Week 14

I completed the reflection, course evaluation and feedback survey, and checked my grades on Moodle. Everything looks right!

Internet Saftey Reflection

I chose to read Setting Family Standards for Entertainment by Carla Dalton. I chose this article because I wanted to learn more about creating a safe and uplifting environment in my future home. I really liked the advice to talk with your kids about gospel principles and values and then ask them how the entertainment they are participating in fits with those values.
I watched several of the video resources on NetSmartwith real-life examples of youth who learned about internet safety the hard way. It was very sobering to realize how many kids could have avoided awful situations if they had just been better educated about internet safety. I also watched the video Faux Paw's internet safety video on iKeepSafe, which I think is a really good resource for young children. It gets the message across without being too scary.
I think the biggest take-away I got from this assignment is the importance of educating children about internet safety, but also emphasizing the good things about the internet and technology in general. If your children and kids understand how to both be safe and enjoy using technology, they will be more likely to make good choices. They will know how to be cautious without being scared. I also learned how important it is for parents to be aware of their children's use of the internet and media. It seemed like all the kids who got in trouble in the videos I watched, their parents had no clue of what was going on.
I talked to my mom about internet safety. She actually knew a lot about how to be safe while surfing the web. She was a little shocked by some of the cyberbulling and things that actually go on, but she said that she doesn't worry about my three younger sisters who are still at home. The computers they use are their laptops from school that have blocked access to bad websites and even social networks like facebook. But she also said that she wishes they didn't spend so much time playing games or emailing on their computers. When I told her about the different resources, she said she thought it would be a good to have an FHE lesson on the internet and media.

IP&T 301 Week 10

The most interesting thing about the reading (I read the modules on social and moral development) was the importance of family and parents in the development of these skills. I obviously feel that family IS the most important factor in a child's development, but I was pleasantly surprised that the experts agree. I really don't think parents realize the difference they can make by just setting a good example of positive social and moral behavior and teaching those principles to their children.

TPACK report

IP&T 301 Week 9

1.) I think the students in my cohort classroom are both intrinsically and extrinsically motivated. I can tell some students work hard and put forth their best effort because they love learning and want to do well, but others clearly are working just to get class points towards a party and reading to gain tickets to enter a drawing.
2.) Intrinsic motivation can be either positively or negatively affected by rewards and praise. If small rewards are given sparingly and unexpectedly, they can help students engage in tasks they normally would not be motivated to engage in. If the reward provides the initial motivation and then the student develops a sincere interest in the activity, then the student becomes intrinsically motivated. However, giving external rewards can often motivate students extrinsically because they work for the reward. Praise can increase intrinsic motivation if it is specific, informational, and sincere. If teachers praise students for being “smart” or constantly praise less-than-praiseworthy behavior it can undermine intrinsic motivation.
3.) If students feel confident that they will succeed and understand the value or relevancy for mastering a certain task, they will be motivated because they expect to succeed and to gain something from that success.
4.) Individual students were praised highly by their teacher when they advanced a level on the accelerated reader program and were additionally given a balloon and pencil from the school librarian. To increase the entire class’ motivation, the teacher set up a points system to reward the class when they were all exhibiting desired behavior.
5.) I agree with the cognitive theory the most because I think it covers all areas of motivation: students’ perceptions of their own abilities, goals, motivation, teacher feedback, and development. I believe there are many factors that affect student motivation and desire to learn new things and acquire new skills. What motivates one student may be different from another student and teacher need to be award of all the different factors that can increase or decrease their students’ motivation to learn.

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Week 10: The most important thing I learned...

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I think the biggest thing I learned from watching from these three videos is that even young students can independently use technology to create multimedia projects. In the “Brown, Bear” video, the kindergarten students were able to create original, detailed pictures of vehicles using KidPix. The teacher said the students had no exposure to computers before coming to school, but after having time to play around and experiment on the computers, the students became very competent computer users. Because of their curiosity and creativity, they made many computer discoveries on their own without teacher instruction.

In the “Habitats” video I was amazed at how using technology allowed the students to expand their creativity in a way they would not have been able to do otherwise. The KidPix program enabled them to create detailed illustrations of imaginary creatures much more quickly and neatly than they probably could have done with drawings. The efficiency of the technology allowed them to put more creativity and thought into the project.