C4T# 3 & 4

C4T# 3

The third teacher I commented on was named Beth Knittle. She is "the sole K-12 Technology Integration Specialist for a pretty big district." She loves her job and loves where she lives and that is reflected in her writing. I enjoyed reading her blog and her ideas were really outstanding. I think that we should all strive to do our jobs in the way she does hers. Technology is a difficult thing to grasp because it is ever changing. With this class, we can have a small idea about how to use it to teach our students more effectively.

This is the comment I left:

Hello Beth,

My name is Sarah Clever and I am a student in EDM 310 at the University of South Alabama. I just read the article below and I completely agree. It is hard to teach our children with up to date technology when it is constantly changing and getting better and better. Each new advance that is made makes it a different learning experience for the children growing up in the world today. Instead of the teacher lecturing at the front of the class, he can show a video that makes more sense to the children and he can take a step back and look at the class from a different perspective which would maybe help him see the students who are struggling more. I hope that when I am a teacher, I have the opportunity to provide the best learning experience for my students. Thanks for your articles and for taking the time to write them.

C4T# 4

The next teacher I had the privilege to comment on was Diane Krause. Diane's entire blog researches technology and tools and she posts about new things and discoveries she finds to educate other teachers. There were so many neat things on her site that could help me with my future students. I was really impressed with her most recent blog which discussed feedback from educators across the nation. They spent hundreds of hours researching technology and partenered together to develop a site that gives feedback to other educators around the world. This was very interesting to me and will definitely help me with my future classroom. I am also including her site in my personal learning network.

This is the comment I left:

Hey Diane! My name is Sarah Clever and I am a student in EDM 310 at the University of South Alabama. I read several posts on your blog and went to the links and I was very intrigued by the sites and tools that you have found. They will definitely help me with my future students as I go through my teaching journey. I am so thankful that you take the time to write this blog for people like me who are learning about the tools that technology has to offer. I will definitely use you sight as a reference in the future and it will be included in my personal learning network! Thanks so much for sharing!

The second post I read from Diane was about keeping families safe online and also teaming up with Google to develop a curriculum for educators when it comes to technology. This way, we can become "responsible digital citizens" and help our students do the same. There will be workshops teachers can download that can help them incorporate technology into their classroom. I think this is such a wonderful program and I can't wait to use it myself. This is the comment I left:

Hey Diane! My name is Sarah Clever and I am also a student at the University of South Alabama in EDM 310. Recently, I did a blog post on this exact same thing! I think that a curriculum DOES need to be developed so that teachers can become "responsible digital citizens." I really love the way that you phrase that and I'm so glad and thankful you posted this! It will definitely help me in my future classroom!