About me.

My name is Sarah Godard, I am from Brookhaven, MS. I am majoring in Elementary Education with an emphasis in English. I have always wanted to become a teacher especially to kindergarteners. I enjoy destressing furniture, may not be good at big furniture but I'm pretty good at doing huge wooden frames. I'm a really hate drama so I stay far from it but I enjoy hearing juicy gossip.

Putting the iPad to Work in Elementary Classrooms

This article talks about a teacher named Camilla Gagliolo who first used an iPad in her classroom to help children with learning disabilities. After becoming the instructional technology coordinator at Arlington Public Schools Gagliolo began to do seminars with a positive attitude toward the usage of iPads in schools. Gagliolo has gathered that the iPad is a tool that can help students learn through the graphics as well as the touch screen developed student engagement. The iPad is becoming a tool that students can use to download full text books or leaning apps.the article also mentions a teacher by the name of Amy Cobb who was able to get two iPads for her classroom who is looking forward to using the iPad in her classroom but she also has to do her homework on apps to see what would be most compatible for her students.

I think that iPads open up a wide range of things for students do whether it be homework or maybe a game that can help a student improve on certain subject. Technology is only an advantage to students. I think that I would use iPads or other forms of technologies in a classroom to help benefit the students.

http://thejournal.com/articles/2011/07/11/putting-the-ipad-to-work-in-elementary-classrooms.aspx?m=2

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What is software?
Software is a downloadable programs on a computer. Gives instructions telling the program what to do. Ex: Microsoft word

What is Hardware?
Everything you can touch on the computer. Ex: monitor, keyboard, mouse, modem.
What does a CPU stand for?

central proccessing unit, that carries out instructions from the keyboard to the computer, located on the mother board. Takes care of all the calculations .

What does RAM Stand for?
Random access memory. such as windows, windows vista, and windows 8. everything that is stored when the power goes off the RAM is erased.

What does ROM stand for?
Read only memory. Helps boots the system up and doesnt erase when the power goes off.

What does a hard- drive do?
a hard drive is like a copy

What is a server?
google is an example of a server.

The Machine is Using Us

 I was a little confused as to what the person was doing with the notepad. Was the guy in the video trying change information? If so its a little crazy trying to find out what is real on the internet. Majoring in Elementary Education you have to have the internet to gain material for classes. After gaining everyone elses views in class it is crazy to know that rely on the computer to re-lay messages and information whether it is safe or not.

The dirty and dangerous side of tech

I never realized how the technology that is around today is so harmful. Seems like everyone today has some sort of technology whether it be a Smartphone, computer, iPad, etc, some even have more than one product. It's a little crazy how most people over look the fact that these products are harmful or the fact that these product makers don't express the dangerous chemicals these products are made of. I will alway be using technology but I wish it would be a whole lot safer than what it is now.

Pay Attention

1. After viewing the Pay Attention, A Vision of K-12 students,& A Vision of College Students today, how can you use the information provided to become a better teacher? I would definitly use technology with future students because it is a major portion of their everyday life. It allows them to venture out in their comfort zones and be creative with ways of gaining knowledge.

2. What statements and facts made an impact on you? A statment that made an impact on me would be that student spend more time watching tv than doing homework. By using technology to help with school work can show to students that learning can be fun.

3. Does technology have a place in your classroom now or in the future? Why? I think that technology will always have a place in my classroom. If technology can help a struggling student then by all means I will use technology.

Mckelvey/ Weaver vs. Te'o

In the article about Ron Weaver, I believe that He should have gotten jail time because in today's society if you steal someone's identification you are sentences to some serious time. Now I do understand that it was his dream to play football and that chance was taken from him when he was trying to break up a fight but it also does not give him the right to take someone else's identity.

In the article about Te'o the article talks about Te'o's relationship with a girl whom he met online. He began to date this girl in early 2012 and had even met her in person but she suddenly became ill with leukemia and die to Te'o's knowledge. The truth is the girl was not who she said she was the girl whom he had met was not Lennay. As of right now there is an investigation going on about this case. I'm not sure what to believe, was it a stunt to get on the news or get publicity? Online dating is dangerous you never know what is real.