Millennial

This assignment was to determine, how millennial are you?  I took the millennial quiz pewresearch.org/millennials/.   I scored 67/100 on the Pew Research Center.

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What implications does your profile have for your teaching and your students’ learning? My score was 67. Where are you in terms of the Frand’s 10 characteristics of the information-age mind set? I prefer Typing Rather than Handwriting.  List the 10 characteristics and report where you are for each one:

1. Computers Aren’t Technology –  I'm in and I utilize the Internet, the Web, computer, and cellular telephone.
2. Internet Better Than TV – I'm in and during my spare time, and I am on the Internet more than watching TV or sometimes both.
3. Reality No longer Real - I'm in and I agree with the statement, "Believe none of what you hear, and none of what you see." Things have changed over the years.  It's easy to duplicate.
4. Doing Rather Than Knowing - I'm out on Doing Rather than Knowing.
5. Nintendo over Logic - I'm out on Nintendo over Logic.
6. Multitasking Way of Life – I'm in and multitask daily.
7. Typing Rather than Handwriting – I'm in and rather type rather than write. Technology has changed me in this area. It's faster for me.
8. Staying Connected – I'm in and stay connected with cellar telephone, computer, laptop, and my Kindle
9. Zero Tolerance for Delays - I'm in and have a zero tolerance for delays.   
10. Consumer/Creator - I'm out on Consumer/Creator.

Are you in? I am in.  Are you out? On somethings, I'm out.  If out, why? I'm out because I have seen so many things happened over the years.  Is it important to be in? It is so important to be in because the millennial is technology driven  Can the lack of an information age mind set be spell doom for us? It can be to a certain destinct. If you are teaching have a student(s)take take the millennial test and compare, or have a family member from another generation (child, parent) take the survey and see how their scores vary from yours. I am not teaching, but I got my husband and some of his co-workers to take the quiz.  My husband scored 5,  co-worker #1 scored 50, co-worker #2 scored 36, and co-worker #3 scored 27.  As you can see, one co-worker is at the half way point. I advised each of them to work on improving their scores.

Voki - Self Introduction

This assignment was to create a self introduction though Voki.  First, I turned on readability statistics on Word.  This allowed me to verify my word count of 85 or less.  Second, I create an account with www.voki.com and selected a character, change features, hair, nose, clothes, etc. I inserted text for recording. Lastly, I shared and post the link to my blog.  Click on link to view my self introduction.  www.voki.com/pickup.php?scid=7054190&height=267&width=200. Students will like Voki.  It's fun and creatative.  Wonderful for hands-on activities!

Word Clouds

This assignment was to create a word cloud.  Word clouds are great for visual learners.  Our department chair created last name word clouds for the teachers last spring. It was excited to see our names in the word clouds.  We post in our classrooms for display.  I would use word clouds for weekly vocabulary and short stories.

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Carpe Diem - Google Drive

This assignment was to listen to a short 25 minutes webinar and answer the following question listed below.

1. How prepared for you to engage in each type of learning (Carpe Diem vs St. Marys)? I am prepared to engaged in both types of learning with CarpeDiemSchools.com and www.smriders.net.  Course 585 Educational Technology Applications has enhance my technology skills to implement additional technology skills for students.

2. Provide specific examples including devices and apps or software, of what you are currently    doing in each model if you are teaching.  I am currently not teaching.

3. If you not in the class now, what would you suggest teachers in your field adopt based on current knowledge of mobile/wireless devices. I would suggest to teachers if permitted by your administrative team to utilize Smartphones.  School districts should consider investing in Android Tablets.  They are becoming very popular in the technology world.

4. What would you recommend in terms of a school wide initiative to improve teaching and learning at this point if you were in a position to do so? I would recommend that teachers incorporate more technology in the classrooms.

5. A mixture of the 2 models (Carpe Diem vs St. Marys) is probably in everyone’s future. How do you see executing your version of the blend in your field?  I see myself being flexible with both models. 

I learned that technology will become the future for teaching our students.   There are some school districts with available funds who implement technology daily.  They understand students are more involve in technology. 

If you view some of the Vtech, a electronic learning toy company, they are making learning from birth to 8 years old fun to learn.  Therefore, kids learn how to operate technology, and have fun at the same time. 

Excel 2 - T-test Male and Female

This assignment was to generate descriptive statistics for male and female scores.  There is a difference between the male and female scores, but the null hypothesis no difference.  Please view chart below.

t-Test: Two-Sample Assuming Equal Variances
	Male	Female
Mean	216.8445876	224.6254524
Variance	51.38960148	40.67736669
Observations	53	48
Pooled Variance	46.30399506
Hypothesized Mean Difference	0
df	99
t Stat	-5.73873942
P(T<=t) one-tail	5.22017E-08
t Critical one-tail	1.660391156
P(T<=t) two-tail	1.04403E-07
t Critical two-tail	1.984216952

  

Excel 1 - NAEP NCES

I viewed NCES.ed.gov and nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/statecomparisons/, and selected grade, subject, student group, years (s), display options, jurisdiction, and sort.

I selected grade 4 reading subject. Click on the link for the results.

 https://docs.google.com/a/su.edu/document/d/1smQErNHeKVydTHLdqWLrR-8MDHicrnaEAGOZ-gh2Ce0/edit

I had to select the "Add-In" for Excel to use Data Analysis to compute the total score descriptive statistics, please view table below.

Total Score Descripitive Statistics
Mean	220.4077278
Standard Error	0.927508989
Median	220.8107201
Mode	#N/A
Standard Deviation	6.752367364
Sample Variance	45.59446502
Kurtosis	0.685244165
Skewness	-0.422210061
Range	36.14587865
Minimum	200.6279879
Maximum	236.7738666
Sum	11681.60958
Count	53

How is Virginia doing? Virginia is ranked ninth with 226.378. How many states are below your state?  There are 8 states below Virginia. How many are above your state? There are 44 state above Virginia.  Are you above or below average? Virginia is 226.4 above average.

Please view scatter plot below for NAEP Scores 2011 4^th  Grade Reading.