Reation to Sir Robinsons' arguments'

I did agree with Sir Ken Roberson argument. I believe that you have to love what you do in order to do it. One thing that I really agreed with is that he stated that, if you love something you would practice at it all the time. Another thing that he stated was that, people do their best when their are in their on element. I believe that people do their best in something that they really love. One other thing that I agreed with is that University is not for everybody. I believe that people have other talents besides going to school. I do believe that getting a higher education will help you obtain a better job.

My reaction is that I believe that this would help me become a better teacher. I will try to focus on better ways that I can get my students to understand their giving talents. This talk made me think that their are other ways that people can become successful. I will keep these thoughts in mind as a up coming teacher.

Twitter Assignment

I learned a lot about twitter. The first thing I used to learn about twitter was some articles. The articles were from Time Magazine and New York Times. The articles gave a lot of detail information about twitter. The articled gave me information such as: what it is, how it works and etc. The second thing I used to learn about twitter was a podcast. The podcast I listened to was Talking Twitter with Vanessa Haakenso.This podcast gave me some more information about twitter. It also gave information on how to use twitter, when to tweet and etc.

I basically tweeted every two to four days. Every time I tweeted I would look at the different tweets that I followed. I did send a specific tweet to two people in public and private form. I believe that twitter was an OK system to use. The benefits of twitter as a teacher would be that I could post small assignments to the system for my students to do. I could also use it to post messages. The negative aspect of twitter is that you can only post a 140 characters. As an individual I will use it to send messages back and forth to friends. I'm likely to use twitter as a teacher. I believe that twitter is something that can introduce to my students.

Review of 4 Podcasts

The podcast I listened to was my groups podcast. The name of the podcast was, A discussion of" Did You Know? Shift Happens" by Jessica Prestage, John Dunlop, and Christie Love. We could have improve by giving the website and link at the beginning of the podcast. I needed to speak up a little at the end of the broadcast.

The next podcast that I listened to was, The Economic Crisis and How it affects Alabama Schools: An interview with Dr. Harold Dodge by Johnie Augtman and Jacquelyn. I think they could have improve by adding more questions to their discussion. They could have responded a little more to the questions that he answered. Overall I really enjoyed this podcast, because it answered a lot of questions that I needed to know about teacher jobs in Mobile.

The third podcast I listened to was You -Tube, Can it be Useful in the Classroom by Michael Pace and BJ Moore. They could improve by letting the listener know exactly what is You - Tube is about. The students needed to give a website or a Url to get to You - Tube in the beginning of the podcast. Also they could have gave the listeners a little more information on how it can be useful in the classroom. Overall this was an OK podcast.

The last podcast I listened to was, Jobs, Teachers and Education: A Discussion with Dean Richard Hayes by Justin Bailey, Helen Ramsey and Meagan Green. The response by the students could have been a little bit better. The students could have asked more questions directed towards jobs for teachers. Overall this was a very good podcast. I really did enjoy listening to the podcast. I believe that overall the podcast I listen to were very good.

Pluses and Minuses of Blogs

The blog I viewed was John Dunlop. His blog was filled with a lot of good things. He expressed his views about different topics very well. He explain to the readers how he felt about a topic in details. His blog was well put together.

A blog have a lot of pluses about it. One good thing about a blog is that you can post your classroom assignments on it. Another thing that is good about a blog is that it gives students experience with new technology. Blogs can be used as a educational tool to teach students. Blogs are very important to have for a students.

I will use my blog to post my class website. I will also use my professional blog to obtain employment as a teacher. Blogs will be so helpful to me as a teacher. I will use blogs for so many things. I will also introduce blogs to my fellow teachers.

I believe that blogs do not have any minuses about it. I do not have anything negative to say about blogs. I love everything about blogs. I believe that blogs should be use in every classroom. Blog will be helpful to all teachers everywhere.

"Growth" vs "Fixed" Minds Podcast

The video podcast for the week was a very interesting podcast. The video consist of two research study that were done on college students. The groups were divided into Study Skills and Growth Mindset. The study was then performed on both groups. One of the groups were a control group.

In this study some believed that intelligence is something that can be developed through studying. The first group was taught study skills. The other group was taught study skills and growth mindset. The research findings were amazing. The group that only use study skills did not do well. The grades for the study skills group did not increase they still were declining. The other group had great improvements. The group showed better achievements on tests and their grades improved.

This will have a big affect on me as a teacher. I will use this to talk to my students about their study skills. They will also be able to watch the video to determine which group they fall into. This was a very good video and I enjoyed it. I will use this video as a teacher.