Blog Post 10

This week we are to discuss Ms. Cassidy approach to the use of technology in the classroom. In the first video Little Kids...Big Potential Ms. Cassidy focus is to show how her students use technology in different ways. The video shows how the students are excited to use technology. Students use such tools as: blogs, webpages, wikis, videos, Skype, and nintendo DS in the classroom. The video shows how the student love to use technology and it also explain how the students use all of these different tools.

The video is a conversation between Ms. Cassidy and Dr. Strange. Ms. Cassidy discuss how she got started using technology in the classroom. She touches on a good point about privacy. As a teacher you should use classroom privacy when students write blogs or post pictures. One way of doing this is by telling students to only use their first name and not their last name. Another way of having privacy is when you post a picture of a student change their name or use a different student name. Ms. Cassidy believes that technology is here to stay and it's not going anywhere. She encourage teacher to have a while knowledge of technology and to keep up with all the different tools that come with it, and for future teacher to develop their own personal learning network.  Ms. Cassidy encourage teacher to find what works for them when they are making personal learning networks. In the last video Ms.Cassidy answer some questions from students. The student had some good questions. One student asked how often do her student blog? Her response was that it depends on the group size. Some students can blog from at home and sometimes the class will blog together. Another student asked about student copying from other student blogs. Ms. Cassidy thinks that student should be creative when making their blog. 

What Can We Learn From Ms.Cassidy

Cassidy Part 1

Cassidy Part 2

Cassidy Part 3