Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Monday, March 28, 2011
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
My Social Networking Opinions:
2. Should you accept friend requests if you do not know that person?
I don’t think you should accept requests from people you don’t know. On an online profile, a person usually has personal information such as date of birth, city and state they live in, the school they attend, and sometimes even a telephone number. You don’t want strangers knowing this information about yourself. Sometimes strangers can look at your information even if you haven’t accepted their request. Always make sure you check or have someone else check the security settings on your profile and make needed changes. Some people will accept requests if they can see a lot of their friends are also friends with the person, but your friends could be accepting strangers’ requests and may not really know them.
29. Do you think it should be up to schools to educate students about social networking?
I think it is a very good idea to teach about social networking in schools. Most students will probably use it in the future or they already are, and they need to know about it. Schools should teach about the security on social networking sites and how to have a safe profile. They should teach the students about the dangers. Instead of trying to keep them off the sites, we should educate them so they can be safe, since they will eventually create a profile anyways. Many parents do not know about using the internet, blogging, or creating a profile on these sites. This is why the schools should educate on the subject so we can ensure they know about the dangers and how to stay secure.
I don’t think you should accept requests from people you don’t know. On an online profile, a person usually has personal information such as date of birth, city and state they live in, the school they attend, and sometimes even a telephone number. You don’t want strangers knowing this information about yourself. Sometimes strangers can look at your information even if you haven’t accepted their request. Always make sure you check or have someone else check the security settings on your profile and make needed changes. Some people will accept requests if they can see a lot of their friends are also friends with the person, but your friends could be accepting strangers’ requests and may not really know them.
29. Do you think it should be up to schools to educate students about social networking?
I think it is a very good idea to teach about social networking in schools. Most students will probably use it in the future or they already are, and they need to know about it. Schools should teach about the security on social networking sites and how to have a safe profile. They should teach the students about the dangers. Instead of trying to keep them off the sites, we should educate them so they can be safe, since they will eventually create a profile anyways. Many parents do not know about using the internet, blogging, or creating a profile on these sites. This is why the schools should educate on the subject so we can ensure they know about the dangers and how to stay secure.
Sunday, March 20, 2011
How skills can kill & promote creativity ...
Sir Ken Robinson makes some very good points. He thinks schools need to notice and focus on students' differences in order for them to be able to be creative. Students aren't all the same so therefore they don't all learn the same. We need to pay attention and accomodate to all different types of learners. He also speaks about how schools don't prepare the students to be wrong which is needed for creativity. Schools frighten them from exploring and taking chances. He says teachers need to also embrace the students' talents and not insist on them all being good at the same things.
The reading sends the general message that those in the education program can be creative and change the way education is done. Teachers can improve education by simply changing the way things are done. We need to be creative and make great change by coming up with new ideas and trying different things. While doing these things the teachers cannot give up because there most definitely will be many obstacles. When a teacher brainstorms it can create great change for the students. Teach the students lessons that they can apply to themselves, or incorporate application into any lesson. The teacher can incorporate his or her personal interests into teaching so that students realize what they learn can be applied to the real world.
If I could've told anything about myself to my high school and middle school teachers, it would've probably been that I had so many ideas but I was not good at expressing myself and speaking up. I am still somewhat like this but not as much.
The reading sends the general message that those in the education program can be creative and change the way education is done. Teachers can improve education by simply changing the way things are done. We need to be creative and make great change by coming up with new ideas and trying different things. While doing these things the teachers cannot give up because there most definitely will be many obstacles. When a teacher brainstorms it can create great change for the students. Teach the students lessons that they can apply to themselves, or incorporate application into any lesson. The teacher can incorporate his or her personal interests into teaching so that students realize what they learn can be applied to the real world.
If I could've told anything about myself to my high school and middle school teachers, it would've probably been that I had so many ideas but I was not good at expressing myself and speaking up. I am still somewhat like this but not as much.
Learning Style Test
My results from the Learning Style Test are as follows: 6 for both visual and kinesthetic, 5 for reading/writing, and 3 for aural. I feel the test is accurate because I have always been a visual learner. I learn best when I can see something. If a teacher gives me diagrams, written instructions, or notes with the main points listed it really helps me out. I was a little more surprised when I saw that I had scored a 6 for kinesthetic, but then I realized that hands-on learning is really helpful to me when I am trying to grasp a concept. I learned that in my science classes I have always understood concepts better when doing labs rather than the teacher just talking about it. This takes us to my low score on aural learning. I do not have a very long attention span, so when a teacher never switches up her teaching style, I tend to zone out. After the class is over, I realize I didn't learn anything the whole second half of the class. I was also surprised about my score on reading and writing. Before a test, I usually read the chapters and seem to get pretty good grades. I started thinking about it and realized that although I do learn from reading, I learn way better visually and kinesthetically. When trying to learn something new or study for a test I should write vocabulary words or facts down so I can see them infront of me. I should also request to do more hands-on activities in class for the concepts that are more difficult so us kinesthetic learners can have the same opportunities to learn.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
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