Self Reflection

Additional Assignment 1

The educational implications of what Google squared provide is it can help you breakdown whatever category you are searching for. For example, concerning statistics, Google squared will search the web for that data and compose it into a spreadsheet thus making it easier to break down those statistics. Wolfram Alpha can help you better conduct research because it will compute whatever you are looking for into structured data which would make researching easier for students. Moreover, it can get into more accurate details of misleading statistics.


Before this assignment, I did not know about Google squared or Wolfram Alpha. After this assignment, it made me think twice about my comments about the “Did You Know” video. For example, I was surprised that 25% of India’s high IQ population is more than the population of the entire United States. These statistics was misleading because India has a very large population and 25% of their population is more than the entire United States population.


Here is a screenthot of Picairn Islands from a search using Wolfamalpha.com

Summary of C4K

In the month of November for comment for kids, I started out with Mrs. Jenny classroom of mostly six year olds at Pt. England School in Auckland, New Zealand. The title of their classroom blog is titled Little Voices, Little Scholars. I had the pleasure of commenting on Kyan’s blog post in which he created a video animation of his pirate ship. I simply told Kyan how creative he was and what a great job he did on his animation.

Next, I had the pleasure on commenting on Mrs. Pam Thompson classroom blog in Adelaide Hills, South Australia. Mac was the name of the student who I was assigned to and Mac posted a post about “Intimate Alice” which was a digital story. Mac wrote about how much he enjoyed story and gave his observation of the story. I commented about how I enjoyed the story as well and gave an observation of the episodes I watched. Furthermore, I commended Mac on his observation of the story.

Later, I commented on Mrs. Haugen’s sixth grade classroom blog. I commented on Will’s post about his current event presentation. Will wrote that he was going to do his current event on the spread of Cholera in Haiti. I told Will that his choice of current event was a wise choice and that he would do a good job presenting his presentation.

After that, I had the pleasure of commenting on Yasmine’s Blog. Yasmine posted a poem she created title winter poem. Yasmine poem was very good and I simply commented on her writing ability and how much I enjoyed her poem.

Final Report on PLN

I have been using my PLN a lot since I discovered how to create a PLN. I created my PLN with using Symbaloo.com. On my PLN, I added the primary social networks that I use on a continuous basis which were twitter, MySpace, and face book. Since taking EDM310, I found many ways to use twitter for learning and educational purposes. Moreover, I plan to incorporate twitter as a form of communication with my students in my future classroom.

Next, I added some other sites that I use on a regularly basis that helps improve my learning experience. I added sparknotes.com, dictionary.com, wkipeda.com, and many other sites. It has been very convenient to be able to access these sites through my PLN. Next, I added blogs that I use on a daily basis, Gmail, YouTube, and yahoo. After that, I included all my entertaining sites, news sites, and financial sites on my PLN as well. Overall, I am very happy with my PLN and it will continue to grow as I grow.

Project 16

Summary of C4T Teacher #4

I was assigned to comment on Mr. Eric Langhorst blog title Speaking of History. The first post on commented on was a presentation Mr. Langhorst created about building a personal learning network. I thought this was a very informational post considering I’ve been building my own personal network. After viewing the presentation, I left explaining how awesome and informational the post was.

The second post on commented on was Mr. Langhorst presentation about improving parent communication. This presentation was very helpful considering I will soon be a first year teacher. The tips were excellent and I thought the presentation was very well done. The comment I left for Mr. Langhorst was simply explaining how much I liked the post and how helpful the tips he presented will help me in the future.