My Experience with Gardening!!!

Instead of me enjoying my spring break like everyone else I was at home. Being at home allowed my parents to get their use out of me. My mom had been waiting to plant some flowers and trees in her yard for a long time and today was the day since she assumed I had nothing to do and it was very pretty outside. I do like flowers though because they are a great gift. We planted some hosta, knockout roses, pine trees, Japanese maple trees, and liriopy grass. It was a struggle for me. For one it was very hot outside, two the pollen was extremely bad and I kept sneezing the whole time and three this was my first time every gardening. First we had to pull up all the dead grass and weeds that was there. Then we had to dig a hole for the flowers and trees. I'm not the type of person that likes to play in dirt so that was very interesting and nasty to me. Next we placed the small plants down in the dirt and watered them with the water hose. As I was watering the plants with the hose I also gave my car a little wash to get rid of all the nasty pollen that was on it. Altogether for my first time gardening it wasn't that bad. The process went by fast. My allergies just made everything worse. I don't think gardening is my thing but I'm pretty sure once summer time comes our yard will be looking really nice.  :)

Pinterest in the Classroom

Pinterest is a GREAT tool that could be used in the classroom. Many people already use pinterest. So they know you can basically find everything you are looking for on there. For me I love to decorate and I would love for my classroom to have decorations in it. Pinterest has many ideas for decorating classrooms. Teachers can use Pinterest to find different lesson plans for their classroom. They can also find printable games and etc. that can be incorporated into their classroom. Every now and then teachers may have a moment when they feel down and don't want to be there. Well guess what Pinterest can help with that! Pinterest has millions of inspirational quotes and pictures that can help you get through what you're going through. It can help teachers develop more. Pinterest can help you push yourself to the teacher you want to become. Pinterest is also good for group work. Students can use the pins for group collaboration. They can share videos, pictures, links and etc.

I created a Jeopardy Game with fractions. It was very fun and challenging to make. It's something different that I got from one of my teachers. It took a while to figure out how to do it but at the end it ended up not being that bad. First I googled Jeopardy templates on google slides. Once I found one I downloaded it and went from there. The template was very easy to use. All you do is insert your information into the template. You can customize it to your perfection. I completed this because I am assigning it to my students and I wanted to make sure that this assignment was appropriate for 5th graders. I also like to get a hands on feel of the assignments that my students are doing. I learned from this activity how to be more creativity and really how to use google more.Doing a jeopardy review game to me is very creative and i think students will love it. Below I have inserted a link to the Jeopardy Game and also pictures of the process. Please enjoy :)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/16pv5ZTHyeUsnS7u2y97b9WbF_vmCoehvy4cQZG2dLvg/edit?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1_oyHHusCNzOXHgqLrqi15iIODsKmmf7lmWI6bac1Ae0/edit?usp=sharing

1) You will need to create a google account.

2) You locate the Jeopardy template that should be in your google mail.

3) You will download the Jeopardy template to your computer.

4) After that you will create your own jeopardy game

10 Web 2.0 Tools

Pics4Learning                                          http://www.pics4learning.com/

This website provides free pictures for students or even teachers. It has a large selection of pictures. Some pictures include animals, food, education and etc. I can use the website in my classroom for projects or different things. It is a great website for Powerpoints.

Study Jams                            http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/

This website provides help with math and science. It has many math and science topics. Some of them include: number line, order whole numbers, photosynthesis, plant cells and many more. My students can use this for extra help if they're not understanding a topic. It is also great for students to just practice. 

Free Powerpoint Resources               http://freepptresources.com/

This website gives resources for Powerpoints. It has music, pictures and etc. It's a website that will make the overall look of your Powerpoint presentation look better.  My students can use this when they're doing a Powerpoint. Instead of them searching all over the internet, they can use this website.

QuizEgg                                                                  https://quizegg.com/

This website allows you to make quizzes. It is all done online and you don't have to worry about grading. The website grades the quizzes electronically. I can use this in my classroom when I am giving quizzes. Instead of the students waiting a day or two for me to grade it, it will be graded after they take it and they will get their results immediately. 

Storybird                                                        https://storybird.com/

This website allows you make stories in just a few minutes. It is basically a way that you can build books online. This website could work for anyone. I can use this is my classroom for an assignment when teaching reading. This is a good way for students to have fun while reading.

Infoplease                                                    http://www.infoplease.com/

This website gives you information about everything. You can find out about the world,people, history and government, science and health and much much more. Teachers and students could use this. My students could use this website when they're doing research projects. Everything they would need is on the website.

Bee Clip                                                           http://www.beeclip.com/

This website allows you to create scrapbooks. You can upload your pictures online and create a scrapbook. There's also a lot off free stuff and software that you can use for your scrapbook. My students can use this website for an assignment. It is a way that can get them use to using technology.

Class Tools                                                     https://Classtools.net/

This website allows you to create games, activities, and quizzes online. It has many options that I can use for my classroom. It can be a great educational tool. My students can use this website for games or activities that I can create for a lesson. It can also be used as a study tool.

Letterpop                                                                http://letterpop.com/

This website allows you to create newsletters. It will help you with the making a newsletter process. You can also share your newsletter with the public. I can use this in my classroom for an assignment. A good way to start using technology.

4 Free Photos                                                 http://4freephotos.com/

This website contains pictures that were taking by photographers. They are available to the public. There photos are free to use and can be copied. My students can use this if they're looking for real pictures. It's a great alternative for google images.

Social Networking

Social media is starting to affect everyone now. To me social media is affecting the world in a positive way. Many college students rely on social media for numerous things. A lot of professors use social media to get in contact with them. Or they may need social media for different jobs or etc. If social media is used in the right way, it can benefit a lot of people. But that's the problem. Many people don't use social media the right way and it ends up affecting us in a negative way. I've read two blogs that addressed this problem. The first one talked about how social media is affecting us in a negative and positive way. Instead of people talking face to face, they might message them on social media instead. This can affect the people who are not comfortable with talking to people in person. But on the other hand, according to a study done youths with strong, positive face-to-face relationships may be those most frequently using social media as an additional venue to interact with their peers. The second blog talked about how social media affects our self perception. With social media you're trying to create a digital identity. Many people that use social media try to hide what they're actually feeling. They try to be this happy person online but in reality they may be going through something you would never know about. People never advertise the negative traits about themselves on social media. It's always the positive things. Because of how people are so critical now online some people may often think that other people's lives are better than there's but in actuality they are probably experiencing the same things you are going through. They just hide it behind the happy fac.  They begin to have smiling depression. In America 6.7 percent of people over 18 suffers from major depression. Social media is not there in my opinion to depress people. It's there to help people and benefit people. Right now social media has had a positive impact on my life. I can use social media to get inspiration about different things. Knowing your limits and how to use social media can prevent a lot of stuff from happening and many people would stop thinking that social media is just this negative thing that people are addicted to. 

 http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2014/03/14/how-social-media-affects-our-self-perception/

https://www.hastac.org/blogs/haley117/2013/06/07/social-medias-affect-human-interaction

Hey everyone my name is Alisa Roy. I'm a college student at Henderson State University. I'm from Little Rock, Arkansas and I attended the best school in Arkansas. Parkview Arts and Science Magnet High School of course!!!!!!  Many people think that I'm the only child but I'm not. I have a brother that's nine years older than me. When people see us they don't think we're related because we look nothing alike.   If you ask me I think I look way better! He has been married for a little over a year and he has one daughter named Kayleigh.One of my favorite passions is to shop. OMG I can shop all day if I could. Shopping just relaxes me when I'm stressed out. It also just gives me something to do. Ninety percent of the time when I go back home I'm out shopping somewhere. I don't really shop here because there are not really stores here that I like but when I get to Little Rock I make up for all the shopping I couldn't do in Arkadelphia. College has been a great experience. It is very different from high school. I'm only 19 years old and will be a junior next semester. I've worked soooo hard the past few years. I'm studying education right now. I just love working with kids. Making a difference in a child's life will overall help me become the person I want to become. I plan on being a 5th grade teacher. I feel like I just have the attitude to teach 5th. I think I would be a cool teacher for students to have. I wanted to start this blog for high school students that wanted to get a feeling of what college is about. I am the type of person that tells everything how it is. I want this blog to show students that college life is very different from high school. I will share with you all my everyday life at Henderson State University.

http://www.hsu.edu/ProspectiveStudents/index.html

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