ITunes U post #4

Universities are beginning to go the way of teaching online inorder to try to expand their market because before this inorder for the universities to get students the students would have to go to the university and learn there but that is not the case anymore. Universities are trying to expand their clientel by posting lectures online in places as ITunes U because this way there is no more location barrier and students can get the same learning from anywhere at anytime.

The rewards for this could be that after the students see some of the lectures that they become drawn to the University and decide to attend there. Also universities could put their programs online but charge people tuition so this way they expand their potential market and revenue without having to expand their school.

ITunes U post #3

The course I have chosen for this ITunes U assignment is Cost Accounting and it is provided by the University of Central Missouri. This course consists of 20 lessons and they all deal with different aspectd of cost accounting. This course is video taped by a student throughout the proffesors lectures and provides a video of him teaching all the concepts.

One of his lectures deals with unethical behavior and how it is a very large concern in the accounting field. He goes over how it is very easy to make an unethical decison inorder to benefit the company but it is important to not let that get in your way as an accountant and to always choose the ethical decision that also helps the business.

In another one of his lectures he deals with relevant costs and this lecture looks at the recording of costs that are only relevant to the operation of the business. Here he points out how costs such as personal ones for the owner of the business should be avoided and that the only costs recorded were used for the business.

ITunes U post #2 This new type of learning makes it easier for both the teacher and student because it is a much more effective way of learning because the resources are unlimited. This is easier for students to learn because they do not have to rely solely on the teacher and they can use the web and the people around them inorder to get help with things they do not understand. This is easier for students because they are now able to learn how they want to and this suits their learning style more because it is more visual. This is also easier for teachers because they do not have to do as much work all they have to do is give the students assignments and show them all the tools available for them. These teachers do not have to just stand there and teach they are teaching by allowing the students to research on their own. There are many advantages to using a learning style like this because it actually provides students with information that they will use later in life by showing them all the resources available to them on the world wide web. This shows them how they will be able to find help if they need it while in university. Overall i feel that this learning style is very good for students because they learn skills that will actually help them later in life and their resources for learning are unlimited.

ITunes U post #1

I believe that teaching videos such as the videos the Khan Academy posts are very helpful in aiding the learning of many students. I personally have never used videos like this to help me but I wish I knew earlier that there were videos like this out there because these could have been very helpful earlier in my high school career. These videos would have been very helpful for math and would have provided me with the extra help i would of needed instead of paying for a tutor... 

 These videos provide people with the ability to go back and review concepts that they may not have understood which is very helpful while trying to learn a new concept. These videos also help people who learn by visuals such as myself because they receive well drawn demonstrations of how things work and that clears up many questions.  These videos can also be accessed from pretty much anywhere cause they are on youtube which can help people because if they are trying homework and don’t understand it they can use this videos for clarification when there are no teachers around.

These videos are changing the way we learn and it all for the better instead of relying solely on the teacher students are now able to get help all the time not just by the teacher. This will really take learning to a new level because this teaching strategy will begin to be implemented by more and more schools worldwide.

 Overall, I feel that teaching videos like this can really help students in all areas receive more clarification and helps them to become more independent learners. These videos are the future and I can see why after watching one and realizing how helpful and useful they truly are.

Shakespeare post #4 yaa its a little late

This is the video I found to be better

This video is better than the other two because of the fact that it does not do the scene in the typical old fashioned way of doing it it takes it and transforms it into modern day which makes it much easier to watch and understand. This video actually intrigued me because it was entertaining to watch unlike the others that put me to sleep. The fact that it was set in modern times but the language stayed the same really helped me to actually understand the words better because i was better able to understand the context that surrounded them. Overall this modern version i found much better than the other two because it was actually interesting and exciting instead of being the typical shakespeare scene.

Shakespeare Blog post #3

I can overcome the frustration of studying Shakespeare by changing my mindset when going into an assignment such as Shakespeare. This can be done by keeping an open mind when going into assignments and not going based on what everyone else thinks but rather try to be positive about it. Another way to overcome Shakespeare is instead of saying it doesn’t make sense try to understand it because it is not very difficult to understand if it is watched or a summary is read before to provide info about every scene and that will help ones understanding of the play. If it is the teacher that is preventing a student from understanding Shakespeare then it is in that students interest to do their own research and watch the play rather then read it because that will change their mind completely about Shakespeare and they shouldn’t let a bad teacher impact their view of Shakespeare.

Shakespeare post #2

Wikipedia did a good job of providing some in site into the character of Henry the V however they did not do a good job in describing how motivated he really is to obtain his desires and conquer France. Henry the V is a very motivated man and Wikipedia was not able to show me how motivated he really is to achieve his goals and how he will do anything to obtain them.

Out of these 10 tech skills that everyone should have i have 7 of these skills. The first skill internet search i have because i am able to reasearch and find articles relevant to my topic and i am able to use the advanced search to help my research. The next one i have is Office suite skills because i have been taught how to use all the computer programs and i am able to create many different presentaions with many different programs. The next skill i have is the ability to use the internet to get help and if i have any questions or issues i can use the internet to get help. Also i have the skill to type i am able to type very fast and i can do things very quickly while typing. I am also able to use social media effectively and appropriatly because i know how to control what is put out there about myself i am able to prevent inappropiate pictures of myself being posted. Also i do not post anything that would be inappropriate and i would not want future employers to see. I also have netiquette because i know how to keep all my social media appropriate and i am able to make proffesional emails and keep my facebook looking professional. The last skill i have is the ability to find many different apps and software with my phone that are very useful in research. The skills that i dont have are the ability to use the security software on computers appropiately because i do not know how to set up any of the security software but i should probably learn. I also do not know how to back up data onto a hard drive to save all my downloads.

I expect to study and discover this play for myself by reading the book and also watching the movie. To get the book I plan on using the Shakespeare app on my phone to follow the words of the story while I watch the movie. This will help me to understand what is happening because instead of just watching it I can actually know what they are saying by following along while watching the movie. This will give the words meaning and it will help me to understand the context which they are saying everything and it will help me to get a more accurate understanding of the story. To find the movie for my play I am going to go to the Burlington public library and take out the Henry V which has Kenneth Branagh in it. Everything I will need to help me find and discover the play is online and that makes it very convenient for me to do this project. The most helpful tool for doing research on this project will be the internet because it has all the research and everything I could possibly need to know about my book Henry V. The Internet will help me to further understand parts of the play that I may not understand on my own therefore further enabling me and help my understanding of what the story of the book is really about. Overall, I believe that all the research required for this project can be found online so that is what will help me to understand further what this play is about.

Personal Learning Network Assignment

1.       A PLN is an entire collection of people with whom you engage with and exchange information and this typically takes place online.

2.       3 elements of a good PLN are; one, having lots of people with whom you can interact with and share ideas because that is what’s important because a good PLN involves everyone learning from one another. Two, a good PLN has to have lots of participation and posts if there is no one posting anything it will not be a good PLN but if you post lots of different questions or ideas and have in depth discussions this will help to expand you knowledge and provide many different viewpoints. Finally a good PLN must have an idea that other people will be interested in and will want to share their knowledge about it with you if it is a dull idea no one will want to participate or follow so a good idea is vital to a good PLN.

3.       A PLN would help for post secondary schooling because this expands your ability to get help with certain topics if you are struggling with a concept or theory you can use a PLN to get help quickly. This gives a person an edge because now they are able to get help quick without needing to go find help.

4.       Future employers would view an online portfolio as a good thing because it shows to them that you have initiative in making a portfolio for them to see online instead of a paper one like everyone else so that could set you apart. Also it shows them that you are able to use technology well and that has become such a big part of jobs now that it would be vital for an employer to hire someone tech savvy.

5.       My current online foot print is not very employer friendly because of the fact that I am just now starting to use the internet more and more for academic purposes. This class is the first time that I have blogged and I am now realizing all the upside that can come from different online tools such as blogging. To an employer right now my online footprint is not employer friendly but in the future I will continue to explore online tools and make my online footprint employer friendly.

Don Coles was born on April 27, 1927 and he attended U of T as well as Cambridge University where he received a B.A in modern history and a M.A in English literature as well as Canadian Literature.  Coles spent 12 years traveling through Europe where he struggled to write it was only when he returned home that he was able to become a accomplished writer. He taught at York University from 1965 to 1995 which is when his poetry career began to take off and he started writing poetry in 1966. From 1966 till 2000 Don Coles has had many different works published and was a successful teacher as well as poet and he is now retired and resides in Toronto.