Daren's IPT 287 internet saftey assigment

Article I read

The article I choose to read was the article from the For Strength of Youth pamphlet. Having been many years since I have been in the youth program, I though that it would be a good reminder to see what the church has to offer the youth about media. What the article continue was much different from what I remembered as a youth and reminded me that there are many threats that the youth in our church hast to deal with.

Video Resources

The video resources I watch were very eye opening. Through them, I was able to see many hardships that people faced that were related to internet problems. From child predators to cyber bulling, I saw that there are many problems people (not only children) can have if they are not wise with the way they use the internet.

Take-aways

Although there were many take-aways from the information I looked out, there were two things that stood out the most to me. First of all, you need to be very careful with the information you put on the internet. Even if the information you put on seems harmless, there are still many ways it can be used against you if it falls into the wrong hands. Second, special measures need to be taken with chatrooms. Although chatrooms may not seem bad, many of the examples I saw of people having problems seemed to start in the chatroom. Because of this, I feel that children (or adults for that matter) should not use chatrooms. It just does not seem worth the risk.

Doing Experience

After asking my person about what they knew about internet safety, I was not really surprised. The person I talked to knew all about how you should have blockers on your internet to keep bad stuff out and how you should have your computer in a well traffic place. My person also seemed to know about the problems with chatrooms and other things. What my person did not know was the degree to how bad some of these things can be. They did not know that how little of information a person needs to start out with in order to find where somebody lives. Nor did they know the degrees of dangerous cyber bulling or chatrooms can be. By informing them about the problems that can happen over the internet, I do not feel that I scared them, but I do feel that I gave them information that will help them improve what they know and keep their families safe.

I have also done parts 2-4 of my week 14 assigment.

IPT 301 Week 10, Personal and Moral Development

Week 10, Personal and Moral Development

1. Tell me about something interesting that you read in Modules 2, 3, or 5 and how it relates to you personally.

-One thing that really interested me was when they talked about young people finding their identity. It is very interesting to me how so many things can affect a person’s identity such as ethnics, race, or gender. It is also interesting to me how certain identities are expected of people because their background rather then their personality. For example, many people expect me to behave a certain way or have certain interest because I am a boy. But in many cases, I would not be in the categories of a typical male due to the fact that the only siblings I had were sisters who had a great impact on me and the type of identity I developed.

2. Please take this short 7 question survey on Qualtrics concerning the helpfulness of the assignments for this class.

-I did do the survey

Daren's ipt287 TPACK project report

Here is my TPACK project report.

Daren's IPT301 Week 9: Motivation

1. Do you think the students in your cohort classroom are more intrinsically motivated or extrinsically motivated? Why?

-I believe my class was more extrinsically motivated. It seemed that most of the time, the students were trying to complete a more boring project in order to do projects that were more fun like coloring or being a checker. There were also times in the lessons themselves where it seemed like the students had to do a part of the lesson that was less fun in order to move on to the end of the lesson which was the activity.

2. How are intrinsic and extrinsic motivation affected by rewards and praise?

-when students are learning through intrinsic motivation, it is important for teachers to be very carful with their rewards because they may make the students learning become extrinsic rather then intrinsic (they are doing the work to get the reward)

-When it comes to extrinsic motivation, rewards and praise are usually the main things that make this motivation work. Extrinsic motivation is where students are being motivated due to external rewards such as reward parties, stickers, a positive complement from the teacher, etc. Therefore, rewards and praises become one of the main roots that allow extrinsic motivation to work.

3. Why do expectancies and values influence student motivation?

-when a student expects something of themselves, there are going to be more willing to work harder to achieve that expectation because that goal is something that they feel they should be able to do or want to do. Same thing goes for values. If a student has a high value on something, they will do more to complete that task that they value since it is something that interests them. Yet at the same time, having low expectancies and values will have the reverse effect on students in that they will work less or not be motivated to accomplish a task.

4. Describe some examples of student-level and classroom-level strategies for increasing motivation that you saw in the classroom?

-Student-level- One type of motivation I saw on the student level was the job of being a checker. If a student was able to complete a task first and did it correctly, they were given the job to check all the other students work for that assignment. Many times the students would also be rewarded with a piece of candy for when they worked hard on their projects.

-Classroom-level- For a classroom motivation, the students were motivated with the knowledge that if they were good, they would get a reward party. In the back of the room was a paper party clock that the teacher would move every so often when the students were good. When the hand got to 12:00, the students got a party. Because of this knowledge, the students as a class were motivated to behave well and work hard so that they could get a party.

5. Of the behavioral, cognitive, and self-worth motivation theories, with which theory do you most agree and why?

-I agree with the self-worth motivation theory the most. I believe that students need to know that they have abilities and that they themselves can complete task and be competent in them. Now this does not mean that we should protect a students feelings at all cost, but it does mean that we should have a focus that is directed at helping a student have a greater self worth.

Daren's 3 lesson plans for IPT287

Here are the links to my three lesson plans:

http://docs.google.com/View?id=dhqj3td_7dmcnwdds

http://docs.google.com/View?id=dhqj3td_6g23mswhd

http://docs.google.com/View?id=dhqj3td_3fvknstdk

Daren's tec. Videos: most important idea, Week 10

While watching the three videos that showed how teacher used technology in their class, I learned that technology can be a very important due to its ability in letting students communicate during their education. Weather it is communicating with other students from other schools or having information communicated to the students from the web, technology is an important part of helping students to speak out and learn from the world rather then just being confined to the walls of their classroom.

Using technology to communicate with the outside world also allows teachers to open up to many more learning experiences for their students. For example, instead of just doing activities within their schools, teachers can set up a system on a website where students can communicate with other students in a completely different area. Dong this would not only allow the class to have another interactive experiences with other students, but would also show children that some people may see thing differently depending on where they live. This example is one of many communicating ideas that a teacher could do with technology in their classroom.

Daren IPT 287: Technology that is Avaliable

When looking around my teachers room, there is not really a lot of technology in the room itself. All that the room really contains is a overhead projector, CD player, a TV with a DVD player and a microphone sound system. Now, although the room only has a few technological things, it there is a little computer lab area right outside the classroom door with about 11 computers that all the class of that grade level share that can be used. Aside from these technologies, the teacher also has many other technologies such as a projector, digital cameras, smart board, and many other things that that are shared by all the teachers in the school that the teacher can arrange to have in her room.

Along with this paragraph, I have also completed the midcourse evaluation as well as the informed consent.