Here is my video to the parents.
Here is my video to the students.
Saturday, February 28, 2015
Project #7 part B
For the video to my future students and their parents I chose to do a video as if I were teaching a second grade class. I looked up ALEX standards in different subjects so that I could talk about some of the things we would be learning in class. I used imovie on an ipad to create these two movies.
Here is my video to the parents.
Here is my video to the students.
Here is my video to the parents.
Here is my video to the students.
Thursday, February 26, 2015
Blog Post #7
In the video Using iMovie and the Alabama Virtual Library in Kindergarten it discussed many benefits of imovie and AVL in a Kindergarten classroom. I think the key point in this video is that you should not underestimate you Kindergarten students. A lot of people might think that students of this age are not capable of creating movies on ipads or researching on a regular basis. However, students should not be underestimated because they can. As discussed in this video students love to make videos, especially when it comes to the editing aspect. Students can take pictures, use the iMovie trailer, and fill the frames with their project assignment such as a book trailer. It is good to show the students one or two examples of how to do one and then they can do it on their own.
The Alabama Virtual Library(AVL) is a free resource to anyone living in Alabama. You can attain an AVL card through almost any library in Alabama. AVL is a research based search engine that even Kindergartners can use. The video suggest giving the students a list of animals to go through and research on a weekly basis in order to practice using research skills.
As I watched We All Become Learners I felt agreement with the idea of students teaching in addition to the teacher. In this Michelle Bennett said "Barriers go down and we all learn" referring to the moments that the students get to teach other students as well as teach the instructor something they might not have known. The discussion suggests a change in dynamics and Dr. Strange remarks "so everybody becomes a learner and a teacher".
iPads in the Classroom gave many good perspectives on this topic. The students in the video were using an app they referred to as "ABC magnetic" to interactively learn their spelling lesson. This is a great resource that not only engages the students but also allows time to focus on the lesson of spelling for some students who might be slower at writing. Using the technology allows a faster but still reasonable speed for students to learn. Another app I found intriguing was the "iconverse" app they spoke about. This allowed special needs students who had difficulty speaking to interact with others they would normally not be able to. If the student wanted to say thank you they just pressed the preset button in the app.
Top 10 Reasons to Use Technology in Education gave many great reasons such as engaging students, the ability to learn from experts, and my personal favorite was the Amplivox ipod listening center. This device seems similar to the stations we had as kids where we would listen to a lesson on cassette tapes. However, this device allows you to plug in your ipod and has access for six students to plug in headphones at once. I looked more into this device and found that Wal Mart sells it for less than $80. The Amplivox website sells it for $109. I think this listening center would be worth the investments for my students!
The Alabama Virtual Library(AVL) is a free resource to anyone living in Alabama. You can attain an AVL card through almost any library in Alabama. AVL is a research based search engine that even Kindergartners can use. The video suggest giving the students a list of animals to go through and research on a weekly basis in order to practice using research skills.
As I watched We All Become Learners I felt agreement with the idea of students teaching in addition to the teacher. In this Michelle Bennett said "Barriers go down and we all learn" referring to the moments that the students get to teach other students as well as teach the instructor something they might not have known. The discussion suggests a change in dynamics and Dr. Strange remarks "so everybody becomes a learner and a teacher".
iPads in the Classroom gave many good perspectives on this topic. The students in the video were using an app they referred to as "ABC magnetic" to interactively learn their spelling lesson. This is a great resource that not only engages the students but also allows time to focus on the lesson of spelling for some students who might be slower at writing. Using the technology allows a faster but still reasonable speed for students to learn. Another app I found intriguing was the "iconverse" app they spoke about. This allowed special needs students who had difficulty speaking to interact with others they would normally not be able to. If the student wanted to say thank you they just pressed the preset button in the app.
Top 10 Reasons to Use Technology in Education gave many great reasons such as engaging students, the ability to learn from experts, and my personal favorite was the Amplivox ipod listening center. This device seems similar to the stations we had as kids where we would listen to a lesson on cassette tapes. However, this device allows you to plug in your ipod and has access for six students to plug in headphones at once. I looked more into this device and found that Wal Mart sells it for less than $80. The Amplivox website sells it for $109. I think this listening center would be worth the investments for my students!
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
C4K February
Week 4: This week Noah from Illinois wrote about Jackie Robinson. Noah had an impressive amount of information in his post. He told us Jackie's birth place and date as well as his death place and date. Noah told us that Jackie Robinson was a famous baseball play who was the first black man in the Major League and the first black man to be on a white baseball team. I asked Noah why he thought that was important to Jackie and to history.
Week 3: Today I read a blog by Owen entitled Harry Potter And The Sorcerer’s Stone part 3. Owen did a great job on this post! He summarized the parts of the book that he has read and told us his thoughts on it. He asked what house at Hogwarts we would want to be sorted into. I told him Hufflepuff just because it is really fun to say! He also expressed how Harry might have felt either scared leaving his aunt and uncle or happy to be away from him. I commented that I think it might be both. Harry was probably happy to get away from his aunt and uncle but also scared to be going to a new place alone. I asked Owen if he has ever been to a new place by himself like a new school. Owen did a spectacular job in his spelling and overall writing of this post.
Week 2: In Hunter's blog, Military Pros and Cons, he talks about the different aspects of being in the military. He touches on the points of pay differences for different ranks and also shows a great diagram of the ranks(see below). Hunter says that he would love to be in the military one day because he would love to fight. He talks about how a person in the military has to be good at math and train hard to do well. I offered some thoughts on how well military persons get paid for all ranks and asked if he had any family in the military.
Week 3: Today I read a blog by Owen entitled Harry Potter And The Sorcerer’s Stone part 3. Owen did a great job on this post! He summarized the parts of the book that he has read and told us his thoughts on it. He asked what house at Hogwarts we would want to be sorted into. I told him Hufflepuff just because it is really fun to say! He also expressed how Harry might have felt either scared leaving his aunt and uncle or happy to be away from him. I commented that I think it might be both. Harry was probably happy to get away from his aunt and uncle but also scared to be going to a new place alone. I asked Owen if he has ever been to a new place by himself like a new school. Owen did a spectacular job in his spelling and overall writing of this post.
Week 1 I read a blog post by Jonathan H called "Winter Weather". Jonathan wrote about how he loves the snow and building snow castles! I posted about how we live near the beach and make a lot of sand castles. I also asked him if he has ever built a sand castle before.
Friday, February 20, 2015
CFT #2
The blog I read today, Teach, share, inspire by Julie Reuter, was just that, inspiring! She wrote a great article that inspired courage and reminded us that change and growth are good especially in our line of work. Julie recently won an award for Teacher of the Month and uses this post to thank people as well as answer the question "Why am I a teacher?". Julie explains that the answer to that question can change on a daily basis. However, ultimately the students are the answer. She brags on her students and talks about how they knew exactly what to say and do when she was given an opportunity to move schools after 19 years in the first school. She took the opportunity and is very grateful that she did as discovers growth in her life.
Julie's blog, Just Keep Pedaling, told the story of a lesson learned in her life. Julie had often been afraid of going bike riding though her family and friends were experienced at it. She often found ways to get out of going on biking trips. However, one year she was faced with a decision and went on a bike trail with her family. As she increased her speed and reveled in the freeing feeling of biking she remembered she was not as experienced as those with her. As they came to a stop her foot got stuck in the pedal clip and she fell in front of her kids. While she wasn't happy about letting her kids see her fall at something she set out to do, she used it to inspire them to always get back up and keep going.
Julie's blog, Just Keep Pedaling, told the story of a lesson learned in her life. Julie had often been afraid of going bike riding though her family and friends were experienced at it. She often found ways to get out of going on biking trips. However, one year she was faced with a decision and went on a bike trail with her family. As she increased her speed and reveled in the freeing feeling of biking she remembered she was not as experienced as those with her. As they came to a stop her foot got stuck in the pedal clip and she fell in front of her kids. While she wasn't happy about letting her kids see her fall at something she set out to do, she used it to inspire them to always get back up and keep going.
Blog Post #6
For this post we watched a series of videos of teacher Anthony Capps and professor Dr. John Strange speaking on different topics. The first thing I learned from this assignment is about screen recording. I learned that when you are recording a conference like the ones in the videos you should make sure each person has similar microphone input devices. Dr. Strange had a head set that was close to his mouth and allowed for clear, high volume recording while Capps was speaking farther away into his computers recording device. This caused problems for me as the viewer. I was more focused on turning my volume up to the maximum volume as Capps spoke(and still barely hearing him) and down to half or less volume as Dr. Strange spoke than actually focusing on the content of the videos. So, my first lesson I learned in this is to prepare and prevent volume distractions when videoing a conference.
As for the video lessons I learned from the first two, Project Based Learning Part 1: Experiences of a 3rd Grade Teacher and Project Based Learning Part 2: Experiences of a 3rd Grade Teacher , the following information:
To paraphrase Anthony Capps project based learning should focus on the method by which your students learn versus showing achievement or what they learned. I think this is an important concept. Examples I can think of from when I was in school are a book report which simply states what I learned and a cell structure made from food in science. The book reports were always boring and I don't remember anything about any book report I wrote. However, the science project required us to learn as we created the project. Because we used peanuts, which have high protein, for the amino acids in our cell project, to this day I can remember that amino acids have to do with the proteins in our bodies. Project based learning should be a way to learn and not to show what you have learned.
The videos also talked about topics such as student interest, community involvement, and meeting content standards. I love the example Capps gave that his students used in his classroom when they wrote to Representative Bonner about a current popular topic about women serving in the military. They used iCurrio, a curated search site, to find women in history who served and were able to use real life examples in their letters. This use of iCurrio allowed the students to use technology as well as meet social studies standards as they studied the specific historical figures. By the end the students critiqued each others letters and chose the best ones to send to Representative Bonner. This allowed them to revise and reflect on their work. Capps says "Don't limit what they do. They will go above and beyond if you let them". By allowing the students to choose their historical figure it gave the students a choice and allowed confidence. This encourages students to want to know what they're learning.
Another good site to use in the classroom is Discovery Education where books can become animated and you can bring experts into the classroom.
To summarize the video The Anthony - Strange list of Tips for Teachers Part 1 some of the tips suggested by Anthony Capps and Dr. John Strange are to be a learner yourself, make your work fun, be flexible and creative, strive for 100% student engagement, and share your work such as to an audience.
In Don't Teach Tech - Use It the discussion takes place of technology in the classroom. It is suggest in this video that your lessons are not actually to teach technology but to use it in the process of learning. Capps says to scaffold your technology into learning. For example, have the students use iCurrio to look up a topic. Then, the next week have them use iMovie while in the third week have them combine the two technologies to create a project.
In Additional Thought About Lessons Capps explains the importance of lesson planning. He talks about creating the lesson plan for the year and then breaking that up into units. After, you break down units into projects and create a weekly plan as to how you will cover those. Just as important you then plan the weeks into daily activities which is where you are actually delivering the content to your students.
As for the video lessons I learned from the first two, Project Based Learning Part 1: Experiences of a 3rd Grade Teacher and Project Based Learning Part 2: Experiences of a 3rd Grade Teacher , the following information:
To paraphrase Anthony Capps project based learning should focus on the method by which your students learn versus showing achievement or what they learned. I think this is an important concept. Examples I can think of from when I was in school are a book report which simply states what I learned and a cell structure made from food in science. The book reports were always boring and I don't remember anything about any book report I wrote. However, the science project required us to learn as we created the project. Because we used peanuts, which have high protein, for the amino acids in our cell project, to this day I can remember that amino acids have to do with the proteins in our bodies. Project based learning should be a way to learn and not to show what you have learned.
The videos also talked about topics such as student interest, community involvement, and meeting content standards. I love the example Capps gave that his students used in his classroom when they wrote to Representative Bonner about a current popular topic about women serving in the military. They used iCurrio, a curated search site, to find women in history who served and were able to use real life examples in their letters. This use of iCurrio allowed the students to use technology as well as meet social studies standards as they studied the specific historical figures. By the end the students critiqued each others letters and chose the best ones to send to Representative Bonner. This allowed them to revise and reflect on their work. Capps says "Don't limit what they do. They will go above and beyond if you let them". By allowing the students to choose their historical figure it gave the students a choice and allowed confidence. This encourages students to want to know what they're learning.
Another good site to use in the classroom is Discovery Education where books can become animated and you can bring experts into the classroom.
To summarize the video The Anthony - Strange list of Tips for Teachers Part 1 some of the tips suggested by Anthony Capps and Dr. John Strange are to be a learner yourself, make your work fun, be flexible and creative, strive for 100% student engagement, and share your work such as to an audience.
In Don't Teach Tech - Use It the discussion takes place of technology in the classroom. It is suggest in this video that your lessons are not actually to teach technology but to use it in the process of learning. Capps says to scaffold your technology into learning. For example, have the students use iCurrio to look up a topic. Then, the next week have them use iMovie while in the third week have them combine the two technologies to create a project.
In Additional Thought About Lessons Capps explains the importance of lesson planning. He talks about creating the lesson plan for the year and then breaking that up into units. After, you break down units into projects and create a weekly plan as to how you will cover those. Just as important you then plan the weeks into daily activities which is where you are actually delivering the content to your students.
Friday, February 13, 2015
Blog Post #5
What are Personal Learning Networks (PLN)?
PLN are a group of people, sites, and available technology that help you to learn and grow on a specific content area.
How can they help you as a teacher?
As a teacher we have to accept that the world is constantly changing and so is the way we attain knowledge. PLN can help us keep up with the changes and allow us to constantly learn and grow. That way we can give that growing knowledge to our students as they come in each year.
How are they formed?
You personally form your own PLN based on a certain subject or content area. You gather sites, people, and information through technology and those connections are your PLN. You create your PLN.
How can you create your own PLN?
You can find specialist specific to your subject and add their websites, twitter, emails, etc. You can put them on a personalized dashboard site such as Symbaloo. There all your accumulated links, people, and information reside so that you can go to it at any time. You have to research to find the best PLN.
Who will be the first additions to your PLN?
I think this class has offered a lot of great resources and information. I am already following some Twitter accounts of professors here at the University of South Alabama and professional educators elsewhere that I think would be a good start for my PLN. The blogs of teachers that we have been commenting on are also a good start to building my PLN.
PLN are a group of people, sites, and available technology that help you to learn and grow on a specific content area.
How can they help you as a teacher?
As a teacher we have to accept that the world is constantly changing and so is the way we attain knowledge. PLN can help us keep up with the changes and allow us to constantly learn and grow. That way we can give that growing knowledge to our students as they come in each year.
How are they formed?
You personally form your own PLN based on a certain subject or content area. You gather sites, people, and information through technology and those connections are your PLN. You create your PLN.
How can you create your own PLN?
You can find specialist specific to your subject and add their websites, twitter, emails, etc. You can put them on a personalized dashboard site such as Symbaloo. There all your accumulated links, people, and information reside so that you can go to it at any time. You have to research to find the best PLN.
Who will be the first additions to your PLN?
I think this class has offered a lot of great resources and information. I am already following some Twitter accounts of professors here at the University of South Alabama and professional educators elsewhere that I think would be a good start for my PLN. The blogs of teachers that we have been commenting on are also a good start to building my PLN.
Thursday, February 12, 2015
Friday, February 6, 2015
Project #2
For Project #2 our group created 3 different rubrics using Rubistar. We collaborated on what criteria we felt was important to evaluate and broke it up into groups. We then input the information into the rubric generator and posted it into a google doc to share.
Here are the rubrics:
Blog Post Rubric
Group Rubric
Project Rubric
Here are the rubrics:
Blog Post Rubric
Group Rubric
Project Rubric
Blog Post #4
"What do we need to know about asking questions to be an effective teacher?" (John Strange. Blog post #4). This is our main focus for this blog.
This week we read a few articles and watched a couple of videos on asking effective questions(references listed at the bottom). There were a lot of great suggestions on style, technique, and types of questions. Some of the articles spoke about how, as an effective teacher, we need to steer away from general questions. It is important to be very selective with our questions. One way to do this is to write questions prior to the lesson. This allows for questions to be thought out and well placed. You can also save good questions such as ones a student might ask in one class to use in the next.
A topic mentioned in multiple sources is that of open-ended questions versus close-ended questions. Close-ended questions are ones that require a short answer such as yes, no, or a short phrase that fully answers the question asked. These types of questions also are known to lead a student to the answer. For example, "If a community has a high poverty level, there would be more families on welfare, right?". An open-ended question is one that requires more thinking. An example of an open-ended questions could be "Can you list some of the effects high poverty levels might have on a community". By asking to list answers one allows a student various ways to answer a question. These types of questions tend to give the student an option as to the form of the answer given. It is better to ask open-ended questions in order to get students thinking more critically.
Style and technique were two other topics brought up multiple times in the source list. I found it interesting to realize that what style you use in questioning directly effects what style your students use to answer. Sometimes students will even repeat the question back to you as they answer the question. That is one reason it is so important for effective teachers to model good questioning styles and strategies. Learning proper questioning strategies is important for students to learn and use throughout all aspects of their life.
The article I found, Asking Good Questions, did a great job explaining and breaking down Blooms Taxonomy and other paths of questioning. This article talks about different methods we, as effective teachers, need to know and practice.
Three Ways to Ask Better Questions in the Classroom
Asking Questions to Improve Learning
The Right Way to Ask Questions in the Classroom
Asking better questions in the classroom
Questioning Styles and Strategies
The Right Question Institute
Open Ended Questions
Thursday, February 5, 2015
Project #15
For this project I have chosen eight different search engines and taken time to use them. For my main search criteria I used my husband's full name "Jonathon Marc Sanders" to compare what the engines could pull up.
The first engine I searched was Yahoo. With in the first page of links this engine pulled up my husband's facebook page. It also shows the images as a row on the first page rather than having to click the "images" link to get to the first few. The first image on the Yahoo search was of my husband and I at our first Easter dinner together a few years ago. I think this engine worked well, pulled good information, and I liked that the images were also shown on the first page. This search engine would be good for really all searches.
The next engine was Webcrawler. The first thing I noticed on this engine was all the ads. There were six ad links taking up half the page. I do not like that about this engine. Webcrawler did bring up my husbands facebook page within the first page of links. However, it does not show images on the first page of links. Though, when I clicked on images it did show the same picture that Yahoo had. It was also the first image. I do not think I would use this engine again. This search engines seems it would be good for all searches if you don't mind a bunch of ads.
Wow is the next search engine on the list. Wow had five ads on the page. This search engine did not seem to search the whole name but focused on "Marc" instead. There was no information on my husband in the links or in the images. This site does not show a row of images in the initial search either. This search engine would probably be better for searching factual information and one worded searches. I will not use this search engine again.
Wolframalpha was a different but good search engine. When I searched my husband's name it showed the message "development of this topic is under investigation" and gave me an option to email them about the search topic. I decided to search a simple math problem and it gave me that answer as well as additional information such as a number line, graphs and other information that might be useful. I also typed in "square root" and just hit about 15 different numbers in random order. It gave me the answer, explanation, and other information like the first math problem. Other topics I searched were "COD", "ukelele", "piano chords" and "civil war". It recognized that COD is a video game but did not give much information. It pulled up good musical information and very useful information about the war. This engine obviously is for educational searches and less for popular or people criteria.
I liked the option that you could upload a picture and search based on that upload. You could do the same with a file. You could also input a whole set of data and I assume it figure it for you. I did not test these functions but it is useful to know they are there. I will use this engine in the future.
The next search engine was aol. I did not like this search. It suggested a spelling change to how it thought Jonathon's name should be spelled. That is not the bad part. The bad part is that it proceeded to search with the suggestion and not what I typed! It didn't even wait for me to click the suggestion but rather assumed that is what I meant. Needless to say it did not pull up any information on my husband nor any images. It also focused a lot on the "Marc". I would not use this search engine given a choice. It probably is useful for popular news and gossip.
ask was the next engine I tried. This search engine was pretty much identical to the aol search engine. It made a suggestion and searched by that. However, it did have the Easter image as the first image. This search engine was okay and overall pretty basic. This would be good for probably all general searches.
A search engine I had never heard of before this assignment is Blekko. I really liked the layout of this engine. It had a nice blue color and good format. It was appealing to look at. It pulled up Jonathon's facebook page and also had the Easter image as the first picture. I would consider using this search engine again. It seems it would be good for all searches.
infospace was the final search engine I tried out. There were four ads at the top of this page. However, it did pull up Jonathon's facebook page and the Easter image was the first. Nothing about this search engine really stood out to me. I will most likely not use this engine again.
The first engine I searched was Yahoo. With in the first page of links this engine pulled up my husband's facebook page. It also shows the images as a row on the first page rather than having to click the "images" link to get to the first few. The first image on the Yahoo search was of my husband and I at our first Easter dinner together a few years ago. I think this engine worked well, pulled good information, and I liked that the images were also shown on the first page. This search engine would be good for really all searches.
The next engine was Webcrawler. The first thing I noticed on this engine was all the ads. There were six ad links taking up half the page. I do not like that about this engine. Webcrawler did bring up my husbands facebook page within the first page of links. However, it does not show images on the first page of links. Though, when I clicked on images it did show the same picture that Yahoo had. It was also the first image. I do not think I would use this engine again. This search engines seems it would be good for all searches if you don't mind a bunch of ads.
Wow is the next search engine on the list. Wow had five ads on the page. This search engine did not seem to search the whole name but focused on "Marc" instead. There was no information on my husband in the links or in the images. This site does not show a row of images in the initial search either. This search engine would probably be better for searching factual information and one worded searches. I will not use this search engine again.
Wolframalpha was a different but good search engine. When I searched my husband's name it showed the message "development of this topic is under investigation" and gave me an option to email them about the search topic. I decided to search a simple math problem and it gave me that answer as well as additional information such as a number line, graphs and other information that might be useful. I also typed in "square root" and just hit about 15 different numbers in random order. It gave me the answer, explanation, and other information like the first math problem. Other topics I searched were "COD", "ukelele", "piano chords" and "civil war". It recognized that COD is a video game but did not give much information. It pulled up good musical information and very useful information about the war. This engine obviously is for educational searches and less for popular or people criteria.
I liked the option that you could upload a picture and search based on that upload. You could do the same with a file. You could also input a whole set of data and I assume it figure it for you. I did not test these functions but it is useful to know they are there. I will use this engine in the future.
The next search engine was aol. I did not like this search. It suggested a spelling change to how it thought Jonathon's name should be spelled. That is not the bad part. The bad part is that it proceeded to search with the suggestion and not what I typed! It didn't even wait for me to click the suggestion but rather assumed that is what I meant. Needless to say it did not pull up any information on my husband nor any images. It also focused a lot on the "Marc". I would not use this search engine given a choice. It probably is useful for popular news and gossip.
ask was the next engine I tried. This search engine was pretty much identical to the aol search engine. It made a suggestion and searched by that. However, it did have the Easter image as the first image. This search engine was okay and overall pretty basic. This would be good for probably all general searches.
A search engine I had never heard of before this assignment is Blekko. I really liked the layout of this engine. It had a nice blue color and good format. It was appealing to look at. It pulled up Jonathon's facebook page and also had the Easter image as the first picture. I would consider using this search engine again. It seems it would be good for all searches.
infospace was the final search engine I tried out. There were four ads at the top of this page. However, it did pull up Jonathon's facebook page and the Easter image was the first. Nothing about this search engine really stood out to me. I will most likely not use this engine again.
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
C4T#1
Today I read the blog Stump the Teacher by Josh Stumpenhorst. I read the post entitled "Educational Erosion". This post was interesting as it talked about the concept of how a "sucky" teacher got to that position. He used the metaphor of erosion, specifically water pressure, types of rocks, pressure, supports, and shelter, to illustrate the daily and yearly outside sources that may cause an educator to lose their initial passion. Teachers do not ever stop wanting to teacher. However, many outside sources trying to control how they teach is what causes them to look elsewhere for a job. The article discusses the idea that a "sucky" teacher might not have always been that way. It is up to us as fellow teachers, co-workers to give each other support to help balance the stress caused by things such as assessments, initiatives, and meetings. Stumpenhorst states at the end of the post "erosion over time can create smooth and polished masterpieces if it is controlled and nurtured. However, if unprotected it will ravage and destroy all in its path". He helps us visualize through this illustration just how important it is to keep your passion and help those around you do the same.
The next post by Stumpenhorst was Bullies, Trolls, and Fakes. In this post he talked about the inevitable point that no matter what you post on the Internet there will always be someone there to talk you down. Either someone will get mad at you for being your race, ethnicity, etc and commenting, for commenting on the topic in general, or for not commenting soon enough. He also posted on the "fakes" or the people who only post their success online. Stumpenhorst pointed out that they aren't as perfect as they seem and one should not let that get them down. The "fake"s only post what is good and not those bad days in the class. Overall it is a good reminder for anyone new to the Internet that there will be someone against you no matter your stance on any topic.
The next post by Stumpenhorst was Bullies, Trolls, and Fakes. In this post he talked about the inevitable point that no matter what you post on the Internet there will always be someone there to talk you down. Either someone will get mad at you for being your race, ethnicity, etc and commenting, for commenting on the topic in general, or for not commenting soon enough. He also posted on the "fakes" or the people who only post their success online. Stumpenhorst pointed out that they aren't as perfect as they seem and one should not let that get them down. The "fake"s only post what is good and not those bad days in the class. Overall it is a good reminder for anyone new to the Internet that there will be someone against you no matter your stance on any topic.
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