I decided to make a Glogster for my Design ILP. I hope to be a high school English teacher one day and I had never even seen this program before doing this project. It is a helpful resource in creating virtual posters or study guides. I created a book report/study guide for one of my favorite books "The Kite Runner". I included study questions, pictures, themes, characters, setting, and a summary of the book. Glogster can be helpful in any classroom for making lessons more interactive and visually appealing. The only issue I had with Glogster was that I can't use it on my laptop, I am only able to use it on a iPhone or iPad and it is kind of hard to maneuver and edit certain things. But overall I really liked it and I will probably keep the app for future use.
Click here to see my Glogster
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
ILP Participation: Webinar
I attended a Webinar called ""Making Online Student Safety a Priority”. This was a very interesting webinar and I feel like I learned a lot. There were three speakers, Diana Graber, Luann Hughs, and Kathy Boehle. Diana is the co founder of Cyberwise. Luann is the Director of technology for Temple ISD and Kathy is the manager of Gaggle. They started out the webinar telling us facts about youth these days like that 96% of teens use social media. They also told us that 67% of teens have sent or received sexually suggestive content which is a scary fact. 90% of children the ages 8-16 have seen porn online and 65% of children ages 8-14 have been involved in cyberbullying incidents.
Experts agree that the digital skills kids need most are social and behavioral skills. Digital citizenship focuses on these skills. This includes plagiarism, sexting, digital drama, and online privacy. Students need help learning how to use technology wisely. A lot of teachers lack easy-to-use tools to meet digital literacy standards. The solution for this is Cyber Civics which is a three year digital media literacy program for middle schoolers that meets an urgent and growing need to prepare students with skill to be ethical, competent, and empowered digital citizens.
Kathy Boehle then starts talking about Gaggle which is the leading provider of communication collaboration. She gives us scary facts about how 1 student a month responds to ads on Craigslist for sex. Gaggle also detects Facebook groups with violent content. With the use of Gaggle, they began to see an increase in children looking for help from the Gaggle team.
I learned a lot about internet safety from this Webinar and I also learned a lot of scary facts surrounding children and the internet. A lot of these programs the speakers spoke on could be very beneficial for any school or home. It was interesting to learn about these programs and I am glad I tuned into this Webinar.
Experts agree that the digital skills kids need most are social and behavioral skills. Digital citizenship focuses on these skills. This includes plagiarism, sexting, digital drama, and online privacy. Students need help learning how to use technology wisely. A lot of teachers lack easy-to-use tools to meet digital literacy standards. The solution for this is Cyber Civics which is a three year digital media literacy program for middle schoolers that meets an urgent and growing need to prepare students with skill to be ethical, competent, and empowered digital citizens.
Kathy Boehle then starts talking about Gaggle which is the leading provider of communication collaboration. She gives us scary facts about how 1 student a month responds to ads on Craigslist for sex. Gaggle also detects Facebook groups with violent content. With the use of Gaggle, they began to see an increase in children looking for help from the Gaggle team.
I learned a lot about internet safety from this Webinar and I also learned a lot of scary facts surrounding children and the internet. A lot of these programs the speakers spoke on could be very beneficial for any school or home. It was interesting to learn about these programs and I am glad I tuned into this Webinar.
Monday, November 16, 2015
10. Technology Jeopardy Edition
This week in our Powerpoint presentation assignment, I learned a lot of new skills. Basically I learned a lot about getting content from the internet and downloading it so that I can use it in my lessons. I had to download a Jeopardy template and I also downloaded free music to put onto my slides. We also worked a bit more on navigating from slide to slide without it being automatic which is pretty cool. I actually really liked this assignment. Next time instead of using a template, I will probably try to make it by myself. This will also come in handy when I do become a teacher because it can make reviewing for tests fun and interesting.
I am a very opinionated person and I loved reading other people's opinions in their blogs. For example, I personally did not think flipping the classroom completely was such a good idea but a lot of people disagreed with me and thought it was. I also liked learning about the different technology other students were provided with when they were growing up. Some students parents were IT people while others didn't even have computers at their houses which I thought was very cool and different. I really enjoyed reading and commenting on everyone's blogs
Today in class we learned about Excel a little. I had used Excel before but never to that extent where there were formulas and other cool things. I didn't know it could do half the things that we did today. I would love to take time and learn more about Excel and try and use it as much as I can because it really is a handy thing. It makes calculating grades easier and even if I were trying to make a budget or keep track of money.
I hope to achieve my technology related teaching goals just by keeping my mind open! Learning these things will come with time and through experience. I will probably learn more as I progress in studying to be a teacher at FSU. I will hopefully also learn new skills from other teachers I work with and maybe even students. I really enjoyed this class and I feel like I learned a lot that I can use in my future career. :)
Survey FRUIT :)
Here is the link to my survery- please take it and let me know what you think about fruit. :)
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Monday, November 9, 2015
9. Power(Point)fully Flipping the Classroom
I personally think the idea of a flipped classroom is a great idea but I am not sure it is realistic. The idea is that instead of students just listening to the teacher during class, they are discussing the subject with other students and the teacher so that they are more actively learning and involving themselves. Although this may sound very proactive and beneficial for the students, this would require that students read and follow recordings before class each day. This would make it hard for some students to keep up and all students would need to have the motivation to actually do the research so that they can contribute to the conversations. Here is a link to educational videos- http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/?gclid=CjwKEAiApYGyBRC-g_jIstuduV8SJABCEzhZXxIrAZPv2d3Rm5Z_suAIh2yJKoa5rS-P_1HwLVCidRoCnpnw_wcB
I am going to review Edutopia. This site is basically just a website directed towards teachers for their own professional development. Instead of it just being a site for teachers to look at, it is a community. All the teachers can chat and share stories. They can share their mistakes they've made as a teacher and also techniques that have worked well for them. It is a nice way to get new ideas for the classroom.
This site also includes videos and articles for professional development. It has a lot of videos and articles about how to make the classroom more technologically advanced. It includes certain projects for teachers to give to students, for example, "The Kindness Project". I think this website is great because it gives teachers ideas and ways to make the classroom more beneficial for their students and for themselves. Here is a link to the website- http://www.edutopia.org/teacher-development
I have not finished my PowerPoint project yet but it is a little challenging. While I have used PowerPoint all my life, it is tough to navigate through it sometimes and figure out all the certain applications that the assignment tells us to use. I am glad that we have this assignment and skill check though because PowerPoint is very important when you are a teacher. It is important to have for lectures and projects in the classroom. Learning all these special effects will help get my PowerPoint more interactive and entertaining for students which will come in handy. Here is a screenshot to the first slide of my PowerPoint. I used Halloween theme because I wish Halloween wasn't over.
I am going to review Edutopia. This site is basically just a website directed towards teachers for their own professional development. Instead of it just being a site for teachers to look at, it is a community. All the teachers can chat and share stories. They can share their mistakes they've made as a teacher and also techniques that have worked well for them. It is a nice way to get new ideas for the classroom.
This site also includes videos and articles for professional development. It has a lot of videos and articles about how to make the classroom more technologically advanced. It includes certain projects for teachers to give to students, for example, "The Kindness Project". I think this website is great because it gives teachers ideas and ways to make the classroom more beneficial for their students and for themselves. Here is a link to the website- http://www.edutopia.org/teacher-development
I have not finished my PowerPoint project yet but it is a little challenging. While I have used PowerPoint all my life, it is tough to navigate through it sometimes and figure out all the certain applications that the assignment tells us to use. I am glad that we have this assignment and skill check though because PowerPoint is very important when you are a teacher. It is important to have for lectures and projects in the classroom. Learning all these special effects will help get my PowerPoint more interactive and entertaining for students which will come in handy. Here is a screenshot to the first slide of my PowerPoint. I used Halloween theme because I wish Halloween wasn't over.
Monday, November 2, 2015
8. Technology Divided
Out of all the technologies that we learned about in Chapter 12, I believe that 3D printing shows the most promise. At first, I thought this was useless and I didn't fully understand how it could be helpful in a classroom setting or any setting at all. I thought it was just a fancy thing that made nothing into something. I was wrong though and it actually has a lot of uses that could change education. 3D printing can become useful in almost any subject. In history, it can print out replicas of fossils or artifacts from certain historical events. In geography, it can create a map that shows distances between areas students are learning about. 3D printers also are useful when it comes to kids with disabilities. It can print out brail for kids who are blind and it helps blind kids feel what other students are able to see.
Biometrics is a technology that is not yet being used in classrooms but I am confident that it will soon become big in classrooms. When first reading about this, I thought it was a little weird and too advanced for classrooms but now I feel like it could really improve student's learning and improve the way teachers teach. It can track student's heart rate, body odor, the way they are feeling. It helps determine how students are learning and if they are understanding the information being taught. This could help teachers individualize the way they teach each student. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/next/tech/biometrics-and-the-future-of-identification/
The digital divide is basically a divide between people who have access to technology vs. people who don't have access to technology. I was lucky enough to always have access to technology growing up. I never had access to super high tech stuff but I always was able to use a computer if I needed it. Being a teacher, this could be tough. We can't just assume that students know how to use a computer because they may not be able to at home. As a teacher, I would try to make sure that all students were able to use the school computers and were knowledgable in the basics of using it. Technology is so important in society today and I believe all students and teachers should be able to use it and should be taught how to use it.
Biometrics is a technology that is not yet being used in classrooms but I am confident that it will soon become big in classrooms. When first reading about this, I thought it was a little weird and too advanced for classrooms but now I feel like it could really improve student's learning and improve the way teachers teach. It can track student's heart rate, body odor, the way they are feeling. It helps determine how students are learning and if they are understanding the information being taught. This could help teachers individualize the way they teach each student. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/next/tech/biometrics-and-the-future-of-identification/
The digital divide is basically a divide between people who have access to technology vs. people who don't have access to technology. I was lucky enough to always have access to technology growing up. I never had access to super high tech stuff but I always was able to use a computer if I needed it. Being a teacher, this could be tough. We can't just assume that students know how to use a computer because they may not be able to at home. As a teacher, I would try to make sure that all students were able to use the school computers and were knowledgable in the basics of using it. Technology is so important in society today and I believe all students and teachers should be able to use it and should be taught how to use it.
Monday, October 26, 2015
7. Blooming Technology
Teaching Bloom's Taxonomy through Powerpoint:
Lesson: Discussing a Book
Evaluation: The process of evaluating something consists of assessing theories and comparing ideas. Bringing up issues on a Powerpoint and having students discuss them and evaluate them together while being able to read the information on the Powerpoint would be very helpful.
Synthesis: Using old concepts to create new ideas. Students could be given a concept from the book and then they would each have to create their own Powerpoint describing a idea they gained from this specific concept.
Analyzing: Powerpoint can be used for teachers to break down big ideas from the book into different slides so students can analyze each idea separately until they understand the larger picture.
Applying: Students can use Powerpoint to apply the information they learned in class into a Powerpoint presentation that they can use for their own benefit or to present to the class.
Understanding: Powerpoint helps students understand the information being taught by having all the information in one place with pictures that contribute to what they are learning.
Remembering: Teachers can post their Powerpoint online so students can study the information and it will help them remember it for tests and quizzes.
Adaptive Learning Technologies are used to help students with learning disabilities and also physical and mental disabilities. Students who are blind could be provided with brail printers and speech recognition applications instead of typing. They could also use a track ball or a joy stick instead of a mouse. Students who have learning disabilities could use spell checkers and also computer provided organizers. I do know students who have has to use spell checkers and certain other programs online because they have trouble learning. Using these things in the classroom could be difficult because students who do not have disabilities could want to use the technology and not understand why other students are the only ones using it which could cause issues in the classroom.
This website was interesting and I wish I could have spent more time on it to really make it good. This skill is helpful for any career you choose. I want to be a teacher and this would be helpful to parents and students to have a website. Weebly is also a very good website to help make this and it made it very easy and simple. Here is a link to my website:
http://sophiesstudents.weebly.com
Lesson: Discussing a Book
Evaluation: The process of evaluating something consists of assessing theories and comparing ideas. Bringing up issues on a Powerpoint and having students discuss them and evaluate them together while being able to read the information on the Powerpoint would be very helpful.
Synthesis: Using old concepts to create new ideas. Students could be given a concept from the book and then they would each have to create their own Powerpoint describing a idea they gained from this specific concept.
Analyzing: Powerpoint can be used for teachers to break down big ideas from the book into different slides so students can analyze each idea separately until they understand the larger picture.
Applying: Students can use Powerpoint to apply the information they learned in class into a Powerpoint presentation that they can use for their own benefit or to present to the class.
Understanding: Powerpoint helps students understand the information being taught by having all the information in one place with pictures that contribute to what they are learning.
Remembering: Teachers can post their Powerpoint online so students can study the information and it will help them remember it for tests and quizzes.
Adaptive Learning Technologies are used to help students with learning disabilities and also physical and mental disabilities. Students who are blind could be provided with brail printers and speech recognition applications instead of typing. They could also use a track ball or a joy stick instead of a mouse. Students who have learning disabilities could use spell checkers and also computer provided organizers. I do know students who have has to use spell checkers and certain other programs online because they have trouble learning. Using these things in the classroom could be difficult because students who do not have disabilities could want to use the technology and not understand why other students are the only ones using it which could cause issues in the classroom.
This website was interesting and I wish I could have spent more time on it to really make it good. This skill is helpful for any career you choose. I want to be a teacher and this would be helpful to parents and students to have a website. Weebly is also a very good website to help make this and it made it very easy and simple. Here is a link to my website:
http://sophiesstudents.weebly.com
Monday, October 19, 2015
6. Blogging Productively
Trying to find a school website I could talk about, I immediately thought about my High School. I only graduated two years ago so I do miss it and going on their school website made me very nostalgic. But when I was looking at their website and trying to navigate to a teacher's website, it seemed that none of the teachers even had websites. I would click on a teacher and all that would pop up is this-
Since this website was disapointing, I went to my elementary school website (which all of my younger siblings still attend except for two of them). This website was a bit more encouraging where all of the teachers had very cute and fun pages but needed a passcode to enter which I thought was good and safer for teachers and students. Here is a picture of one of the teacher's websites-
This is actually my third grade teacher at Trinity Catholic School and she is still teaching! She has links to all of the spelling words which could be helpful to parents in helping their students study! She also includes a calender with all of their events and a class schedule to parents will know which classes their chidlren are in at what time. This website is very helpful to parents and it is cute and fun to look at!
We learned in the podcast that productivity tools help people complete everyday tasks easier. Some of the tools they mentioned were Microsoft Office, Evernote, and Diigo. I use Microsoft Office a lot for papers and Powerpoint already. Using Powerpoint while teaching is very important, I believe. It helps put notes on the projector so students can take notes while you explain what you're teaching into more detail. Evernote helps people take notes and it saves automatically so you never lose your information. Teaching using productivity tools is very important while teaching because it helps with record taking and jobs that you do everyday.
I learned a lot from our website evaluation project and I also got to work with some cool people! We evaluated websites based on currency, accuracy, design, and accessibility. These are all extremely important when you are trying to decide if a website is reliable or not. This skill is very important to have when you are a teacher because you ant to make sure that the information that you are giving your students is up to date and correct. Also, if you are allowing and encouraging children to go on certain websites, you want to make sure that it is appropriate and easy to work. I liked this project because I believe it is important and I understand why we were assigned to it. Here is a picture of my evaluation of the website http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/history-native-americans
We learned in the podcast that productivity tools help people complete everyday tasks easier. Some of the tools they mentioned were Microsoft Office, Evernote, and Diigo. I use Microsoft Office a lot for papers and Powerpoint already. Using Powerpoint while teaching is very important, I believe. It helps put notes on the projector so students can take notes while you explain what you're teaching into more detail. Evernote helps people take notes and it saves automatically so you never lose your information. Teaching using productivity tools is very important while teaching because it helps with record taking and jobs that you do everyday.
I learned a lot from our website evaluation project and I also got to work with some cool people! We evaluated websites based on currency, accuracy, design, and accessibility. These are all extremely important when you are trying to decide if a website is reliable or not. This skill is very important to have when you are a teacher because you ant to make sure that the information that you are giving your students is up to date and correct. Also, if you are allowing and encouraging children to go on certain websites, you want to make sure that it is appropriate and easy to work. I liked this project because I believe it is important and I understand why we were assigned to it. Here is a picture of my evaluation of the website http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/history-native-americans
Monday, October 12, 2015
5. The Wonderful Web
In the podcast, we learned that web 1.0 is not used in classrooms as much anymore. Teachers and educators are using web 2.0 which is more sophisticated and has a larger variety of programs and websites teachers can use. Web 2.0 includes Youtube, Facebook, Wikki, blogs, and Diigo. I believe all of these sites can be useful in a teaching environment except Facebook. While Facebook is a good social media site, I don't believe it could be useful in teaching. Youtube could be used to show educational videos to a classroom that apply to the subject being taught. Blogs are good for students to show their thoughts and idea to their classmates and teachers. Wikki can be used for a lot of educational purposes and it makes it easier to do collaborative work. Diigo helps keep work organized and can also be used to annotate work. In the chapter we learned that a lot of things are necessary for these sites to be utilized. We need a computer, monitor, screen, keyboard, and mouse and then we are all set to use web 2.0.
I decided to do a review on Librarything. This app and online site helps people keep a large connection of books. It is a lot like a online book club. People can browse other people's book collections and talk to people about books they are reading. They can also get recommendations of book choices through other people's catalogs and other people's posts. This site can be used for Language Art classes and Literature classes. Students can talk about certain books they are reading in class and also share other books they are reading outside of school.
While this site is fun to share and see other people's interests, one issue I have with the site is that your page has to either be completely public or completely private. So you cannot only share it with your classroom, it would have to be public to the whole world which could worry parents or the school's administration. But overall, it is a good site and could potentially be very useful in the classroom.
Check out this site:
https://www.librarything.com
The concept map was actually a fun activity. We learned a new application and it can be used for a lot of things. While this is useful for studying for tests and creating study guides, I could also use it as a teacher to prepare students for tests. The website was a little hard to figure out how to use at first but after having done it for a while, I figured it out and it got a lot easier. Here is a picture of Jamie and I's finished product. I couldn't figure out how to scroll out but here is a screenshot of a lot of it.
I decided to do a review on Librarything. This app and online site helps people keep a large connection of books. It is a lot like a online book club. People can browse other people's book collections and talk to people about books they are reading. They can also get recommendations of book choices through other people's catalogs and other people's posts. This site can be used for Language Art classes and Literature classes. Students can talk about certain books they are reading in class and also share other books they are reading outside of school.
While this site is fun to share and see other people's interests, one issue I have with the site is that your page has to either be completely public or completely private. So you cannot only share it with your classroom, it would have to be public to the whole world which could worry parents or the school's administration. But overall, it is a good site and could potentially be very useful in the classroom.
Check out this site:
https://www.librarything.com
The concept map was actually a fun activity. We learned a new application and it can be used for a lot of things. While this is useful for studying for tests and creating study guides, I could also use it as a teacher to prepare students for tests. The website was a little hard to figure out how to use at first but after having done it for a while, I figured it out and it got a lot easier. Here is a picture of Jamie and I's finished product. I couldn't figure out how to scroll out but here is a screenshot of a lot of it.
Monday, October 5, 2015
4. Hunting for a Credible Source
- LAFS.2.W.3.7: Participate in shared research and writing projects (e.g., read a number of books on a single topic to produce a report; record science observations).
- http://pbskids.org/writerscontest/create-stories
- This website is full of educational games that could be used for little children in school. This link is to a game that could help elementary school students learn how to be creative and apply things that they have read to a story.
- It helps students create characters and then create a beginning, middle, and end of a story.
- Students could get together in a group and read a story and then create a sequel to this story using the game.
The internet is very important in student research. The internet is a place where people from all around can put in their ideas and beliefs and it is open for everyone to see. It helps students find biographies and facts about certain subjects and it is quick and easy to use. I think the internet is something that has helped students learn more things. I also think that it has made it easier for students to retrieve this information which can be a good or a bad thing. Students can go on the internet and in just the click of a button they can have all the information they need. While this does take away some of the effort students would have to be putting in, it makes projects and homework quicker and easier.I think students should still be obligated in school to have some sources be books that they find at the library or home.
Finding if a internet source is reliable has always been hard for me because I believe sites that I probably shouldn't believe. I love Wikipedia mainly because all the information you need is right there but then I have to remember that this information could be made up or incorrect. In the podcast, it was actually saying that you can use the ads on the page to help determine if it is reliable. This is a great idea because a lot of the sites you go on have weird ads that don't relate to what you are learning at all. This is a quick and easy way to figure out if its credible. You can also see who wrote it or the website that published it and look up reviews to see if they are credible.
I am still working on my web hunt assignment but so far it has been pretty cool. I've learned a lot of ways to refine my searches and find better information related to what I was trying to gather from my search. Putting quotations around a search helps refine it and brings up better websites.
- Search for a game that helps elementary school students learn multiplication in a fun and easy way.
- Find a picture of your favorite celebrity and figure out when it was taken.
Thursday, September 24, 2015
3. Teaching 2.0
Recently in class, we have been taught how to use Edmodo. I was already semi-familiar with this site because in high school, we used it for a club that I was in called Key Club. The teacher in charge of the club tried to get all the members and all the board members (president, vice president, etc.) to use it but getting everyone to actually use it was hard and we never ended up gaining anything from it. Although in this situation Edmodo wasn't helpful, I believe that it could be very interesting and helpful to use in a classroom. This site helps teachers post things for the whole class to see and it also allows students to complete assignments online and teachers can comment on their assignments and give them feedback to help improve their work. This site could also be used for students to journal or blog and share their work with their peers. Parents are also allowed to look over their child's work and see how they are doing in school so the parent is able to be more involved. Overall, I think Edmodo is a very creative site that I will try to use in my high school classroom when I am a teacher. :)
You can visit this site by clicking this link: https://www.edmodo.com/
I intend on being a high school teacher and I do believe that the internet is very important to involve in my classroom mainly because it is already so important to teenager's and adults in everyday life. In Chapter 9, we learned about a lot of applications and websites we can use to involve our students while also involving their parents. In high school, my teachers would use grade portals so students could know their grades and how they are doing in class and also their parents could stay updated on their grades. I will use this in my classroom because I believe it is important to have parents involved in students grades. I will also try to in cooperate Edmodo because I believe it is a helpful tool and classroom dojo. Even though classroom dojo is mainly for younger children, I believe I could use it in a high school setting just as well. Teaching students about digital citizenship lessons is imporant because the internet isn't always a safe place. Teenagers need to be taught that "netiquette" and that being mean online is never okay and just because you are doing it online doesn't mean it does not still apply to you. Also students need to learn that you can't share your information online because there are bad people out there. A lot of these lessons can be taught through video on http://www.netsmartz.org/Parents .
I have not yet finished my newsletter but so far, I am not really enjoying doing it. I am not the most creative person in the world and I know that doesn't sound right considering I am studying to be a teacher but I am more of a straight forward person and I feel like when I am a teacher, I will probably make my news letters to the point and less colorful. This newletter is teaching me some new tools on Microsoft word though and I know now how to make columns and how to add word art and banners. This information will come in handy for my future education classes, I'm sure.
You can visit this site by clicking this link: https://www.edmodo.com/
I have not yet finished my newsletter but so far, I am not really enjoying doing it. I am not the most creative person in the world and I know that doesn't sound right considering I am studying to be a teacher but I am more of a straight forward person and I feel like when I am a teacher, I will probably make my news letters to the point and less colorful. This newletter is teaching me some new tools on Microsoft word though and I know now how to make columns and how to add word art and banners. This information will come in handy for my future education classes, I'm sure.
Sunday, September 13, 2015
2. Microsoft Word, Plagarism, Teaching, Oh My!
Hello again, readers! I am going to discuss a few topics in this post that I find very interesting and I hope you do too. First off, Microsoft Word. I feel like Microsoft word is on almost every ones computer and is used by most everyone who is in school or has a job that involves a computer. As a student, I use it almost everyday to write papers. I've always seen teachers using it to write their syllabus and to write worksheets for their students. Teachers definitely use it everyday because its handy for anything that you'll be writing or passing out to students. Microsoft word can also be used for tests and quizzes. It has a ton of easy applications that help make footnotes and labels.
Copy write and plagiarism is a very serious subject and is taken very seriously in middle school, high school, and especially college. As a student, I am always careful not to copy anything from the Internet or books. This is because 1. Its illegal 2. I would get kicked out of college and 3. It is unfair to the person who wrote the information. I think it is good how strictly teachers in force not plagiarising. Teachers find other ways to use information and if they do use a photo or information from the Internet or a book, they use a footnote to cite their information. Teaching students how to make footnotes and bibliographies is very important and as a high school English teacher, I will make sure that students know how to cite the information they put in papers.
Twitter is a site I use everyday. I was very excited when we started using Twitter in class! Having this "school" twitter is helping me learn more about other students in the class and learn more about technology I can use in the classroom! When I graduate and begin teaching high school, it will be necessary that I am up to date on the social media and technology that my students are using because I think it is a great idea to incorporate things that students already use in their daily lives.
Copy write and plagiarism is a very serious subject and is taken very seriously in middle school, high school, and especially college. As a student, I am always careful not to copy anything from the Internet or books. This is because 1. Its illegal 2. I would get kicked out of college and 3. It is unfair to the person who wrote the information. I think it is good how strictly teachers in force not plagiarising. Teachers find other ways to use information and if they do use a photo or information from the Internet or a book, they use a footnote to cite their information. Teaching students how to make footnotes and bibliographies is very important and as a high school English teacher, I will make sure that students know how to cite the information they put in papers.
Twitter is a site I use everyday. I was very excited when we started using Twitter in class! Having this "school" twitter is helping me learn more about other students in the class and learn more about technology I can use in the classroom! When I graduate and begin teaching high school, it will be necessary that I am up to date on the social media and technology that my students are using because I think it is a great idea to incorporate things that students already use in their daily lives.
Monday, August 31, 2015
Sunday, August 30, 2015
1. The Good the Bad and the Ugly of Technology
Computers and other technological devices being used in classrooms is becoming progressively more and more common. I personally believe that it is important for teachers to be using the technology that is useful in teaching because it helps students learn certain subjects better and I think it is wrong for teachers to not use something that could be helpful to their students. But I also believe that the students use in technology is becoming too common in the classroom. Giving students the right to use their laptops and tablets in the classroom is distracting to other students and distracting to the student who is using them. I do think that all students should have to take a computer class in elementary and even in high school to adapt them to certain programs the computer offers such as, excel, PowerPoint, movie maker. All of these come in handy when they are faced with a real job in the real world. Computer classes also teach typing and being able to type quickly and efficiently is important. Some issues being faced in schools is that some schools don't have the finances to afford computers and smart boards for teachers and students. This is making the students who attend these schools less efficient in information they should know when going into college or entering a job.
In my classroom, I hope to be lucky enough to have a smart board and a projector to help my teaching. Being a English teacher will include having to dissect poems and novels and being able to circle words and paragraphs on the smart board would help students fully understand it more. Students could also go to the smart board to write their thoughts or to complete other projects. I hope to learn a lot more about PowerPoint and other programs that are useful in teaching. I don't want to be a boring teacher, I want to be a teacher who intrigues students and leaves them wanting more. Using technology could help me do this.
Being a "digital native" is a useful term when it comes to my generation. Digital Native meaning someone who grew up with technology and is custom to using it. This term is even more useful when it comes to the generation after mine. My little brother brings his kindle everywhere and is always playing games. My younger siblings (I have four) can work technology better then me and it is going to continue that way as more and more new technology comes into existence. We need to recognize that "digital immigrants" that have not grown up with technology like we have are not going to be as fluent with it but I do believe it is important for them to learn it for the benefit of their students. I went to a middle school where technology was absolutely not used in any classrooms mainly because the teachers did not know how to work it and had no interest in learning. I feel like I would have learned better if they could have incorporated some of the games and programs that are available to them now.
In my classroom, I hope to be lucky enough to have a smart board and a projector to help my teaching. Being a English teacher will include having to dissect poems and novels and being able to circle words and paragraphs on the smart board would help students fully understand it more. Students could also go to the smart board to write their thoughts or to complete other projects. I hope to learn a lot more about PowerPoint and other programs that are useful in teaching. I don't want to be a boring teacher, I want to be a teacher who intrigues students and leaves them wanting more. Using technology could help me do this.
Being a "digital native" is a useful term when it comes to my generation. Digital Native meaning someone who grew up with technology and is custom to using it. This term is even more useful when it comes to the generation after mine. My little brother brings his kindle everywhere and is always playing games. My younger siblings (I have four) can work technology better then me and it is going to continue that way as more and more new technology comes into existence. We need to recognize that "digital immigrants" that have not grown up with technology like we have are not going to be as fluent with it but I do believe it is important for them to learn it for the benefit of their students. I went to a middle school where technology was absolutely not used in any classrooms mainly because the teachers did not know how to work it and had no interest in learning. I feel like I would have learned better if they could have incorporated some of the games and programs that are available to them now.
Monday, August 24, 2015
0. A Few Things About the Writer
I am not very technologically inclined, while my dad and brothers love computers and technology. I do love my laptop and my cell phone but when it comes to working Microsoft applications, such as, PowerPoint and Excel, I am not the best. I used to be very good at working PowerPoint when I was a kid because I would make little shows featuring pictures I had taken of my dolls and that is how I spent a lot of my time. Now I have forgotten most of my skills and am not as good.
I am studying to become a teacher and I hope this class teaches me a lot of ways to get students more excited about learning. I also want to learn for myself. A lot of classes require videos and presentations made on the computer and learning those things in this class will really help me get good grades on those projects and assignments. Technology in this generation is very important and knowing hoe to navigate through a computer is helpful no matter what career path you decide to take.
Today in class, we took a survey and learned a lot about our learning styles. I learned that I am more of an active learner which means I learn better when I actually get up and do whatever I am trying to learn. So if I am trying to find a class at FSU, instead of looking it up on a map, I should just walk and try to find it so I know where it is. Also, I am a sensing learner which means I would rather learn and memorize facts instead of discovering relationships between certain subjects. I found out that I am very much on the verbal learning side. That means that making outlines and listening to steps helps me learn better. This makes sense because when I learn, I like to have a set list of what I need to do to figure out a problem. Last, I am a global learner which means I need to be able to understand the big picture before I can begin to understand the small details of a process. For example, if I am trying to learn about photosynthesis, I need to know what photosynthesis is before I can even start to understand what all the parts of the process are. All of my results for this test made sense and it helped me understand my learning style a little more.
I am studying to become a teacher and I hope this class teaches me a lot of ways to get students more excited about learning. I also want to learn for myself. A lot of classes require videos and presentations made on the computer and learning those things in this class will really help me get good grades on those projects and assignments. Technology in this generation is very important and knowing hoe to navigate through a computer is helpful no matter what career path you decide to take.
Today in class, we took a survey and learned a lot about our learning styles. I learned that I am more of an active learner which means I learn better when I actually get up and do whatever I am trying to learn. So if I am trying to find a class at FSU, instead of looking it up on a map, I should just walk and try to find it so I know where it is. Also, I am a sensing learner which means I would rather learn and memorize facts instead of discovering relationships between certain subjects. I found out that I am very much on the verbal learning side. That means that making outlines and listening to steps helps me learn better. This makes sense because when I learn, I like to have a set list of what I need to do to figure out a problem. Last, I am a global learner which means I need to be able to understand the big picture before I can begin to understand the small details of a process. For example, if I am trying to learn about photosynthesis, I need to know what photosynthesis is before I can even start to understand what all the parts of the process are. All of my results for this test made sense and it helped me understand my learning style a little more.
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