Monday, November 28, 2016
ILP- "Design"- EDMODO
For my final ILP, I decided to do another design aspect. I feel most comfortable designing content to help my future students learn. For this ILP, I made an Edmodo for an 8th grade American Literature class. This week's class is focused on Edgar Allan Poe, specifically his piece "The Raven". Check it out! Group Code: 3wyc88
Tuesday, November 22, 2016
Blog #10: Data Collection Tools, Blogs and THE FUTURE
In my future classrooms, I plan to use data collection tools very frequently, specifically Excel, which is so helpful when recording and keeping track of student grades and information. I plan on teaching Language Arts/English in high school or middle school. It will be helpful to keep track of students reading level and the books that they are reading in and out of class.
While reviewing my classmates blogs, I found it very interesting that many of my classmates and I share the same views when it comes to our future classrooms. However, I really enjoyed reading about my classmates opinions on the Flipped Classroom. For the most part, my classmates supported this style of learning, but after reading their blogs, I'm still a little on the fence. I also enjoyed viewing the ways my classmates completed their website projects. We were all given the same task, but we completed them differently. The digital divide was also an interesting topic to read about on my classmates blogs. We are a very young generation, who has grown up with technology. We know how to use technology, but some of our older educators and coworkers may not.
Next, I would like to learn more/ become more efficient in Excel because I believe that it is incredibly helpful for teachers in a classroom setting, when grading papers or keeping updated information for students. I'd also like to become more efficient in website design because I believe that this will be helpful for my future classrooms. To become more efficient in both of these programs, I plan to practice. Practice makes PERFECT!!
While reviewing my classmates blogs, I found it very interesting that many of my classmates and I share the same views when it comes to our future classrooms. However, I really enjoyed reading about my classmates opinions on the Flipped Classroom. For the most part, my classmates supported this style of learning, but after reading their blogs, I'm still a little on the fence. I also enjoyed viewing the ways my classmates completed their website projects. We were all given the same task, but we completed them differently. The digital divide was also an interesting topic to read about on my classmates blogs. We are a very young generation, who has grown up with technology. We know how to use technology, but some of our older educators and coworkers may not.
Next, I would like to learn more/ become more efficient in Excel because I believe that it is incredibly helpful for teachers in a classroom setting, when grading papers or keeping updated information for students. I'd also like to become more efficient in website design because I believe that this will be helpful for my future classrooms. To become more efficient in both of these programs, I plan to practice. Practice makes PERFECT!!
Tuesday, November 15, 2016
Blog #9: Flipped Classroom
A "Flipped Classroom" is a classroom that focuses on activites, exercises, projects, etc. in class. Students are expected to watch short lecture videos at home and come to class prepared to ask questions about the material they learned the night before. Students may also be asked to do short readings before coming to class. The textbook emphasizes blended learning as being very important to a student's success, particularly shy students. One great website to help create this kind of classroom is edX, which offers information/help with a variety of university classes. https://www.edx.org/
In this week's podcast, open education, open sources and open content are discussed. These all refer to content and sources educators can use and manipulate as much as they would like. Teachers can use this material to help enhance their classroom learning experience. One website (https://www.oercommons.org/) allows teachers to search for specific open education resources, by typing in the subject area, grade level and the CPALMs standard. This can be very helpful in a future classroom!
The PowerPoint for Information Dissemination was a very time consuming and difficult project. I was extremely frustrated with the all of the requirements, but the hardest part was finding a website that seemed legit to download a template from. I ended up just downloading a template from the Microsoft website because I was so worried about the sketchy websites. However, I believe that this will be incredibly useful as a future educator. The most useful thing is knowing how to make a masterslide, which will be so helpful when making a long powerpoint for a lecture class. Not having to continuously reformat slides will save a lot of time.
In this week's podcast, open education, open sources and open content are discussed. These all refer to content and sources educators can use and manipulate as much as they would like. Teachers can use this material to help enhance their classroom learning experience. One website (https://www.oercommons.org/) allows teachers to search for specific open education resources, by typing in the subject area, grade level and the CPALMs standard. This can be very helpful in a future classroom!
The PowerPoint for Information Dissemination was a very time consuming and difficult project. I was extremely frustrated with the all of the requirements, but the hardest part was finding a website that seemed legit to download a template from. I ended up just downloading a template from the Microsoft website because I was so worried about the sketchy websites. However, I believe that this will be incredibly useful as a future educator. The most useful thing is knowing how to make a masterslide, which will be so helpful when making a long powerpoint for a lecture class. Not having to continuously reformat slides will save a lot of time.
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
7 Tips for Stress-free Conference Presentation
This SlideShare provides useful tips for presentors, who will be presenting at a conference. I appreciate slide 17, which emphasizes the importance of rest and relaxation before a speech or presentation. People tend to forget the importance of self-care when working on presentations. Slide 19 gives a great summary and checklist of all of the tips discussed in this SlideShare.
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Post #7: Assisting Technologies and Webpage Design
When working with students from a variety of different backgrounds and levels of abilities, assisting technologies may be needed to help them learn at the same level as other students. Speech-to-Text technologies can be helpful for students who have trouble writing or spelling. Spell-check and word predicting dictionaries also be helpful for students who have trouble with spelling. Audio books can be helpful for those who have trouble reading. I have friends who used audio books growing up to follow along with texts, so that they could improve their reading. In the classroom, I could imagine that students would feel like they are outcasts because they have to use special technology. I could also picture students who didn't need the technology wanting to use it.
Personally, I enjoy creating websites. I recently made a website for an interview and I have made websites in the past for class. However, I have never used Weebly. I have always used Wix. I will admit that Weebly is much easier to navigate than Wix. Weebly is user friendly and easier for me to understand it's apps. Weebly also runs smoother than Wix. I didn't really have much trouble. The only thing I really struggled with was putting two textboxes or photos directly next to each other. I eventually figured it out, but it did prove to be a little difficult. In the future, I can use other resources like Google to help me navigate and understand Weebly more. As a teacher, I plan to have a class website and this assignment allowed me to explore what I like and don't like for my future classes.
Visit my Weebly: http://hew15b.weebly.com/
While using Diigo, I've learned how to adequately annotate information. This can be very helpful when working with students because I can provide an article or reading for them and highlight the most important parts. When working with a team of teachers, I can send them interesting or helpful articles/websites that I find, which could help us create more effective lesson plans. When working in my own professional efforts, Diigo will be helpful when writing papers. I can easily compile all of the resources that I use into one place, which will be helpful in the long run.
Personally, I enjoy creating websites. I recently made a website for an interview and I have made websites in the past for class. However, I have never used Weebly. I have always used Wix. I will admit that Weebly is much easier to navigate than Wix. Weebly is user friendly and easier for me to understand it's apps. Weebly also runs smoother than Wix. I didn't really have much trouble. The only thing I really struggled with was putting two textboxes or photos directly next to each other. I eventually figured it out, but it did prove to be a little difficult. In the future, I can use other resources like Google to help me navigate and understand Weebly more. As a teacher, I plan to have a class website and this assignment allowed me to explore what I like and don't like for my future classes.
Visit my Weebly: http://hew15b.weebly.com/
While using Diigo, I've learned how to adequately annotate information. This can be very helpful when working with students because I can provide an article or reading for them and highlight the most important parts. When working with a team of teachers, I can send them interesting or helpful articles/websites that I find, which could help us create more effective lesson plans. When working in my own professional efforts, Diigo will be helpful when writing papers. I can easily compile all of the resources that I use into one place, which will be helpful in the long run.
Tuesday, October 18, 2016
ILP- Design- Prezi
For my first Independent Learning Project, I created a Prezi. I have always used Powerpoint as way to present ideas and projects, so I decided to step outside of my comfort zone and use an application that I had not used before. My topic for this project is an Orientation Leader conference that I attended in March 2016. This workshop helped me identify and strengthen my leadership skills, which I want to help others do through teaching. This project contains information on what SROW is, the schedule of events and how what to look forward for in the future. Hope you enjoy!
To see my presentation, visit:
https://prezi.com/bi-41eb7xmu1/southern-regional-orientation-conference/
To see my presentation, visit:
https://prezi.com/bi-41eb7xmu1/southern-regional-orientation-conference/
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