EME2040 BLOG

Digital learning has become the normal over the past 2.5 years after the pandemic hit in 2020. Personally, I have loved my digital learning experience. It gives me the time to do my assignments at my own pace and work from anywhere. I love being able to go home whenever I want and not have to worry about missing class or not being able to turn in assignments. Next semester, my classes go back to in person and I am both excited and nervous for the change. However, one thing I disliked about digital learning is that there is no face-to-face interaction. This makes it hard to ask questions and work with other people. When I am a teacher, I will make sure that there are zoom times available to each student to ask questions and get extra help. It can be difficult to communicate over email and having a zoom time for them to work with me one on one gives students a chance to get any questions answered.  Open educational resources (OER) are resources available to anyone to use for whatever rea

  https://www.leonschools.net/Domain/7401 This school page is a high school science teachers class page. She has posted an announcement, upcoming assignments for both different subjects, and all her contact information. The attendance for the week is posted and she also offers optional assignments for the students. I really liked the way that she formatted her page and the information she used.  I think I will use a lot of technology to help me accomplish my professional responsibilities. I will use resources to help my students such as Kahoot, Class Dojo, Google Docs, etc. I will also use technology such as Google calendar, online reminders, and Microsoft word to keep my professional duties and notes organized. I have always been a hard copy person but there a lot of great technology resources to take advantage of.  My experience working on the PB Works was not great because the site kept crashing. This pushed back my groups ability to work on the project together when we planned and

    This was my first time using Diigo and I think it is really useful. It is a great way to share resources and connect with what other people are finding and using. I think it is a great tool for finding important information and tips from other teachers. It is also a great way to connect with others and find people who are researching the same things as you. One negative thing about Diigo is that it is not super user friendly. It was a little hard to navigate at first and understand how to post, but it is worth it once you figure it out.      I have really enjoyed blogging so far. I think it is the best way to keep all of my assignments in one place. It makes it easy to look at all of my work from the semester at one time and be able to find anything from past assignments. I also like how I am able to see what my classmates are posting. From doing the blog, I have learned how to create a blog, how to change the layout and designs, and link other things to a blog. This could be a rea

Standard:   Grade 2 LAFS.2.RL.3.7  "Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot."       I feel semi confident in my ability to implement this strategy at this time in my school career. I am very much a hands on person when it comes to learning and I prefer to handwrite everything. I have to write everything before I type it, including discussion boards, essays, blog posts, etc. I think I could make the online posters that come with this standard but I would have to learn how to use the storybook website and how to make comic strips. I have a lot to learn to be more comfortable with technology but over time, I will be able to implement this strategy successfully in my own classroom.      The resource that I found in the CPALMS toolkit is a science resource for second graders. It is called Solids, Liquids, and Gases, Oh My! This is an interactive video and practice tool for c

          Copyright is protection for peoples intellectual property. It makes sure that no one can get credit for someone else's work. Copyright laws play a big part in what students and teachers can or cannot use in the classroom. It can be helpful to people who put in time and research so their work is protected. Fair use is what allows certain things to be used without permission as long as it is for educational purposes and no one is benefiting from it monetarily. It is important that students at all ages are aware of the seriousness of taking credit for work that is not theirs.      Technology can have a lot of benefits in the classroom, but there are also a lot of issues that come with it. One is academic dishonesty. Because there is so much information available online, it is easy for students to try to use research as their own. It is so important that students are taught the proper way to cite things in all grade levels, especially as they get to high school and college an

     Personally, I like Microsoft Word the best because that is what I am used to and have been certified in. I think it is a preference but I had to use Microsoft in middle and high school so I was able to get really familiar with it. One positive about Google Docs is that multiple people can work on one document at the same time. This can be useful for group projects or revising essays. I think that everyone should learn and be comfortable using both Microsoft Word and Google Docs.       The ISTE standard that is most meaningful to me is 2.3 Citizen. This standard states "Educators inspire students to positively contribute to and responsibly participate in the digital world." I think that this standard is so important because technology is so valuable in this society and it is so important for students to know how to use it appropriately. Students need to know how to be respectful online when using different types of technology. Inspiring students to be positive has always