Four Critiques

This was a fun assignment, I just wish I turned it in sooner.

Hawaii Photo Hunt

All about Submarines

This was a really fun and exciting project. It not only was educational in terms of school, but it was also very enlightening on a personal level. Learning how to put together Access board gave me new skills, and while was honing my teaching skills, I was also learning about new innovations in the world of the 'Silent Service'. I found that this particular project met NETS-T standards 1a,b, 2a,b, 3a, 5a.

We Be Jammin'

We Be Jammin’

A week in the Bahamas for our 1st wedding anniversary was just what the doctor ordered. We toured the isle of Freeport, and one of the smaller islands (called Cays, but pronounced key). While there we fished, shopped, went sighted seeing, spoke with many of the locals, and enjoyed the local cuisine. The fishing was done with just some bait, a hook, line, and sinker, and while I fished, my wife collected shells. Our shopping was limited to souvenirs for friends and ourselves. As we enjoyed the sights of white sandy beaches, old world churches, dolphins, and some of the local tourist trade, we had a chance to enjoy conversing with many of the locals, whom we found to be quite pleasant and respectful. As for the food, we were in heaven. For breakfast we had local fruit and juice, for the other meals we enjoyed several different dishes of conch (pronounced conk), a pork gyro, and chicken in a bag to name a few, to say everything was delicious would be an understatement. The only thing we did not like about our vacation was the fact that we had to leave. All in all, we would highly recommend going to Freeport, Bahamas.


Reflection

This was by far my most favorite assignment. It brought back memories of a really great vacation, and more than that, it gave me the chance to share some of it with others, sorry no souveneirs or food samples, but I did provide a few photos. There was so much to do, remember, and write about, but I was limited to how much content, so I did not go into great detail about trip itself. In doing this assignment I met NETS-T standards 1b, 2a, 3c, and 5a.

Lasers and more

This was an interesting project, because it forced me to think beyond what I have already accomplished. I have learned how to create a power point project that allows student interaction, which helps and inspires student learning. The project helps me develop digital learning techniques and experiences by designing the presentation. This presentation in itself helps students understand that technology is more a part of their everyday lives than they may have imagined. This project meets NETS-T standards 1,2,3,& 5. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I have.

Five Favorite Sites

Today’s Physics for Tomorrow's Youth
Five Best Web sites

I have chosen these particular web sites because they contain material that is ideal for promoting the use of digital medium, and inspiring students to learn and be creative.

Physics.org: This site allows one to explore a variety of topics which will perk the curiosity and imagination of students every where. http://www.physics.org/

Physics Today: This site provides students with up to date information about what is happening in the world of physics, giving them a possible insight into their futures. http://www.physicstoday.org/

Physics Classroom: This site gives students online tutorial in basic physics, with plenty of multimedia presentations to help the student along. http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/light/u12l3d.cfm

American Institute of Physics: This site provides students with tutorials, science news, statistical research, and current job listings, that give today’s student not just the means to learn, but also some incentive. http://www.aip.org/education/

Brookhaven National Lab: The lab is on the cutting edge of today’s technology and scientific discoveries. A student using this site learning curve will only be limited by their imagination. http://www.bnl.gov/physics/default.asp

Hong kong

Today’s Physics for Tomorrow's Youth

Word Project

Writing the 'Field Trip' document I feel that I have shown that I have used some of today's technology to proficiently get communicate with parents in a manor that meets NETS.T standards, such as the use of MS Word, and Word graphics. As a teacher I will endeavor to use every resource available to raise tomorrows students to new heights.

Teaching philosophy

Through The Looking Glass

When I attended Jr. and Sr. high school I was fortunate enough to have several teachers that were more interested in who I was and what I was capable of becoming, than what I looked like of where I lived. These champions of the chalk boards guided me in the ways of the books, and helped me onto the path of knowledge and wisdom. I now wish to do the same for today’s youth.
I believe that a teacher’s role is to inspire their students to reach their full potential, to reach for the stars. Teachers are not babysitters for children while their parents are at work; they are motivators, councilors, mediators, sympathizers, disciplinarians, in general they are to their students Jacks of all trades. Teacher should guide their students, not force them. Teachers should respect their, and in turn command respect from them. Teachers should be strict yet somewhat flexible, intuitive, and not overbearing. Teachers should be friendly with, but never friends whit the students. A teacher’s job is to help mold students into not just useful members of society, but also builders of the new world ahead.
I believe it to be very important for teacher to introduce technology into the classroom. In today’s world technology is everywhere, and if we expect our students to keep up with, let alone lead, they need to not only know about technology, but be proficient in its use. If today’s youth does not keep up with new and innovative technology, they will be lost in tomorrow’s world.
In my classroom I would make use of the internet to show what’s out there and the endless possibilities of what may be accomplished, where what they learn might take them. I would use tools of the scientific community to perk the interests, and curiosities of my students.
By introducing technology into the classroom, I intend to open new horizons for my students. I want them to see new things, thereby opening their mind to endless possibilities. Once their curiosity is peeked, there is no telling what they may accomplish.

My name is Clayton Spence, I enjoy cooking, my wife, grand-children, and electric trains. I'm not really fond of cats or tight spaces. I hope that I do well this semester. Sorry there's not more, but I don't like talking about my self.