For my second ILP I created an Edmodo group for a fake 9th grade history class. I created assignments, polls, resources, and sent out reminders about upcoming tests. The assignments all had descriptions and due dates, and the powerpoint and Infographic provided were both created by me for past projects.
The group code to join is: 56ezu5
Monday, April 10, 2017
blog post #10
As a teacher I think that I will use data collection to make my students' experiences better. I would give them a survey at the end of the year asking them what assignments they did and did not find useful to their learning experience. It could also be used for a more specific context as well. Say I had a group of 9th graders in my Intro to Technology class. I could teach them how to make a survey, the proper methods of data collection, and how to remain unbiased. They could afterwards put the data into and Excel spreadsheet for analysis, similar to how we did this assignment in class.
While reviewing my classmates' blogs I got to know my fellow classmates better and I learned more about educational technology. My favorite posts were the ones on adaptive technology. I never knew that there were so many options out there for all types of learners. I loved to see what technologies my classmates found innovative and interesting. I also liked to hear what types of technologies and websites for professional development they liked. I never knew that there were so many options available online to further a teacher's development that do not cost anything.
The next technology-related skill that I would like to learn is how to use Photoshop. I think that it is a useful skill and that it would be very interesting to learn how to do. There are so many different possibilities and I would love to learn how to use it. Lynda has tutorials on different skills within Photoshop and now that I know that I can view them for free through FSU I will use those videos to learn how to use it. The software is also available on the FSU school computers so I will not have to buy it. Hopefully I can learn over the summer because I think editing photos would be a very useful skill.
While reviewing my classmates' blogs I got to know my fellow classmates better and I learned more about educational technology. My favorite posts were the ones on adaptive technology. I never knew that there were so many options out there for all types of learners. I loved to see what technologies my classmates found innovative and interesting. I also liked to hear what types of technologies and websites for professional development they liked. I never knew that there were so many options available online to further a teacher's development that do not cost anything.
The next technology-related skill that I would like to learn is how to use Photoshop. I think that it is a useful skill and that it would be very interesting to learn how to do. There are so many different possibilities and I would love to learn how to use it. Lynda has tutorials on different skills within Photoshop and now that I know that I can view them for free through FSU I will use those videos to learn how to use it. The software is also available on the FSU school computers so I will not have to buy it. Hopefully I can learn over the summer because I think editing photos would be a very useful skill.
Wednesday, March 29, 2017
Blog Post #9
The flipped classroom reverses the usual classroom model. In the usual model the teacher instructs while in the classroom and homework is completed at home. In the flipped model the students watch an instructional video at home and then when they arrive to class they complete assignments for reinforcement. A good source for educational videos would be the Crash Course Youtube channel. This channel provides videos relating to all sorts of academic topics from the digestive system to the Revolutionary war. Here is an example of one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRBfpBPELmE
Open education is about making education available to audiences all over. Open content says what people can and cannot do with online materials. They are allowed to use the four R's: revise, reuse, remix, redistribute. Open source refers to software whose source code is available for anyone to access. Moodle is a good example of an open source site. It provides teachers with a platform to create a personalized learning environment for their classes. The software is advertised as being safe and open source. https://moodle.org/
I learned how to do animations and transitions. I always thought they looked cool but I did not know how to put them in a presentation myself. I also learned how to make a nonlinear power point. Whenever teachers made jeopardy games for class I was always baffled. I had no idea how to format the slides in the correct way, so now I am grateful to know. I liked making the lesson in the first assignment. It was good practice, and it showed me how long it takes to prepare a lecture's powerpoint. The only thing I did not like was formatting a lesson on a topic that I did not know a lot about. In the second assignment, the quiz, I enjoyed making it just because I think that quizzes are fun. The only thing that I did not like was how tedious it was to try and link all of the slides together in the correct manner.
Open education is about making education available to audiences all over. Open content says what people can and cannot do with online materials. They are allowed to use the four R's: revise, reuse, remix, redistribute. Open source refers to software whose source code is available for anyone to access. Moodle is a good example of an open source site. It provides teachers with a platform to create a personalized learning environment for their classes. The software is advertised as being safe and open source. https://moodle.org/
I learned how to do animations and transitions. I always thought they looked cool but I did not know how to put them in a presentation myself. I also learned how to make a nonlinear power point. Whenever teachers made jeopardy games for class I was always baffled. I had no idea how to format the slides in the correct way, so now I am grateful to know. I liked making the lesson in the first assignment. It was good practice, and it showed me how long it takes to prepare a lecture's powerpoint. The only thing I did not like was formatting a lesson on a topic that I did not know a lot about. In the second assignment, the quiz, I enjoyed making it just because I think that quizzes are fun. The only thing that I did not like was how tedious it was to try and link all of the slides together in the correct manner.
Tuesday, March 21, 2017
blog post #8
Sadly we did not tour a lab :( so I really cannot say anything about that experience.
A lesson for Blooms taxonomy that I would implement would be on some sort of crisis in history, that each student would get to use and make a report on. For creating I would just have students create the powerpoint with their potential ides, and have them present it to the class so that they could get some advice. For evaluating they would defend each of their choices to the best of their ability so that their peers know which topics would they be strongest topic in discussing. For analyzing they would find another similar historical phenomenon and compare it to the topic they chose (they can use powerpoint to display this). For apply they would explain how they would have solved the crisis. For understand they would write a short essay on their crisis identifying reasons why the issue arose and how it was solved, they can paste this essay in bullet form onto the slides. For remember they would have a short answer test where they would have to list out the causes, effects, and times of the crisis on to slides with the internet turned off and they would paste these into a powerpoint.
This site shows live updates on technology innovations. You can select the tabs on the right to filter your results. This site shows all different types of technology and some of it is actually really advanced and interesting such as 3D printed cheese or spy technology.
A lesson for Blooms taxonomy that I would implement would be on some sort of crisis in history, that each student would get to use and make a report on. For creating I would just have students create the powerpoint with their potential ides, and have them present it to the class so that they could get some advice. For evaluating they would defend each of their choices to the best of their ability so that their peers know which topics would they be strongest topic in discussing. For analyzing they would find another similar historical phenomenon and compare it to the topic they chose (they can use powerpoint to display this). For apply they would explain how they would have solved the crisis. For understand they would write a short essay on their crisis identifying reasons why the issue arose and how it was solved, they can paste this essay in bullet form onto the slides. For remember they would have a short answer test where they would have to list out the causes, effects, and times of the crisis on to slides with the internet turned off and they would paste these into a powerpoint.
This site shows live updates on technology innovations. You can select the tabs on the right to filter your results. This site shows all different types of technology and some of it is actually really advanced and interesting such as 3D printed cheese or spy technology.
Tuesday, March 7, 2017
Blog post #7
Adaptive technologies are meant to help students with disabilities to use technology. They can help students to read screens better, or even help them to navigate the web when they do not have the physical capability to use a mouse. They can also be used by teachers to help them to create assignments for blind students, though the use of braille printers. These technologies help students to be involved in every aspect of classroom learning, no matter their ability level. I have never known anyone who used these technologies, just because at my schools usually these learners were separated. Cost may be an issue, since some of these technologies could be expensive. Another challenge could be teachers not knowing how these technologies work and therefore not being able to help their students.
From the Web Page design assignment I learned how to organize information in an a way that is easy to read and understand. I also learned what things might typically need to be shared with students, and how a web page can help teachers to keep parents and students up to date. The only thing I didn't like was the time it took to create the page and become familiar with all of the functions of weebly. Next time I could probably make the design portion better and nail down a better theme because I will be more familiar with the software. In the future I will definitely use this to post assignments, updates, and announcements for parents, students and other teachers to see.
armsteadsocialstudies.weebly.com
From Diigo I have learned how to bookmark pages. I have also learned how to use the tagging system to organize those webpages I also learned to use the tags so that other teachers can find them. I have also learned to annotate the main ideas of an article so that others can understand it more easily, and don't have to read the whole thing. I have also used the comment feature to comment on links that other classmates have posted. This application will be useful when I am a teacher because it will help me to save links that I may find useful later on. Teammates can also share and see my bookmarks. This will be helpful in the classroom because students can use it to share helpful links and sources for reports in topics such as science and history. They can also learn how to highlight the main ideas of passages through the annotating feature.
From the Web Page design assignment I learned how to organize information in an a way that is easy to read and understand. I also learned what things might typically need to be shared with students, and how a web page can help teachers to keep parents and students up to date. The only thing I didn't like was the time it took to create the page and become familiar with all of the functions of weebly. Next time I could probably make the design portion better and nail down a better theme because I will be more familiar with the software. In the future I will definitely use this to post assignments, updates, and announcements for parents, students and other teachers to see.
armsteadsocialstudies.weebly.com
From Diigo I have learned how to bookmark pages. I have also learned how to use the tagging system to organize those webpages I also learned to use the tags so that other teachers can find them. I have also learned to annotate the main ideas of an article so that others can understand it more easily, and don't have to read the whole thing. I have also used the comment feature to comment on links that other classmates have posted. This application will be useful when I am a teacher because it will help me to save links that I may find useful later on. Teammates can also share and see my bookmarks. This will be helpful in the classroom because students can use it to share helpful links and sources for reports in topics such as science and history. They can also learn how to highlight the main ideas of passages through the annotating feature.
Saturday, February 25, 2017
Blog Post #6
I visited the school website for the school that I visit for EDF1005. I even found the page of the teacher that I shadow. I looked at Raa Middle school, and my teacher's sixth grade class. The teachers put the homework schedule online on their pages and even put up class updates. My teacher uploaded some study guides and links to readings and homeworks on there as well. Some teachers put up photos of themselves and their families along with a little bit of information about themselves. Some teachers had pages on the actual school website and some ran blogs on other domains. Here is a link to one of the pages: http://raa.kleach.com/
I see myself using grading technology for sure in my classroom. Not only is it incredibly efficient, but it is also required by most schools, or at least every school that I have attended. It can help reduce error that might occur if grades were calculated by hand, something really important for people like me who sometimes transpose numbers. There is also certain grading technology and websites such as Socratic that can show what questions were more commonly missed, and which more students got correct. This would help many teachers to know what students need to work on more. I also plan on using technology to communicate with parents and students. Parents and guardians can really help students with what teachers cannot so it is important to keep them updated with what is going on in the classroom. I want to send out emails every week with the agenda so that guardians stay int he loop.
I thought the digital whiteboards were really interesting. I've seen them used a bit in school, but I graduated before every single teacher had them in their classroom. I think that I will probably be using these a lot, as they become more common. I would especially use them for math. Some versions let multiple users write at the same time so I could have multiple students working on problems at the same time. There are also games, that I think would make the class more interesting and interactive. I would also use it to underline things in powerpoints and in readings. This could help students to understand how to efficiently annotate and how to find the main idea of a passage more easily.
I thought the digital whiteboards were really interesting. I've seen them used a bit in school, but I graduated before every single teacher had them in their classroom. I think that I will probably be using these a lot, as they become more common. I would especially use them for math. Some versions let multiple users write at the same time so I could have multiple students working on problems at the same time. There are also games, that I think would make the class more interesting and interactive. I would also use it to underline things in powerpoints and in readings. This could help students to understand how to efficiently annotate and how to find the main idea of a passage more easily.
Friday, February 24, 2017
ILP "Design" - Infographic
For my Independent Learning Project I created an Infographic. I used the tool Venngage which provided me with some templates which I edited for my project by shifting the margins and other format options, editing text, and uploading my own photos. I made a timeline outlining some important figures in black history's actions that have greatly impacted history. The timeline goes from early colonized American history until the present day. I have provided the link below:
https://infograph.venngage.com/publish/0490c729-fec3-4df5-85c1-d09620b6b769
https://infograph.venngage.com/publish/0490c729-fec3-4df5-85c1-d09620b6b769
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