Do Not Track Me Plus

When I went to the website at first I did not understand how it worked but once I figured it out I started to surf the web. The first site I went to was Facebook and only one person was tracking me. The website that was tracking me was named "doubleclick". Well that was a very smart name for a website and I did exactly that, I double clicked it and it allowed the website to follow me. I noticed and blocked them again. Next, I went to Pinterest and I looked up Tri Delta, and I immediately had 2 followers. These were weird names that weren't any interest to me, so I just ignored them. I went to blogger.com next and I am all clear of trackers on this website! This is a very cool thing to have on your computer. I think I might keep it on here, although it is kind of creepy that people "track" me. I researched more on it and it is very weird, yet strategic, how they pull you in. They will use the ads that interest you or target your exact interests for you to click on them. After that they will blow you up with information about their website and try to get you to buy from it. These website owners are very creative and strategic about how they do things. This program is very interesting and I hope to look more into it.

Inspiration Comments

Erika- Erikas use of pictures were really good and her blog was well designed.
Some of the activities were not as good as some others that she has.

Jacqueline- I think that her ideas were really good along with her standard. The way she incorporated a dress up day was really unique.
I think that her actual concept map could have been more mature looking, although purple is just a childish color.

Jennifer- I really like the theme, biomes were my favorite part of elementary science.
Powerpoint might be too difficult for this age, but not if it was done in class.

Amanda- I thought the Who Wants to be a Millionare activity was very creative and i think students would enjoy it alot.
I don't think that the song was the best choice for this activity, it sort of threw me off.

Jordan- I like how Jordan incorporated different types of a presentation. I like how she used posters, powerpoints, and other types of activities they could do.
I dont think having the students bring materials for the assignment would work. But it is a very fun idea.

Jonathon-Jonathon was very creative for being a boy. His concept map didnt even look like a school project, it looked really fun.
I dont think a quiz is a very fun first activity though.

CONCEPT MAP- Corduroy

Corduroy

Students will write an opinion on a story they read/listen to and they will include a beginning middle and end. They will also have to have a concluding statement to sum up everything that they wrote.

STANDARD: Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply reasons that support the opinion, use linking words (e.g., because, and, also) to connect opinion and reasons, and provide a concluding statement or section.

              STORY TIME!

I will introduce the story to the students by showing them a teddy bear with buttons,talk about their special "friends" they have at home and then show them the book. I will read it aloud to them and have them raise their hands and answer questions about the beginning, middle and end.

A. Have students come to carpet time and talk about the characters and introduce the story.

B. They will participate in active listening as I ask them questions throughout the story and at the end.

   MOVIE TIME!

The students will open the link on their screen and watch the story corduroy with headphones on in groups of three or four.

A. Students will get in groups of three or four and they will watch the story on the computer.

B. After finishing the movie, students will answer 5 short questions and write a summary on their favorite part.

  Super Why Comic Book Adventure

Students will help Super Why stop the evil eraser from erasing words out of the book and they can make the story go in order from beginning to end.

A.    The students will play this game on the computer to work on their comprehension skills.

B.    They will actively work with the character Super Why to help find missing pieces of the story and add them back in.

  Find that button!

Children will take home the bear that they cut out and put together in class and find him some buttons just like the bear did in the story.

A.    Students will have mixed pieces of a bear, cut them out and pin them together.

1.    They will have help making sure the arms and legs are pinned in the right spot so the bears arms and legs can move.

B.    They will take the bear that they glued home and find him buttons for homework..

1.    The students will find objects at home, for example, fruit loops, pennies, ect.

    Eyesight Challenge

When finished with all of their activities, they will play this game and look for the items in the picture, just like Corduroy went through the department store looking for his button.

A.    Students will go to the website and play the game to find the hidden objects.

B.    Each time the level will bump up and they will have less time to find the items.

The pedagogy wheel would be extremely helpful as a teacher because it gives examples of websites or programs on the computer that you can use for different activities for your classroom. I would use this wheel often when trying to figure out how I could use technology with some of my lessons. It makes it easy by just looking at what activity your trying to accomplish and then looking at the links or websites it gives to go by.

Bloom's Digital Taxonomy is a list of key terms that can be transformed into verbs that have technology to do with them. For instance, creating is the first key term and I could look at that word and know I want my students to create something but how could I have them do that just by thinking of that word? I could look at this outline and see that blogging is one of the ways my students could create something for a project. Many people have trouble thinking of different ways you can incorporate technology in your teaching skills and this Taxonomy would help people incorporate it with their lesson plans.

In the Identity Theft test I was at about medium risk to be stolen from. I do many of the obvious things, but I don't do things like shred my paper before I throw it away, I just never thought someone would dig in a trash can after me. I guess you can never be too safe.
The next test I did was the online lottery or sweepstakes one. I do get a lot of those emails from people in different countries telling me I won some enormous prize, but I completely disregard them. Therefore I am at low risk.
The authentic or counterfeit test I was at no risk at all. I work at a place that gives me a work check and I don't think I would ever except a money order.

The malware drive by download was all about how your computer can be attacked without you even knowing about it. It says that malware is a program that is "designed" to help you but it also hurts you at the same time. It will mess up your computer and then show you ways that they can get your money so they can fix what THEY messed up in the first place. It also shows ways that you can tell your computed is being attacked, so that you can know you have a problem and your computer is not just slow.
 
This video was interesting to me although I did not like the mans voice and he did not really pull me in to what he was saying at all. The one thing I did like about what he was saying is that this system is like a robber. Basically it will rob you and mess up your stuff, run away and then come back saying that they know what the problem is and if you pay them they will fix it. I can see a lot of computer programs doing this. Most places just want your money and they will actually hurt your computer in order to get it. This video was not the best one I have seen yet, but it was informational.

1. Facebook, Linked IN, BlogSpot
2. Children could possibly be tracked by someone else that could harm them, they lose sleep and become different people because of it, they can lose the opportunities for jobs or anything in life for that matter if they have something bad on their page.
3. Sexting- this is the exchange of sexual images, words, or videos through social media.
    cramming- the act of charging someone for something they did not agree to pay for
    cookies- website stored in web browser
    Trojan horse- a malware tracking program
    Phishing- trying to invade privacy of others and find out personal info
    Spyware- A program that is there to protect your computer.
    rootkit- a software that hides processes from being seen by the user
    zombie- a dead creature that comes back to life and haunts people
4. The screen names these people have chosen are seen by everyone they talk to or come in contact with online and with dirty or inappropriate screen names such as these they will be treated like their immature name.
5. Your screen name should represent you and what you stand for, so if you don't want people getting into your personal life then your screen name should just be your name. Having these ugly screen names, for instance, IMAHottie might target the wrong crowd of people, like men or immature and perverted guys.
6. A students last name should not be given, or too much information about what that student is involved in because anyone could find you.
7. i8sushi2- poor, not professional whatsoever
   Soccerstar- good, it does not reveal too much info and it is a hobby
   Puppygirl1234- decent too immature
   KeKe1995- bad- this gives out way too much info
   Bookworm- good, not too much information
   2BorNot2b- no idea what this means so I would say bad
   Choco-holic- bad, I think this refers to much of an "addiction"
   CapitlOfens- bad, sounds like a criminal
   AmrcanIdol2- good, not to much info
   BellaIsabella- if this is not a full name then I don't see a problem with it
   DarkAngel666- has to do with the devil. no.
   Karla-love-1996- whole name should never be included or year of birth. bad
   SimplyMe- I think this one is good
   gUn4hiRe- this is not appropriate
   babyfaceLA- its weird but not bad
   Watup?-  Weird but not a bad one
8. lildog92
    cmcchic
    love2cheer
9. My password is strong.
10. Most common- a password cracking program is used
      Least Common- Other students see the password as students enter it

   

In the article titled "Use Arts Integration to Enhance Common Core" the author thinks that art is an important part of school and discusses ways to gradually implement art into the Common Core State Standards. He starts by agreeing that it is a difficult task to complete, integrating arts with Common Core, but it can be done. He thinks that art is going to be a big deal in children's future and it is vital for them to learn hand in hand with the standards. He goes on to talk about how to integrate art with the standards and says that it is naturally appealing to students so it would be a successful subject if taught right. The problem, he states, is that teachers are to afraid of getting deep in their own creative minds and stepping out of boundaries to make this happen. In order to implement art in a proper way the teacher would have to make sure it is on the students level and would coincide with the world around them. Basically, teachers would not teach on a painting from the 1800's that has no relevance to the students whatsoever. He ends his article by giving different examples of ways you can implement this with students doing mirroring exercises, looking at paintings and music techniques.

This article was very helpful to me after I read over it a couple of times. At first, it was hard to grasp what the author was trying to get across but I think I understand now. I liked how he did recognize that some teachers are not as creative as others and cannot just think of ways to incorporate art and the standards. I would not have thought of any of those exercises to do with kids that incorporate the standards. I also think this article was a good one for me to read just because it helped me to realize that stepping out of the box is not always a bad thing, even when you do have strict guidelines to follow. Children still need their imagination and taking art away and just teaching standards would hurt that tremendously. The title of this article threw me off a little considering I thought that it would be discussing actual art in schools. All in all though, after realizing what it was about, I really thought it was helpful and hit on points that I would not have thought of before.

John Hunter and the World Peace Game

John Hunter came from a family who encouraged him to get an education so that he could get a job in life. He says that he went to a school hoping for the job but not expecting it. He says that he immediately got the job teaching gifted children. One thing that stuck out to me in his speech was what he asked the teacher when she first told him that he was hired "what do I do?" Her response was the best thing he could have asked for. She opened up his imagination of teaching to a whole new level. She said "what do you want to do?". He did not have to follow certain rules or guidelines, he could teach the class as he pleased. He discusses all types of different games that he would play with his children to help them learn. He specifically stated that he does not want his students to be reading straight out of textbooks and doing worksheets, he wanted interaction. John Hunter had a lot of times where he thought he was not teaching right and was loosing control of his classroom, but other times his students really showed him that he was doing a great job and through their actions they showed that they knew the information. He gave them lots of life lessons and used those ways to interpret the point he was trying to make.


The objects and games he has taken his own time to make really makes a difference on the kids. For him to be able to take FOURTH GRADERS and run with those kind of ideas is crazy to me. Crazy in a very good way. One thing that stuck out to me is when he talked about all his children running around the room and he says what if a principal walked in? The principal would not understand what was going on but really those students were learning more than even Hunter thought. The creativity in his work brings the students to a whole different level of learning. John Hunter is a very intelligent man who had creative strategic ways to teach kids.