Portfolio Item #29

 

Portfolio Item #28

 https://www.teachersconnect.com/ 

This website is a website that is a free community filled with experts and friends who help guide teachers to success. I can use this in teacher PLN by using this website to help guide me to success as a new teacher. 

Portfolio Item #22

 

Blog Journal #10

     When I graduate and become a teacher, I want to become a second grade teacher. This means I will have to teach math. Students like to learn in all different ways, and teaching math in a way that accommodates all my students can be tricky. I can create a survey to send to my students asking them how they feel about math, their favorite way to learn math, and how they can understand it in a way that makes them feel confident. As a teacher, one of my main goals is to make sure my students succeed, especially in a subject like math.

        Reviewing my classmates blogs, I learned a lot reading Re's blog journal 9. I learned what OER's are and how students use them to gain access to textbooks they may otherwise not be able to afford. Reading Kylee's blog, I learned that Pinterest is a web 2.0 source. I also learned through her blog is what CPALMS is. CPALMS is a website that is mainly used by educators to find resources and classroom benchmarks that students can follow to ensure they are meeting the grade requirements.

    A technology-related skill I would like to learn next is how to prevent virus's on my computer. I feel like this is a very important skill to have to because virus's can do terrible things to your computer.  I honestly might have a virus on my computer right now, and I want to learn how to get rid of it myself without having to bring it into Apple. I can learn how to do this by doing research on virus's and watching video's on things like YouTube to tackle this myself and prevent it in the future. 

Blog Journal #8

 Before this class, I really have never thought about assistive technology much before. Re's presentation was so eyeopening and I took away so much from her presentation. I learned about what a screen reader is and how she uses it in her everyday life as well as how to use image descriptions for students who have visual impairments. If I have a student in my future classroom who has a visual impairment, I am going to make sure to have these things like screen readers and image descriptions available to them to make their experience in the classroom as normal and enjoyable as possible.

    Even though Diigo is not my favorite thing to use, I have learned a few things while using it. I have learned how to add a chrome extension and how to annotate online. These applications can be useful because I can annotate documents and share them out to my students and/or colleagues. I also know how to add an extension on chrome if I ever need to for another website.

    Technology is not my personal favorite thing in the world. However, I do not mind making power points. It was really interesting to learn how to spice up a powerpoint by adding things like graphic creations, printed document creations, games, and tutorials. This websitez: https://www.fierceeducation.com/technology/technology-trends-higher-education-2023 can help me stay informed about of technology trends in education. It offers examples of the technology trends in education right now in 2023.  

Blog Journal #7

     I decided to search for second grade websites since I want to be a second grade teacher. On my search, I found many different things. Publicly, I was able to see the teacher's emails and most of their phone numbers. I was able to see newsletters, class schedules, and some teachers even had things like Twitter accounts. Each website was different in their own way but pretty much had the same general information. https://www.dist126.org/~AKiely@dist126.org/mrs-kielys-2nd-grade-class 

    I envision myself using technology to accomplish my professional responsibilities more efficiently and effectively by using things like Google Calendar to stay organized and having a website for the parents and students to access. Things like tests, events, and field trips can be posted for all of the parents and students to see so that way everything is clearly marked and there is no confusion. By having a website for the students and parents to access, things like my contact information and monthly newsletters can be posted so that way everything can be found in one place and makes it convenient for everyone. This way everything can be organized and can be used a common ground for parents to have everything they need in a single spot. 

    In the web design assignment, I learned how to make a Google Calendar , Pinterest board, and a website. I do not really use Google Calendar so this was a new skill for me. I use Pinterest but have never made a board before so this was also a new skill I had to learn. I liked pretending I was a teacher and getting to write about myself and pick fun activities to plan for the announcements section of the website. I disliked using Weebly. In my future career, I can use what I learned to make an actual website when I become a teacher and make a Google Calendar to have everything posted in the same place. 

https://mollyjoneseme.weebly.com/ 

Blog Journal #6

     I am personally not the biggest fan of Diigo. With our assignments last week, it took me a long time to figure out to use it. I also do not like that you have to add a chrome extension for the extra features. That adds even more confusion and I feel like my computer will get a virus. I personally think that Diigo is useless and I will not use it in the future.

    I do not mind blogging. I find this website a lot more easy to use and it feels like journaling, which I love to do. During the blogging process, I have learned how to comment on other people's blogs and how to edit the settings to make the blog exactly how I want it. It has been an enjoyable experience.

    a Web 2.0 tool that I want to use during teaching is Google Classroom. Google Classroom was a tool my teacher's used in K-8 school and it is super easy to use, especially since we were using other tools like google docs, google slides, and gmail accounts. In my experience with it, my review of google classroom is that it is a very easy to use LMS that works with many other third-party apps and services to make digital education very easy, affordable, and accessible for teachers, students, guardians, and admins.  It is primarily focused on personalizing the learning experience of students rather than managing it.                                                                                            

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https://edu.google.com/workspace-for-education/classroom/