Education at a Glance

I have to think outside the box not everything is a simple as googling "tools". I have to think of the type of tools like blogs, free trials, tutorials etc. There are also a lot of educators out there willing to help and you cant be afraid to ask for it. There are a lot of free tools available and when you're a teacher FREE is amazing because you don't always have the money to pour into your classroom like you would like. Fresh ideas are always welcome and bookmarks along with annotations help you see something you might have missed before.

A paragraph on adaptive technologies and how they are used to support learners. Reference examples in the podcast and chapter 4. Have you or anyone you have known used such technologies? What challenges do you perceive using adaptive technologies in your classroom? A paragraph about how you might use PowerPoint to support student learning  at each level  of Bloom’s Taxonomy (Google it if you need help!) in a particular lesson. Be explicit. The second part (pgs. 297-304) of Chapter 12 tasks teachers with being the driving force of technology innovation in education -- which is directly related to professional development, how we stay abreast of changes.  Post a screen shot, link, and description of one site you could use to stay informed of technology trends

This MOOC was very interesting! I participated in a lesson on  The History of Medieval Medicine through Jewish Manuscripts.  It related to my major which is a plus, the lecturer was very easy to understand and did a great job explaining every step of the document/codex from the beginning. My lecturer was Tzvi Langermann he teaches currently at Bar IIan University, he also studied and received his degrees at Harvard. This particular codex has 3 books with in it and was written in Arabic which was the popular language during the 10th - 12th century, it had the status English does today. The first book was never translated to Hebrew or Latin. However it was used all over the area because it was very handy. It had diseases listed/beginning from the head and continued down to the toes and also listed possible cures. This book was also heavily annotated. The next book is about the heart and what drugs were used and then the third is about practice, pathology and anatomy this was mor...

Unfortunately I still hate Twitter its just not for me I can't get on the bandwagon. It doesnt hold my attention like Instagram, Facebook or Snapchat. Unless your someone famous you will have minimal followers, and unless your tweet is posted at the perfect time you wont go "viral".  I can totally see the positive uses for it connecting with peers, students can interact with influential people, teachers can quickly share what is going on in the classroom or send out any last minute alerts.  It's just not something I will ever see myself using even outside the classroom. ***** web design to come******** With Diigo I can keep track of information I use in lectures and papers. I can also share some information with students and some with students. 

 I absolutely love the class  website  I found!! Mr. Lindquist works at East Lansing High School in Michigan and teaches 12th grade economics, AP microeconomics and American government. He went to college at Michigan State University with a Bachelors in History, which is also my major.   You have access to his PowerPoints, a week to week review of what is happening in the class, the syllabus and an email address to contact him. You can also flip through all of his classes in the different tabs on the site. I will definitely be using productivity tools to assist me to keep my classroom organized. Google calendar will definitely keep me on track with what has to happen that week. Tools that help me keep track of grades not only for the school I'm teaching at but for my students. I know as a student I am curious to see how I am doing in a class, and to see what changes I have to make for the futur...

We reviewed Mrs. LeBlanc's Kindergarten Classroom Website from Diplomat Elementary School. https://app.oncoursesystems.com/school/webpage/452539/494293 Contrast: The contrast is well done and you can read everything quickly. When you hover over certain headlines with your cursor, the headlines turn a different color which allows you to know exactly what you are clicking on. This is a very helpful tool and makes the website look more neat. Repetition:  Mrs. LeBlanc uses similar visual elements repeated throughout her webpage. For example, the titles are bold and the headings are both bold and underlined. She also uses images throughout her page consistently. This helps to create organization for the webpage.  Allignment:  Although she did a great job with her webpage, similar elements are not alligned within her website. If she did this, it would improve her webpage greatly. She could allign her content with the title of the webpage.  Proximity:  The similar visu...

There is no escaping Web 2.0 tools in a modern classroom however how an educator uses them can make or break the lesson. The more familiar you are to the technology the easier it is to incorporate it to your lesson. I personally think YouTube and blogs are a great way to get your students engaged with the class. On YouTube you can access an unlimited amount of educational videos pertaining to your subject. Whether they are full length documentaries or short clips to put in to your lecture there is always something available. Twitter is not my favorite media to use. I feel as though I can not get my point across in only 140 characters. It’s just very restrictive in my eyes. Yes you could get a quick response from an author or journalist but they may not answer your question entirely or you may have another that they don’t respond to. I would definitely use YouTube, seeing history happen is much more memorable than just reading it. I did find a website that allows students to build th...

My classmate @brennacarrigan1 found a unique way to teach children the circle of life with butterflies and softwear like excel! — Jessie Mrock (@JessieMrock) October 10, 2017

I honestly hate Twitter. I've been trying to be open minded about it but I just can't jump on the band wagon. I tend to forget about it, it just doesn't grasp my attention like other social medias. However there is valuable information available and constantly being pushed so people can access it. I'm following U.S. News Education and  they are always providing you with new up to date information that not only helps educators but parents as well. I probably won’t be using Twitter in my future.  There are two different types of students in the digital divide, students that have access to computers/technology and students that do not. Some students, student A, live in cities where they have the latest and greatest in technology, internet at home and in school. While others, student B, who live outside city limits do not have internet at home, their school has older computers and only uses a computer lab for in class assignments, even the local library has...