I made a Prezi about some of the famous U.S. Presidents and talked about their achievements! Check it out here. :)
Tuesday, April 18, 2017
Thursday, April 6, 2017
Post #10
I will use data collecting/surveys when I'm a teacher to record the progress of my little students. For myself, I want to be a teacher who teaches either 2nd or 3rd grade. During those grade levels, students grades typically aren't recorded, therefore it is hard to see a students progress throughout the year. I would use excel to record each students success on quizzes or activities, so by the end of the year I can see which student improved their learning. I think this is important to write down, in case a parent asks how their kid is doing on school work, or wants to know what they can improve on. It'll also make me recognize what the class is struggling the most with overall, where I can then improve or reteach information that may have been confused.
The things I found most interesting when reading other student's blogs were when they posted screenshots of the activities we had to do. Since the projects are usually not shared, I enjoy looking at the images from their work they created. I also was interested in other classmates opinions on certain educational technologies or applications. By reading what other students thought about these technologies, it gave me ideas on how that software could be useful in the classroom. Gathering different ideas from other students was most interesting, because I got to read how they thought educational tools could be used most efficiently as a teacher.
One technology skill I would like to learn how to use perfectly, is the Promethean board. During our trip to the FSU sandbox, I had the chance to play around with the board by drawing on the screen and making shapes. However, I never learned all the tools and applications that the board offered and I think this technological piece is a great tool for the classroom. The board has an interactive system where teachers can deliver lessons and assessments in a simpler way. Like a white board, you can draw on the screen but with the Promethean board, you can save what you wrote for future references. I want to achieve this goal by going back to the sandbox on my own, and ask the professionals there how to use the board to all its advances.
The things I found most interesting when reading other student's blogs were when they posted screenshots of the activities we had to do. Since the projects are usually not shared, I enjoy looking at the images from their work they created. I also was interested in other classmates opinions on certain educational technologies or applications. By reading what other students thought about these technologies, it gave me ideas on how that software could be useful in the classroom. Gathering different ideas from other students was most interesting, because I got to read how they thought educational tools could be used most efficiently as a teacher.
One technology skill I would like to learn how to use perfectly, is the Promethean board. During our trip to the FSU sandbox, I had the chance to play around with the board by drawing on the screen and making shapes. However, I never learned all the tools and applications that the board offered and I think this technological piece is a great tool for the classroom. The board has an interactive system where teachers can deliver lessons and assessments in a simpler way. Like a white board, you can draw on the screen but with the Promethean board, you can save what you wrote for future references. I want to achieve this goal by going back to the sandbox on my own, and ask the professionals there how to use the board to all its advances.
Tuesday, April 4, 2017
Post #9
The "Flipped Classroom" is an idea that the typical lecture and homework assignments are reversed in the classroom. This means, at home students watch video lectures and write down notes or information that is important during the videos. But in the classroom, students time is devoted to assignments, discussions, and projects based off the material learned. Students can learn the curriculum at their own pace and rewatch any information they didn't understand the first time. It's also more effective for students to communicate and discuss what they've learned at home in the classroom so they can express their ideas and share questions. It helps when students are doing activities in the classroom, and the teachers can be there to help if needed.
Open education is all about making education experiences available to a wide audience. This makes everyone have access to educational experiences while working to eliminate barriers such as money. It opens experience to people who may have not been accessible to educational experiences. Open content is the ability that others can copy and change work from previous creative resources. Open source are materials that can be changed because the creators have given permission for individuals to have their material. As long as they meet the criteria, people can use their information to create their own material. I used this cite here to learn about "open" terms.
https://opensource.com/resources/what-open-education
I've worked with PowerPoint many times before but I did learn some things through the PowerPoint assignments. I learned how to use the "action" buttons to create an animation on the slide. I also learned under "slide show" and "set up slide show" if you click, "browsed at kiosk" this takes away the ability to click to advance to the next slide. I also have never hyperlinked to the next or previous slide which I found very useful in my assignments. I loved creating both Powerpoint assignments because I feel like I've learned a lot about the tool and I will be using these techniques in the classroom as a teacher. I think for next time, I could improve on making the voice over and to include details about the slides.
Open education is all about making education experiences available to a wide audience. This makes everyone have access to educational experiences while working to eliminate barriers such as money. It opens experience to people who may have not been accessible to educational experiences. Open content is the ability that others can copy and change work from previous creative resources. Open source are materials that can be changed because the creators have given permission for individuals to have their material. As long as they meet the criteria, people can use their information to create their own material. I used this cite here to learn about "open" terms.
https://opensource.com/resources/what-open-education
I've worked with PowerPoint many times before but I did learn some things through the PowerPoint assignments. I learned how to use the "action" buttons to create an animation on the slide. I also learned under "slide show" and "set up slide show" if you click, "browsed at kiosk" this takes away the ability to click to advance to the next slide. I also have never hyperlinked to the next or previous slide which I found very useful in my assignments. I loved creating both Powerpoint assignments because I feel like I've learned a lot about the tool and I will be using these techniques in the classroom as a teacher. I think for next time, I could improve on making the voice over and to include details about the slides.
Tuesday, March 21, 2017
Post #8
During the field trip to the student service lab, I noticed the many technologies that are helpful for students with disabilities. One of the devices I found to be useful for schools was the SmartPen. This device allowed you to record your teachers lectures while you write down notes at the same time. Later, you are able to hit play on the pen and listen to your teachers voice and lectures in case you missed what he/she said. This is important in schools for students who have certain disabilities that can't concentrate, drift off easily during lectures, have a hard time comprehending what the teacher said, etc. I also think students who need extra help in understanding text while reading, can use the text to speech application where the computer reads the text in an easier way to understand. This is helpful for slower readers and learners to grasp information faster.
Powerpoint is a useful tool and greatly beneficial for learning each level of Bloom's Taxonomy. It can help students create and design their own powerpoint to help study, learn, and develop their own work. It can also help students evaluate their information in a organized way, by using text boxes, bulleted lists, or big fonts. Next, a student can analyze their work from powerpoint to draw connections between curriculum, compare and contrast ideas, and test themselves on information they may struggle with by making compare/contrast tables and adding images to remember. Applying information from powerpoint helps student learn easily as they interpret information in ways they will understand best such as using graphics. Students can understand and retain information if they use bullet points with summarized information. It is quicker and easier to learn remember better if students recorded their powerpoint so they could go back and constantly listen to the information. This will be easier to memorize and repeat their powerpoint which will help their brain while they constantly read their studies.
As a teacher, I think it's very important to stay involved in advancing technology. It is important to know and learn about future technology and how to use it for students in a classroom. The website, here updates all the latest technologies with pictures and a full description once you click on it. It helps you with navigate through advanced technologies and how to use them efficiently.
Powerpoint is a useful tool and greatly beneficial for learning each level of Bloom's Taxonomy. It can help students create and design their own powerpoint to help study, learn, and develop their own work. It can also help students evaluate their information in a organized way, by using text boxes, bulleted lists, or big fonts. Next, a student can analyze their work from powerpoint to draw connections between curriculum, compare and contrast ideas, and test themselves on information they may struggle with by making compare/contrast tables and adding images to remember. Applying information from powerpoint helps student learn easily as they interpret information in ways they will understand best such as using graphics. Students can understand and retain information if they use bullet points with summarized information. It is quicker and easier to learn remember better if students recorded their powerpoint so they could go back and constantly listen to the information. This will be easier to memorize and repeat their powerpoint which will help their brain while they constantly read their studies.
As a teacher, I think it's very important to stay involved in advancing technology. It is important to know and learn about future technology and how to use it for students in a classroom. The website, here updates all the latest technologies with pictures and a full description once you click on it. It helps you with navigate through advanced technologies and how to use them efficiently.
Monday, March 6, 2017
Post #7
Adaptive technologies helps students with learning disabilities in the classroom. Students with visible disabilities such as not being able to see the screen, hear the computer, or type on the keyboard can use input and output devices. Instead of reading a screen, they might use text to speech software that can speak to them or have a magnified screen. I personally haven't met anyone whose used these kind of technologies. A challenge I may face using these adaptive technologies in the classrooms, is my ability to use it. Since I have not seen or tried adaptive technologies, I would have to learn about the softwares to ensure any students of mine that might need to use them.
Some skills I acquired while working on the web page design assignment was creating a web site in general, since I have not really done that. I also learned how to create a page design set up to make my website more appealing. I loved creating a website since this is something I would like to do when I'm a teacher. It was easy to learn and understand the tools on Wix.com. For next time, I would like to add more pages and more information for my 'classroom' since that would be most helpful for future students and parents. In my future teaching career, creating a class page would be so helpful for students and parents to catch up on any material, learn about what's going on each day, different announcements, and a good reference for the school year. Click here to view my class page!
From working with Diigo, I've learned that multiple people can join a group and post links, information, and other material all at the same time. I found the highlighting tool on Diigo very helpful for students. It's a great way for students to comment or question certain information and share their thoughts for everybody to look at. This social networking software is a great application for future learning and connecting with others.
Some skills I acquired while working on the web page design assignment was creating a web site in general, since I have not really done that. I also learned how to create a page design set up to make my website more appealing. I loved creating a website since this is something I would like to do when I'm a teacher. It was easy to learn and understand the tools on Wix.com. For next time, I would like to add more pages and more information for my 'classroom' since that would be most helpful for future students and parents. In my future teaching career, creating a class page would be so helpful for students and parents to catch up on any material, learn about what's going on each day, different announcements, and a good reference for the school year. Click here to view my class page!
From working with Diigo, I've learned that multiple people can join a group and post links, information, and other material all at the same time. I found the highlighting tool on Diigo very helpful for students. It's a great way for students to comment or question certain information and share their thoughts for everybody to look at. This social networking software is a great application for future learning and connecting with others.
Tuesday, February 28, 2017
ILP "Participation" - FSU Technology Sandbox
When I attended the FSU Technology Sandbox, I learned about a lot of technology applications used in classrooms. Our instructor went through each technology tool and explained its use, how to work it, and how it's used in the classrooms. After we heard a description of the tools, we all had the chance to try them out. I first went to the Promethean board and played around with it's applications. It was easy to figure out and understand and also had a lot of neat tools to use in the classroom. I've had many teachers from my high-school use a Promethean board and I was always interested in learning about its features. There was an Ipad tool called Osmo that connected to your Ipad and was an easy app to learn and was a great way to practice learning. You would choose a certain activity to play involving letters, and with a motion sensor and camera set up on the Ipad, it would detect the letter you selected.
I then went to try out the 3-D pen. The pen has a electrical powered heater that becomes hot enough to melt the plastic ink inside. You can then draw 3-D images using this pen in different ways. This is an important tool for younger kids in school so they can learn about shapes and the different angles they have. It's a great way for students to learn visually how something is created and the way it's formed.
I then tried out the Smart Board. This was very similar to the Promethean Board, however, the Smart Board was a tiny bit older and lagged a little more than the Promethean Board did. There were different features on this board like the 3-D images. You could select images off clipart and rotate it to see every angle. This is a great tool for schools when teaching certain ideas you can view this object from various degrees to learn about its whole structure.
Overall, I had an awesome experience at the FSU Sandbox! The instructors were very nice and helpful throughout explaining and showing all the tools they had to offer. I would definitely come back again to learn in more detail what everything is about! And I also can see myself using each of the applications I tried out during this experience in my own classroom.
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| 3-D Pen |
I then went to try out the 3-D pen. The pen has a electrical powered heater that becomes hot enough to melt the plastic ink inside. You can then draw 3-D images using this pen in different ways. This is an important tool for younger kids in school so they can learn about shapes and the different angles they have. It's a great way for students to learn visually how something is created and the way it's formed.
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| Promethean Board |
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| Smart Board |
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| Ipad Osmo |
I then tried out the Smart Board. This was very similar to the Promethean Board, however, the Smart Board was a tiny bit older and lagged a little more than the Promethean Board did. There were different features on this board like the 3-D images. You could select images off clipart and rotate it to see every angle. This is a great tool for schools when teaching certain ideas you can view this object from various degrees to learn about its whole structure.
Overall, I had an awesome experience at the FSU Sandbox! The instructors were very nice and helpful throughout explaining and showing all the tools they had to offer. I would definitely come back again to learn in more detail what everything is about! And I also can see myself using each of the applications I tried out during this experience in my own classroom.
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