EME2040 Blog

  While working on this assignment, I acquired many new skills. Before this class I had never focused on many design- related assignments but I have enjoyed all of them. This one specifically had so many different aspects and elements that we had to cover in order to get a high pass. I learned how to maneuver around a new website and all of the different aspects it had to offer such as implementing my own photos, and the different fonts and links you could add to the website. https://kaylamckercher.weebly.com Before this class I had never heard of Diigo. I have enjoyed working on that platform and find it to be interactive. This website is useful for classrooms, team members, and for individual efforts because it can be used as a form of communication. Each member can make their own posts as well as comment on others. It is a fun platform.  Technology and teacher professional development go hand in hand. It is very important that technology in the classroom develops as technol...

  A lot of the public class pages contain information about teachers' education and their passions. They write about what school they attended and what they intended to study versus what they actually studied. They also write about the role they play within the school and how long they’ve been working there. Each of these class pages gives a little insight into each teacher's life. https://www.matergroveacademy.com/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=758500&type=u&termREC_ID=&pREC_ID=572535   I do envision myself using technology to accomplish my professional responsibilities in a more efficient and effective way. Technology is extremely convenient and so commonly used in being able to share information with students as well as parents. Some specific teacher productivity tools that I enjoy using are blackboard and remind101. However, I will always have to take into consideration that not all students have access to these technology tools.  I enjoyed working on canvas...

  Before this class I had never heard of Diigo. I found it to be an interesting website. I believe at times the website can be a little confusing and unorganized. However, overall, I like how the website is interactive and different compared to other websites I've used.  Blogging is one of my favorite assignments that we have been doing throughout this class. I’ve enjoyed all the blogs we’ve done and found it to be an interesting way to do assignments. There is nothing that I don’t like about the blogging that we’ve done. I have learned about new ways to present information through a blog and how it is different compared to just writing an informative essay.  An interesting web 2.0 tool that I might use in my class is Microsoft teams. I have used this tool myself in classes throughout the year and find that it is an efficient way to communicate. Through microsoft teams you can communicate by writing posts as well as sending out photos. You can also use zoom through micros...

  I have interacted with many different education platforms on Twitter. I have found that each of the present interesting information on different educational topics. These accounts have allowed me to stay more informed within the education community. I believe twitter will be useful in my future career with being able to communicate with other teachers about what they are doing in their classrooms. I believe collaboration is a big part of what makes educators successful in their fields.  I believe that the digital divide does pose a problem within schools and creates a huge disparity between students. The main cause of the digital divide is the lack of resources students have due to income. Many students may not be able to afford a laptop or have internet in their homes which holds them back when they are required to do online assignments. This will certainly influence my future teaching strategies because I will always have an alternative for students that do not have access...

  I chose the first grade standard relating to using different text features. The point of this standard is for students to be able to use a multitude of features online. These features include but are not limited to glossaries, tables, and headings. I feel prepared to implement this standard based on my current skill set. I feel prepared because I understand the standard thoroughly and believe it is extremely important for my students to understand these concepts.  On the CPALMS webpage I chose the standard that related to being able to maintain your time wisely and be organized with all of your work. I believe this is an important standard that should be implemented in all classrooms. I believe all of these resources shown can be used in my teaching. They are all great examples that can be used and shown to students to help them understand how to better manage their time and work.  I believe it is extremely important to be a proficient internet searcher in order to find...

  Copyright gives you the ability to protect the work that you’ve created which allows you to distribute it how you please. Fair use is what exactly you can use even though it is copyrighted. There are certain exceptions that allow you to access these protected works. As a teacher I would always want my students to be motivated in creating their own works. I believe that when students are completing assignments in which you gave them an example for, they tend to copy it with just a few small changes.  I believe that academic dishonesty and cyberbullying are two major technology implementation issues. In my own classroom, I would focus on trying to avoid both of these issues. I would try to maintain academic dishonesty by using websites such as turn it in to make sure there is no plagiarism in the students' work. As for cyberbullying, in all the platforms used in my class, I would make sure my students use their actual name and that there is no one in my platform that is not pa...

 I have been using MS word since I was in middle school. However, when I got to high school I began using google docs more often. I found that it was easier to use and it had more features. I enjoyed that it auto saved everything as you wrote and it was easy to use offline. It was also easy to convert and save your file into any format.  ISTE Standards for Educators is an organization that targets educators interested in using technology in education. There are 7 standards that are each important. However, the one that is most meaningful to me is 2.4 the collaborator. This standard says that educators work with their peers and students to improve, learn new things, and solve problems. I think this standard is very important because I believe we learn more from each other than anything else. The easiest way to discover new things and improve is by talking with those around you.  I do not agree with the term digital native when it comes to describing our youth. A digital na...