Blog #6

Without copyright we have no way to maintain the rights to our intellectual property, others could take credit for our work and ideas with no way to stop them and make a mint off of our hard work. I think that it is very important in our society where mass downloading/ freeloading occurs with very little to be done that can stop it. With copyright we are able to penalize those that would deprive us of monetary gain and personal accreditation for our work.

Blog #5

I have not personally used video in the classroom, however, my mother has and she has found it to be a really good resource as a teaching tool. She has her third graders read a book (ex. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Summer of the Monkeys, etc.) and then gets permission to show those movies to her students and they take notes on what the differences are. I've never really made a movie before, my mom uses windows movie maker to make our family movie every year and I've helped her with that each year and know generally how to use it. I think that videos enhance learning through visual and audio stimulation combined in a way that can aid students in their learning.

Blog #4

So, I know this is super late, but I still wanted to talk a bit about personal learning networks. I think that they are fantastic and can be such a great resource as a teacher. If you have a solid network set up you are able to draw on that to help you learn and grow as a teacher and as a person. It helps to plan lessons, activities, and good learning experiences for students.

Website

Here is the link to my lovely website. It was created to be a work in progress, as people in my ward give me more recipes it will fill out better and probably have more categories under each of the food categories that are already there. Who knows, I may even put instructive videos of how to make a pie crust and such on there! Any way, take a look: http://sites.google.com/site/byucookbook88thward/

Enjoy!
And feel welcome to snag recipes while you're at it!