Below are three screenshots of my Pinterest account:
EME Pinterest Website
Monday, November 28, 2016
ILP "Design" - Pinterest
I have chosen to do Pinterest boards as my Independent Learning Project #2. Pinterest is one of my favorite websites to work with for my personal life, so I thought it would be fun to search for Educational Technology posts that I could also possibly use in the future. I will be hopefully teaching Kindergarten, so these boards are based on a Kindergarten classroom with posts for technology, lesson plans, holiday activities, and ways to help me as a teacher become more current with new technology. I will continue to post new "pins" as I see ones that seem beneficial. Pinterest is great for decorating ideas, but I have now realized how beneficial it is for teachers to use for websites that have helped other teachers or parents from their past students. Each of the five albums have different technology websites that could be beneficial to that specific topic.
Below are three screenshots of my Pinterest account:
EME Pinterest Website
Below are three screenshots of my Pinterest account:
EME Pinterest Website
Monday, November 21, 2016
#10 Blog
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Since I will be teaching elementary, specifically kindergarten or 1st grade, Data Collection tools are not as essential as if I were a high school teacher. Although I will be an elementary teacher, I will use Data collection tools for keeping track of grades on mathematic, science, and reading tests, along with other miscellaneous assignments that will be given throughout the year. I will use these tools to determine my students' progress in these subject areas throughout the year and see which areas the majority of my students are struggling with, so I have the opportunity to review that area again.
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After reviewing my classmates' blogs, I have gained more information and ways to look at certain topics for education. I haven't had one particular favorite blog each week, but rather different bloggers have entertained me and informed me on different things. One particular topic that I found most interesting was seeing the different projects that we have worked on throughout the semester, specifically the PowerPoint and the Weebly. I loved seeing how people used such different designs and what they found difficult while trying to complete this task.
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The next technology-related skill I would like to learn is more about the SmartBoard. Although we saw a little bit while visiting the Tech Sandbox, I would like to go visit again and go into more detail about what exactly this could provide me for my future classroom. While mentoring at a local elementary school, I have gained some skills just watching the teacher use it for her kindergarten class with mathematic games. The teacher has expressed how helpful the SmartBoard can be for student learning, but it is only helpful since she knows how to use it.
Since I will be teaching elementary, specifically kindergarten or 1st grade, Data Collection tools are not as essential as if I were a high school teacher. Although I will be an elementary teacher, I will use Data collection tools for keeping track of grades on mathematic, science, and reading tests, along with other miscellaneous assignments that will be given throughout the year. I will use these tools to determine my students' progress in these subject areas throughout the year and see which areas the majority of my students are struggling with, so I have the opportunity to review that area again.
Paragraph 2:
After reviewing my classmates' blogs, I have gained more information and ways to look at certain topics for education. I haven't had one particular favorite blog each week, but rather different bloggers have entertained me and informed me on different things. One particular topic that I found most interesting was seeing the different projects that we have worked on throughout the semester, specifically the PowerPoint and the Weebly. I loved seeing how people used such different designs and what they found difficult while trying to complete this task.
Paragraph 3:
The next technology-related skill I would like to learn is more about the SmartBoard. Although we saw a little bit while visiting the Tech Sandbox, I would like to go visit again and go into more detail about what exactly this could provide me for my future classroom. While mentoring at a local elementary school, I have gained some skills just watching the teacher use it for her kindergarten class with mathematic games. The teacher has expressed how helpful the SmartBoard can be for student learning, but it is only helpful since she knows how to use it.
Tuesday, November 15, 2016
#9 Blog
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"The Flipped Classroom" is "an innovative blended delivery model that currently has a following in K-12 and postsecondary education." This model is used for students to come prepared to class with the information given to them from pre-lecture videos. This type of model helps students not fall behind on topics, but rather get them ahead, so teachers can analyze the topic in more depth during class time. An example of educational videos is: Khan Academy.
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The podcast for this week talks about "open" education, "open" content, and "open" source. There is so much information and so many materials for teachers to use from the internet that are "open" and readily available. Teachers just must be aware of the material that they are taking because of the copyright information placed on the material from the original owner. I do not know if this is a website for "open" resources, but I have had one teacher use this in the past: LearnZillion. The teacher first must create an account and then the students are able to join. They have different activities and lectures for a multitude of information and different subjects that other teachers have produced.
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There were many skills that I gained through the PowerPoint for Information Dissemination assignment. I never fully realized how much PowerPoint can do until this assignment. I learned about taking out the background of pictures, how to make audio clips for each slide, how to change the Master slide, and how to add the same picture to every slide in my PowerPoint. I liked this assignment because I was constantly learning new skills through the Internet's help. It was also a trial-and-error assignment, in which I was having a lot of trouble with not adding too much information on each slide. On the other hand, I did not like how difficult it was to make sure all of the animations came in, while being synched to the audio voice over. I can definitely improve the audio voice over for next time and add a small game for students to interact more. PowerPoints will be used in my classroom for history and science lessons to grab my students' attention and still make it interactive.
"The Flipped Classroom" is "an innovative blended delivery model that currently has a following in K-12 and postsecondary education." This model is used for students to come prepared to class with the information given to them from pre-lecture videos. This type of model helps students not fall behind on topics, but rather get them ahead, so teachers can analyze the topic in more depth during class time. An example of educational videos is: Khan Academy.
The podcast for this week talks about "open" education, "open" content, and "open" source. There is so much information and so many materials for teachers to use from the internet that are "open" and readily available. Teachers just must be aware of the material that they are taking because of the copyright information placed on the material from the original owner. I do not know if this is a website for "open" resources, but I have had one teacher use this in the past: LearnZillion. The teacher first must create an account and then the students are able to join. They have different activities and lectures for a multitude of information and different subjects that other teachers have produced.
Paragraph 3:
There were many skills that I gained through the PowerPoint for Information Dissemination assignment. I never fully realized how much PowerPoint can do until this assignment. I learned about taking out the background of pictures, how to make audio clips for each slide, how to change the Master slide, and how to add the same picture to every slide in my PowerPoint. I liked this assignment because I was constantly learning new skills through the Internet's help. It was also a trial-and-error assignment, in which I was having a lot of trouble with not adding too much information on each slide. On the other hand, I did not like how difficult it was to make sure all of the animations came in, while being synched to the audio voice over. I can definitely improve the audio voice over for next time and add a small game for students to interact more. PowerPoints will be used in my classroom for history and science lessons to grab my students' attention and still make it interactive.
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
Slideshare: 17 Ways to Design a Presentation People Want to View
This SlideShare Presentation gives the presenter ways to keep everyone engaged in the topic. Slide 6 perfectly describes that everyone has created at least one presentation that no one is engaged in, so in order to engage people, design is a great tool. Design, First Impressions, The Cover, and Visual Theme are the main ideas for a great presentation.
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