Week 8- Email Delivered Text Reflection

This is my least favorite reading technique. Although it ensures I get some reading done each day, I just could not get into this. The emails were the most positive parts of the process because it served as a daily reminder that I have something I needed to do. If I stuck with reading this text for reading a little each day, it is predicted that I will not be finished reading this book for the next 9 months. Reading at my leisure is a favored past time but not in this form. Receiving this opportunity and experience was different but not something I see myself doing again.

Also, the book selections were extremely dated.

Week 8- Audiobook reflection

Using the application, Hoopla, I listened to a story over the course of two weeks. The books and movies rented from the site only allow you to read/listen for two weeks, assuming this is the maximum time agreed upon with the public library. Since I suffer from a disorder that affects my attention, listening to a story at my own convenience was quite cool. The voice over the reading was a man who had a really big voice which kept my attention for at least 10 minutes each time. I enjoyed being able to play the book regardless of where I am. All I needed was my cell phone or tablet. The book was always present. I did miss turning the pages of an actual book! Not having that feature just did not make the reading feel real. The attachment to the characters and events still occurred. I had heart wrenching moments and even teared up once while listening. My audiobook was to be returned around February 14 and I finished the book. I am looking forward to listening to other titles in the near future!

Week 8- Book Fold

I went to a website titled WritersWrite to find the book excerpt I used. Creating the booklet was quite easy! Never had I known I could put that information on the sheet that simple.

Week 7- Library Field Trip

Due to an unfortunate event occurring in my family, I was forced to take my field trip to the library  to Desoto, Texas which is a suburb of Dallas/Fort Worth area. At the Desoto Public Library, there is about 16 computers in a computer lab that is open to the public. When the library is closed, the lab is open later hours. The library holds books, movies and audio materials. The library was closed on the day that I went but there was a library lab attendant who could answer questions that I had about what was in the actual library. The library did not have a selection for special needs such as ESOL and deaf/ hard of hearing. The surrounding counties have resources for those with needs and citizens are able to be transported to receive services.

The attendants in the computer lab were somewhat middle aged people. I seen multiple study groups and tutoring occurring. The races were mixed. As far as events scheduled for the library, they had events for toddlers and teenagers. There were guest speakers scheduled to talk on topics such as love and money. There were advertisements for Spring and Summer break. There were no rooms open for community use because the county has special rooms in an alternate facility.

Week 7- Field Trip

Week 6- Track Changes, Comments and Find/Replace

I was very pleased with adding comments to a document and how easy it can be! It was quite interesting to see how I can make edits and give feedback to someone whose paper I may be revising or editing.

I have attached photos of my Find and Replace assignment.

Week 6- Index

Since I uploaded so much into my last post, this post only has the index added. Once again, I do not like how Google Doc does not upload my Word document as I intended but it is below.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qmXZ6gXYqq7F9fbXg3B_O4duffBoWH__JeVC6RRQTCI/edit?usp=sharing

Week 6- Headers, Footers, ToC and Heading Levels

In one document, I did four different things: Added headers, footers, heading levels and a Table of Contents! The header/footer was not new to me but I did find the ability to add a ToC pretty interesting! I had not known how to do that and label the headings so the document knew what should be on the ToC. Great information!

As I am uploading this document to my Google Docs, it looks different than how I created it in Word. My headers/footers look different. The ToC is not indented as I had it so I will upload the link from Google Docs and make the edits a PDF. My only concern with that is the difficulty of comparing the edits on a PDF?!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/16_AVWqiWAP1v7B0AFde95O4tFlkl94QNRefIvRNbWJc/edit?usp=sharing

Week 5- Wordle (Novel)

I did not know that I didn't post my Wordle for a novel. Some kind of way I forgot to "Publish" and hit "Save". I did a word cloud for the book The Great Gatsby

file:///C:/Users/jmilton/Documents/Word%20Cloud%20Generator.html

Week Five- The Noun Project

Continue to inquire to gain more
knowledge.

All technology can be used but needs
to be at the appropriate time.

Once called an abacus, Common Core
has named is "Rekenrek".

Keep a book in your hand at all times.
When you finish one, pick up another.

Books of all genres should be read. Open
your mind to be different.

Conversation is always needed to promote
comprehension.

Don't be afraid to ask questions!!

Step away from the calculator. Show your
strategies!

Learning can take place anywhere. 

Learning takes place from Day one.

Week 5- Concept Map

Creating a concept map on Writing was quite difficult for me. I felt as though our textbooks did not provide much information on writing and required me to do quite a bit of digging. My concept map is a fusion of What Research Has to Say About Reading Instruction and a book I have used in the past, Kid Writing: A Systematic Approach to Phonics, Journals and Writing Workshop. Simply using the illustrations to recall what I remember, I was able to "label" what I believe are the stages of writing development as the progression continues into childhood.

http://www.webspirationclassroom.com/view/1656325a2ccba

Week 5- Concept Map

Creating a concept map from a chapter of the books we have this semester was one of this week's task. I used Put Reading First  Chapter entitled What does scientifically-based research tell us about phonemic awareness instruction? This book has been great to read and gives so much knowledge that I currently use and will be using within my teaching career. Attached is the web I created using Webspiration. I was able to save the document three different ways: Word document, Google Doc, and an Inspiration document. Wanting to try all three, I downloaded all three.  Hoping these two links work below!

http://www.webspirationclassroom.com/view/1656313a118be

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vatZphPH3DagamMywPjBbV-GBYMleGUJdEV5k2_1ZS0/edit?usp=sharing

Part 2- Concordance- Week 5

Since we had to do a Word Cloud on a novel, I used Google to find a child friendly novel. It took me to an excerpt of a book called George Brown, Class Clown. It is a very cute read for scholars in around 5th-8th grade. I wanted to try a different program so I turned to Text Concordance which surprised me with the word count and providing the number of times frequently used words occurred!

Wordle Part 1- Week 5

The past 5 weeks have flown by! I am posting an assignment using Wordle. Wordle.net allows one to create a "Word Cloud", a variety of words that can be used to describe something or someone even. My Wordle lists a few words from this week's readings that stood out to me. Hopefully the embedded link below works properly *fingers crossed*

<iframe src="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-NsUTNr5Tk1NUVGWVlLRlZiV3M/preview" width="640" height="480"></iframe>

And it didn't! Let's try using the link below for my Google Doc!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-NsUTNr5Tk1NUVGWVlLRlZiV3M/view?usp=sharing

Digital Diorama

I created a diorama about the "Locks" bridge Paris, France. Since Paris is my dream destination, I was truly looking forward to adding my own lock to the bridge.

 I will not be able to see the locks since they were removed in 2015! :-(