Hello!! Final blog alert. I am so happy that we are done with the semester, but I am so sad that summer is coming to an end. With that being said, I hope everyone had a great summer.
In the future, I would like to focus on learning how to make websites through other domains than the ones we learned in class. This is exciting for me because I am taking an intro to web development class in the fall where I'm sure I'll get more extensive information on how to go through all of the odds and ends of website creation. I also would like to learn more because my boyfriend is a freelance website developer for companies and it would be cool to seek his advice and connect with him on that topic. I am interested in the content creation and images!
Good luck this fall!
xoxo
Two Comments:
https://lexiijones.blogspot.com/2019/07/as-future-educator-im-trying-to-gain-as.html?showComment=1564349957102#c3467969524660938276
https://letssaythis.blogspot.com/2019/07/throughout-this-course-ive-become.html?showComment=1564350062768#c6867501882425747026
Sunday, July 28, 2019
Sunday, July 21, 2019
Blog #10
Hey everybody! I hope everyone enjoyed their weekend, it is hard to believe we are wrapping up week 10!
To dive right in, as a teacher, my plan on professional development is more digital. I do enjoy the idea of conferences and classes when large groups of educators can meet, but I am more of a "as-needed-learner", where I can benefit from digital professional development. Online, I can participate and follow blogs from other educators so I can learn more about lesson and classroom management ideas, and follow the other lives of teachers to relate my life to theirs. I also like the idea of webinars, because they are extremely informative and available to viewers frequently. Lastly, I think I will use Twitter as a professional development tool to follow other educators and news sources. This is an easy way to connect with a large audience and enables me to ask and answer questions to and from other teachers.
Lastly, I enjoyed the last two PowerPoint Assignments. I liked the Milk Maid and Her Pail skill check. In Module 9, I composed a Test Review Trivia to test my knowledge on sound, animations, transitions, and slide effects. For the one before that, I made a little "guide to nutrition", where I reviewed everything we should be eating in a day, and voiced myself over adding details to the content. I also was able to utilize transitions and notes per slide. Next time I think I can improve by just knowing that the voice over will cut off when I switch between slides, so mine is a little choppy.
My Comments: https://baileysblogeme2040.blogspot.com/2019/07/blog-9.html?showComment=1563767516674#c1092725558437153543
https://court03334.blogspot.com/2019/07/blog-post-9.html?showComment=1563767729962#c7756829280575427456
To dive right in, as a teacher, my plan on professional development is more digital. I do enjoy the idea of conferences and classes when large groups of educators can meet, but I am more of a "as-needed-learner", where I can benefit from digital professional development. Online, I can participate and follow blogs from other educators so I can learn more about lesson and classroom management ideas, and follow the other lives of teachers to relate my life to theirs. I also like the idea of webinars, because they are extremely informative and available to viewers frequently. Lastly, I think I will use Twitter as a professional development tool to follow other educators and news sources. This is an easy way to connect with a large audience and enables me to ask and answer questions to and from other teachers.
My Comments: https://baileysblogeme2040.blogspot.com/2019/07/blog-9.html?showComment=1563767516674#c1092725558437153543
https://court03334.blogspot.com/2019/07/blog-post-9.html?showComment=1563767729962#c7756829280575427456
Monday, July 15, 2019
Blog #9
The Flipped Classroom is a common approach to education that I experience in college more than ever. Students are now required to look at the information in the textbook or online before coming to class for the lecture. This helps students learn more and come in with questions prepared for clarification. I think this is a good way to use a multiple exposure strategy to teaching.
The digital divide is something I don't feel was too big of a gap growing up. However, now that I am in college and there are all types of students at FSU, I understand that there is a greater gap in those who have access to technology and internet. I think money comes into play a large amount when examining the digital divide because it costs a lot to use technology and the internet. Not only do you have to buy the technology, often times you also have to purchase the Wifi to surf the web, and other applications like Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, which are necessary skills for students to learn in present day. As a teacher, I feel as if you should send a survey home the first week of school for students' parents to answer that asks about their level of internet and technological access, this way teachers know whether or not to make the class more internet and computer based, or more paper and pen based. I do think it is extremely important to implement usage of the schools electronics in the classroom too, this way those who do not have access at home can still learn the required skills students need to know for their futures.
I enjoyed learning more about PowerPoint. I've always enjoyed making slide shows. This weeks PowerPoint was a lot more difficult to make than last weeks and it wasn't necessarily about the skills, it was more about the workload, because a 17+ page PowerPoint with so many requirements is actually really time consuming to do. Next time I can improve my PowerPoints for school using action buttons!
Comments:
https://pedagogicalperegrinate.blogspot.com/2019/07/assistive-and-adaptive-technologies.html?showComment=1563223822981#c394079227109327796
https://gabswithgabi.blogspot.com/2019/07/blog-post-8-week-8.html?showComment=1563223946328#c5591991907355214394
The digital divide is something I don't feel was too big of a gap growing up. However, now that I am in college and there are all types of students at FSU, I understand that there is a greater gap in those who have access to technology and internet. I think money comes into play a large amount when examining the digital divide because it costs a lot to use technology and the internet. Not only do you have to buy the technology, often times you also have to purchase the Wifi to surf the web, and other applications like Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, which are necessary skills for students to learn in present day. As a teacher, I feel as if you should send a survey home the first week of school for students' parents to answer that asks about their level of internet and technological access, this way teachers know whether or not to make the class more internet and computer based, or more paper and pen based. I do think it is extremely important to implement usage of the schools electronics in the classroom too, this way those who do not have access at home can still learn the required skills students need to know for their futures.
I enjoyed learning more about PowerPoint. I've always enjoyed making slide shows. This weeks PowerPoint was a lot more difficult to make than last weeks and it wasn't necessarily about the skills, it was more about the workload, because a 17+ page PowerPoint with so many requirements is actually really time consuming to do. Next time I can improve my PowerPoints for school using action buttons!
Comments:
https://pedagogicalperegrinate.blogspot.com/2019/07/assistive-and-adaptive-technologies.html?showComment=1563223822981#c394079227109327796
https://gabswithgabi.blogspot.com/2019/07/blog-post-8-week-8.html?showComment=1563223946328#c5591991907355214394
Sunday, July 7, 2019
Blog #8
Assistive and adaptive technologies are important because not only are they the law, but they help make the classroom a more open environment and avoids alienation! My friend is a deaf educator in Hillsborough County, FL. and uses technology with no sound and just words, or sounds with subtitles. Every one in the classroom uses sign language even if some of the kids have cochlear implants and can hear, to make sure no one feels left out or lesser then. If children want to learn speaking better and have the cochlear implants, they can talk to my friend outside of class time and away from other kids who are completely deaf. It would be difficult, however, to make sure you are completely equipped in the classroom before the activity. You would need to make sure you have the parts added into the software of the computer for a disabled kid. Or you would need to make sure that a trackball or joystick is nearby instead of a mouse. This isn't a big deal, but I could see people running into problems of being prepared.
I think the technology that is used the most, and that I would probably implement the most is spell-check for kids with dyslexia, or the text-to-speech software for kids who have a physical disability and cannot use the keyboard. I also think it is easy to enlarge a font to help a seeing-impaired student read the screen better, or provide a smaller screen for them to read on. Technology has truly changed the way kids with disabilities can learn, and even makes the classroom a more inclusive haven. :)
The WebQuest assignment from last week actually had me stressed for a little! I used Wix and it was a little hard to use at first, I definitely had to get used to how to efficiently make the tabs I needed. I do like the layout of mine and the simple look of it, and how I was able to be creative during the process. This is going to help me create a classroom website, and assignment sites for submission in the future! Also I am taking a Web Design class in the fall semester so it is a good jump start into that.
https://madisonrattner.wixsite.com/2040
Comments: https://ktschiller.blogspot.com/2019/07/blog-7.html?showComment=1562549217899#c1243052262167783952
https://minnieseducationblog.blogspot.com/2019/06/post-7.html?showComment=1562549363630#c1042506929012365448
I think the technology that is used the most, and that I would probably implement the most is spell-check for kids with dyslexia, or the text-to-speech software for kids who have a physical disability and cannot use the keyboard. I also think it is easy to enlarge a font to help a seeing-impaired student read the screen better, or provide a smaller screen for them to read on. Technology has truly changed the way kids with disabilities can learn, and even makes the classroom a more inclusive haven. :)
The WebQuest assignment from last week actually had me stressed for a little! I used Wix and it was a little hard to use at first, I definitely had to get used to how to efficiently make the tabs I needed. I do like the layout of mine and the simple look of it, and how I was able to be creative during the process. This is going to help me create a classroom website, and assignment sites for submission in the future! Also I am taking a Web Design class in the fall semester so it is a good jump start into that.
https://madisonrattner.wixsite.com/2040
Comments: https://ktschiller.blogspot.com/2019/07/blog-7.html?showComment=1562549217899#c1243052262167783952
https://minnieseducationblog.blogspot.com/2019/06/post-7.html?showComment=1562549363630#c1042506929012365448
Sunday, June 30, 2019
Blog #7
I found a random middle school online, and directed myself to the class page of 07 English with Hughes. This is where I can see class announcements, assignment schedules, and the teacher's email. Along with this information, she includes short readings at the bottom and resources. However, when I compared it to a class page for Mr. Bond at St. Brendan School, his class page just has a simple list of to-do's for each grade he teaches, and his email address at the top. I would like to believe that if a parent or student were to sign in to a class paged they're authorized to view fully, there would probably be a class directory with parent names and phone numbers. Both sites I viewed were for middle school grades (6-8).
These were the two sites I viewed: https://stbrendanschoolbronx.org/8th-grade
https://ms.nyackschools.org/directory/class
I like being able to blog weekly to keep in touch with the class, being that it is online and we don't have in-person experiences. It helps me stay on track and reflect on my research and assignments for the week. I do enjoy having the ability to comment on other's blog posts and give each other suggestions. I have gotten some great feedback from others.
I enjoyed the Web Evaluation assignment. I came up with a cute little chart for my "class", for them to easily identify if a website is reliable. I can definitely use this in the future to teach accurate information, and also I can teach my students to use web evaluations to check the authenticity of the information on a site. I learned a lot from this assignment, check out my version below!
My comments:
https://lexiijones.blogspot.com/2019/06/since-my-future-classroom-will.html?showComment=1561953063768#c6940728551034559707
https://letssaythis.blogspot.com/2019/06/ive-used-ton-of-academic-software-as.html#comment-form
These were the two sites I viewed: https://stbrendanschoolbronx.org/8th-grade
https://ms.nyackschools.org/directory/class
I enjoyed the Web Evaluation assignment. I came up with a cute little chart for my "class", for them to easily identify if a website is reliable. I can definitely use this in the future to teach accurate information, and also I can teach my students to use web evaluations to check the authenticity of the information on a site. I learned a lot from this assignment, check out my version below!
My comments:
https://lexiijones.blogspot.com/2019/06/since-my-future-classroom-will.html?showComment=1561953063768#c6940728551034559707
https://letssaythis.blogspot.com/2019/06/ive-used-ton-of-academic-software-as.html#comment-form
Sunday, June 23, 2019
Blog #6
Hi all, we are halfway through the semester!
This week we are discussing academic software for students. One thing I was introduced to in high school was Kahoot!, the quizzing game technology made for classroom purposes. Students were to log on on their phones (integrating technology into the classroom), and answer multiple choice questions on their phones that appeared on the big screen in class. It was a competitive and fun academic software that I enjoyed using even at an older age in my academic career. I would love to use this in classrooms with older students because they must be using a handheld device for the game. It is entertaining and influences kids to learn and compete with one another on questions! It integrates technology into the classroom perfectly and serves the purpose of education perfectly. Also I would really like to implement Khan Academy into class because it is such a great practice site. It is nice because it is current with grade levels and materials for any subject.
I have enjoyed the communication process of talking to my classmates on Twitter. It has been useful to use the hashtag #FSU2040 to see what other people find to work for them in the class, or haven't worked for them. I personally have interacted with Katie and Courtney about class assignments, specifically Inspiration. I will definitely use Twitter as a PLN in the future to get advice from other educators and also new ideas for my students!
Please find my comments on:
https://baileysblogeme2040.blogspot.com/2019/06/blog-5.html?showComment=1561345349121#c916507962993028343
https://pedagogicalperegrinate.blogspot.com/2019/06/ela-and-cpalms-for-science.html?showComment=1561345594326#c7024765016596337523
This week we are discussing academic software for students. One thing I was introduced to in high school was Kahoot!, the quizzing game technology made for classroom purposes. Students were to log on on their phones (integrating technology into the classroom), and answer multiple choice questions on their phones that appeared on the big screen in class. It was a competitive and fun academic software that I enjoyed using even at an older age in my academic career. I would love to use this in classrooms with older students because they must be using a handheld device for the game. It is entertaining and influences kids to learn and compete with one another on questions! It integrates technology into the classroom perfectly and serves the purpose of education perfectly. Also I would really like to implement Khan Academy into class because it is such a great practice site. It is nice because it is current with grade levels and materials for any subject.
I have enjoyed the communication process of talking to my classmates on Twitter. It has been useful to use the hashtag #FSU2040 to see what other people find to work for them in the class, or haven't worked for them. I personally have interacted with Katie and Courtney about class assignments, specifically Inspiration. I will definitely use Twitter as a PLN in the future to get advice from other educators and also new ideas for my students!
Please find my comments on:
https://baileysblogeme2040.blogspot.com/2019/06/blog-5.html?showComment=1561345349121#c916507962993028343
https://pedagogicalperegrinate.blogspot.com/2019/06/ela-and-cpalms-for-science.html?showComment=1561345594326#c7024765016596337523
Sunday, June 16, 2019
Blog #5
When reading about the ELA Standards, I choice to inform myself on 5th grade standards since that is the grade I am most interested in. The one standard I feel most prepared to teach on is standard LAFS.5.RL.3.7. "Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to
the meaning, tone, or beauty of a text (e.g., graphic novel,
multimedia presentation of fiction, folktale, myth, poem)." The suggested tools for this are: presentation software like PowerPoint, online poster creators, mind-mapping applications, and eBooks. I am a big fan of language arts and visual learning so this standard is right up my ally. I am proficient in PowerPoint and would have no problem teaching about the software based off of my preexisting knowledge. Also, I love eBooks! I believe they are the future and by 5th grade students should be able to know how to download books, and read them from electronics, something I can preach on! A standard I would need to learn more about to be able to successfully teach it would be standard LAFS.5.SL.2.5. This standard "Include[s] multimedia components (e.g., graphics, sound) and
visual displays in presentations when appropriate to
enhance the development of main ideas or themes". This is a very important subject matter, but I am not too familiar with the means of demonstration; online graphic software, audio recorders, online poster creators, and online movie creators. I am vaguely familiar with all of these softwares, but not enough to teach them. Specifically, I would love to learn more about online graphic softwares and online movie creators!
One of the educator tools I like in CPALMS, is the lesson plan kits provided when you click on a grade level. I kept with 5th grade, and scrolled down to language arts. There are so many lesson plans for this it is exciting! I like how when a teacher becomes stumped, or whats to know a better way to teach something, there are examples of lesson plans out there that help. There are plans provided for different parts of reading and writing; fiction, grammar, types of words, genres, and more. I would use these in my classroom because I like the approach the plans take to language arts, but I would also add my own personal twist to each lesson plan this way the assignments aren't so black and white.
Personally I enjoyed making a newsletter for a class in our previous assignment. It was fun because I like to lay things out in an organized manner with images. I also enjoy writing and creativity. I think I can research other letters in the future to see if there are key phrases I should use or better methods of announcements. I think there should be more creative room in the newsletter assignment, though. We should be able to lay it out however we want! The columns were difficult.
One of the educator tools I like in CPALMS, is the lesson plan kits provided when you click on a grade level. I kept with 5th grade, and scrolled down to language arts. There are so many lesson plans for this it is exciting! I like how when a teacher becomes stumped, or whats to know a better way to teach something, there are examples of lesson plans out there that help. There are plans provided for different parts of reading and writing; fiction, grammar, types of words, genres, and more. I would use these in my classroom because I like the approach the plans take to language arts, but I would also add my own personal twist to each lesson plan this way the assignments aren't so black and white.
Personally I enjoyed making a newsletter for a class in our previous assignment. It was fun because I like to lay things out in an organized manner with images. I also enjoy writing and creativity. I think I can research other letters in the future to see if there are key phrases I should use or better methods of announcements. I think there should be more creative room in the newsletter assignment, though. We should be able to lay it out however we want! The columns were difficult.
My comments for the week:
Sunday, June 9, 2019
Blog #4
This week I am interested in open educational resources. Please comment if you found a site you like!
One that I found is https://creativecommons.org/. It is a site for anyone who wants to learn more and use the Five R's of OER! It tells you that you can Reuse and Remix, along with sharing your own information on the site. This can be extremely beneficial to educators! I could be wrong, but as I am learning I know that Open Educational Resources can be very useful in the classroom, and provide a unique learning experience. However, I feel like it could also be dangerous? Being that some of the information could be incorrect. I think if an educator is going to use information on certain things from an Open Educational Resource, they should fact check some of the claims made this way they are not passing along inaccurate information when teaching in the classroom.
https://atom.io/ is an Open Source site that is rated #1 on the most exciting open source project on the internet right now because of it's so hackable down to the core-- meaning users can edit the website to make it however they'd like and personalize it to their own use. I never knew about Open Sources and Open Content sites but they are so interesting! I think it is good to use these sites because an educator can customize the content to cater to their lesson plans, or create new lesson plans around things that they find on these sites that they never knew before.
Comments on Karla's Post #3, and Bailey's Blog #3.
One that I found is https://creativecommons.org/. It is a site for anyone who wants to learn more and use the Five R's of OER! It tells you that you can Reuse and Remix, along with sharing your own information on the site. This can be extremely beneficial to educators! I could be wrong, but as I am learning I know that Open Educational Resources can be very useful in the classroom, and provide a unique learning experience. However, I feel like it could also be dangerous? Being that some of the information could be incorrect. I think if an educator is going to use information on certain things from an Open Educational Resource, they should fact check some of the claims made this way they are not passing along inaccurate information when teaching in the classroom.
https://atom.io/ is an Open Source site that is rated #1 on the most exciting open source project on the internet right now because of it's so hackable down to the core-- meaning users can edit the website to make it however they'd like and personalize it to their own use. I never knew about Open Sources and Open Content sites but they are so interesting! I think it is good to use these sites because an educator can customize the content to cater to their lesson plans, or create new lesson plans around things that they find on these sites that they never knew before.
Comments on Karla's Post #3, and Bailey's Blog #3.
Friday, May 31, 2019
Blog #3
Hi everyone,
Welcome back to my weekly blog. This week I am going to start out by talking about my experience on MS Word.
Microsoft Word was brought into my life around 5th grade or so, I began becoming fluent on my parent's desktop. My friends and I would play on Word with WordArt, different Fonts, Colors, Bold, Italics, and more. This at home-learning pretty much taught me the basis of MS Word. When I went to middle school, I began using it for short stories, and small pieces of writing. In 7th grade I had an amazing Language Arts teacher who brought me into the world of English and publication. I had to write longer essay's by then, and I even started composing short stories of my own! In 10th grade, however, I started having to write 10 page essays or so for AP Language Arts, and I really became familiar with the proper structure of essays and started learning about the pre-made formats that Word has to offer; MLA, APA, Resumé Templates, etc. I think I am at my peak with Word, as I continue to learn more about it through my Public Relations Internship, and my collegiate career. I've learned spacing importance, how to align margins, how to put pictures where I want them, and how to effectively use MS Word.
Fair Use is extremely important in the classroom. When showing certain films in the classroom, or using certain Copyrighted works for educational purposes sometimes educators are protected by The Fair Use as long as the works being used are for educational purposes. I think it is important to discuss Fair Use in the classroom v. Copyright. I remember when I was in high school a student shouted out about the teacher using a Copyrighted work, and she informed us that she was protected by Fair Use. Ever since then her explanation and this example helped me remember the two. I think Copyright is important in the classroom because it is also possible to Copyright another student's work.
The most effective method to preventing this is having each student sign an Academic Honesty Agreement before each assignment stating that the work they are turning in is their own original work, and if not they will be treated as if they Copyrighted a published work. I think this adds the proper severity to the matter, and also leaves no grey area to where someone could say "well, I didn't know".
Cyberbullying can be prevented in the classroom by making the classroom and school itself a "no social media zone", by not allowing social media at school. I think each child should also sign an agreement at the beginning of each semester stating that they understand that if they are found cyberbullying another student outside of school, it will be handled by school administration, as if it happened on campus.
Regarding the digital divide on campus, I think some students may have more digital access than others. If a student at home has 2 iPads, an iPhone, a desktop Mac, and 2 Smart TV's, while another is living with a desktop Dell computer, they are going to have different knowledge on some things. I think when doing things like "stations" in the classroom, implementing 4-5 large desktop Macs would help students who don't have as much digital connection at home, start to get a feel for things like surfing the web, MS Word, Powerpoint, and more,
Commented on Karla and Gabi's Posts
Welcome back to my weekly blog. This week I am going to start out by talking about my experience on MS Word.
Microsoft Word was brought into my life around 5th grade or so, I began becoming fluent on my parent's desktop. My friends and I would play on Word with WordArt, different Fonts, Colors, Bold, Italics, and more. This at home-learning pretty much taught me the basis of MS Word. When I went to middle school, I began using it for short stories, and small pieces of writing. In 7th grade I had an amazing Language Arts teacher who brought me into the world of English and publication. I had to write longer essay's by then, and I even started composing short stories of my own! In 10th grade, however, I started having to write 10 page essays or so for AP Language Arts, and I really became familiar with the proper structure of essays and started learning about the pre-made formats that Word has to offer; MLA, APA, Resumé Templates, etc. I think I am at my peak with Word, as I continue to learn more about it through my Public Relations Internship, and my collegiate career. I've learned spacing importance, how to align margins, how to put pictures where I want them, and how to effectively use MS Word.
Fair Use is extremely important in the classroom. When showing certain films in the classroom, or using certain Copyrighted works for educational purposes sometimes educators are protected by The Fair Use as long as the works being used are for educational purposes. I think it is important to discuss Fair Use in the classroom v. Copyright. I remember when I was in high school a student shouted out about the teacher using a Copyrighted work, and she informed us that she was protected by Fair Use. Ever since then her explanation and this example helped me remember the two. I think Copyright is important in the classroom because it is also possible to Copyright another student's work.
The most effective method to preventing this is having each student sign an Academic Honesty Agreement before each assignment stating that the work they are turning in is their own original work, and if not they will be treated as if they Copyrighted a published work. I think this adds the proper severity to the matter, and also leaves no grey area to where someone could say "well, I didn't know".
Cyberbullying can be prevented in the classroom by making the classroom and school itself a "no social media zone", by not allowing social media at school. I think each child should also sign an agreement at the beginning of each semester stating that they understand that if they are found cyberbullying another student outside of school, it will be handled by school administration, as if it happened on campus.
Regarding the digital divide on campus, I think some students may have more digital access than others. If a student at home has 2 iPads, an iPhone, a desktop Mac, and 2 Smart TV's, while another is living with a desktop Dell computer, they are going to have different knowledge on some things. I think when doing things like "stations" in the classroom, implementing 4-5 large desktop Macs would help students who don't have as much digital connection at home, start to get a feel for things like surfing the web, MS Word, Powerpoint, and more,
Commented on Karla and Gabi's Posts
Thursday, May 23, 2019
Blog #2
Hello EME2040! It has been another beautiful week in Tallahassee, FL.
Taking a further look into technology and its uses in the classroom, I believe that teachers and students are influenced to use technology from curiosity and the desire to learn; two things that teachers and students typically have in common. Teachers can research current events and share them in class with students to apply what they are learning to real life. Also, teachers can assign students to do the same. For example, when I took A.P. Environmental Science in high school, once a semester I would have to find 3 articles relating to what we learned in class that semester and present the articles in class time. Teachers use technology further to share good ideas about class, and receive others' ideas, along with inspiration on teaching, organization, and advice. Students use the internet for clarification. In my experience if I need a further explanation on something, or a different explanation (since each person learns in a different manner), I would look it up for help.
For ISTE, I chose one of the Student Standards as a meaningful one to myself, being that I practice those standards constantly. The one I am choosing is #6, "Creative Communicator-- Students communicate clearly and express themselves creatively for a variety of purposes using the platforms, tools, styles, formats and digital media appropriate to their goals." (ISTE) I think a good example of this is the difference between doing a discussion board based question and a private turn in. When completing a more creative assignment, in which educators typically want to be communicative, we use the discussion board platform on Canvas, to create an environment where students can choose appropriate platforms/tools to meet desired objectives, create original works, communicate complex ideas clearly, and publish/present content that customizes the message. One Educator Standard that seems currently outside my skill set is #5, "The Designer-- Educators design authentic, learner-driven activities and environments that recognize and accommodate learner variability." (ISTE) The reason this feels far out for me is because I have yet to learn how to design activities and classroom environments that use technology, personalize learning experiences, and authenticate learning activities.
Lastly, I don't believe the term "digital native" applies to kids born from 1990-2005, but after that age I feel like so much technology was around to grow up with, that the children from 2005+, are fluent technology "speakers". I can 100% see a difference in the way a digital native and a digital immigrant use technology. I feel like older people (digital immigrants) are slower and less efficient on technology. One thing that has affected my school career due to my professors being "digital immigrants", is the fact that sometimes they lack the skills to post on Canvas. They take an old school route where no grades are posted and no assignments are either. I am sure when I have my own classroom I will be a "digital immigrant" to that time period too, being that there will never stop being new inventions and technology introduced to the classroom. I will always try to be updated and incorporate new technology into the classroom.
Taking a further look into technology and its uses in the classroom, I believe that teachers and students are influenced to use technology from curiosity and the desire to learn; two things that teachers and students typically have in common. Teachers can research current events and share them in class with students to apply what they are learning to real life. Also, teachers can assign students to do the same. For example, when I took A.P. Environmental Science in high school, once a semester I would have to find 3 articles relating to what we learned in class that semester and present the articles in class time. Teachers use technology further to share good ideas about class, and receive others' ideas, along with inspiration on teaching, organization, and advice. Students use the internet for clarification. In my experience if I need a further explanation on something, or a different explanation (since each person learns in a different manner), I would look it up for help.
For ISTE, I chose one of the Student Standards as a meaningful one to myself, being that I practice those standards constantly. The one I am choosing is #6, "Creative Communicator-- Students communicate clearly and express themselves creatively for a variety of purposes using the platforms, tools, styles, formats and digital media appropriate to their goals." (ISTE) I think a good example of this is the difference between doing a discussion board based question and a private turn in. When completing a more creative assignment, in which educators typically want to be communicative, we use the discussion board platform on Canvas, to create an environment where students can choose appropriate platforms/tools to meet desired objectives, create original works, communicate complex ideas clearly, and publish/present content that customizes the message. One Educator Standard that seems currently outside my skill set is #5, "The Designer-- Educators design authentic, learner-driven activities and environments that recognize and accommodate learner variability." (ISTE) The reason this feels far out for me is because I have yet to learn how to design activities and classroom environments that use technology, personalize learning experiences, and authenticate learning activities.
Lastly, I don't believe the term "digital native" applies to kids born from 1990-2005, but after that age I feel like so much technology was around to grow up with, that the children from 2005+, are fluent technology "speakers". I can 100% see a difference in the way a digital native and a digital immigrant use technology. I feel like older people (digital immigrants) are slower and less efficient on technology. One thing that has affected my school career due to my professors being "digital immigrants", is the fact that sometimes they lack the skills to post on Canvas. They take an old school route where no grades are posted and no assignments are either. I am sure when I have my own classroom I will be a "digital immigrant" to that time period too, being that there will never stop being new inventions and technology introduced to the classroom. I will always try to be updated and incorporate new technology into the classroom.
Thursday, May 16, 2019
My First Blog
Hey everyone, my name is Madison Rattner and this is my first blog! I am going into my senior year at The Florida State University. I am a humanities major, with focus departments in: communications, digital humanities, and English, and a minor in business. I was born in Boynton Beach, FL. and later moved to Tampa, FL.- a place I still call home! When I am not in school or working at my boutique job, you can find me back home at the beach and spending time with my family.
To start off, I have pretty basic knowledge on technology. When I was 11 I was gifted with my first cell-phone that had a QWERTY keyboard, and texted and called. Two years later, I got my first Dell Laptop. I loved both of these items so much. I constantly surfed the web and became familiar with different search engines and how the internet worked. Around the same time I got an iPod Touch, my first experience with the Internet in the palm of my hands, I downloaded apps, music, and images. In 9th grade, I got my first iPhone, the iPhone 3GS. It had data and I could download anything I wanted to the phone, and I was also super familiar with the formatting of the phone from my iPod. I loved Apple and started buying their phones every two years. Senior year of high school I got a Macbook Pro, and I am quick on it and keep it clean and updated- it has lasted me almost 5 years! When I interned last semester for a public relations agency, we strictly used Macs, so my experience on them was helpful and I was able to learn and adapt quickly. We used Google Docs, Sheets, and more, so I became fluent with those platforms as well. Growing up with the internet has shaped my life and has helped me become social, professional, and connected with others.
I hope, throughout this class, that I become more aware of the new emerging technologies we will face within the next ten years or so! This knowledge will help me stay up to date with technology so I can apply my knowledge of new products to my future career(s). I also am excited to become proficient with Blogger, and get to explore myself and the topics we will cover in class.
Happy Summer!!
To start off, I have pretty basic knowledge on technology. When I was 11 I was gifted with my first cell-phone that had a QWERTY keyboard, and texted and called. Two years later, I got my first Dell Laptop. I loved both of these items so much. I constantly surfed the web and became familiar with different search engines and how the internet worked. Around the same time I got an iPod Touch, my first experience with the Internet in the palm of my hands, I downloaded apps, music, and images. In 9th grade, I got my first iPhone, the iPhone 3GS. It had data and I could download anything I wanted to the phone, and I was also super familiar with the formatting of the phone from my iPod. I loved Apple and started buying their phones every two years. Senior year of high school I got a Macbook Pro, and I am quick on it and keep it clean and updated- it has lasted me almost 5 years! When I interned last semester for a public relations agency, we strictly used Macs, so my experience on them was helpful and I was able to learn and adapt quickly. We used Google Docs, Sheets, and more, so I became fluent with those platforms as well. Growing up with the internet has shaped my life and has helped me become social, professional, and connected with others.
I hope, throughout this class, that I become more aware of the new emerging technologies we will face within the next ten years or so! This knowledge will help me stay up to date with technology so I can apply my knowledge of new products to my future career(s). I also am excited to become proficient with Blogger, and get to explore myself and the topics we will cover in class.
Happy Summer!!
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