Netiquette Guidelines

Grades(6-8)

Here are a couple guidelines to follow when you are writing emails, on Facebook, or any type of online communicating.

• Try not to hurt peoples feelings.
• Writing in all caps IS YELLING AT SOMEONE and is considered rude.
• Don’t joke or use sarcasm because people may not realize that you are joking and could get offended.
• Don’t use slang. Not every one who is viewing what you wrote speaks English as their main language and may not know what the meaning of slang words.
• Don’t say anything you wouldn’t say to some one in person.
• Keep your passwords to yourself. They are there to protect your information and are not meant to be shared with others.
• Be responsible. Don’t put down personal or sensitive information that you don’t want everyone to know.
• Make sure emails have a relevant subject so that the person receiving the email knows what it’s about.
• Keep emails brief and to the point. Let the other person know you value their time and you want to be communicating with them.
• Cite your sources! It is still plagiarism even if it comes from a blog or even Facebook.

Classroom for the Future

Some of the similarities between these videos made in 1987 and now are that we have the ability to video chat with people regardless of where they are at the time. So if a classmate is at home with a broken leg or sick they still have the ability to access the classroom if the teacher requires it and has the technology available to use. However, not everyone has the technology at home, such as internet or a computer capable of video chatting (or Skype), in order to do this whenever. Another similarity is we have the ability to access information from any server or database we need the information from. We also have a main database, Wikipedia, that is basically an online encyclopedia that has information on just about everything. Another part the video predicted was cordless keyboards so someone can sit on the couch or in bed and still be able to type and navigate without the restrictions of the cord.
My favorite part about this video is that they predicted SIRI. The ability to ask your phone a question and have it search the web to find you an answer and then also being able to send information by telling the device to send it to an email address or specific contact. I thought that was the best prediction of the video.
One of the differences however is that not everyone has the technology available at home which can cause problems if the teacher wants to video chat or email the student to let them know what happened in class that day.
One of my predictions for the future is that we are going to figure out a way to make the internet and video chatting available for everyone for free. Like Canada with their free health care and the U.S. with the attempt at free health care, the world will find a way to get a laptop or computer or some device for every person so they can access information at any time in any place. Other than that my imagination isn't working on what else the future may hold for classroom's.

Spreadsheet!

The project that I looked at was the State Economy Chart that was done by Judy Young. I don't know whether it was for the 5th grade or the 7th grade because it says both! This project was all about the students learning to research using the internet and also learning how to use computer programming tools to help them graph and organize data such as Excel and Chart Wizard.
I thought that this was a good project because it helped introduce the students to programs that they might not have used before. Or if they have, it will help them explore what the program is capable of doing. Since I plan on teaching a higher level than 5th or 7th grade I will be expecting them to have more of a knowledge on how to use the programs and use it in a more advanced way. I will expect them how to create formulas that will add multiple cells within the spreadsheet and what not. I am hoping that this will help the students work in groups and help each other using the programs and learn more than they would having me lecture them on how to use the programs.

Bio

I am currently going to school at Boise State University and I am getting two degrees at the moment. One of my degrees is Secondary Education with an emphasis on Mathematics. My second degree is a Mathematics degree. My overall plan is to get an undergraduate degree in Math and get my teaching certification so that I can teach high school and then continue my Math education so I can teach college. My goal is to end up with a Ph.D. in some field in math, I haven't decided what yet, and teach at a high end college.
I am interested in teaching because I have always loved the interaction between people as they work with numbers and struggle to find sense behind what all is going on. I love math and my favorite part is when you realize what computations or theory is going on and you get super happy and feel like you can take on anything! What I want to help with is the struggle to understanding because once any student reaches understanding I like to know that I was the one that gave that extra nudge to get there. I am also a very social and talkative person so I feel very comfortable in front of a crowd and guiding them towards understanding!
Just so you get a little more of a sense of who I am, let me tell you about myself. I was born in Idaho and raised in McCall, which is like 2 hours north of Boise. I love the outdoors and the change of seasons means the start of a new sport. Winter means snowmobiling and snowboarding while summer means wake boarding and beach volleyball. Obviously spring means the ability to start going outside and planting a garden while fall means hunting and football season! I am very social and love to meet new people! Very seldom will you see me not laughing or without a smile on my face. That is unless it's the first day of class because I'm very shy at first!<3