Teamviewer is a WEB 2.0 tool that allows people to access your computer or for you to access their. The person who can access the computer now has control over the computer.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Ed Tech: My Favorite Web2.0 tools
Web 2.0 is defined by “a web-based platform for applications and services” This means that all my files I can access anywhere, anytime’s on any computer. It surprises be how fast the computer world is advancing. I remember days that if something happened to your computer or file is was gone and there was nothing you can do about it. I think this will be beneficial to be because I won’t have to worry about hauling my laptop around or losing important information or backing up everything I have. This will create a lot less stress of the worrying of the malfunction of the computer and all your hard work vanishing into thin air. This will be very useful in my future teaching career.
A web based tool I will probably use in the future is Google Docs. This will allow me to create a website for my students and parents and a way to keep an open communication line and a helpful tool for questions. This can also help the student catch up quicker if they miss a class. I also would incorporate blogger into my classroom. I can post assignments and have my class turn it in online and have class discussions through blogger. Blogger also opens up the line of communication between students where they can comment on each other blogs and get to know each other.
A web based tool I will probably use in the future is Google Docs. This will allow me to create a website for my students and parents and a way to keep an open communication line and a helpful tool for questions. This can also help the student catch up quicker if they miss a class. I also would incorporate blogger into my classroom. I can post assignments and have my class turn it in online and have class discussions through blogger. Blogger also opens up the line of communication between students where they can comment on each other blogs and get to know each other.
Friday, October 16, 2009
Description of the classroom
There are three gyms at Whiteaker Middle School. In the two lower gyms the flooring is wood and the walls are painted two shades of blue with a line of orange between the two colors. The colors represent the school colors. There isn’t a lot on the walls besides a few posters of different muscles and the six week grades posted. The uppers gym’s floor is wood as well. In one corner of the room there is a rock wall and in another corner is some gymnastics equipment. On one side of the gym there is cardio and muscular strength machines.
There are three teachers that teach in one school period and each teacher has a gym. There is one storage room down stairs and one storage room upstairs for equipment. One of the lower gyms is a lot bigger than the other lower gym. The larger gym contains bleachers and that is parents and spectator sit during school games. There is a boy’s locker room and a girl’s locker room off of the largest gym. When the students enter the large gym from the locker room they start to walk around the gym counter clockwise. When the P.E. teachers come out they have the students sit in their roll spots where each student sits in a row of six. This is done alphabetically so when taking roll the teacher just look for the missing holes of the rows.
The atmosphere of the gym is at time loud but the students look like they are enjoying their self’s and enjoying the social aspect of physical education. Most of the time everyone participates in the activities and they look like they are having fun doing it. This makes me excited to teach physical education at this grade level because most of the students still enjoy physical education. I think this is the perfect age to teach the students about the benefits of exercising while they still enjoy it. I feel that it is crucial to start the education of physical activity, health, and fitness at an age when the students are still enjoying physical education. This is also a good age to have the students try knew activities before the students get too influenced by feeling stupid or dump about trying a new activity. Games that would be good to start is cooperating games where the point of the games are to get to know each other, working together, problem-solving and supporting each other.
There are three teachers that teach in one school period and each teacher has a gym. There is one storage room down stairs and one storage room upstairs for equipment. One of the lower gyms is a lot bigger than the other lower gym. The larger gym contains bleachers and that is parents and spectator sit during school games. There is a boy’s locker room and a girl’s locker room off of the largest gym. When the students enter the large gym from the locker room they start to walk around the gym counter clockwise. When the P.E. teachers come out they have the students sit in their roll spots where each student sits in a row of six. This is done alphabetically so when taking roll the teacher just look for the missing holes of the rows.
The atmosphere of the gym is at time loud but the students look like they are enjoying their self’s and enjoying the social aspect of physical education. Most of the time everyone participates in the activities and they look like they are having fun doing it. This makes me excited to teach physical education at this grade level because most of the students still enjoy physical education. I think this is the perfect age to teach the students about the benefits of exercising while they still enjoy it. I feel that it is crucial to start the education of physical activity, health, and fitness at an age when the students are still enjoying physical education. This is also a good age to have the students try knew activities before the students get too influenced by feeling stupid or dump about trying a new activity. Games that would be good to start is cooperating games where the point of the games are to get to know each other, working together, problem-solving and supporting each other.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Description of the School Population
The demographics of Whiteaker Middle School in 2006-2007 are as follows. There were 38 teachers and 791 students. That’s a ratio of 21 students per teacher. There are around 250 students per grades, which range from 6th-8th grade. The ethnic groups are 75.5% white, 10.4% Latino, 2.0% Asian, 1.3% black, and 1.1% Native American.
The school extracurricular activities like choir, band, and sports which could cost or does cost extra money. Most students don’t have a problem with school extracurricular activities costing money. The school just got brand new lockers this year and even though the school was built in 1966 the school looks clean and not as old as it is. To me this means they keep up on the maintenance.
When walking through the halls and in the classroom most students are white and the way they are dressed I can tell most come from middle to upper class households’. This might mean that some students don’t understand poverty and might make fun of people who smell or don’t dress a nice as they do.
I will not tolerate any teasing in my class and if I ever hear teasing that has to do with what a student doesn’t have I will make sure to spend time in class discussing this issue. An issue with me is that it might be hard for some students to understand and some might never, but I will try my hardest and make a point how it is not okay to tease and give reasons why in a way they can understand.
The school extracurricular activities like choir, band, and sports which could cost or does cost extra money. Most students don’t have a problem with school extracurricular activities costing money. The school just got brand new lockers this year and even though the school was built in 1966 the school looks clean and not as old as it is. To me this means they keep up on the maintenance.
When walking through the halls and in the classroom most students are white and the way they are dressed I can tell most come from middle to upper class households’. This might mean that some students don’t understand poverty and might make fun of people who smell or don’t dress a nice as they do.
I will not tolerate any teasing in my class and if I ever hear teasing that has to do with what a student doesn’t have I will make sure to spend time in class discussing this issue. An issue with me is that it might be hard for some students to understand and some might never, but I will try my hardest and make a point how it is not okay to tease and give reasons why in a way they can understand.
Ed Tech How to use a Blog
A way I can use a blog in my future classroom is in P.E. have websites or articles where the students can go an ready about either recient sporting events, athletes, physical activity, and health. Then I will have them blog about what they read. At times I will have them blog about whatever they want but other times I will have them blog about a signed questions.
I can also do this in Science by having them go to websites or having them read article and blogging about them but I can also have it as a way the students can communicate together about assignments and what they did in class that day.
I can also do this in Science by having them go to websites or having them read article and blogging about them but I can also have it as a way the students can communicate together about assignments and what they did in class that day.
Ed Tech About me
My name is Danielle Howell and I grew up in Keizer. I attended Western Oregon were I got my BS in Exercise Science and my minor in Human Biology. I plan to teach physical education and biology. I want to teach physical education in either a middle or high school level and biology in high school.
I enjoy being active and playing sports. My favorite sport to play is soccer.I love hanging out with friends and families. I also enjoy lazy days where I can eat popcorn and watch movies.
I enjoy being active and playing sports. My favorite sport to play is soccer.I love hanging out with friends and families. I also enjoy lazy days where I can eat popcorn and watch movies.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Community
Community of Keizer Oregon around Whiteaker Middle School
Keizer was founded in 1843 by people who arrived on wagons. The community was named after Thomas Dove Keizur but somewhere on the land claim record the name was misspelled and that’s how it has become Keizer. In 1882 Keizer was named its own city. In 1983 the population of Keizer was 19,650 and the last recoded population in 2008 was 36,150. Whiteaker is one of two middle schools in Keizer, but it was the only middle school in Keizer till 2001. The ethnic group of Keizer is 85.5% white, 12.3% Hispanic and 2.2% other. The age distribution in Keizer is 27.4% under the age of 18, 33.7% is median age, and 12.4% is older than 65.
The neighborhood surrounding the school was mostly built in the 70’s and 80’s. It is a mostly white community. Claggett Creek middle school community is more diverse then Whiteaker middle school community. When going on a walk in the community there are people walking dogs, going on runs/walks and neighbors outside talking to each other. It has a feeling of a safe community where kids still play outside. I see kids riding bikes and skateboarding down the sidewalks. Since the community is mostly white this will reflect the student population at Whiteaker to be mostly white. That means I need to pay close attention and make sure that the people of different ethnic groups feels like they fit in and is part of the community. I would say the community around Whiteaker middle school is middle class. Since they are coming from a middle class I might assume the basic needs of the students are getting met. However, I will still keep my eyes open and not disregard anything because of what I think is.
Source
Keizer, Oregon. http://www.keizer.org/?action=page&name=Demographics
Keizer was founded in 1843 by people who arrived on wagons. The community was named after Thomas Dove Keizur but somewhere on the land claim record the name was misspelled and that’s how it has become Keizer. In 1882 Keizer was named its own city. In 1983 the population of Keizer was 19,650 and the last recoded population in 2008 was 36,150. Whiteaker is one of two middle schools in Keizer, but it was the only middle school in Keizer till 2001. The ethnic group of Keizer is 85.5% white, 12.3% Hispanic and 2.2% other. The age distribution in Keizer is 27.4% under the age of 18, 33.7% is median age, and 12.4% is older than 65.
The neighborhood surrounding the school was mostly built in the 70’s and 80’s. It is a mostly white community. Claggett Creek middle school community is more diverse then Whiteaker middle school community. When going on a walk in the community there are people walking dogs, going on runs/walks and neighbors outside talking to each other. It has a feeling of a safe community where kids still play outside. I see kids riding bikes and skateboarding down the sidewalks. Since the community is mostly white this will reflect the student population at Whiteaker to be mostly white. That means I need to pay close attention and make sure that the people of different ethnic groups feels like they fit in and is part of the community. I would say the community around Whiteaker middle school is middle class. Since they are coming from a middle class I might assume the basic needs of the students are getting met. However, I will still keep my eyes open and not disregard anything because of what I think is.
Source
Keizer, Oregon. http://www.keizer.org/?action=page&name=Demographics
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