Project #3 Presentation

Blog Post Five

Personal Learning Networks

In Project Six- Developing a Personal Learning Network, a Personal Learning Network is defined as "those people, places, organizations, and activities which enable you to learn. When people start building their PLN's, they will make connections that will continue for the rest of their lives. The amazing part about PLN's, is that they never stop growing. Once you make that connection with a few people, you can connect with the people they are connected with, and so on. I have already started making PLN's with my EDM 310 class. We were put into groups and now I communicate with my group every week.

I thought a very accurate description of how well PLNs work was discussed by Michael Fawcett. His video, PLN- Michael Fawcett Offers His Insights, explains some very good points about Personal Learning Networks. He talks about how he sent out a question on Twitter that his student had about Neil Armstrong, and within 30 minutes, he had an answer. The most amazing part is that this definitive answer came from NASA. That is such an amazing example of how helpful PLN's, and today's technology, can be.

Project #15

Search Engines

WolframAlpha
WolframAlpha is a new search engine for me. I had never heard of it before doing this project. WolframAlpha is a website that is extremely helpful for any problems that fall under the math and science categories. I started typing in math problems, and it would solve it for me right on the spot! This search engine would have been extremely useful to me in all of my math classes! WolframAlpha will definitely be under my favorites on my computer now.

WOW
Since WOW is enhanced by Google, they run the same type of way. I looked through this site a little and I definitely would not use it. My computer did not even want me to continue onto this website. After looking around, the information does not seem very credible. I would not suggest using this website.

Yahoo!
Yahoo! is a search engine that many people use today. This search engine is a very general one in the sense that any question can be typed in and Yahoo! will direct you to the website you need to continue onto. Yahoo's homepage serves more as a news site than other search engine's homepages. Yahoo! is still a powerful search engine. Although it is not my first choice, it has proven to be very successful in my past research.

Bing
Bing is a newer search engine. It has become very popular in the past few years. The main use I have had for Bing is image searching. They always seem to have better images and more of a selection than other search engines. Bing also helps bring the people in your social networks together. They help you spend "more time doing."

Ask
Ask is a search engine that serves more as a "question and answer" type engine. I do not usually use this search engine because I never feel as if the answers are totally correct. This would only be a search engine that I use to look up answers not related to academics.

Dictionary
Dictionary is a search engine that I honestly never thought of as a "search engine." It is definitely a search engine that I use very often though! I always find myself going to this website and looking up how to spell words or the definition. This is an amazing search engine for academic purposes. Dictionary gives you everything you could ask for when looking up a word: the definition, the word's origin, and many more. I recommend this search engine to every student and teacher.

YouTube
YouTube is a very popular search engine for videos. Virtually every video is at the tip of your fingers through this search engine. As I have gotten older, I have started using YouTube for academic purposes. This search engine is vital in classes such as EDM 310. Through this search engine, we can create and share our own videos, or learn through viewing other people's videos.

DuckDuckGo
DuckDuckGo is a new search engine to me. I found that it does not track you, so it gives you privacy while you search. After looking through this site, I learned that I really like it. If you type in a word such as "dog," it gives you more definitions than you could ever imagine the word had. This search engine seems to give credible sources and answers, so I would use it again!

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Blog Post 4

What do we need to know about asking questions to be an effective teacher? First we should know what a question is. A question is a statement that hopes to gain or receive particular information. Therefore as future teachers we should always encourage questions from our students and we should always ask though provoking questions. An article I felt to be very enlightening was Three Ways to Ask Better Questions in the Classroom. Dr. Weimer introduces three actions that a person can take to improve their skills in regards to questions.

Step 1: Prepare Questions
In order to have questions that matter you cannot ask them in the spur of the moment. In order for a question to be a success, methodical thought needs to happen. Planning in advance also helps to make sure the questions are clear.
Step 2: Play with Questions
It is not always best for teachers to ask questions and immediately expect answer. Sometimes it is better to let the questions sink in and let them meditate on them.
Step 3: Preserve Good Questions
There are also times where questions are better held onto. It is the job of teachers to know when and where questions can best be used. A teacher should gauged their questions based on their students discussion and responses.

Blog Post Three

Peer editing is something that we have always heard about, but we may not have always known how to do it properly. I never liked when we had to do peer editing in class, and whenever we had to do it, I feel like we never did it properly. But, as I got into college and classes like this one, I realized that peer editing is actually very helpful. This is something that all young students should grow accustomed to.

In What is Peer Editing?, they said that reviews should contain compliments. I think that this is very crucial in making the peer edits not seem rude. That is the main thing that I took from the video. This video better explained some of the details that I didn't know much about before. Peer Edit With Perfection Tutorial, basically restated what the previous video stated. It focused on how much peer editing can help improve your work. But, the way you word your feedback determines how successful your edit can be. Writing Peer Review Top 10 Mistakes states how your peer edit could not be successful. People can sometimes be very picky, and that doesn't work. If peer editing is done correctly, it can be very powerful and helpful. I am looking forward to helping others with their posts through this new information I have learned.