Blog Post #5 What Kindergarteners Need to Know

I think it is a great idea to have a list of things kindergartners need to know before entering first grade. To get into kindergarten children need to know certain things, so I think it is great that they are continuing that into first grade. Some of those requirements I would not expect kindergartners to know, they seem too hard. But, I guess having high expectations is better then not expecting the students to learn anything.

Blog Post #4 Digital Image Assignment

This is a picture of my dog Suzy. For this assignment I would have preschoolers or kindergartners look at different pictures of animals. Some would be jungle animals, water animals, animals from the zoo, and domestic pets. They would have to choose which ones people can have as pets and which ones they can't.

After that activity, we would learn how to treat our pets and animals we might find outside. This includes asking before petting someone else's pet and not trying to catch squirrels.

Blog Post #3

My Teaching Philosophy Phrases:

1) Make an impact on children's lives
2) Impact the future by educating children
3) Caring

Blog Post #2 Gardner, Bloom, and Dale

I have heard of Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences before. I have also learned about them in various classes. Gardner believes that there are eight different types of intelligences: linguistically, logical-mathematical, spatial, bodily kinesthetical, musical, interpersonal, intrapersonal, and naturalist. The multiple intelligences help teachers know how each of their students learn best. This will over all help students learn better. This might detract from technology use because there is no mention of technology in the eight different intelligences. These intelligences can be used with the Type I use of technology. The student can use computer programs and software that go along with their intelligence to help them learn better.

Benjamin Bloom also came up with a taxonomy of different levels of intellectual behavior important in learning. These levels from lowest to highest are knowledge, understanding, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. This is showing the best things for students to learn in order for them to be better test takers and better students in general. The third type of technology can be used with this. If the student reaches the evaluation stage then the student can use technology to work out problems and help the student solve problems.

Edgar Dale came up with a cone of experience that selects instructional resources. The cone has many different levels that depicts how well people remember something. For example, the cone says that people generally remember 10% of what they read and 20% of what they hear. This is giving better ways for people to learn and remember, teachers and other people will know the best way for others to remember what they are being taught. The second technology type can be used easily with this. The cone says that 50% of what students see and hear (as in a video) is remembered. So, the teacher can use applications that use the computer to help students remember.