Tool of Wonder

Exploring the internet I had found an amazing tool that all teachers have to take a look at, this new instrument in “Popplet.” Popplet is a like an electric billboard that has endless space. I found it to be enjoyable and awesome as I was playing around with it.
Some of the pros I found with Popplet is it is a private website that only invited people can visit, creating a safe website for our students to communicate with each other and their teacher. It is easy to use. I believe a first grader could use it with no problem. This site is a great way to start a discussion board or outline the days of the week. The pros are pretty much endless as long as ideas keep popping into your head.
Now even through there are a lot of pros to Popplet , there are some cons as well. One is that you can only have up to six different boards at a time. If you exceed over this limit you will have to delete one of your old boards. Another problem is there is a small selection of different board designs, therefore leaving your boards looking pretty much the same.
Other than these two problems the Popplet this tool is pretty useable. I made an example Popplet board for you to see and get an idea of what you could do with this tool. Open this hyperlink and it will take you to my site to look at. http://popplet.com/app/#/100466 As you can see it can be a great way to do the following in any lesson:
1. Story outline
2. Time line
3. Discussion board
4. Class organizer
5. And many more
I do not know about you all who are reading this but I think I will be using Popplet in my future classroom, because I think it is one heck of a tool.

Never give up!

My fellow followers and friends who are in education, today I have a video I want you all to watch that talks about never giving up. I and many of you probably have wanted to change our major, but please stick with it. We all go through hard times and I feel this video shows someone who saw it through to the end. So watch this video and leave a few comments on what you think.

p.s. It is a little dal but it brings "never giving up" into the spot light.

Are we the problem?

A current problem in today’s education system lies in the classroom itself. Most of you are thinking “what? Even with PSSA test changes and government budget plans?” And the answer is yes, let’s be blunt about the problem at hand, it all starts in the classroom. It all starts with the teacher. If you are and excellent teacher who prepares their students and has a 100 percent passing rate than there would be not problems, but if you are a lousy teacher who is always unprepared and has a low class passing rate than it’s your fault.
In order to fix any problem you usually have to go to the source and start mending it from there. Reasons for why many teachers have a low passing rate is because they may be unprepared for class, could have a large number of students and can’t get around to every one of them, maybe it is their teaching skills, or it could simply be they really don’t care about their students at all. Now the last remark is most unlikely but all the other reasons seem to be realistic.
As a future teacher hopefully in three years I plan on becoming a fun and interactive teacher, seeing what I see and knowing what I know about having fun in a classroom which works wonders. If you are prepared and are active in class your students will learn more because they are paying attention to you and what you are presenting to them. The students themselves will be happy in class knowing it will be a fun seven hours, therefore making learning easier for us and the children. Bringing this to light as teachers we need to ban together and find a new way to present information to our students in a fun interactive way so they can pass the PSSA and the school year for that matter with ease.
Now for all you teachers out there, who might be offended by my blog, please don’t be. I am not cutting on a fellow comrade; I am trying to help a fellow brother/sister in my field of study. As I have said before we have to fix a problem at its source and for our profession we cannot have it start in our classrooms but outside our classrooms. So how can we make a classroom more fun? What can we do to make students more active in our rooms?

PowerPoint fun for everyone

Does anyone remember the activity Mr. Smith made use do a few weeks ago that involved using a PowerPoint software?  I do, and I would like to share my experince of that activity.  I found the project to be very helpful in the sense of making a fun interactive lesson for the students.  Who would of thought that PowerPoint could be turned into a review game or a self learning tool for the children.  Some of the benefits I found with this activity was how easy it was to set up.  My project took me several hours but it was simple in the task skills needed to run the software.  I also saw how it could work in a real class room by just adding a few "wow" slides thst caught the chidren's attention.  The only downfalls I found with this project was simple little things like video or sounds not playing on que, or not working all together.  Even though there are these some problems with the software I still find PowerPoint as a major tool that I may use in my class in the near future.












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A little about me

Hello, my name is Colton G. Korpus.  I am currently a student at Edinboro majoring in Early childhood/ Special Eduation.  My plans is to gradute in two more years and hopefully find a teaching job around my hometown.  I am looking forward in blogging and sharing my ideas with new people. Also I hope to make a lot of new friends through the use of my blog account.