Saturday, May 9, 2015
Benefits of Educational Blogging
Blogs are a great way for teachers to connect with their students parents. They can go online to the blog at anytime and see what their child's class has been working on lately. Teachers can post about upcoming dates and important things the parents need to know. It's a more efficient way than sending home a load of papers in a kids backpack, as long as the parents have access to the blog via phone, iPad, or computer, which most do. Blogs also give a sense of classroom community as well as teaching internet safety. Students can work on their individual bogs to increase their literacy/writing skills, and the work they create can easily be seen by their parents or relatives. Students get to write to 'publish' not just write something that is seen by their teacher and forgotten. Students can make global connections with other students in a safe environment. As long as students have access at home they can continue to blog and work on their assignments/projects. Blog may become to some students like on online journal of sorts, a comfort.
Friday, May 8, 2015
Educator Blogs
Here is a list of 10 blogs from different educators from around the world.
1) http://mscassidysclass.edublogs.org -Ms. Cassidy's first grade class has created a blog so others con 'come into their classroom'. They are currently working in raising caterpillars in the classroom. Ms. Cassidy's first graders are located in Canada.
2) http://theteachingpalette.com/category/blog/ -This blog works on perfecting the art of education. This blog was created by two teachers Hilary and Teresa who have a passion for helping teach others.
3) http://www.sciencefix.com -Middle school science teacher Darren Fix entertains with different science lessons and experiments. He has created many cool videos of a wide range of experiment done right in his classroom.
4) http://4theloveofteaching.blogspot.com -This blog is from a 5th grade teacher named Lana. She posts lots of pictures from class activities and talks about her students work!
5) http://abseymour.blogspot.com -Rachael is a sixth year first grade teacher who recently had a baby. She posts lots of great tips and pictures to help readers understand what she is talking about. I love how personable and bubbly she seems.
6) http://rd-busybees.blogspot.com -This blog is written by a Second grade teacher and a Kindergarten Teacher. The set up of this blog caught my eye like the previous one, with all the colors and shapes.
7) http://dirtyhandslessonplans.blogspot.com -The name of this blog intrigued me, Dirty Hands and Lesson Plans. Katie is a young teacher who also does give aways through her blog. She also talks about how to apply for grants for your class.
8) http://firstgradedelight.blogspot.com -An Oklahoma blogger who has been blogging for many years. She blogs on average 33 times a month about 5 months a year. She does not have many lesson plans but includes many quotes in her blog posts.
9) http://howtodresslikeateacher.blogspot.com -This sixth grade teacher seem like smooch fun! She includes trophy posts about where teachers can get discounts along with education posts.
10) http://iteach2nd.blogspot.com - I really like this blog! This second grade teacher seems very passionate about teaching. A wide variety of teaching resources, including targeted literature units, are offered on the blog.
1) http://mscassidysclass.edublogs.org -Ms. Cassidy's first grade class has created a blog so others con 'come into their classroom'. They are currently working in raising caterpillars in the classroom. Ms. Cassidy's first graders are located in Canada.
2) http://theteachingpalette.com/category/blog/ -This blog works on perfecting the art of education. This blog was created by two teachers Hilary and Teresa who have a passion for helping teach others.
3) http://www.sciencefix.com -Middle school science teacher Darren Fix entertains with different science lessons and experiments. He has created many cool videos of a wide range of experiment done right in his classroom.
4) http://4theloveofteaching.blogspot.com -This blog is from a 5th grade teacher named Lana. She posts lots of pictures from class activities and talks about her students work!
5) http://abseymour.blogspot.com -Rachael is a sixth year first grade teacher who recently had a baby. She posts lots of great tips and pictures to help readers understand what she is talking about. I love how personable and bubbly she seems.
6) http://rd-busybees.blogspot.com -This blog is written by a Second grade teacher and a Kindergarten Teacher. The set up of this blog caught my eye like the previous one, with all the colors and shapes.
7) http://dirtyhandslessonplans.blogspot.com -The name of this blog intrigued me, Dirty Hands and Lesson Plans. Katie is a young teacher who also does give aways through her blog. She also talks about how to apply for grants for your class.
8) http://firstgradedelight.blogspot.com -An Oklahoma blogger who has been blogging for many years. She blogs on average 33 times a month about 5 months a year. She does not have many lesson plans but includes many quotes in her blog posts.
9) http://howtodresslikeateacher.blogspot.com -This sixth grade teacher seem like smooch fun! She includes trophy posts about where teachers can get discounts along with education posts.
10) http://iteach2nd.blogspot.com - I really like this blog! This second grade teacher seems very passionate about teaching. A wide variety of teaching resources, including targeted literature units, are offered on the blog.
Resources on Social Media
Many different educators can be found across different forms of social media like Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, and YouTube.
The following is a list of Twitter users to follow:
1) @bennetscience: Bria Bennet is a science teacher at Elkhart Elementary Community Schools in northern Indiana, He like to spend his time learning how to become a better teacher. Also enjoys writing and public speaking.
2) @agittner: Alastair is a science teacher, an assistant head teacher, a member of the ASE and loves all things educational and science related.
3) @SAPS_News: a twitter account that posts about Science and Plants for schools, mainly supporting schools in the UK. They will try to answer any questions about teaching plant science that are tweeted at them.
4) @Arkive: is a Twitter account that shares endangered species photos, facts, and videos from the Windscreen arrive team.
5) @cleverfiend: Rob is a science teacher who blogs about teaching science and leadership trough his own experiences. Kind of boring but informational.
6) @donalynbooks: Loves everything books and reading related. She is a 4th grade teacher of 10 years. When I say she loves books, I mean that she LOVES books!
7) @MrsHallidays4th: A 4th grade teacher at Milton Hershey School who loves to learn, share, explore, and connect! Posts lots of pictures of her students doing different tasks. Seems funny!
8) @cmherd: Cassie is an educator, lifelong learner, book lover, and website developer. A young teacher, who seems to truly care for her students.
9) @huebner1: Marla is a 5th grade teacher from Iowa who really likes technology. She seems to be in her 60's so tis surprised me for some reason.
10) @Whiteheadsclass: Cara is a instructional specialist who really loves posting pictures to her Instagram and posting them on Twitter as well.
Pinterest
12) National Boards for Professional Teachers: is another board I now follow. They pin a fair amount of items about reading in Kindergarten.
13) Teaching Talking: is my favorite board yet! This woman is a Speech Therapist with almost 10,000 followers of her boards! They are all organized so well which I love!
14) Teach Kids Art: is another wonderful Pinner to follow, she has so many boards that are great for beginner Art teachers of just for classroom crafts! They are also organized really well, which I love!
15) The Teaching Resource Resort: WOW! 45,000 followers and so so many boards! I love her alphabet organization!
16) Special Education Resources for Kids: is a great pinner to follow. She has so may boards with helpful board title to guide a newcomer through her site.
17) The Special Education Spot: is a special education teachers collection of resources to support special ed teachers and students with special needs in all settings.
18) The Special Education Station: only a few boards with this pinner but they are very strong and information boards.
19) Technology in Special Education: I thought this pinner went along perfectly with this class! He pins with his class about things related to educational technology.
20) Special/Art Education: over 3,000 pins and seem like a fun girl! She has 98 boards! Which is a lot for a single pinner!
Here is a picture of some of the Pinners I am now following on Pinterest from above. (I followed them all)
The following is a list of Twitter users to follow:
1) @bennetscience: Bria Bennet is a science teacher at Elkhart Elementary Community Schools in northern Indiana, He like to spend his time learning how to become a better teacher. Also enjoys writing and public speaking.
2) @agittner: Alastair is a science teacher, an assistant head teacher, a member of the ASE and loves all things educational and science related.
3) @SAPS_News: a twitter account that posts about Science and Plants for schools, mainly supporting schools in the UK. They will try to answer any questions about teaching plant science that are tweeted at them.
4) @Arkive: is a Twitter account that shares endangered species photos, facts, and videos from the Windscreen arrive team.
5) @cleverfiend: Rob is a science teacher who blogs about teaching science and leadership trough his own experiences. Kind of boring but informational.
6) @donalynbooks: Loves everything books and reading related. She is a 4th grade teacher of 10 years. When I say she loves books, I mean that she LOVES books!
7) @MrsHallidays4th: A 4th grade teacher at Milton Hershey School who loves to learn, share, explore, and connect! Posts lots of pictures of her students doing different tasks. Seems funny!
8) @cmherd: Cassie is an educator, lifelong learner, book lover, and website developer. A young teacher, who seems to truly care for her students.
9) @huebner1: Marla is a 5th grade teacher from Iowa who really likes technology. She seems to be in her 60's so tis surprised me for some reason.
10) @Whiteheadsclass: Cara is a instructional specialist who really loves posting pictures to her Instagram and posting them on Twitter as well.
11) 
Miranda Lindmark has a great teaching board to follow on Pinterest called 'teaching'. I liked hers so much I now follow her teaching board.
Miranda Lindmark has a great teaching board to follow on Pinterest called 'teaching'. I liked hers so much I now follow her teaching board. 
12) National Boards for Professional Teachers: is another board I now follow. They pin a fair amount of items about reading in Kindergarten.
13) Teaching Talking: is my favorite board yet! This woman is a Speech Therapist with almost 10,000 followers of her boards! They are all organized so well which I love!
14) Teach Kids Art: is another wonderful Pinner to follow, she has so many boards that are great for beginner Art teachers of just for classroom crafts! They are also organized really well, which I love!
15) The Teaching Resource Resort: WOW! 45,000 followers and so so many boards! I love her alphabet organization!
16) Special Education Resources for Kids: is a great pinner to follow. She has so may boards with helpful board title to guide a newcomer through her site.
17) The Special Education Spot: is a special education teachers collection of resources to support special ed teachers and students with special needs in all settings.
18) The Special Education Station: only a few boards with this pinner but they are very strong and information boards.
19) Technology in Special Education: I thought this pinner went along perfectly with this class! He pins with his class about things related to educational technology.
20) Special/Art Education: over 3,000 pins and seem like a fun girl! She has 98 boards! Which is a lot for a single pinner!
Here is a picture of some of the Pinners I am now following on Pinterest from above. (I followed them all)
Thursday, May 7, 2015
Educational Organizations
National Level:
I have found a national organization called the NAEYC, it has a great website that can be found here. NAEYC stands for 'National Association for the Education of Young Children'. My level for my major is elementary/special ed, so it works great! The website link should look something like this!
Conferences:
Along with that members will also receive a discount off conferences, the website sates: "Get reduced rates for conferences and other professional development opportunities. NAEYC’s Annual Conference is the world’s largest early childhood education conference and an opportunity to network with early childhood educators from around the world." The price for the conference varies on the venue for that ear, this year it will be held in Orlando Florida November 18th - 21st.
FunFact:
They offer Face-to-face training for prospective teachers. NAEYC's Training-of-Trainers for Program Administrators sessions are intensive one-day experiences that provide program administrators and staff professional development specialists with the skills, knowledge, and materials to train the staff at their own center or school.
State Level:
The state level I chose to explore is the Michigan Association for the Education of Young Children, also known as MiAEYC. A link to their website can be found here. The site should look like this:
Media Outlets:
The MiAEYC also has outlets through Twitter and Facebook. The links look like this to their social media outlets:
Membership:
The price for membership are listed below:
Conferences:
The MiAEYC 2015 Early Childhood Conference conference just took place in Grand Rapids Michigan, April 23 - 25 at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel and Devos Place.
Fun Fact:
Here is what the membership in Michigan looks like:
I have found a national organization called the NAEYC, it has a great website that can be found here. NAEYC stands for 'National Association for the Education of Young Children'. My level for my major is elementary/special ed, so it works great! The website link should look something like this!
Media Outlets:
The NAEYC also has outlets through Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, YouTube, and Flicker! Below is an example of a tweet on their website as well as what other sites they are present on.
The links to those sites are listed below:
Pinterest has to be searched through Pinterest's website, search: NAEYC.
Membership:
There are three membership options- Comprehensive, Regular, or Student. Total due amounts reflect dues for each organization to which you belong, depending on how your state is organized. Dues vary by state a community. Click here for more information about the groups in your area and their dues.
There are 6 listed benefits listed on the site as well.
1. Get great content!
2. Save 20% off NAEYC books and resources!
3. Receive discounts at conferences!
4. Build your network!
5. Change the world!
6. Become a leader!
With membership you can "receive the latest research-based ideas to inspire and inform your work with young children. Choose a journal or magazine full of developmentally appropriate content you can use in your work. Comprehensive members receive six books a year as part of their membership. Read your digital version of Young Children, exclusive articles, and previews of new books in the Members Only area." Conferences:
Along with that members will also receive a discount off conferences, the website sates: "Get reduced rates for conferences and other professional development opportunities. NAEYC’s Annual Conference is the world’s largest early childhood education conference and an opportunity to network with early childhood educators from around the world." The price for the conference varies on the venue for that ear, this year it will be held in Orlando Florida November 18th - 21st.
FunFact:
They offer Face-to-face training for prospective teachers. NAEYC's Training-of-Trainers for Program Administrators sessions are intensive one-day experiences that provide program administrators and staff professional development specialists with the skills, knowledge, and materials to train the staff at their own center or school.
State Level:
The state level I chose to explore is the Michigan Association for the Education of Young Children, also known as MiAEYC. A link to their website can be found here. The site should look like this:
Media Outlets:
The MiAEYC also has outlets through Twitter and Facebook. The links look like this to their social media outlets:
The links to those sites are listed below:
Membership:
The price for membership are listed below:
Membership includes much of what the NAEYC included:
The MiAEYC 2015 Early Childhood Conference conference just took place in Grand Rapids Michigan, April 23 - 25 at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel and Devos Place.
Fun Fact:
Here is what the membership in Michigan looks like:
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
About Me
Hello!
My name is Brittany Walley, I am currently working on attaining my certification in Elementary Special Education and minoring in Psychology. My biggest hobby would be crafting in general, I love to paint, sew, quilt, design, work with wood and anything that involves Pinterest! One fun fact about myself it that I preformed at Carnegie Hall in New York City at the age of 15. It was an amazing experience and definitely one that I will never forget!
I have not really gotten the change yet to use much technology in the classroom with kids yet but I have used the typical Grand Valley technologies like the 'Elmo', powerpoint, prezi, etc. I have created a Weebly and look upward to adding tools I learn in this class to it! I have not yet planned out a lesson through a technological route.
My name is Brittany Walley, I am currently working on attaining my certification in Elementary Special Education and minoring in Psychology. My biggest hobby would be crafting in general, I love to paint, sew, quilt, design, work with wood and anything that involves Pinterest! One fun fact about myself it that I preformed at Carnegie Hall in New York City at the age of 15. It was an amazing experience and definitely one that I will never forget!
I have not really gotten the change yet to use much technology in the classroom with kids yet but I have used the typical Grand Valley technologies like the 'Elmo', powerpoint, prezi, etc. I have created a Weebly and look upward to adding tools I learn in this class to it! I have not yet planned out a lesson through a technological route.
This photo is from my Spring Break trip this year, it was taken in the Cayman Islands, one of our stops while on a Carnival Cruise.
On two separate occasions I have had the opportunity to work at Palmer Elementary school, which is apart of the Grand Rapids Public School District. I worked in one of their Kindergarten classrooms as well as in their Special Ed resource room. I loved the atmosphere of the school as well as all the staff I met. I learned a great deal of information through Palmers website about the school before visiting.
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