Children do learn!

You can't imagine how fast kids learn during their first decade of lifetime. Elementary education and family education are important.

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Post from new website

Hey guys. I migrated my Google course ( https://sites.google.com/site/starohyeah/) website to Wordpress site(http://eslstar.wordpress.com/). Here are some post that I put on the site:

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Class schedule:

Week 5 _Lesson 11:  Thursday Jun 23,2011. .1:30-2:30pm. Week 5 _Lesson 10: Tuesday. Jun 21,2011. . 1:30-2:30pm. Week 4 _Lesson 9: .Thursday Jun 16,2011. .2:00-3:00pm Week 4 _Lesson 8:  Tuesday.Jun 14,2011. 1:00-2:00pm. Week 3 _Lesson 7: Saturday. Jun 11,2011. 9:30-11:30am. Week 3 _Lesson 6: Thursday. Jun 9, 2011. 1:00-2:00pm. Week 3 _Lesson 5:  Tuesday Jun 7, 2011. 2:00-3:00pm. Week 2 _Lesson 4:  Saturday.Jun 4, 2011. 9:00-11:00am. Week 2 _Lesson 3:  Thursday.Jun 2, 2011. 3:00-4:00pm Week 2 _Lesson 2: Tuesday.May 31, 2011.  1:00-2:00pm. Week 1 _Lesson 1:   Saturday.May 28, 2011. 9:00-11:00am.

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Useful resources:

1. learning alphabet — http://www.learningplanet.com/act/fl/aact/index.asp , http://www1.teachertube.com/members/viewVideo.php?video_id=187308&title=Alphabet_Song 2. Twinkle Twinkle litter star — http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCjJyiqpAuU&feature=related 3. Edelweiss — http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuQkZD3F2EQ 4. links to Okemos Library. http://www.cadl.org/news/locations/okemos http://www.librarything.com/venue/6612/CADL-Okemos-Library 5. link to East Lansing Public library. http://www.elpl.org/ 6. English writing http://www.ziggityzoom.com/print.php?activity=289---------------------------------------Homework:

Lesson 10 - Homework page.

Lesson 9:

- No homework this time.

Lesson 8: - Homework page (math+ English) - read a book that you checked out from Okemos Library, Write down and remember the new words.

Lesson 7: - Get a Okemos Library card and check out a book.

Lesson 6: - Homework paper

Lesson 5: NO homework this time.

Lesson 4: NO homework this time. ^_^ Enjoy your weekends~!

Lesson 3: - Math problems

Lesson 2: - Math problems - Word problems - Write left, right, Monday-Sunday, Month, May 5 times each.

Lesson 1: - create your own alphabet. finish the pictures in the back. - Remember 26 words for each letter. quiz next time.

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thediaryofayoungman:

Ibang-iba ang dating ng high school kung ikukumpara mo ito sa elementary. Sabi nga ng iba, ito ang stage of maturity. Sa panahon kasi na igugugol mo sa high school, mas mamumulat ka sa mga bagay-bagay.

Mas mature ang dating ng mga estudyante sa high school pero madali lang sila pangalanan gamit...

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Jackson, Wyoming.

I am taking my mom to Yellow Stone. We gonna stay at Jackson tonight.

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arthemismax:

**Written by John W. Schlatter and is an extract from the book Chicken Soup for the Soul by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen**

I was born the first moment that a question leaped from the mouth of a child.

I have been many people in many places.

I am Socrates, exciting the youth of...

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research summary

Introduction

Mother: “Why don’t you go to see your professor?” Son: “I just need to shot him an e-mail, mom. We are in age of information, mom.” This kind of conversations between younger and older generation are very common these days, especially among developing countries. We are in the age of information. It not hard to find technologies have changed our life in recent years. Now think about what technologies were used when you were a elementary student. Instructors/teachers came into the classroom with a thick portfolio which contains lesson plans, homework as well as textbooks. They wrote on the blackboard and erased writing when there was not enough spaces to write. When seated at the first low in the classroom, students could see the dusk from chalk flying through the air, and fall down on students’ desk finally. As time passed by, it’s less likely for teacher to bring portfolio to class. Computers have been used for teaching, i-clicker have been used for getting feedback from students instead of rising hands, even smart boars are taking place of traditional blackboards. Even class pages are being created to help students find resources and keep in touch with teachers outside of class. However, the question is, does these technologies have positive impact on classroom teaching? Is it good for students to rely on technologies?

Summary

Now I have discussed four major change in classroom technology using: Course website vs Class-based database, Power Point vs Writing on Black board, Paper-based homework vs ANGEL learning sites, and I-clicker vs Rise your hands. In a nutshell, new technologies have benefits our classrooms teaching. However, I don’t think people should rely too much on these technologies. We need to install the knowledge to our mind by ourselves, not rely on the technologies.

Reflection

I am creating a course website as my new media genre. What I have been doing for the website is related to “Course website vs Class-based database” that I discussed in the first paragraph. The audience of my genre will be my classmates, students’ parents, and more widely, other people who are interested in my topic. My claims will make people think about how important the technologies are in classrooms, but also, they need to keep balance between new technologies using and traditional teaching methods.

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Being a professional writer

- Academic writers claim their points by writing in forms of different genres, using outside resources, judge if the resources are creditable, and making the writing persuasive. Expert claims are well organized logically and literally, and the resources that support the claim are creditable. We can use them to support our opinions as well as arguing with the claim by giving another different opinion.

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yingqixu:

  It’s not the first time users in China have been unable to access the site. In March 2008, China blocked YouTube during riots in Tibet.

At the time, protesters burned vehicles and shops, some advocating independence from China, and others demonstrating against the growing influence of the Han…

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Resources about creating a course website for elementary kids

O'Connell, Susan. Introduction to Problem Solving: Strategies for the Elementary Math Classroom. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2000. Print. This book tells specific levels about what math knowledge elementary kids should get on a specific grade. Referring to this book, I will have a sense about what I can teach kids at a certain level.    Son, Ji-Won. Elementary Teachers' Mathematics Textbook Use in Terms of Cognitive Demands and Influential Factors: A Mixed Method Study. , 2008. Print. This source is a textbook for elementary teachers. It can be considered as a standard of teaching kids mathematics. Cruz, Bárbara, and James A. DuPlass. The Elementary Teacher's Guide to the Best Internet Resources: Content, Lesson Plans, Activities, and Materials. Columbus, Ohio: Pearson Merrill Prentice Hall, 2007. Print. This source gives a guide to use Internet resources for elementary teachers. It will be ver helpful for me to check it in my free time. Lawrence, Dave, and Soheyla Tavakol. Balanced Website Design: Optimising Aesthetics, Usability and Purpose. London: Springer, 2007. Print. This is a book talks about basic website design skills and purpose. It should be useful to new website designers. Stanczak, Gregory C. Visual Research Methods: Image, Society, and Representation. Thousand Oaks, Calif: Sage Publications, 2007. Print. Like what the title is, this book talks about how we do visual research. I think this source would be helpful for those people who are creating video blogs.

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getbackatme:

Google logo for today 6/8/2011, a playable guitar in commemoration of birthdate of  Les Paul. 

Lester William Polsfuss (June 9, 1915 – August 12, 2009)—known as Les Paul—was an American jazz and country guitarist, songwriter and inventor. He was a pioneer in the development of the solid-body electric guitar which “made the sound of rock and roll possible”.

http://www.lespaulonline.com/indexo.html

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xantasy:

look at what the internet and technology has done to us. LOL

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valepitolivas:

That isn’t true, I eat while I’m in Internet :B

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A lesson journal that took place at library

Date: Jun 14, 2011. Tuesday

Time: 1:00-2:00pm

People: Shakira, Shakira's mother and me.

Location: Okemos Library

This is the eighth lesson since I started teaching Shakira. Mostly, we had class at her house. I took her to MSU music building and had a music class there (Lesson 6). Shakira seemed to be very happy to have class outside of her house. This time, I took her to Okemos Library and teach her there.

I helped her mother registered a library card so they can always come to library and check the children books. There are also lots of programs (i.e.reading program)  for kids during summer vocation.

I found that the library is a very good place to go for studying. Specially, children can meet other friends via programs. "There is no stranger in the world. We are just friends that haven't met."

More information, check this course website:

https://sites.google.com/site/starohyeah/

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KEY WORDS in my mind

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2011wra150:

1.       Architectural schools

2.       Ranking

3.       Architect’s Incomes

4.       Architect’s Lifestyle

5.       Architect’s Social Status

6.       Architect’s Fame

7.       Helping and Teaching Others

8.       Preparing for Architectural Schools

9.       Location of schools

10.   Reputation of schools

11.   Grades in high schools

12.   Exams to enter the schools

13.   Internship

14.   Interior Designer

15.   Architects

16.   Other specialists

17.   Education

18.   Jobs

19.   Universities in cities

20.   Universities in semirural settings

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itsfullofstars:

APOD: The Universe Nearby

Credit: 2MASS, T. H. Jarrett, J. Carpenter, & R. Hurt

Explanation: What does the universe nearby look like? This plot shows nearly 50,000 galaxies in the nearby universe detected by the Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) in infrared light. The resulting image is anincredible tapestry of galaxies that provides limits on how the universe formed and evolved. The dark band across the image center is blocked by dust in the plane of our own Milky Way Galaxy. Away from the Galactic plane, however, each dot represents a galaxy, color coded to indicate distance. Bluer dots represent the nearer galaxies in the 2MASS survey, while redder dots indicating the more distant survey galaxies that lie at a redshift near 0.1. Named structures are annotated around the edges. Many galaxies are gravitationally bound together to form clusters, which themselves are loosely bound into superclusters, which in turn are sometimes seen to align over even larger scale structures.

Click image for larger version.

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fitzthedizzyspells:

(by Inès ☆)

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itsfullofstars:

Table of Astronomy, from Cyclopaedia