Check out my powerpoint here!
I'm speaking on every slide but sometimes it takes a bit to load because SharePoint is online streaming. So please be patient! :-)
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Monday, November 20, 2017
Blog 10
As a teacher, I can imagine that data collection services like surveys will be so helpful. It's always good to know what your students think about certain things so you can make sure you are teaching them and giving lessons in ways that the students will actually benefit from and enjoy. Specifically, if you're a high school teacher, you can provide your students with anonymous surveys. On these surveys, give the students a chance to comment on what they like and don't like about your lessons. Knowing the favorite parts students have can help you make more lessons in the future that they will enjoy even more.
From reviewing my classmates blogs, I really got to view things from another perspective. Throughout the blog experience, we were all instructed to be writing about the same topics. One might think that that would yield similar blog posts, but that wasn't the case. My classmates all have different opinions on things and have come across different tools they have found useful in this class. Reading my various classmates' posts about different education technologies in general really opened my eyes a little more. I was able to read about what they themselves found to be useful and why. I got to read about how my own classmates were reacting to things and further reflecting on different technologies.
It's hard to pinpoint only one educational technology skill that I would like to learn next simply because the world of technology is just so large. There are so many little random things I would like to learn like how to operate 3D printers. Although I have learned a bit about them in this course, I would like to learn how to actually operate one! In addition, I would like to learn how to operate smart boards a little better because I know I will probably be expected to use one in my classroom one day!
From reviewing my classmates blogs, I really got to view things from another perspective. Throughout the blog experience, we were all instructed to be writing about the same topics. One might think that that would yield similar blog posts, but that wasn't the case. My classmates all have different opinions on things and have come across different tools they have found useful in this class. Reading my various classmates' posts about different education technologies in general really opened my eyes a little more. I was able to read about what they themselves found to be useful and why. I got to read about how my own classmates were reacting to things and further reflecting on different technologies.
It's hard to pinpoint only one educational technology skill that I would like to learn next simply because the world of technology is just so large. There are so many little random things I would like to learn like how to operate 3D printers. Although I have learned a bit about them in this course, I would like to learn how to actually operate one! In addition, I would like to learn how to operate smart boards a little better because I know I will probably be expected to use one in my classroom one day!
Tuesday, November 14, 2017
Blog 9
A type of learning that many educators are turning to is that of a flipped classroom. A flipped classroom is meant to be the opposite of a normal classroom. A "normal" way of teaching is having homework and studying out of the classroom and having lectures in classrooms by the teachers. A flipped classroom has students watch lectures online out of the class. Classtime is used to ask questions and discuss what was learned. This helps students really make sure they comprehend the lessons. It also helps the teacher know where the students stand with their knowledge. One website that can provide lectures for students is https://www.coursera.org.
All the open resources available online are helpful for all educators. Open resources online are a form of Creative Commons.Teachers make resources available for other teachers to take advantage of. This can be in either the entire curriculum or just specific lessons. Or even worksheets! A certain website that helps teachers and these resources is Open Up Resources. The website can be found here- https://im.openupresources.org
From the two powerpoint assignments, I learned how to do a lot. First off, I didn't know how to make my own personalized powerpoint slide template. I didn't even know that was a feature! I also didn't understand how to record my own powerpoint with my voice over it. After the second assignment where that was a required thing to do, I have become a professional at it! Overall, these two assignments really helped me get better at powerpoint.
All the open resources available online are helpful for all educators. Open resources online are a form of Creative Commons.Teachers make resources available for other teachers to take advantage of. This can be in either the entire curriculum or just specific lessons. Or even worksheets! A certain website that helps teachers and these resources is Open Up Resources. The website can be found here- https://im.openupresources.org
From the two powerpoint assignments, I learned how to do a lot. First off, I didn't know how to make my own personalized powerpoint slide template. I didn't even know that was a feature! I also didn't understand how to record my own powerpoint with my voice over it. After the second assignment where that was a required thing to do, I have become a professional at it! Overall, these two assignments really helped me get better at powerpoint.
Tuesday, October 31, 2017
Technology and Teacher Professional Development
Through my individual efforts, I got to discover a couple websites to assist with teacher professional development. Among those sites was LinkedIn. LinkedIn is a social media made for professionals to share their accomplishments, the latest news, and simply just stay connected with other professionals and companies! It's very helpful for teachers because it allows them to easily see what other teachers are up to.
From viewing the annotations and bookmarks of others, I got to see what other websites, blogs, and services my classmates have discovered. Among them was a website to find nearby teacher conventions. This can be helpful in keeping track of where and what the nearby conventions are about.
From viewing the annotations and bookmarks of others, I got to see what other websites, blogs, and services my classmates have discovered. Among them was a website to find nearby teacher conventions. This can be helpful in keeping track of where and what the nearby conventions are about.
Monday, October 30, 2017
Blog 8
Adaptive technologies are so helpful in making those students with disabilities be able to feel like they are just like every other student and entirely part of the classroom. One of these types of softwares are different word prediction technologies. This can help students with disabilities type what they need to quicker. Some students with disabilities have real difficulties with typing so this can be very helpful. Another technology could be a special keyboard to help those students who can't see as well be able to type! Some printers can even print braille for these students too. I actually don't know anyone who has used these technologies but they seem so interesting! Some challenges I see right off the bat are things like cost and training for teachers and the students.
Powerpoint is a very effective tool to help make learning happen in the classroom! That can really be represented through the different levels of Bloom's Taxonomy-
Remembering- Many students are visual learners. Being able to show students diagrams on the board when showing a powerpoint can really help to make sure students are able to SEE what they are learning and make sure they don't forget!
Comprehending- On powerpoint, you can have information pop up on command when you are presenting the powerpoint. A way you can integrate comprehension into the powerpoint would be by writing questions on the powerpoint and then listing the answers after but make them appear only when you choose to. Then you quiz students and see what they actually know.
Applying-In powerpoints, you can have a starter question for whatever topic you are about to teach. It will help students start thinking about the topic and then you can show a video or something directly integrated into the powerpoint to really help them apply their prior knowledge into the new topic.
Analyzing- Powerpoints are perfect for analyzing topics! All you have to do is make slides for every part of one topic. You can really go in depth and analyze details on the different slides.
Synthesizing- A complete powerpoint is just tons of little parts put together to form an entire presentation. To synthesize in a powerpoint literally just breakdown a topic and explain in on the powerpoint.
Evaluating- During the powerpoint you can have discussion questions to help make students critically think about topics. Throughout the powerpoint you can list questions to make the students describe different topics and why they feel how they do on them.
Technological education is constantly evolving. Companies are always creating new tools for educators to help with simplicity and ease in teaching. It also can make learning so much more fun for students. It can be hard to stay on top of all the new technologies. That's why websites like EdSurge exist! This website features different articles that focus on topics revolving around technology in education. Theres even a specific subsection in the news tab titled "S'Cool Tools" which only features articles on different technology tools in education!
Powerpoint is a very effective tool to help make learning happen in the classroom! That can really be represented through the different levels of Bloom's Taxonomy-
Remembering- Many students are visual learners. Being able to show students diagrams on the board when showing a powerpoint can really help to make sure students are able to SEE what they are learning and make sure they don't forget!
Comprehending- On powerpoint, you can have information pop up on command when you are presenting the powerpoint. A way you can integrate comprehension into the powerpoint would be by writing questions on the powerpoint and then listing the answers after but make them appear only when you choose to. Then you quiz students and see what they actually know.
Applying-In powerpoints, you can have a starter question for whatever topic you are about to teach. It will help students start thinking about the topic and then you can show a video or something directly integrated into the powerpoint to really help them apply their prior knowledge into the new topic.
Analyzing- Powerpoints are perfect for analyzing topics! All you have to do is make slides for every part of one topic. You can really go in depth and analyze details on the different slides.
Synthesizing- A complete powerpoint is just tons of little parts put together to form an entire presentation. To synthesize in a powerpoint literally just breakdown a topic and explain in on the powerpoint.
Evaluating- During the powerpoint you can have discussion questions to help make students critically think about topics. Throughout the powerpoint you can list questions to make the students describe different topics and why they feel how they do on them.
Technological education is constantly evolving. Companies are always creating new tools for educators to help with simplicity and ease in teaching. It also can make learning so much more fun for students. It can be hard to stay on top of all the new technologies. That's why websites like EdSurge exist! This website features different articles that focus on topics revolving around technology in education. Theres even a specific subsection in the news tab titled "S'Cool Tools" which only features articles on different technology tools in education!
Thursday, October 26, 2017
Adaptive Technology for Diverse Learners
Throughout my individual efforts, I got to understand the kinds of technologies that are out there for those living with disabilities and those who help those living with disabilities. I honestly didn't realize just how many services and products were out there. I can imagine that being affected by disabilities living in today's times as opposed to even 30 years ago must be so different. The technologies today make it easier for those with disabilities to be in classrooms with unaffected students and still be able to benefit from the class. Years ago, that simply wouldn't have been possible because it would have been too difficult to integrate children with disabilities into the lessons made for the other students.
The group presentations made it easy to learn concepts in the textbook. It is easier for me to learn and understand concepts when they are told and explained to me as opposed to just reading things on my own. And in preparation for my personal group's presentation, I had to make sure I knew my material in and out. I did a lot of reading and reading of my section. I wanted to make sure I was going to be able to explain my section and have my classmates actually get something out of the powerpoint!
From viewing the bookmarks and annotations of others, I got to see what kinds of technologies are out there for those with special needs. Being able to go through my classmates bookmarks as opposed to searching tools out on my own made it so much easier for me. I got to not only save time from searching technologies all on my own, but I also got to see technologies that I may not have come across on my own.
The group presentations made it easy to learn concepts in the textbook. It is easier for me to learn and understand concepts when they are told and explained to me as opposed to just reading things on my own. And in preparation for my personal group's presentation, I had to make sure I knew my material in and out. I did a lot of reading and reading of my section. I wanted to make sure I was going to be able to explain my section and have my classmates actually get something out of the powerpoint!
From viewing the bookmarks and annotations of others, I got to see what kinds of technologies are out there for those with special needs. Being able to go through my classmates bookmarks as opposed to searching tools out on my own made it so much easier for me. I got to not only save time from searching technologies all on my own, but I also got to see technologies that I may not have come across on my own.
Monday, October 23, 2017
Blog 7
From using twitter these past weeks, I have come to discover just how helpful it is for educators. I followed various educators and education companies so my feed is always full! I am constantly becoming exposed to different tips, tricks, and facts regarding the education world. The benefits I've come across so far involve the simplicity of twitter. Its so easy to get information. Its also not that much of a time commitment. Its easy to just hop on twitter whenever you have some down time and become connected to whats going on online. The one struggle I have come across myself is that if you're always on twitter, theres not as much new stuff going on all the time. Therefore you aren't learning as much if you're obsessively using twitter.
From the webpage assignment, I got to learn all about Weebly! Before this assignment, I had never used this website before. I think its really good that I now know how to make my own Google calendar and display it on my website. Its so cool that whenever I update the calendar, the calendar shown on my website is updated instantly! Overall I like Weebly for how easy the platform is to figure out. But going along with that simplicity, its hard to personalize the site as much as I would want to just because of the pretty strict layout they allow your websites to follow. Honestly, with my personal website, I'm satisfied and wouldn't change a lot if I were to do this project again. I think every part of this assignment is helpful for my future career because I need to be able to know how to make a website for nearly any teaching position! Here's a direct link to my website. http://msbriannamaphis.weebly.com
With Diigo, I'm able to use webpages and share information in ways that I honestly didn't even know was possible. I think being able to not only bookmark specific pages but actually highlight and write notes directly on the page is such a helpful feature. This tool is so helpful for my relations with my peers simply because its such a simple way to get to share information. Its also so cool to be able to see bookmarked sites of others as well and get to see the kinds of tools your fellow teachers are using. Diigo is just a representation of collaboration at its finest.
From the webpage assignment, I got to learn all about Weebly! Before this assignment, I had never used this website before. I think its really good that I now know how to make my own Google calendar and display it on my website. Its so cool that whenever I update the calendar, the calendar shown on my website is updated instantly! Overall I like Weebly for how easy the platform is to figure out. But going along with that simplicity, its hard to personalize the site as much as I would want to just because of the pretty strict layout they allow your websites to follow. Honestly, with my personal website, I'm satisfied and wouldn't change a lot if I were to do this project again. I think every part of this assignment is helpful for my future career because I need to be able to know how to make a website for nearly any teaching position! Here's a direct link to my website. http://msbriannamaphis.weebly.com
With Diigo, I'm able to use webpages and share information in ways that I honestly didn't even know was possible. I think being able to not only bookmark specific pages but actually highlight and write notes directly on the page is such a helpful feature. This tool is so helpful for my relations with my peers simply because its such a simple way to get to share information. Its also so cool to be able to see bookmarked sites of others as well and get to see the kinds of tools your fellow teachers are using. Diigo is just a representation of collaboration at its finest.
Wednesday, October 18, 2017
ILP "Design" - Prezi
Throughout my time as a student, I have often heard about the online tool "Prezi" for making visually pleasing and informative presentations. I recall seeing my classmates make these back in high school. But I have never taken it upon myself to actually try out this website for myself. So I thought this would be a good opportunity to try out this tool and also show off my design skills a little bit!
Prezi has a very simple user interface. But although it is so simple, the finished product ends up still looking so professional and well put together. The presentation is split up into the title, topics, and subtopics. This simple set up helps keep things organized and helps the Prezi creator think of the main points they need to go over in their presentation and make sure they stay on topic. The ability to add pictures and videos in the presentation itself is another feature that lets the presentation creator get in every bit of information they could possibly want to put in a presentation. And the best part of Prezi? You can make an account for free! There's also a paid version with various premium features but all the basic tools you need to create and share a presentation are available with the free version.
Here's my own Prezi I made while trying out all the features. It's on how to be green!
https://prezi.com/view/EOuKUXaRsaeZChVzb50K/
Overall, I have simply just discovered a new online service I am going to find to be so helpful when I have my own classroom and students to teach!
Prezi has a very simple user interface. But although it is so simple, the finished product ends up still looking so professional and well put together. The presentation is split up into the title, topics, and subtopics. This simple set up helps keep things organized and helps the Prezi creator think of the main points they need to go over in their presentation and make sure they stay on topic. The ability to add pictures and videos in the presentation itself is another feature that lets the presentation creator get in every bit of information they could possibly want to put in a presentation. And the best part of Prezi? You can make an account for free! There's also a paid version with various premium features but all the basic tools you need to create and share a presentation are available with the free version.
Here's my own Prezi I made while trying out all the features. It's on how to be green!
https://prezi.com/view/EOuKUXaRsaeZChVzb50K/
Overall, I have simply just discovered a new online service I am going to find to be so helpful when I have my own classroom and students to teach!
Tuesday, October 17, 2017
Group Activity C.R.A.P.
GROUP ACTIVITY C.R.A.P.
Mrs. Beckham's science class
Contrast- It's pretty easy to read due to the white background and dark words. She put words over pictures but you were still able to read what she's saying. All of the titles are bold making it darker and more visible .
Repetition- The fonts are repeated. On the homepage there wasn't that much repetition. There was a lot of random placement. Not really organized.
Alignment- The three subtitles are aligned perfectly. As well as the pictures. The titles and subtitles are centered neatly.
Proximity- Some of the media are far apart. There's a lot of extra space throughout the webpage. The three subtitles are grouped together.
Via: http://mrsbeckhamscience.weebly.com/
Teacher Productivity Tools
Today, throughout my individual efforts, I looked up different teacher productivity tools. Even just from Googling, I found different posts that ranked different productivity tools. This made it easy to see what other people think of different tools, without having to try them all for myself! I found out that there are so many different programs our there for educators. Some things I never would have even thought would exist to help teachers, do in fact exist!
From viewing annotations and bookmarks of others, I got to find even more services that I hadn't discovered on my own. That is the beauty of collaboration on websites like Diigo. It was nice to be able to go onto websites that my classmates posted and go directly to their annotations and highlights to be able to see what was found to be most important. I got to discover sites like Freshgrade.com, a website to help teachers grade and keep track of grades.
From viewing annotations and bookmarks of others, I got to find even more services that I hadn't discovered on my own. That is the beauty of collaboration on websites like Diigo. It was nice to be able to go onto websites that my classmates posted and go directly to their annotations and highlights to be able to see what was found to be most important. I got to discover sites like Freshgrade.com, a website to help teachers grade and keep track of grades.
Monday, October 16, 2017
Blog 6
From looking around the public pages of school websites, I learned a bit about the kind of information available. Specifically, I searched Lake Whitney Elementary School's website. This K-5 school is located in Winter Garden, Florida. Some upcoming events are listed to keep parents in the know. The different teachers and staff for the different grades are listed. Their emails and such can be found here! You can also find information on becoming a school volunteer here. Links to be able to find the lunch menus can be found too!
I can see myself using technology to be more efficient and effective in all my responsibilities as a future teacher. I would want to use a classroom blog or something to help keep my student's parents in the know, without wasting paper! Online grade recording services and programs would help me share my student's grades with their parents and the school easily. As the podcast brought up, Microsoft Office applications are good for making documents, presentations and more that are going to be shared with many different students/parents. Being able to save whatever you make for use different years is super helpful and saves lots of time as well. Another way to save lots of time is using a web application like Diigo to bookmark sites for easy finding later. Diigo also lets you share sites with your fellow teachers as well!
At the technology sandbox, I discovered so many technologies that I didn't know were even in existence for classroom use! My personal favorite technology I discovered was the SmartBoard that could be written on with dry erase markers and whatever the teacher writes would show up in live time on students smart phones. Students were also able to take screenshots whenever of what the teacher was writing! This is useful for students with teachers that write too fast for them to keep up with and also lets to students focus on learning rather than frantically writing down notes. I also think the giant touch screen tv's that can be turned flat would be very useful in a classroom too. Multiple students can use one at a time offering lots of potential for collaboration and friendly competition among students!
Tuesday, October 10, 2017
Education and Web 2.0
This week, I learned about how useful tools like Diigo can be for both educators and students alike. The amount of collaboration and interactivity of Diigo is so handy. Web 2.0 sites are truly what makes educational technology what they are. Being able to share useful resources and websites with different groups is so helpful! Web 2.0 opens up a whole new world for everyone and the education community specifically!
Just tweeting!
Have you been keeping up to date on my twitter posts? See what I think about my classmates blog posts here! https://twitter.com/briannafsued/status/917454969221079045
Sunday, October 8, 2017
Journal 5
Web 2.0 technologies are very necessary in today's classrooms due to ELA standards. It is important to be able to use interactive websites so students can communicate with teachers and also be able to access media sharing websites like YouTube. I think sites like YouTube are specifically very important in teaching for classrooms. There are videos on literally anything in the educational world available on YouTube for free. Another helpful tool are blogs! I mean, think about what I'm doing right now! Blogs make it easy to communicate my thoughts to my colleagues and educators.
I have discovered a very interesting Web 2.0 site that is both useful to classrooms and saves trees. LiveBinders.com is a website that educators use can create online binders for their students to turn their work in electronically. Gone are the days where you turn in stuff in paper in person! This is super useful because teachers won't misplace papers, students won't have to worry about leaving their printed work at home, or even have to worry about finding a working printer at all.
In chapter 12, I think that the technology I see being the most useful in classrooms are ATOMS. This is a product uses gamification to be an educational toy that uses technology to aid students in learning. ATOMS are electronic building blocks that connect with Bluetooth technologies. They help students learn about technology and engineering. This is very important for children because it can open their eyes to the world of engineering and creating. This technology could be utilized by allowing students to use the blocks to create things relating to the current subjects being learned in science classes.
I have discovered a very interesting Web 2.0 site that is both useful to classrooms and saves trees. LiveBinders.com is a website that educators use can create online binders for their students to turn their work in electronically. Gone are the days where you turn in stuff in paper in person! This is super useful because teachers won't misplace papers, students won't have to worry about leaving their printed work at home, or even have to worry about finding a working printer at all.
In chapter 12, I think that the technology I see being the most useful in classrooms are ATOMS. This is a product uses gamification to be an educational toy that uses technology to aid students in learning. ATOMS are electronic building blocks that connect with Bluetooth technologies. They help students learn about technology and engineering. This is very important for children because it can open their eyes to the world of engineering and creating. This technology could be utilized by allowing students to use the blocks to create things relating to the current subjects being learned in science classes.
Monday, October 2, 2017
Journal 4
Even though I haven't been active on the educational twitter for long, I'm already seeing how this can be beneficial for educators. Personally, I have been interacting with a lot of my peers in the class. I also follow random education twitters who I favorite and retweet their tweets. I can see twitter being really helpful in my future career because of how connected it makes you. Being able to follow your personal school district and also fellow teachers of the same grade/subject as you keeps you in the know. Interacting with your peers is a perfect way to make sure you know the best way to teach ideas to your students and make sure you're on the same page as other teachers teaching the same things as you.
The digital divide has the potential to really affect student success in schools because not being able to use technology as well because you don't have access to it can make if very difficult for some students. For example, if a student from an area with little access to technology transfers to an area with a lot of technology, it would be very hard for them. They probably wouldn't be able to use the different necessary technologies. Its also easier for students with access to the internet to pretty much do everything they might have to do. Lack of money in certain school systems and districts are a big cause of the digital divide. A school that can afford to give every student a netbook versus a school that only has a few old computers in the library can make the digital divide a lot more prevalent. As a teacher, you have to be very aware of the divide to make sure every student has equal opportunities to get work completed. You also have to make sure every student knows how to use all the required online websites and services.
I think, as a future educator, there are certainly specific educational softwares that I think I will use more than others. I think Microsoft Word seems so helpful in being able to create and share tests, documents, and ideas to students! Also, its helpful for students to be able to send and create documents to turn in and assess their knowledge. In like 5th grade, I can see this being so helpful. In that same grade, there are other softwares and services out for me to use that I do not think would be as helpful. I think that like big online informational databases might not be as useful. Fifth graders wouldn't know how to use them nor would they find information useful to them that they would even be able to understand! As an educator of 5th grade, I don't think databases would be as helpful either since the ideas you are going to need to be teaching are more simple and wouldn't need intensive research for a teacher to be able to understand and teach.
The digital divide has the potential to really affect student success in schools because not being able to use technology as well because you don't have access to it can make if very difficult for some students. For example, if a student from an area with little access to technology transfers to an area with a lot of technology, it would be very hard for them. They probably wouldn't be able to use the different necessary technologies. Its also easier for students with access to the internet to pretty much do everything they might have to do. Lack of money in certain school systems and districts are a big cause of the digital divide. A school that can afford to give every student a netbook versus a school that only has a few old computers in the library can make the digital divide a lot more prevalent. As a teacher, you have to be very aware of the divide to make sure every student has equal opportunities to get work completed. You also have to make sure every student knows how to use all the required online websites and services.
I think, as a future educator, there are certainly specific educational softwares that I think I will use more than others. I think Microsoft Word seems so helpful in being able to create and share tests, documents, and ideas to students! Also, its helpful for students to be able to send and create documents to turn in and assess their knowledge. In like 5th grade, I can see this being so helpful. In that same grade, there are other softwares and services out for me to use that I do not think would be as helpful. I think that like big online informational databases might not be as useful. Fifth graders wouldn't know how to use them nor would they find information useful to them that they would even be able to understand! As an educator of 5th grade, I don't think databases would be as helpful either since the ideas you are going to need to be teaching are more simple and wouldn't need intensive research for a teacher to be able to understand and teach.
Tuesday, September 26, 2017
Resource Critique Activity
CPALMS has many different resources for educators. I decided to evaluate some resources I found for 4th grade teachers. There was a specific activity on having students having a scavenger hunt through a book. The standard it covered was LAFS.4.RI.3.7. The standard talks about interpreting information visually, orally, or quantitatively and being able to make sense out of it and say how it relates to the text its presented with. I think that this activity was a good way to check students ability to work with this standard in mind. Specifically, this assignment wants students to find specific things in the given book like a table of contents or charts/graphs. By finding these specific things in books, students are able to understand how they are found to be useful in books.
Here is a link to the entire assignment's information -> http://www.fcrr.org/studentactivities/C_014c.pdf
And above is a page of the assignment that would be given to the student!
Here is a link to the entire assignment's information -> http://www.fcrr.org/studentactivities/C_014c.pdf
Sunday, September 24, 2017
Journal 3
To be honest, I would be comfortable with teaching most of the ELH technology standards. Simply growing up with technology has made it easier for me to be able to understand it enough to teach. For example, I know i would definitely be able to teach things like online collaboration, citing, and being able to update online information. I like to think of myself as pretty tech savvy and would be able to figure out pretty much anything I might possibly ever have to teach my students!
The internet has so many resources that I can see myself using with my students one day. To start off, it's so easy for students to do further research on topics in class through the use of search engines and educational organizations that provide tools and resources for students. Blogs are also a big thing (obviously!). So I could see my own students having to make their own blogs one day. And as far as digital citizenship goes, the age of your students really affects what you would teach them. I want to teach around 4th grade so I would make it a point to talk about how to navigate the web. I'd also want to make sure they know how to protect themselves online on the internet! People can be crazy online so I would want to make sure that my students know how to keep themselves protected.
I really enjoyed doing the newsletter assignment! It was fun to play pretend and write an article for my imaginary students' parents. I got to learn some things that I actually didn't know how to do before this assignment. I hadn't ever had to make a border around words so I got to learn how to do that. Also I hadn't really done a lot of papers that required multiple columns so I got to figure that out too. There wasn't anything really specific that I didn't like about this assignment! I really enjoyed it in general. This assignment was such good practice for when I have a classroom of my own. Real teachers always are writing newsletters for parents- especially elementary school teachers!
The internet has so many resources that I can see myself using with my students one day. To start off, it's so easy for students to do further research on topics in class through the use of search engines and educational organizations that provide tools and resources for students. Blogs are also a big thing (obviously!). So I could see my own students having to make their own blogs one day. And as far as digital citizenship goes, the age of your students really affects what you would teach them. I want to teach around 4th grade so I would make it a point to talk about how to navigate the web. I'd also want to make sure they know how to protect themselves online on the internet! People can be crazy online so I would want to make sure that my students know how to keep themselves protected.
I really enjoyed doing the newsletter assignment! It was fun to play pretend and write an article for my imaginary students' parents. I got to learn some things that I actually didn't know how to do before this assignment. I hadn't ever had to make a border around words so I got to learn how to do that. Also I hadn't really done a lot of papers that required multiple columns so I got to figure that out too. There wasn't anything really specific that I didn't like about this assignment! I really enjoyed it in general. This assignment was such good practice for when I have a classroom of my own. Real teachers always are writing newsletters for parents- especially elementary school teachers!
Tuesday, September 12, 2017
Journal 2
Throughout my life as a student, Microsoft Word has been a program that I have used constantly. Nearly every writing assignment has been written on word and then printed or electronically turned in. Word is fairly easy to navigate through and has made it easy to write and edit essays. It makes it simple to make sure my work is presented in the best way possible. I think I first used Word in elementary school. So this program has been in my school life for many years and I expect it to be a part of it for many more years. My teachers, on the other hand, have also used Word a lot to make tests and quizzes. If it wasn't for word, I can imagine it would be a lot harder to formulate these assignments for the students.
Since I have been in elementary school, I have used copyrighted materials. As have my teachers! But since we have just used them for educational purposes, there are no issues with copyright laws. Fair use lets educators use materials if it helps their students learn. If you follow these laws, you won't have any issues. As a teacher making their own materials, you must be prepared to have your works used by other educators. When students create their own works, you can teach them about how their creations can be shared on the internet for others to view to benefit themselves.
Chapter 11 brought up multiple implementation issues. One of theses issues is cyberbullying. As someone who has been cyberbullied many times in the past(and present!) I feel very strongly on this issue. I also have learned a few ways to deal with this issue. I learned that being strong is the most important thing. People who use the internet as a place to say mean things are insecure mean humans who need to use the mask of the internet to try to make other people feel bad. Once one realizes that, the words from the cyberbullies don't mean as much. On a related note, cyberstalking is another issue that one may potentially deal with. The easiest way to deal with this issue is prevention. Make sure personal social profiles are on private and all public profiles show minimal information. One also should make sure they don't accidentally download dangerous files and such that could hack their computer and self-install stalking programs. Freedom of speech is a difficult issue that can come along with a lot of grey area. Many might think that "freedom of speech" means you can say whatever you want whenever you want! At possibly at the expense of others as well. This is not necessarily the case. When you say things online, especially in schooling settings, one must make sure to not offend fellow classmates and people online. In my future classroom, I'll make sure to bring up these issues and share these prevention tactics with my students.
Since I have been in elementary school, I have used copyrighted materials. As have my teachers! But since we have just used them for educational purposes, there are no issues with copyright laws. Fair use lets educators use materials if it helps their students learn. If you follow these laws, you won't have any issues. As a teacher making their own materials, you must be prepared to have your works used by other educators. When students create their own works, you can teach them about how their creations can be shared on the internet for others to view to benefit themselves.
Chapter 11 brought up multiple implementation issues. One of theses issues is cyberbullying. As someone who has been cyberbullied many times in the past(and present!) I feel very strongly on this issue. I also have learned a few ways to deal with this issue. I learned that being strong is the most important thing. People who use the internet as a place to say mean things are insecure mean humans who need to use the mask of the internet to try to make other people feel bad. Once one realizes that, the words from the cyberbullies don't mean as much. On a related note, cyberstalking is another issue that one may potentially deal with. The easiest way to deal with this issue is prevention. Make sure personal social profiles are on private and all public profiles show minimal information. One also should make sure they don't accidentally download dangerous files and such that could hack their computer and self-install stalking programs. Freedom of speech is a difficult issue that can come along with a lot of grey area. Many might think that "freedom of speech" means you can say whatever you want whenever you want! At possibly at the expense of others as well. This is not necessarily the case. When you say things online, especially in schooling settings, one must make sure to not offend fellow classmates and people online. In my future classroom, I'll make sure to bring up these issues and share these prevention tactics with my students.
Tuesday, September 5, 2017
Monday, September 4, 2017
Journal 1
There are many influences that push teachers to use technology in their classrooms. Simplicity is a big one. Technology also makes many once tedious tasks a lot quicker to accomplish. Grading can be easier, for example, with the use of a Scantron machine. Teaching concepts can be an easier task with different websites that make learning a fun game with virtual incentives for getting math questions right. For students, they can get an education that is geared to their specific needs. Students can work on problems at their own pace and receive immediate feedback for their responses. This ensures that no student is left behind and everyone receives what they need to succeed.
The ISTE standards are important for all teachers. The first standard of learning is one that I believe I can accomplish and really follow. I am learning something new about technology every day! Whenever I don't know what to do, I am quick to turn to the help of my peers. But a standard I might find more difficulty in is the fifth one. Although I am able to figure out technology, I don't think I'm very good at designing things... I like to think of myself as a creative individual, but I still think its hard to create things on my own. I will certainly do my best to make sure all my students are accommodated however I can, though!
Personally, I agree with the title "digital native " for describing the youth of today. By definition, digital youth is used to describe the children who grew up in this generation with constant access to computers, internet, and technology in general. So many young people are very capable of operating various types of technology on their own. Sometimes even more so than the adults! I do see many differences in how digital immigrants such as my teachers and me, a digital native, use technology. In general, I'm able to figure out problems and fix them a lot more so than my own teachers. I am also faster and operating electronics. There have been many situations in classrooms I've been in where the students have taught the teacher something they didn't know about technology. Between me and future students, I anticipate a smaller gap in technological skills than me and my teachers today. I believe I will be able to figure out and operate future electronics just as well as the future youth.
The ISTE standards are important for all teachers. The first standard of learning is one that I believe I can accomplish and really follow. I am learning something new about technology every day! Whenever I don't know what to do, I am quick to turn to the help of my peers. But a standard I might find more difficulty in is the fifth one. Although I am able to figure out technology, I don't think I'm very good at designing things... I like to think of myself as a creative individual, but I still think its hard to create things on my own. I will certainly do my best to make sure all my students are accommodated however I can, though!
Personally, I agree with the title "digital native " for describing the youth of today. By definition, digital youth is used to describe the children who grew up in this generation with constant access to computers, internet, and technology in general. So many young people are very capable of operating various types of technology on their own. Sometimes even more so than the adults! I do see many differences in how digital immigrants such as my teachers and me, a digital native, use technology. In general, I'm able to figure out problems and fix them a lot more so than my own teachers. I am also faster and operating electronics. There have been many situations in classrooms I've been in where the students have taught the teacher something they didn't know about technology. Between me and future students, I anticipate a smaller gap in technological skills than me and my teachers today. I believe I will be able to figure out and operate future electronics just as well as the future youth.
Tuesday, August 29, 2017
My experiences using technology go way back to when I was just a little toddler. Not that I can recall any of this, but my mom always would tell me about how my young self was able to find my way around a computer before she herself could. I was obsessed with little silly computer games. I also was gifted a GameBoy really early on so I had quite the fascination with electronics. And of course now with my phone I'm constantly connected to the world through that amazing invention. Technology has played a role in my life for as long as I can remember!
I hope I gain a little bit more confidence in the different services that are available for the world of education. Technology plays a huge part in education nowadays so it is quite vital to make sure you know how to work all types of technology that you are going to experience in a career in education! In addition, I hope to learn more tips and tricks for certain software I might already be comfortable with now. I'm always ready to learn something new!
I hope I gain a little bit more confidence in the different services that are available for the world of education. Technology plays a huge part in education nowadays so it is quite vital to make sure you know how to work all types of technology that you are going to experience in a career in education! In addition, I hope to learn more tips and tricks for certain software I might already be comfortable with now. I'm always ready to learn something new!
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