Kara's IPT286

Final Blog Post

2009-12-10T17:26:00.000-08:00

Two of the most useful technologies I have learned this semester are blogging and Google Docs. The blog is great for both personal use and also for school use. This way even if my school doesn't have online technology that I can use to put in assignments and things, I can still create my own blog to keep my students up to date on what's going on. Google Docs I really like because you can easily save things online. Also, multiple people have access to what you've written. This would be a great technology to use when students are working on group projects.
Engaging students in active learning can be done by having students be a part of the technology instead of just having them watch it. So students should work on creating their own presentations and posting them to the class blog, or creating a movie and uploading it to youtube.

Final Project

2009-11-30T13:35:00.000-08:00

This is the website for the virtual tour. It has a lot of really great information and pictures.
http://www.europeanvirtualmuseum.net/virtual_museum/virtual_museum.asp?lingua=en&tab=0

http://worldhistorymuseumtour.wikispaces.com/ This is the lesson that I devised for the wiki. I have to say that nothing wanted to work for me. It was quite complicated figuring out how to link my page to the words "Virtual Field Trips" under the label of social studies. I never could find the first screencast you talked about in the second screencast. Everytime I went through the left hand tool bar on your Teaching with Technology website it said the page was under construction.

http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0ASe7EJ1t5CiJZGduM2d0bWZfMTIyNjQ4OGZw&hl=en
This is the lesson plan that includes the screenshot of the museum website.

I never could figure out how I was supposed to create an artifact using the museum website. Sorry.

PLN Assignment

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Instead of subscribing to blogs through Google Reader, I subscribed to news sources that had to do with technology and education. A lot of them were actually really interesting. http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/ talks a lot about different things going on with technology both in education and in the world outside education. It sometimes had useful things, but it was more the author's opinions than anything new and educational.
http://www.deseretnews.com/utah is one I chose because I thought it would be wise to be up to date on what is happening in Utah since this is where I'll be starting my teaching career. In the education section of the site there was a lot of interesting news about the technology being implemented in schools, such as one post that talked about Utah students having greater access to technology than students in other states. Still, although informative, it did not ever introduce me to anything new or give me new ideas for my classroom.
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/education/index.html?partner=rss was great because it talked a lot about what was going on in the world of education in the United States. Technology, although usually the lack of, was a common theme in the stories presented. They often quoted from the United States Department of Education. I enjoyed seeing what new things were happening in education at a national level.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/ was great because it included multiple links to great technology that could be used by teachers. It even led me to the virtual tour I used for my final project. It was overall the most helpful in the way of introducing me to more available technology that will be helpful in my teaching.
http://ezinearticles.com/?cat=Reference-and-Education included many articles about education but very few that pertained to technology and its uses in the classroom. Even still, the information from the articles will be helpful to me as a teacher in the future.

Final Project

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I think I would like to do something with virtual tours. As a history major, my subject will include a lot of things that my students will not be able to have access to. A virtual tour would allow my students to visit places where important events in history took place. So far I haven't found any that are fantastic, so if anyone has any ideas of where to look I would definitely appreciate it.

iMovie: India's Caste System

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Internet Safety #3

2009-10-22T15:41:00.000-07:00

I watched all of the PBS Frontline documentary "Growing up online." It was really interesting to realize how recent the internet is. This is the first generation who has never known life without the internet and it's amazing to see how far we've come. It's also amazing to see how little people seem to worry about predators online. So many people interact with people they've never met online and freely share pictures and information. It's dangerous. I hate that it is so easy to get into someone elses network and steal or share their information without their knowing. The internet can be a great tool but without taking precautions it can be harmful.

Internet Safety #2

2009-10-20T10:27:00.000-07:00

I talked with my sister-in-law about internet safety. She is 16 and a junior in high school. I found a way to not make it awkward by waiting until she was doing something on the internet. One day when I went over she was posting new photos to facebook. She showed me them and was telling me all about them. Some of them were of other people and I asked if she had permission to tag those people. She said she hadn't asked but she was sure they wouldn't care. I pointed out that once a picture is online there's no way to get rid of it completely so maybe she should be careful when posting pictures of herself and others. She had never heard that before and thought it was very interesting and also scary. She was very receptive and I talked with her about some of the things that were in the voicethread for the internet safety week like using pictures that were more ambiguous and putting on settings that only allow certain friend groups to see them. I do not know if it will change anything for her, but at least she has now heard the information and is aware of it.

Storyboard

2009-10-20T10:25:00.000-07:00

This is my storyboard. I put it in a google doc so I could get to it from any computer. http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0ASe7EJ1t5CiJZGduM2d0bWZfMTBjcDc1YjJnaA&hl=en

Internet Safety #1

2009-10-13T16:56:00.001-07:00

I read Elder Ballard's talk "Let Our Voices be Heard." The huge point from the article is remembering that all things evil and destructive come from Satan, and that Satan has designed them to destroy the family. As a parent or teacher, it will be important to have filters on my computers. That way not only will kids not be able to get to anything inappropriate, but even things like inappropriate ads can be blocked. To be a positive influence in my family, I will make sure I let my family know what is and what is not appropriate. I will encourage them to look at and listen to things which are uplifting. Also, I will make sure my family know God has a plan for each of them as individuals. They need to understand that God wants the best for them, and the way to know what's best is by listening to the spirit and following those promptings.

About Me

2009-10-13T14:46:00.000-07:00

My name is Mrs. Lewis. I have lived all over the world, but I consider myself to be from Kansas because that's where I attended all 4 years of high school. I graduated from BYU with a degree in history teaching because I love history! I'm excited to be teaching here this year. Please feel free to email or call me with any questions. My email address is dakfjaldfj@dfj.com. My number is 111-111-1111.

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Industrialists

2009-10-05T19:00:00.001-07:00

Find the industrialist you were assigned in class and read the writing underneath his name. Take notes on the industrialist. You will share this information with the class members who read about the other industrialists next time we meet. Make sure your notes are thorough. Click the link below to see the information that MUST be included in your notes, as well as some suggestions. These notes will be turned in for grading.

http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0ASe7EJ1t5CiJZGduM2d0bWZfOWMzZmdzbmdt&hl=en

NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW.

No. COOXOL

JUNE, 1889.

WEALTH.
BY ANDREW CARNEGIE.

THE problem of our age is the proper administration of wealth,
so that the ties of brotherhood may still bind together the rich and
poor in harmonious relationship. The conditions of human life
have not only been changed, but revolutionized, within the past few
hundred years. In former days there was little difference between
the dwelling, dress, food, and environment of the chief and those
of his retainers. The Indians are to-day where civilized man then
was. When visiting the Sioux, I was led to the wigwam of the
chief. It was just like the others in external appearance, and
even within the difference was trifling between it and those of
the poorest of his braves. The contrast between the palace of the
millionaire and the cottage of the laborer with us to-day meas-
ures the change which has come with civilization.
This change, however, is not to be deplored, but welcomed as
highly beneficial. It is well, nay, essential for the progress of
the race, that the houses of some should be homes for all that is
highest and best in literature and the arts, and for all the refine-
ments of civilization, rather than that none should be so. Much
better this great irregularity than universal squalor. The good old times were
not good old times. Neither master nor servant was as well situ-
ated then as to-day. A relapse to old conditions would be disas-
trous to both, not the least so to him who serves and would
sweep away civilization with it. But whether the change be for good or ill,

It Is upon us, beyond our power to alter, and there-
fore to be accepted and made the best of. It is a waste of time
to criticise the inevitable.

Andrew Carnegie 1835- 1919

One of the captains of industry of 19th century America, Andrew Carnegie helped build the formidable American steel industry, a process that turned a poor young man into one of the richest entrepreneurs of his age. Later in his life, Carnegie sold his steel business and systematically gave his collected fortune away to cultural, educational and scientific institutions for "the improvement of mankind."

Fond of saying that "the man who dies rich dies disgraced," Carnegie then turned his attention to giving away his fortune. He abhorred charity, and instead put his money to use helping others help themselves. That was the reason he spent much of his collected fortune on establishing over 2,500 public libraries as well as supporting institutions of higher learning. By the time Carnegie's life was over, he gave away 350 million dollars.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/carnegie/peopleevents/pande01.html

Story of a Great Monopoly. [The Atlantic monthly. / Volume 47, Issue 281, March 1881]

No-
body knows how many millions Rocke-
feller is worth. Current gossip among
his business acquaintance in Cleveland
puts his income last year at a figure
second only, if second at all, to that of
Vanderbilt. His partner, Samuel Andrews,

the poor English day laborer,
retired years ago with millions. Just
who the Standard Oil Company are, ex-
actly what their capital is, and what are
their relations to the railroads, nobody
knows except in part. Their officers re-
fused to testify before the supreme court
of Pennsylvania, the late New York
Railroad Investigating Committee, and
a committee of Congress. The New
York committee found there was noth-
ing to be learned from them, and was
compelled to confess its inability to as-
certain as much as it desired to know
of this mysterious organization, whose
business and transactions are of such a
character that its members declined
giving a history or description, lest their
testimony be used to convict them of
crime.~~
Their great business capacity would
have insured the managers of the Stand-
ard success, but the means by which
they achieved monopoly was by conspir-
acy with the railroads. Mr. Simon
Sterne, counsel for the merchants of
New York in the New York investiga-
tion, declared that the relations of the
railroads to the Standard exhibited the
most shameless perversion of the duties
of a common carrier to private ends
that has taken place in the history of
the world. The Standard killed its
rivals, in brief, by getting the great
trunk lines to refuse to give them trans-
portation.

John D. Rockefeller 1839-1937

In 1870 he organized The Standard Oil Company with his brother William, Samuel Andrews, Henry M. Flagler, Stephen V. Harkness and O. B. Jennings. Rockefeller felt the state of the oil business was in disarray. Entry costs were low and the market was glutted with oil and a resulting high level of waste. He felt the inefficiency of the smaller firms, in their attempts to survive, drove the prices down below the production costs and hurt the larger more efficient firms like his own. His solution was one large company, vertically integrated, controlling the refining and storage of oil, and the manufacturing of ancillary products such as paint and glue. By 1872, Standard Oil had purchased and controlled nearly all the refining firms in Cleveland. Standard Oil prospered and all its properties were merged in 1882 into the Standard Oil Trust, which was effectively one giant company.

In 1896, Rockefeller decided to give up leadership of the day-to-day business of Standard Oil and focused his efforts on philanthropy. Ever since he was a boy following his mother’s teachings, he had contributed to his church and other charities, and from the mid 1890’s until his death in 1937, Rockefeller’s activities were all philanthropic. Rockefeller hired the Reverend Frederick T. Gates who had worked with the American Baptist Education Society and the University of Chicago to help him manage his philanthropy. In 1897, his son, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. assisted Gates and with their advice, Rockefeller established a series of institutions that are important in the history of American philanthropy, science, medicine and public health that continues today.

http://www.johndrockefeller.org/

The Ermine in the Ring. [The North American review. / Volume 108, Issue 222, January 1869

It is well known that Mr. Vanderbilt and Mr. Drew have long been
large operators in the stock of the Erie Railroad. Last spring, Mr.
Vanderbilt was trying to get control of that railroad by securing more
than half of its stock. Mr. Drew, however, by virtue of certain arrange-
ments made in consequence of previous loans of money to the railroad,
and also of his influence in the direction, had it in his power to throw
an enormous mass of stock upon the market, and thus entirely thwarted
Mr. Vanderbilts plans. The latter, therefore, had recourse to Judge
Barnard, and the struggle opened with an injunction locking up all
Drews reserves of stock, and enabling Vanderbilt to prosecute his
plans safely. Drew replied with an injunction from another judge, and
Vanderbilt with yet another from a third judge, and so the fusillade

was kept up until six injunctions had issued on the one side and the
other, resulting apparently in a position of affairs favorable to Mr. Van-
derbilt. He went on, therefore, bravely buying Erie stock right and
left. Not less boldly, however, did Mr. Drew go on selling short,
in spite of the apparent certainty that the injunction first issued by
Judge Barnard would make it impossible for him to fulfil his contracts
without great loss.

Cornelius Vanderbilt 1843-1899

Upon his death in 1877, at age 82, Cornelius Vanderbilt, also known as Commodore Vanderbilt, was the wealthiest man in the United States and probably the greatest of the nineteenth century railroad barons. Earlier in his business career he probably was the greatest shipping tycoon in the United States. His estate was worth 100 million dollars, a sum unheard of in those days. He left the bulk of his estate to his son William Henry Vanderbilt, because he was the only child who had been actively involved in the business that produced the Vanderbilt fortune. William Henry also had been instrumental in building and expanding the railroad business since he joined his father in the management of the organization upon becoming an adult.

http://www.nnp.org/nni/Publications/Dutch-American/vanderbiltc.html

Together as a class:

Economic historians speak of the late nineteenth century as the age of the Great Deflation, an era when, worldwide, prices fell steadily. Falling prices normally signal economic stagnation; there is not enough demand for available goods and services. In England, a mature industrial power, the Great Deflation did indeed signal economic decline. But not in the United Sates. Indeed, industrial expansion went into high gear during the Great Deflation. Increasing manufacturing efficiencies enabled American firms to cut prices and yet earn profits and afford still better equipment. Real income from Americans went up dramatically, increasing by nearly 50 percent (from $388 to $573) between 1877 to 1900. The industrializing economy was a wealth-creating machine beyond anything the world had ever seen.

Henretta, James A., et. al. America: A Concise History Vol. 2, 3^rd Ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s. 2006, 506.

Industrial Age

2009-10-05T18:21:00.000-07:00

Please watch this video. As you are watching, write down 5 things you did not already know about the Industrial Age. Click the link below to see the rubric for this assignment.

http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0ASe7EJ1t5CiJZGduM2d0bWZfOGRwY3ZzeGZo&hl=en

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My Diigo Post

2009-09-19T20:51:00.000-07:00

I chose this website because I looked through it and felt like it had a lot to offer. There is help with lesson plans as well as links to different interactive technology to use for activities, paper writing, etc. http://www.education-world.com/

TeacherTube

2009-09-19T20:01:00.000-07:00

The first video I watched was Classroom Rules. It had a cop rapping school rules. The first 30 seconds of it were playing music from "Ice Ice Baby" but after that there was no music. I'm sure 30 seconds is less than 10% of the song, so that makes it ok. Also even though it was something funny, it wasn't making fun of the song at all so I don't think it diminishes the value of anything. http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=4423&title=Classroom_Rules
The second video I watched was called Crank that GMS. It used the instrumentals from another rap song called "Crank That" by Soulja Boy. Although at the end they gave credit to where the song came from, they used the entire music from beginning to end. I don't think that's allowed and I feel certain they didn't have permission.
http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=31041&title=Crank_That_GMS

2009-09-14T23:02:00.000-07:00

I already have twitter so I just went ahead and added that to my page. I joined linkedin and diigo. For some reason I couldn't get either of them to show up on my page, though. On Google reader I found some sites with great free technology. I also subscribed to 3 pages that have articles on education. The best thing I learned about today was the education section online at the HBLL. But again, it also didn't work when I tried to add it. I did add one amazing website to our Diigo page.

About Me

2009-09-07T15:19:00.000-07:00

My name is Kara Lewis. I'm a history teaching major. I got married at the end of March. On my birthday, the week before school started, I broke 2 of my fingers. Last week I got surgery, so I've already missed 3 days of school and I'm very behind. Ugh!

My Blog

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