Trying to recover my old IP & T blog for 2004.

Lesson Share experience

Yesterday I got to share my lesson with others in my major. It was a good and scary experience. It was good because it helped me get in front of others but that was also the scary part. It was fun seeing what others did and how they used technology. All I can say is that family and consumer science has some really neat and fun ways to use technology.

This is it

Well, I survived my very first computer class ever. I sure did learn a lot. I did not realize there were so many good resources out there and that technology was so neat. I hope I will be able to learn more and help my students use technology in their lives. It will be fun to present my lesson to my group and show them how exciting my technology discovery with foods is! I can't wait to see all of their's too! This is so exciting!

IPT 286 Reflection

What has been the best aspect of this learning experience?
I have learned that technology really isn't so bad after all. I can learn it and it is neat to see that there are so many resources out there to help us in our teaching.

What has been the most challenging aspect of this learning experience?
I would say it would be that I need to be patient with technology and learning it. My confidence with it will come with practice. I need to be patient because technology won't always be working perfectly. I still have a lot to learn since technology is changing every day.

How has your attitude changed regarding technology and education?
I am excited but also scared about it. It's fun finding new resources but also scary because it requires so much knowledge and thought. It will be neat to know and learn how to use it all as time goes on.

What are your top two takeaways from this experience?
I would say that I have gained a lot more confidence in myself when it comes to using technology and that I now know many places to go and find resources and I can network with others and find out ideas from them also.

Thoughts

So I was thinking today after I turned in my lesson plan and I am really excited to make this work. There's so much more to learn. I am excited to see everyone else's lesson plans and to have access to them later on. This class has taught me a lot. Technology really is very useful. I am feeling a litter more confident. Definitely more confident than I was at the beginning of the semester. I hope to continue learning more even after the semester and class ends.

Second Lesson Plan Overview

Proposed Lesson Plan:
My lesson plan is about pressure cookers and how they work and help cook meals faster and preserve food. On top of that they save us money. The students will learn about pressure canner and their history. They have changed a lot from the ones that our grandmothers had. They will research them finding pictures of old and newer styles. They will also include recipes of foods they can make in them. It is valuable to know now to use them, and then they will make something in it.
This falls under the Utah Core Curriculum Standard:
Food Science Standard:20.0128-0403 : Discuss the food canning process.
Age level: It would be high school probably due to the danger that falls under it and the rules the must be followed to be safe.
Technologies used:
Pressure cooker
Power point (This will be used for my lecture only)
Scanner (If needed for pictures)
The students will first research about pressure canner and how they work, their history and so forth. They will find pictures on the internet, and other sources that will explain how they work. Along with that, they will then make something in the pressure cooker for a sample. They will have to teach me as the teacher how to use a pressure canner to show me that they know.
Ethics Issues:
This assignment probably will be using the Fair Use of Intellectual Property and some Copyright issues because the students could be using pictures that are not theirs. I will have to teach them about that before they begin their project.
Example: Will be a report like book with pictures in it telling the history of pressure cookers and how they work ( not a real book so software is not needed for publishing. They will just put what they find in a binder). They will also include recipes they can use in pressure canners. This will be a good source for them to have later on. There will also be a sample to eat from what they cooked in the pressure canner.

Quote Reflection from Nelson Mandela

Wow!Theat quote read in class was really good. I can so relate. There are some many times that I feel inadequate. I am afraid and am not shining like I should. Since I read it I want to be better. It is hard for me to let my light shine and feel so good and play a bigger part. I really needed to hear that this morning. I have been struggling and this is some of what I needed to hear. I really do agree that we all are incredible and have a great potential. It helped reassure me that I need to have more self-confidence so I can be a great teacher and be successful in teaching my students. I am going to have to share this with my students so they can feel the power from the quote that I felt. I want them to realize their great potential and to put forth everything, learn and be successful.


"Our deepest fear is not that wea re inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabolous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't fell insecure around you. We were born to manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us, it is in everyone. And as we let our llight shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others". -Nelson Mandela's Inaguaural Address-

Ethical Issues Reflection

I really learned a lot from the mini-lessons about technology-related ethical issues. At first I thought it was really not worth my time to learn about all of these things. I new some about copyrights and such. However, I never realized that there was so much more as I listened to the other members of omy group share what they learned about their specific topic and how it fit in with copyrights, along with methods of cheating. I am just so amazed at what seems to get left out or forgotten.

It was a really good idea to have this. I learned how copyright pertains to teachers and classrooms more. This is good because I am going to be a teacher here shortly and I will need to know what I can and cannot do in my lessons. I also did not realize that so many materials are under copyright and that the method for copyrighting is so simple. I will have to pay closer attention to the materials I will use in my teaching. I had never heard of Fair Use before this assignment, so it was good that the group I was in was assigned to it. I am now starting to understand that in many ways Fair use makes life a lot easier for educators especially. It is important to understand every aspect of it and not try and twist it and get away with more than is allowed. It is also important for all educators to learn what the boundaries of Fair Use and abide by them, they are allowed to use much material that would otherwise not be for their use. It is such a great benefit to have and so we should honor it completely. It seems that the laws of copyright and fair use could be simplified and made more understandable to the public, especially when it comes to the grey areas of "public domain" and such.

One thing that really stood out was the issue about music. It is so easy to step over the lines of ethinical behavior. In the past I have seen so many copies and unlawful use of music used. I will now remember what the rules are and abide by them in my future classroom. I will teach my students about copyright and all that it includes so they will learn sooner than I did.

Probably the most useful information for me was what I helped research and that was about the Fair use issue. I will need to know this like I said earlier. I don't want to cross over where I should not be. Through fair use all educators can understand what they can legally do with certain materials in their classrooms.

I am going to be a Home Economics Education teacher (now known as Family and Consumer Science Education). I will now remember when I go and teach my cooking, sewing, interior design, money management, child development and other classes the importance of copyright and will apply it in my classroom. I know there will be times when things come up and I may use a magazine/journal or other materials in my lessons and I will use them correctly. I will also watch out for my students and their work and projects that they use. I will help them to learn how to do things without cheating, especially since it is so easy to cheat these days. I am just amazed at what people do to cheat these days. It makes me disappointed and I hope that my students will be better than that. I want my students to get a good education and learn now about ethnical issues. so they will not get into trouble later on. Through being an example I will do the best I can to follow and teach them what I know about copyright and other ethincal issues..