. The affinity group which I have joined was the NAAE or the National Association of Agricultural Educators. Reading through the topic posts, different concerns and needs are very unique compared to most if not all subject matters. There are topics about curriculum, FFA activities and shared power points. These are real life situations and experiences that an agricultural educator experiences such as games going wrong and questions on labs and curriculum. The RSS feeds are an excellent source for news as well as my affinity group. I can briefly view over 30 articles with a very short amount of reading. It connects the NAAE with other science news sites where i can pull information of provide relevant topics for the days lesson. In the case of twitter, I do not even usually use it in my everyday life. I have seen both sides of the argument from the class and I do not think I would use it unless it is a fun creative lab or response from a lecture where they have to create hashtags or utilizes the restriction of one hundred characters or less to generate a response. Overall the experience that I have gained from this assignment has been to reflect and I have seen the various tools that as an educator, I can use in order to add relevant information or even share my experience with the other educators in my field.
Sunday, November 23, 2014
Blog Post 6 : Self Reflection
My journey through this class has been a true test of patience. Coming into this class I was expecting to learn how to utilize websites and use it towards education. What I have received out of it has been so much more that I often describe it as learning a new language. Once I figured out the patterns of the HTML world, I can read and understand the code and I can build a simple website using those codes. What has been the hardest for myself is learning how to properly code and diagnose where a problem might be within that code. It is often something small like forgetting to use a symbol to end the command. One of the most rewarding assignment that I had is to look into PLN's/Affinity Group and find one that best suits out interests. One of my hardest assignments was creating tables within HTML. These first 5 weeks was a challenge like I have spoken before but coming out of this class with an understanding of how websites are created and having a tool kit for creating websites, such as those files we are saving in class, will be extremely beneficial later down the road. Through this knowledge, I have seen and pointed out where websites have an extra </a Such as I saw two of them completing my TPA1. Being a student who is not obtaining a Masters in Multimedia Education, I see so much potential utilizing information learned in this course.
Monday, November 3, 2014
The Use of Twitter.
The use of twitter in the educational setting is a battle that may not be answered within the near future. As an newer teacher, I try to embrace new technology and will try to integrate the use of some social media in positive productive ways. Utilizing twitter does put on some restrictions that go beyond the teachers control, such as limited to 140 words or less. The use of twitter also allows for free speech, which is not necessarily a bad idea in the classroom, but guidelines and rules need to be established to help censor some unwanted language. The problem that i have seen in today's classrooms are that the teachers, not always, are much older and do not understand the use of the technologies such as students do so the instructor often strays away from the unknown and focuses back on the, traditional idea of lecture and listen. The use of twitter can be beneficial in the sense that the students may feel much more engaged than a free write and pass to their neighbor situation. In the video "Twitter in the classroom?" The teacher states that "if you don't engage the kids, you might as well be talking to the wall." The use of a hash tag to respond to a question can be critical thinking as they can only use 140 characters or less. In the future, I will embrace social media the best i can in ways that have been tried as well as new ways.
In the past i have used twitter and I do not use it as much anymore. I may try to get back to using it to find resources to aid in the application.
Q1: What is the purpose of the DIGME Program?
A1: To bring technology, literacy, and learning into the classroom to raise engagement, and academic achievement of the students in a high school setting. This program is supported by the university of Minnesota
Q2: What are some positive benefits twitter can be used in the classroom?
A2: The use of hashtags can bring class discussion into organized feed that the teacher and the class can review. The idea that twitter can be incorporated using twitter tools such as Twitterfall or historicaltweets.com can allow for an educational base discussion. The use of twitter can also lead students on a scavenger hunt dictated by the teacher.
Sunday, October 26, 2014
Journal 4 : Project plan
Site title –
Mr. Daly’s Agriculture Class
·
Developer – Stephen F. Daly
·
Rational or focus – The purpose of the website is to
inform parents, students, middle school counselors and members of the public to
educate the three circle model of an agriculture program as it is structured under
the FFA Organization. Students and
parents can also be informed of assignments due in class, ideas for a
supervised agriculture experience, as well as FFA events which the school
chapter will be taking apart of.
·
Main features outline – The main features include:
· Home Page- A
description about myself as well as a brief introduction about an agriculture
program.
·Side Navigation Bar
which will include links to three pages (classroom, SAE, and FFA)
·
Content
·
Classroom-
- Homework
- Resources:
for class assignments and class discussions
- Class
PowerPoint’s
- SAE
- Description
including why it is important
- Ideas
- FFA
- Past
events
- Future
Events
·
Target audience My target audience for the website is
towards the high school parents and the students
of the class.
·
Design considerations. I will make the website simple to navigate
while considering the least about of literature on it as possible to portray
the information clearly. I will make the literature using words that are at a
sixth to seventh grade level.
·
Limiting factors : The limiting factors that I might face
will be to make sure the website is able to clearly translate into audio for
vision impaired students and parents. Another factor that might be limiting is
to ensure that the site is user friendly both on desktops and cell phones.
Monday, October 20, 2014
The Case for Social Media in Schools.
Journal #3: The Case for Social Media in Schools. http://mashable.com/2010/09/29/social-media-in-school/
Technology in schools have been an issue for as long as I remember. I grew up in the days where the internet was begging and starting to grow. In the article, Kessler discusses that technology has always been a problem since day 1. Back then the internet first started, they were afraid of predators and pornography and as the article has stated, a classroom without internet access is a hard idea to grasp. I am a believer in utilizing technology in the classroom including social media. It seems like everybody is on the bandwagon to block it but it is not something we can guarantee it wont be a distraction. We, as the educational society must embrace it because it is not going away and teachers are using social media to remind students of classroom assignments or as mentioned in the article, to not be late for those students who are constantly late. The second part of the article made the point that when kids are engaged, they learn better. This is a no brainier in my opinion. So what are kids engaged to? The answer is social media and their cell phones. they are passionate about their facebooks and keeping up with any news by liking their favorite gossip magazine on the social media platform. It is up to us to break the mold of textbooks and lecture and to incorporate, and utilize these social media outlets and see them as tools and not weapons of education.
What are some ways that a school can use the social media as a tool?
A: a school has set up reminders for students who constantly run late to remind them.
Why is utilizing blogs or educational social media sites good for students interest?
A: Through the use of blogs, students are able to not only to express themselves but also gain valuable feedback from fellow students. Traditional methods include a comment or two from the teacher.
Technology in schools have been an issue for as long as I remember. I grew up in the days where the internet was begging and starting to grow. In the article, Kessler discusses that technology has always been a problem since day 1. Back then the internet first started, they were afraid of predators and pornography and as the article has stated, a classroom without internet access is a hard idea to grasp. I am a believer in utilizing technology in the classroom including social media. It seems like everybody is on the bandwagon to block it but it is not something we can guarantee it wont be a distraction. We, as the educational society must embrace it because it is not going away and teachers are using social media to remind students of classroom assignments or as mentioned in the article, to not be late for those students who are constantly late. The second part of the article made the point that when kids are engaged, they learn better. This is a no brainier in my opinion. So what are kids engaged to? The answer is social media and their cell phones. they are passionate about their facebooks and keeping up with any news by liking their favorite gossip magazine on the social media platform. It is up to us to break the mold of textbooks and lecture and to incorporate, and utilize these social media outlets and see them as tools and not weapons of education.
What are some ways that a school can use the social media as a tool?
A: a school has set up reminders for students who constantly run late to remind them.
Why is utilizing blogs or educational social media sites good for students interest?
A: Through the use of blogs, students are able to not only to express themselves but also gain valuable feedback from fellow students. Traditional methods include a comment or two from the teacher.
Monday, October 13, 2014
RSS Stream
The past week, looking at my RSS stream, I have learned quite a few things. First off, my RSS stream consists of agriculture education items, Angels baseball, Disney, and science items. Through the I F***ink love science rss feed, he interviews people on what GMO's are and showcases people who do not adequately know but they do not or prefer not to eat GMO food. Also through the same website, some scientists are concerned through the growing number of antibiotics given to livestock and those manure produced by those animals which are used as fertilizer for plants. The concern is that of the resistance of the bacteria.
Affinity group
Journal 2
Chapter 4-5 Summary
Journal #1: Learning Web Design; 4th edition
Summary: In previous chapters, Robbins helps the reader understand the whole concept of web designer and breaks down the world wide web and a web page. Chapter three starts to help the reader start to build a webpage with various exercises and short readings. Robbins shares the rules of naming extensions which include; using proper suffixes for your files, never use character spaces within file names, avoid special characters, file names may be case sensitive, keep the file names short, and having self-imposed conventions. Other than text, the reader also learns the structure is needed. Robbins instructs tags are needed to create the structure within the webpages. The web page is broke down into the head and the body. the head is the mandatory tile element and the body contains what is wanted to be shown on the web page. Through the chapter, a step by step website is made with the necessary steps and knowledge for success. In chapter 5, lists are introduced by Robbins. There are three lists available to use in an html file. The lists are ordered lists, ordered lists, and descriptive lists. An example of each is given to help visualize the difference. robbins introduces what is known as strong and important. It is important to have these not only for the visual readers but also the auditory readers who have screen readers, strong words will be stressed with a different tone of voice. towards the end of the chapter, tables help with character references as they pertain to the webpage.
Summary: In previous chapters, Robbins helps the reader understand the whole concept of web designer and breaks down the world wide web and a web page. Chapter three starts to help the reader start to build a webpage with various exercises and short readings. Robbins shares the rules of naming extensions which include; using proper suffixes for your files, never use character spaces within file names, avoid special characters, file names may be case sensitive, keep the file names short, and having self-imposed conventions. Other than text, the reader also learns the structure is needed. Robbins instructs tags are needed to create the structure within the webpages. The web page is broke down into the head and the body. the head is the mandatory tile element and the body contains what is wanted to be shown on the web page. Through the chapter, a step by step website is made with the necessary steps and knowledge for success. In chapter 5, lists are introduced by Robbins. There are three lists available to use in an html file. The lists are ordered lists, ordered lists, and descriptive lists. An example of each is given to help visualize the difference. robbins introduces what is known as strong and important. It is important to have these not only for the visual readers but also the auditory readers who have screen readers, strong words will be stressed with a different tone of voice. towards the end of the chapter, tables help with character references as they pertain to the webpage.
Sunday, October 5, 2014
Chapter 1-3 Summary
Jounal #1: Learning Web Design; 4th edition
Summary: Robbins in this book starts the text off much like an introductory course to not only web design but the world wide web and the common language that associates with it. In the first chapter, Robbins helps the reader to understand the how a web page is made starting with the idea of that it can be thought of like a cake. First a website starts the HTML(Hypertext markup language) or the base of a cake. The HTML tells how the webpage is structured. The CSS (Cascading style sheets) is the second layer of the webpage cake and the CSS tells the webpage how it should look. Lastly is the Javascript which tells that webpage how it should act. In the second chapter, Robbins helps us to understand that the world wide web and the internet are not the same thing. In fact, web refers to the one way which information can be shared over the internet using hyperlinks or HTML. The internet is the network of computers. The information is stored on what are known as Servers which individual computers with their personal internet protocol address (IP address) gets served the information from those servers. Robbins helps the user to understand an URL by dissecting the web address into the different parts and explains that the http is implied and does not need to be considered as input for the web address. In the third chapter, Robbins helps the reader to understand some bigger concepts that need to be known for web design which includes the idea that the web devices do not just include desktops and laptops but rather they include, with the introduction access to the web via mobile phones. With the knowledge of that, the developer must acknowledge that how the site looks on a laptop will not necessarily look the same on a mobile device.
Q1: What is the idea of responsive web design and why should a site utilize this strategy?
A1: Responsive web design is considered a strategy to aid in the performance and look for a web site. Through responsive web design, custom layouts are produced for devices based on the browser window. This is done by having the HTML go to the correct style sheet depending if the viewer is looking through a cell phone or a desktop. This can be especially helpful when navigating through a site on a cell phone and the menu as larger selection for tapping.
Q2: What is the idea of One Web for All and why is it important?
A2: The idea of One Web for All takes into consideration the realization that the web is not only accessed by people with no impairments but by all. People who access the web may have a visual impairment, auditory impairment, cognitive impairment, or mobility impairment. It is needed for a web designer to make their web pages accessible by different devices that provide aid and follow government accessibility requirements.
Summary: Robbins in this book starts the text off much like an introductory course to not only web design but the world wide web and the common language that associates with it. In the first chapter, Robbins helps the reader to understand the how a web page is made starting with the idea of that it can be thought of like a cake. First a website starts the HTML(Hypertext markup language) or the base of a cake. The HTML tells how the webpage is structured. The CSS (Cascading style sheets) is the second layer of the webpage cake and the CSS tells the webpage how it should look. Lastly is the Javascript which tells that webpage how it should act. In the second chapter, Robbins helps us to understand that the world wide web and the internet are not the same thing. In fact, web refers to the one way which information can be shared over the internet using hyperlinks or HTML. The internet is the network of computers. The information is stored on what are known as Servers which individual computers with their personal internet protocol address (IP address) gets served the information from those servers. Robbins helps the user to understand an URL by dissecting the web address into the different parts and explains that the http is implied and does not need to be considered as input for the web address. In the third chapter, Robbins helps the reader to understand some bigger concepts that need to be known for web design which includes the idea that the web devices do not just include desktops and laptops but rather they include, with the introduction access to the web via mobile phones. With the knowledge of that, the developer must acknowledge that how the site looks on a laptop will not necessarily look the same on a mobile device.
Q1: What is the idea of responsive web design and why should a site utilize this strategy?
A1: Responsive web design is considered a strategy to aid in the performance and look for a web site. Through responsive web design, custom layouts are produced for devices based on the browser window. This is done by having the HTML go to the correct style sheet depending if the viewer is looking through a cell phone or a desktop. This can be especially helpful when navigating through a site on a cell phone and the menu as larger selection for tapping.
Q2: What is the idea of One Web for All and why is it important?
A2: The idea of One Web for All takes into consideration the realization that the web is not only accessed by people with no impairments but by all. People who access the web may have a visual impairment, auditory impairment, cognitive impairment, or mobility impairment. It is needed for a web designer to make their web pages accessible by different devices that provide aid and follow government accessibility requirements.
Friday, October 3, 2014
About Yours Truely
(cue James Bond music) The name is Daly, Stephen Daly. I have an Irish background so I am in love with potatoes, corned beef, whiskey, and a nice glass of Guinness. I also am a HUGE fan of Conan O'Brian so here is a clip of him when he went to the Guiness factory. Click here for an Irish overload I was born in Anaheim, Ca raised in north county San Diego until i went to Cal Poly which started my nomad-like movements which started in Garden Grove then to Pomona to Chino and now Phelan. My plan is to work my butt off and be able to move back to Oceanside within a month and a half.I started my education at Reynolds Elementary in Oceanside, followed by the moving up in the world to Martin Luther King Middle School also in Oceanside. Before eight grade started, I moved to Vista where my father and step-mother still live to this day and i attended Lincoln Middle School. For high school, I attended Vista High School where I got Involved in FFA and agriculture (huge turning point in my life). After graduating i went to a two-year called Mira Costa Community College in Oceanside for 5 1/2 years. I got an acceptance letter from Cal Poly Pomona where i eventually graduated with Agricultural Science degree an d now i am working on my teaching credential and Ag specialist and a masters in Agricultural Sciences.
As far as computers go, I too, just as discussed in class are part of the i want to know the information right away bandwagon. I understand that students are on electronic devices just as much as they are on their feet. I like to think I am semi-fluent in computer talk and geeky stuff but there is so much to continuously learn each and every day. I have and Android phone that I use not for games but for applications like waze or Google Maps.
I am not in the Masters of Educational Multimedia but rather the program I am in allows for the flexibility of choosing masters classes to fit our area of interest. I would love to learn how to use some collaborative websites and programs to incorporate into a high school classroom of my own to grasp students interest and creativity.
Monday, September 29, 2014
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