tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13163008400132926242024-02-07T22:28:06.420-08:00Noha's422Blognbushra100http://www.blogger.com/profile/02946648906400703378noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1316300840013292624.post-36580507459554791952011-05-05T20:16:00.000-07:002011-05-13T21:40:43.583-07:00iMovie PSA<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I used iMovie, a Mac video editing software, to create a public service announcement for CSUSM. (NETS 2, 3,4)<br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;">Ribera, Maria. (2011). Find free tools and more. <i>Learning and leading with technology</i>, <i>38</i>(6), Retrieved from <a href="http://www.iste.org/learn/publications/learning-and-leading/issues/Learning_Connections_Find_Free_Tools_and_More.aspx"><span style="color: purple;">http://www.iste.org/learn/publications/learning-and-leading/issues/Learning_Connections_Find_Free_Tools_and_More.aspx</span></a></span></div>
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Adam Bellow, director of technology for college board schools and a 2010 ISTE emerging leader, has created a great resource (http://edutecher.net) that offers free services for teachers and features a lot of sites about Web tools for the classroom. This website includes detailed explanation for Web tools to help teachers, students, and parents understand how to use them. It contains more than 1,000 links and is updated daily. It also offers audio and visual support for training and learning through its growing library (edutecherTV webisodes), as well as specific classroom applications of various Web tools.. Users can easily share any link from the Web tool’s description component. Edutecher can also be installed as an iphone application to facilitate social networking.</div>
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Yes, each link allows users to ask questions or provide feedback. Users will be notified when a response is posted, usually within 2 days. This is very beneficial as questions are answered by Adam Bellow himself to insure users are getting sufficient information. This feature allows users to easily obtain answers instead of spending hours searching for it.</div>
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Bellow’s range of selected websites offers something for teachers of all grade levels. Also the description provided for Web tools makes it easy for the teacher to select tools of interest or need. In addition, Teachers can search for tools that meets their requirements through the search tool on this website as it saves them time and effort. The search tool facilitates the navigation between pages and topics as well.</div>
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nbushra100http://www.blogger.com/profile/02946648906400703378noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1316300840013292624.post-85830968552011328792011-04-18T01:30:00.001-07:002011-05-06T00:19:40.443-07:00Journal 8: Collaboration Makes the Ed Tech World Go Round (NETS T 1, 2, 3)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;">Niederhauser, Dale, & Knezek, Gerald. (2011). Collaboration makes the ed tech world go round. <i>Learning and Leading with Technology</i>, <i>38</i>(6), Retrieved from <a href="http://www.iste.org/learn/publications/learning-and-leading/issues/Research_Windows_Collaboration_Makes_the_Ed_Tech_World_Go_Round.aspx"><span style="color: purple;">http://www.iste.org/learn/publications/learning-and-leading/issues/Research_Windows_Collaboration_Makes_the_Ed_Tech_World_Go_Round.aspx</span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Summary:</u></b> Later advances in technology have allowed opportunities for collaboration between scholars and teachers around the globe. Global collaborations have happened in 3 areas:</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 0in list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1-<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><u>Standards:</u> Developed nations have initiated national tech. standards for teachers. Also the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and cultural organization (UNESCO) have attempted to create a set of international standards that combine a focus on information and communication technologies.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 0in list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2-<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><u>Conferences:</u> Educational professionals collaborate to share ideas, research, and learn from each other at international tech conferences such as the world conference on computers in education which occurs every 5 years.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 0in list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3-<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><u>Research:</u> Collaborative efforts are the reason for improving our understanding of tech use in education. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Example:</i> A major effort is the 1996 publication of children and computers in school by Betty Collis and her colleagues marked an early effort to explore the emerging role of technology in education at a global level.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 0in .5in;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 0in .5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Question 1: How does collaboration through technology benefit our schools?</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 0in .5in;">Advances in technology have brought teachers together despite distance or cultural differences. Teachers and administrators can discuss how to benefit our youth and learn different teaching strategies and new ideas to improve their pedagogy.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 0in .5in;">Also it collaboration between teachers and students and between students and their peers encourages group work and group discussions which will lead to more students gains.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 0in .5in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 0in .5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Question 2: How can we keep improving our use of technology in each classroom?</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 0in .5in;">By continually exploring new tools, joining online discussions, researching new ways to incorporate technology in class, and collaborating with other successful educators around the globe through different web tools such as Twitter and Diigo. Doing that will better prepare us, as prospective teachers, to teach about technology and incorporate it in our lesson plans. Being involved is the key to fuel our innovation and expand our knowledge.</div></div>nbushra100http://www.blogger.com/profile/02946648906400703378noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1316300840013292624.post-65479182783088786372011-04-18T00:02:00.001-07:002013-03-30T21:11:11.349-07:00Crossword Puzzle, Egyptian Cities<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I used Microsoft EXCEL to design a crossword puzzle about my cultural background. (NETS 2)<br />
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nbushra100http://www.blogger.com/profile/02946648906400703378noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1316300840013292624.post-56749815409318414012011-04-14T15:45:00.001-07:002011-05-14T20:25:37.823-07:00Journal 7: My Personal Learning Network<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">A Personal Learning Network (PLN) is essential for every individual who wants to continue learning. A PLN is a network of people we learn from and share with, we can connect with people face-to-face or online to gather information and share our knowledge. Through the internet I use tools like Twitter and Diigo to grow my PLN. These tools are helping me gain a ton of knowledge as they provide a huge amount of information and ideas.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: purple; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b>1- Twitter:</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black;">Creating a twitter account was a great first step in my learning process. I follow great experienced educators who are dedicated and motivated to improve our education system.</span></div><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="square"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black;">Shervette Miller is a literature/ composition teacher who only tweets about education.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black;">Elana Leoni is a person who is very passionate about educational reform.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black;">Nancye Blair is an education technology specialist.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black;">David Weston is an education consultant, a Math and Physics teacher, and a data analyst and programmer.</span></li>
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</ul><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black;">What made me follow them is their interest in education and educational reform.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black;">I also participated in a discussion (#ntchat) on Wednesday 4/13/2011 at 5:00 pm. The topic was earth day. Teachers and other participants provided great ideas for earth day.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black;">I stored these URLs for future refrence, as they are a great source of information about this topic.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyKt67BEMxY"><span style="color: black;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyKt67BEMxY</span></a><span style="color: black;"> This is a great video as it provides an awesome idea about recycling, students made clothes out of newspapers.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><a href="http://www.teachingtips.com/blog/2008/06/23/50-ways-to-go-green-in-the-classroom/"><span style="color: black;">http://www.teachingtips.com/blog/2008/06/23/50-ways-to-go-green-in-the-classroom/</span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><a href="http://www.teachingtips.com/blog/2008/06/23/50-ways-to-go-green-in-the-classroom/"><span style="color: black;">http://www.teachingtips.com/blog/2008/06/23/50-ways-to-go-green-in-the-classroom/</span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><a href="http://cybraryman.com/environment.html"><span style="color: black;">http://cybraryman.com/environment.html</span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black;">I was so excited to participate in such an outstanding discussion. I learned so much about environment friendly teaching practices such as using blogs to save paper, and teaching students “ green consciousness” by helping them participate in activities like beach cleaning or taking a walk around school neighborhood to enjoy nature.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black;">I have to say that participating in this discussion was an inspiring experience for me!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: purple; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b>2- Diigo:</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black;">This is a great PLN tool in itself because it connects me with great educators and other people who share the same interest like me. I grew my network by searching for groups that have similar interests, I followed people that I found talking about subjects in education by clicking "follow" on their homepages.I was so excited to be able to collaborate with remarkable educational leaders such as David Warlick and Lucy Gray through Diigo. I can also learn as I explore what they thought is valuable enough to bookmark. I bookmarked </span><span style="color: black;"><strong>Classroom 2.0</strong> and <strong>Educator's PLN</strong> becuase they are outstanding discussion websites as they connect me to educators and educational leaders who are interested in Web 2.0 tools and social media. I can participate in discussions and share my ideas with others. I also recieve reminders through my e-mail about important events and seminars in education.</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">I also bookmarked<strong> Educational wikis</strong> <a href="http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/">http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/</a> It is a website that is created through collaboration between educators, it provides teachers with tutorials and articles which make</span><span style="color: black;"> great sources of information, they also connect me with more educators to grow my PLN through their discussion forums and lists.</span><br />
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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><iframe frameborder="0" height="542" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="https://spreadsheets.google.com/embeddedform?formkey=dGpaMXhsUVg4Zk9nTjJ6Z3d0REdlc2c6MQ" width="660"></iframe></div></div>nbushra100http://www.blogger.com/profile/02946648906400703378noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1316300840013292624.post-82296993344380001472011-04-03T00:08:00.000-07:002011-05-06T00:08:09.827-07:00Journal 6: Grow your Personal Learnig Netwrok. (Nets 3 & 5)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;">Warlick, David. (2009). Grow your personal learning network. <i>Learning and Leading with Technology</i>, <i>36</i>(6), Retrieved from <a href="http://www.iste.org/learn/publications/learning-and-leading/digital-edition-march-april-2009.aspx"><span style="color: purple;">http://www.iste.org/learn/publications/learning-and-leading/digital-edition-march-april-2009.aspx</span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;">Summary:</span></u></b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;"> Personal Learning Networks like our families, friend, and colleagues have always been relied on to supplement our knowledge.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;">We have been connecting with people and information through the digital realm for decades. As educators we must learn how to grow our PLNs through tools such as Twitter, Skype, Google, Diigo, Wikis, and Blogs. These tools can be used to find information sources, suggestions for lesson plans, current events and trends, and a wide variety of other answers and solutions. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;">There are 3 main types of PLNs:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;">Personally maintained synchronous connections. </span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;">This is the traditional network that includes people and places you consult to find answers. You can enhance this PLN with new tools such as chat, text messaging, and twitter.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;">Personally and socially maintained semi synchronous connections. </span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;">In this PLN questions can be directed to a single person or sent out to a community of people. Semi synchronous means that collaboration doesn’t have to happen at the same time. People can participate in a discussion when they want. This PLN includes Google docs, Twitter, Facebook, and Blogs.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;">Dynamically maintained asynchronous connections. </span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;">This type of PLN connects us with content sources which we have identified as valuable. The central tool for this PLN is the RSS aggregator. You train information to come to you; you can subscribe to ongoing blog searches which will automatically send you new posts on your chosen topic. A useful tool is social bookmarking such as Diigo.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;">Question 1: How can we make sure that we are receiving the maximum benefit from our PLNs?</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;">We must always try to cultivate networks that challenge our thinking. We should always search for new sources of information as well, and never forget that we are learners ourselves. Modeling a learning life style is definitely one of the best things teachers can do.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;">Question 2: Why is social bookmarking like Diigo better than a Google search?</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;">Social bookmarking tools like Diigo return a more manageable list of websites that are of better quality as someone valued them and bookmarked them for later use. Diigo also connects you to people who share the same interest like you, so you can ask questions, share ideas, and collaborate on different topics. Also, less advertisements makes your search more efficient.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; tab-stops: .5in;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; tab-stops: .5in;">Renee Bogacz, a Language Arts teacher, expressed her opinion by saying that cyberbullying has greatly affected our school environment. She called for teachers, administrators, parents, and students to work together to fight cyberbullying. She said that teachers should learn more about cyberbullying to be able to address it, and that administrators have to establish clear and enforceable consequences. She stressed on the parents role to be always involved in what their children are doing online or on their cell phones, and should monitor them constantly. The students were not ignored in her plan to fight cyberbullying, she encouraged them to learn more about it and to report any incidents. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; tab-stops: .5in;">On the other hand, Miguel Gomez Gordillo, an IT director, did not hold schools responsible for cyberbullying. He blamed the parents and the society for this problem. And said that the way to solve it is to take care of our children and show them parental love. And said that by close communication between schools and parents they can discover the educational plan to support our children.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; tab-stops: .5in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; tab-stops: .5in;"><strong>Question 1: What are the real causes for cyberbullying in your opinion?</strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; tab-stops: .5in;">I think that schools should be held reliable for not educating our students and preparing them to deal with cyberbullying. But I also agree that parents should be held even more responsible because they are the primary educators. They should provide our children with more instruction on how to use the internet appropriately.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; tab-stops: .5in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; tab-stops: .5in;"><strong>Question 2: How can we educate our students about cyberbullying?</strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; tab-stops: .5in;">We should explain to them what cyberbullying is, and how to fight it. We should also talk to them about assisting victims and reporting these incidents for a better social networking environment.</div></div>nbushra100http://www.blogger.com/profile/02946648906400703378noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1316300840013292624.post-49912733177961117042011-03-04T01:04:00.000-08:002011-03-04T01:11:47.114-08:00Journal 4:"It's time to trust teachers with the Internet"(NETS 1,2,4,5)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in;"><span style="color: #333333; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;">Schaffhauser, Dian. (2010, December 01). <i>It's time to trust teachers with the internet</i>. Retrieved from <a href="http://thejournal.com/articles/2010/12/01/its-time-to-trust-teachers-with-the-internet-a-conversation-with-meg-ormiston.aspx"><span style="color: purple;">http://thejournal.com/articles/2010/12/01/its-time-to-trust-teachers-with-the-internet-a-conversation-with-meg-ormiston.aspx</span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;">The interview that was done with Meg Ormiston was remarkable. It provided me with valuable information about our schools laws and regulations. Ormiston viewed our schools’ restrictive policies regarding technology as some what legitimate as they want to provide our students with a safe environment. But she was also confident that our students will be even more protected if they are provided with instruction and guidance on how to use technology appropriately. She pointed out that students have access to a variety of technological applications at home, where there is no supervision sometimes. She spoke on behalf of the teachers who feel that their hands are tied when it comes to incorporating these tools in their teaching, and said that barriers like blocking Internet access at school harm our students and limit their learning. It was very impressive to see how she included social networking websites as a learning tool in her argument. I agree that students can benefit from this software, and that it is essential for better teaching and learning strategies. She also added that professional development is needed for our teachers and administrators to guide them through this process. Leaders have to develop a deeper understanding of this technology and explore how to use it in their schools. Education is certainly the key to show teachers and students how to use this technology in a safe way.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in;"><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">Question 1: Why aren’t schools cooperative when it comes to unblocking some internet filters?</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;">For some schools it’s understandable, it can because they don’t have enough network power coming into those buildings for kids to be using internet continuously. Or it’s because of the piece of software that was purchased by the district. But mostly, in my opinion, it’s due to the lack of knowledge of our school leaders about the importance of these applications.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in;"><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">Question 2: Why do you think students are loosing opportunities when they don’t use applications like YouTube or even Blogs?</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;">There are a lot of information, tutorials, and lectures that are posted on these websites. We should filter and check them before sharing them with students, but they are essential for their learning. Also social networking tools are necessary for communication, and we should trust our teachers to show students how to benefit from them.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in;"><br />
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<a href="http://etoolkit.org/etoolkit/reflection/about">http://etoolkit.org/etoolkit/reflection/about</a> is designed to help you reflect on your skills in technology integration and to identify areas for growth.<br />
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I investigated Nets 3 and chose an article titled Top 10 Web 2.0 tools for young learners, by Chris Riedel.</div>
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Top 10 tools that are mentioned:</div>
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1-<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b>Wikis:</b> This is the most powerful tool. It can bring all students together on a single platform.</div>
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2-<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b>Blogs:</b> This tool is my personal favorite as it makes communication so much easier between students, teachers, and parents….etc.</div>
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3-<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b>Voicethread:</b> It can be used to upload images or videos. Comments can be added.</div>
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4-<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b>Glogster:</b> It is like a personal webpage with embedded media links, sound, and video capabilities. It can be used to create presentations.</div>
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5-<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b>Skype:</b> Very cost efficient to make voice and video calls worldwide. Very helpful for class participation as well.</div>
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6-<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b>Animoto:</b> Used for presentations, and it’s easier than PowerPoint.</div>
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7-<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b>Yack Pack:</b> This tool is used as Web voicemail. Communication can be done by broadcasting a message for students, or parents.</div>
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8-<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b>Create a Graph:</b> Used to teach students how to create graphs and read data.</div>
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9-<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b>Voki:</b> It is an animated figure projected on the screen. It is a text to speech generator.</div>
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10- <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b>Kerpoof:</b> It is a website that provides a variety of tools for animation, drawing, and movie creation.</div>
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nbushra100http://www.blogger.com/profile/02946648906400703378noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1316300840013292624.post-49568800166110891032011-02-24T00:26:00.001-08:002011-02-24T00:32:35.896-08:00Journal 3: 100 things that make me happy!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: purple; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>1- Shopping</em></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2- </span>Visiting <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Egypt</span></span></em></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3- </span>Teaching</span></span></em></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4- </span>When my husband kisses me</span></span></em></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5- </span>When I hang out with my brother</span></span></em></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6- </span>Warm clothes from the laundry</span></span></em></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7- </span>Getting an A</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8- </span>Travelling </span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">9- </span>Going on a vacation</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">10- </span>A full tank of gas</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">11- </span>Getting a good tax refund</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">12- </span>Hanging out with family</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">13- </span>Being with my cat</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">14- </span>Lakers winning</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">15- </span>Smooth traffic</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">16- </span>Summer</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">17- </span>Spring break</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">18- </span>Playing video games</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">19- </span>Watching comedy movies</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">20- </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hanging out with friends</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">21- </span>Helping people</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">22- </span>Playing with snow</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">23- </span>Sledding</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">24- </span>Relaxing on the beach</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">25- </span>Jets keying</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">26- </span>Going to the gym</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">27- </span><city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Reading</place></city> a good book</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">28- </span>Eating frozen yogurt</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">29- </span>Taking a nap</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">30- </span>Learning new things</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">31- </span>Smelling flowers</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">32- </span>Sitting by the fireplace</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">33- </span>Cooking</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">34- </span>Sitting in front of my laptop</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">35- </span>Watching my favorite TV shows</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">36- </span>Sleeping in</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">37- </span>Going to the cinema</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">38- </span>Going to Disney land</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">39- </span>Going to theme parks</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">40- </span>Playing chess</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">41- </span>Lighting candles</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">42- </span>The weekend</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">43- </span>Getting stuff done</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">44- </span>Fresh juice</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">45- </span>Breakfast in bed</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">46- </span>Riding roller coasters</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">47- </span>Listing to music</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">48- </span>Watching the stars</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">49- </span>My birthday</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">50- </span>Valentines day</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">51- </span>Praying</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">52- </span>Drinking chocolate milk</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">53- </span>Giving my cat a bath</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">54- </span>Eating sushi</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">55- </span>Driving</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">56- </span>Drawing</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">57- </span>Dancing</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">58- </span>Math</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">59- </span>My house after its cleaned</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">60- </span>Food</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">61- </span>Taking pictures</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">62- </span>Watching cartoons</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">63- </span>My phone</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">64- </span>Singing </span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">65- </span>BBQs</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">66- </span>Chatting on the phone</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">67- </span>Texting</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">68- </span>Running</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">69- </span>Road trips</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">70- </span>Picnics</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">71- </span>Swimming</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">72- </span>Drinking coffee when I’m tired</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">73- </span>Showers</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">74- </span>Weddings</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">75- </span>Ballet concerts</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">76- </span>Editing pictures</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">77- </span>Hugs</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">78- </span>Rain</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">79- </span>Nature</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">80- </span>Basketball</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">81- </span>Facebook</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">82- </span>Making new friends</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">83- </span>A better job</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">84- </span>Taking my vitamins</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">85- </span>Halloween</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">86- </span>Sunset</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">87- </span><city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Sunrise</place></city></span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">88- </span>Compliments</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">89- </span>Massages</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">90- </span>Making someone happy</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">91- </span>Saving money</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">92- </span>Going to the hair salon</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">93- </span>The heater on a cold day</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">94- </span>Horse back riding</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">95- </span>Being on a boat</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">96- </span>Cold water on a hot day<br />
<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">97- </span>Carving pumpkins</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">98- </span>Decorating for the holidays</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">99- </span>Kids</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">100-</span>Love</span></span></em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in; text-align: left;"></div></div>nbushra100http://www.blogger.com/profile/02946648906400703378noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1316300840013292624.post-11438098830455893712011-02-16T23:21:00.001-08:002011-02-23T23:07:11.032-08:00Journal 2: “Join the Flock!" and "Enhance Your Twitter Experience”. (NETS 3)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in;"><city w:st="on"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;">Ferguson</span></city><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;">, Hadley, & McClintock Miller, <place w:st="on">Shannon</place>. (2010). Join the flock!, enhance your twitter experience. <i>Learning and Leading with Technology</i>, <i>37</i>(8), Retrieved from http://www.iste.org/learn/publications/learning-and-leading/issues/Join_the_Flock.aspx</span><span style="color: #4e2800;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in;">A PLN “Professional Learning Network” is a community of people around the world who learn together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Twitter helps those people create a community built on communication.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in;">To start this process, you can follow several steps:</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1-<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>Set up your account.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; tab-stops: .5in;">You can sign up for a free account on twitter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ll need to write a brief bio and post a photo.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2-<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>Learn to follow.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; tab-stops: .5in;">You can follow by simply clicking the follow button.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When the people you follow post something it shows up on your twitter stream.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can search for a person you know or a group of people who are interested in the same topic.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3-<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>Check the lists that other people create.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4-<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>Wait and Listen.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; tab-stops: .5in;">You can just read tweets, blogs, and learn without saying a word if you are not ready.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5-<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>Start re-tweeting.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; tab-stops: .5in;">You can enhance your twitter experience when you are ready to be a part of the conversation, you can add a comment before re-tweeting.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6-<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>Expose yourself.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; tab-stops: .5in;">Begin tweeting the links you find. If you read a good article, copy the link and send it out.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7-<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>Tag your tweet.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; tab-stops: .5in;">Using a hashtag (#), a hashtag, as #teachers, will add your post to the stream of people who follow it.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Q1.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What is a twitter organizer? And what are the advantages of using it?</u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in;">Twitter organizers such as TweetDeck or HootSuite, will help organize your twitter stream into columns.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can open as many columns as you want, and delete them at anytime. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in;">An organizer has many advantages; you can manage twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and MySpace all from one place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can also shorten your tweet using TweetShrink, and translate a tweet from a foreign language.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Q2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How can you manage your tweets with a bookmarklet?</u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in;">A bookmarklet Hootlet is a tool within HootSuite.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you found a post to share, this tool will help you to easily send tweets to any of the accounts that you have linked to your HootSuite.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in;"><br />
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</div></div>nbushra100http://www.blogger.com/profile/02946648906400703378noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1316300840013292624.post-12884847951139640612011-02-09T23:55:00.000-08:002011-02-10T00:09:02.126-08:00Journal 1: “Do Web 2.0 Right” (NETS 5)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;">Light, Daniel. (2011). Do web 2.0 right. <i>Learning and leading with technology</i>, <i>38</i>(5), Retrieved from <a href="http://www.iste.org/learn/publications/learning-and-leading/issues/Feature_Article_Do_Web_2_0_Right.aspx">http://www.iste.org/learn/publications/learning-and-leading/issues/Feature_Article_Do_Web_2_0_Right.aspx</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Summary: Web 2.0 tools, such as wikis and blogs, are a great way to keep students engaged and motivated when done right. Wikis are multi-authored web pages that focus on the final product while leaving authors anonymous, while blogs are conversation tools for communication. Teachers who succeeded in using these tools have focused on three elements: </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size: small;">1-</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-size: small;">Instituting Daily Practice.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Teachers used blogs in two ways; individual blogs and classroom blogs. Individual blogs were used as private means of contact between the teacher and each student privately, which helped the teacher understand how individual students felt about the class. While classroom blogs were used to allow students to comment on the teacher’s posts and each others’.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size: small;">2-</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-size: small;">Considering the Audience.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; tab-stops: .5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">With Web 1.0 activities, as creating a webpage, it was easier for the teacher to filter negative comments, while in Web 2.0 activities communication is directed back and forth between users. Therefore, students were concerned about the audience, and their participation was limited if they felt their audience wasn’t friendly, or that others will judge their work. Teachers overcame that problem by making weekly assignments private but created a public wiki to publish selected work. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size: small;">3-</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-size: small;">Teaching and enforcing Appropriate Behavior.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; tab-stops: .5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Teachers created a supportive environment that encourages students to share their ideas and opinions respectfully, through a strong in-class community.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Web 2.0 encourages students to engage with their peers and their teacher through out the day, in and out of school, which is an extremely effective technique.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><strong><u>Q1. How would wikis and blogs benefit students in a Math class?</u></strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Students can benefit from those tools in so many ways, the teacher can post a Math problem and students can try to solve it and comment on the post. Students can share their answers and ask question anytime and not wait for the next school day. The teacher can always stay in touch and answer any question they might have, and can post the next lesson as a warm up.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><strong><u>Q2. How would the teacher get a student who doesn’t have a computer or internet access "at home" involved through blogs?</u></strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">The teacher can always allow 10 min in the beginning of every class for that student to check his/her blog on a classroom computer while others are discussing homework. The teacher may give him/her the problem that will be posted ahead of time so he/she can answer it and discuss it later with his/her peers. The student can use school lab computers whenever possible.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"></div></div>nbushra100http://www.blogger.com/profile/02946648906400703378noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1316300840013292624.post-49591750983249401422011-01-28T13:30:00.000-08:002011-02-10T19:06:16.134-08:00Hey my name is Noha.... Egypt!! That's where I grew up:)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="border: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQO2q48sf1NJt3t3OovakVCCiRSYtJzc9WTvS0hKOltNw5GZeCq8_Vub5zvAVGCqBzjohze236N-cIZWbEst2ui1SkVh4i3wmQQZpz9vnHdKvj9BM-y4K6ItV7tiLuuY0O8iYkDGjsUEkj/s1600/IMG_4222.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQO2q48sf1NJt3t3OovakVCCiRSYtJzc9WTvS0hKOltNw5GZeCq8_Vub5zvAVGCqBzjohze236N-cIZWbEst2ui1SkVh4i3wmQQZpz9vnHdKvj9BM-y4K6ItV7tiLuuY0O8iYkDGjsUEkj/s320/IMG_4222.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border: medium none; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I am originally from Egypt, I met my husband in 2006(of course he wasn't my husband then:))) he's Egyptian too but spent most of his life in the U.S., we met while he was visiting. Long story short we got married in 2008 and I came with him to the United States! </span></div><div style="border: medium none; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I have a B.A. in Graphic design, which i received from Fine Arts University "Alexandria, Egypt". Prior to that I was enrolled in EGC "English girls College" since I was in 1st grade, it's an Egyptian-English school, that's how I learned English;). I want to become a Math teacher:)))I always loved Math, and I think I am pretty good at it.</span></div><div style="border: medium none; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="border: medium none; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUiZXQnbGETql8BG_9Be6JR03oRTbcbzc8EWW2ks6SRHY-8jj3HlnDtaG23-vLwirLW01qGUteJ4nDzN-PKRlrf9Pf5vQ7pvT0f7lSOIhyopyg0lvY4nufy8Ljp30ejfjODXYcYdFwtAfB/s1600/IMG_4228.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUiZXQnbGETql8BG_9Be6JR03oRTbcbzc8EWW2ks6SRHY-8jj3HlnDtaG23-vLwirLW01qGUteJ4nDzN-PKRlrf9Pf5vQ7pvT0f7lSOIhyopyg0lvY4nufy8Ljp30ejfjODXYcYdFwtAfB/s320/IMG_4228.jpg" width="240" /></a><span style="font-size: small;">I am very excited about this class because I always wanted to use my computer skills when I teach. since I have a B.A. in graphic design, I didn't want to disregard what I learned for 4 years. I wouldn't say I am proficient using computer, but I am definitely good with Photoshop, Illustrator and MS office suite. So I wanna learn how to use this in my teaching career.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="border: medium none; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The COE mission statement was for sure a part of my decision when I applied to CSUSM. "</span><span style="font-size: small;">The mission of the College of Education community is to collaboratively transform public education by preparing thoughtful educators and advancing professional practices." CSUSM is really committed to produce educators that can improve public education, and I wanna be one of them!. Also since i realized when I came here that the U.S. is a big ethnic "melting pot", it is very important that teachers would commit to educational equity, and social justice. Technology can be the key to help every teacher bring students from different backgrounds together in class.</span></div></div>nbushra100http://www.blogger.com/profile/02946648906400703378noreply@blogger.com10