Final Reflection Video

Thanks EDM310!

Metaphors

So at first I completely missed the metaphor in the pencil story. I was more focused on how he talked about the focus on test scores and how to find a solution. I knew a metaphor was there, but I didn't completely get it. After I reread it, I caught the metaphor. I think for me metaphors can be tricky because I read into things so much.

I had never really considered how often I use metaphors. After listening out for metaphors, I have most often heard ones such as: "it's raining cats and dogs", "beat around the bush", "to break the ice",and a few others.

I guess a lot of attention was never really brought to metaphors in my classes growing up. We learned the definition and a few other uses of them, but never really focused on how they were used in real life.

I think metaphors are used more often than we know. People use metaphors to make stories more entertaining. I know one big problem I had as a kid was confusing metaphors and similes. Hopefully as a future educator I can help make metaphors more clear.

PLN

At first I made my PLN more trouble than it was worth. Now I love it! It keeps me so organized and has made this class so much easier. I feel like this is something that I will continue to use even after the class is over. It places everything right at my fingertips. It also helps to remind me of all the sites I should be watching. A PLN is a great way to keep yourself in order. I'm adding a link to a website that I found very useful during my PLN experience. It also shares the PLNs of many educators.

Cheetahs Final Project

We made a screen recording of us teaching how to make this glogster. I am still working on getting the link to it.

C4T Summary

I commented on Kim Cofino's blog over the past two weeks. She only made one post. It was about how she and her husband just happened to be in the midst of crises all over the world. They were in Japan for the tsunami, were victims of the earthquake, and various other issues across the world. She spoke about how amazing it was that they were always okay. When you read about all of the problems that they encountered, it really was amazing that they survived all of the problems they came into.