Joshua+Fitzsimmons

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I LOVE TO BOWL!

I, Joshua Fitzsimmons hail from the town of [|Chelsea, Michigan]. An education student at Spring Arbor University, I enjoy [|eating lasagna]and watching the TV phenomenon of 24. In my spare time, I also enjoys watching the [|DMC Delorean] in Back to the Future and reading through my Bible. My favorite scriptures currently are Hebrews 13:5 and Acts 20:24. I am working on memorizing them! I love RED! Word of the week: Ostensible - outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended I plan on observing at Parma Elementary School and Parkside Middle School
 * Check out my WebQuest titled: Tell Your Story. This will fall under 3rd grade language arts.
 * Check out my Technology Portfolio titled: Josh's Technology Portfolio

||= The SMART Table is a large touch-screen surface that allows students to interact with each other with fun activities that are a touch away. These activities are brought to life as spatial and kinesthetic learners have another way to enjoy learning. However, this table is not just for the spatial and kinesthetic learners. Anyone can get involved with this novel idea and get connected with a different way to learn. It also takes some pressure off the teacher because the SMART table allows flexibility both in enhancing lesson plans and creating new ones for the students to learn. Also, this is a great way to have differentiated instruction in the classroom because it connects with different learning styles. ||=  || An iPad picnic table. Food not included. || ||= An online version of "Microsoft Word," where people can collaborate about written papers directly written at the Google site. Google Docs is used to provide a place where papers can be read and edited without the hassle of having everyone around. Collaboration can occur strictly over the computer and in an organized fashion with Google Docs. Practically everything you do on Microsoft Word can be used on Google Docs. Google Scholar is simply a place to search books, periodicals, articles, theses, abstracts, and anything else with paragraphs and chapters. Explicitly, Google Scholar allows you to broaden your search so you aren't searching for irrelevant stuff, but only the articles and books you are looking for. ||= [] and [] || Google Docs: an online Microsoft Word
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 * = SMART Table Interactive Learning
 * = [|Google Docs/Scholar]

Google Scholar: SAU FirstSearch (looking for articles) || ||= Onceateacher.wordpress.com says it best: the entire collection of people with whom you engage and exchange information, usually online. This includes any social networking site, only in this case, used for teaching purposes. ||= [] and iTunes --> Podcasts || Facebook, Twitter, [|Cisco], blogs, etc. || ||= Podcasting is online audio content, a combination of "ipod" and "broadcasting", made available through the Internet using a subscription "feed". Vodcasting (video-on-demand casting) is the same principle as Podcasting with the addition of video. Podcasts and Vodcasts can be found on ITunes and transferred to one's ipod or mp3 player. Like music, they can be played or watched, but is different from music (or music video) in that educational information is shared through it. To be frank, a podcast is the output of information through audio while a vodcast is the same except with video included. ||= [] || Podcasts: sermons, news (CNN), book readings
 * = [|Personal Learning Network]
 * = [|Podcast/Vodcast]

Vodcast: sermons with video, informative shows, comedy shows || ||= Screencasting is a way in which you can record everything on the screen of the computer. It records what is on the screen as well as your voice. This program helps because that way students do not need to be retaught something directly from the teacher. If a student does not understand something, they can always look it over again when they return home. For example, if Billy (a fifth grade student) does not understand a concept you taught, he can go home and watch/hear the recording of you teaching the concept, rather than having you reteach the entire concept over again. ||= [] and [] || Jing, iShowU ||
 * [|Screencasts]