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Blog #10

Hello Everyone! This week we will be discussing how to use Surveys in a classroom, what I have learned from reading my classmates blog posts, and a new technology- related skill I would like to learn. There are many useful ways to use surveys and excel as a teacher. I would use surveys for my sixth grade classroom to test and see how my students are doing on a subject. For example, if I was unsure if my students were ready for their math test, I could give them a survey where they could self reflect and also answer some math questions. This way, I can see where they mentally stand, but also if they can correctly answer questions like the ones they would be tested on. I think Excel would be super helpful in any classroom. I would use Excel in my classroom to keep track of grades. It is so helpful in calculating and staying organized so the grades do not get mixed up would be so easy with all of Excel’s functions. From reviewing my classmates blogs, I was very inter...

ILP #2 - Design Google Classroom!

Hi everyone! This week I completed an independent learning project, which is a way to use my own interests to gain professional development in educational technology. I used the tool of GoogleClassroom to create a classroom webpage, where students could go and see all the worksheets they needed to do and when they were due, in all of their classes. They could click on classwork and scroll through each subject to see what is due and when. I really liked how on google classroom there is a stream page to scroll and see all assignments that are due in one place. I attached the link to my google classroom page below, and screenshots of the main page. Link to my Google Classroom: You must log into to google to access, and the CODE is 59imczm https://classroom.google.com/u/0/c/MjYzMjIzMjM2MDNa Screenshot Images of my Google Classroom Website: Thank you for reading! Kaylee Curry

Blog #9

Hello Everyone! This week we will be discussing flipped classrooms, open educational resources and the new skills I learned on PowerPoint this week! “The Flipped Classroom” is when the students are shown the information before class begins, and then once they get to class, their learning of the information is deepened through discussion and activities. This basically means that students teach themselves the information on their own, and then when they get to class, they learn more about it and can ask questions on what they do not understand. I think “flipped classrooms” have a good motive, to deepen the knowledge at a higher level than possible when teaching in class, but in reality do not play out how they are supposed too. This is because if students are supposed to teach themselves something before class, most of them will not. Instead, only the few who truly care about school will get to class already have learned the information, but they will have to sit in class whil...

Blog #7 - October 30th!!

Hello Everyone, This week I am writing about my experiences with Twitter, what I learned with the creation of my Web page, and Assistive and Adaptive technologies. My experiences with Twitter so far have gone really well. The benefits of using Twitter include being able to see what so many others with the same interests as me are posting about and currently doing within the field of educational technology. It makes it simple to publish someone else's tweet, so your followers can see who you agree with. A benefit is being able to see quick updates on information, without having to go read whole articles. Instead, I can easily read the headlines, and then if I am interested I can go and research more about that specific topic. I have learned many things about educational technology using Twitter, and updates on things that are happening in the classroom. For example, last week I read about a teacher protest that was happening in Oklahoma! I have not experienced any problems ...

ILP #!

Hey everyone! Today I completed my Individual Learning Project, Participation, and completed a Lynda tutorial. This blog post will tell you what I learned and how I felt about the learning experience through Lynda. In Lynda, I watched the tutorial “New features in Gmail.” This taught me about the new features that Gmail would be offering in 2018. I learned how you can switch from new interphase and the classic phase, which is actually a very simple procedure if you are on a personal account. The new interphase will be permanent soon, but this tutorial helped my get a jump start on how to work the new interphase. I learned how to snooze an email, and so the email will only come up to the top of your inbox when it is relevant. You can snooze it until you have time to read it, without worrying about it getting lost in your other emails. You can also now preview your email without opening, so that you do not have to “read” an email if you do not have time to process the whole email. If t...

Blog #6

Hello, I visited an schools website this week, Belmont Academy Charter School, and viewed the first grade page under the teacher Christina Cully. On her pager, she has a biography to tell a little about herself, including her academic credentials, why she loves teaching and a little about herself. On her main page, there is guide to access all other pages, including a reference page, links, schedule, first grade weekly news, videos, posts, and a photo album. You can click on all these tabs and access these different pages. The reference page gives a guideline to where students are at on their reading level, where they should be, and what to do if they do not have access to internet. The links page contains different link that they evidently use in their classroom, like educational games. The schedule shows their everyday schedule in the classroom, for parents (and students) to know how their day and week will go. The first grade weekly news is visually pleasing and easy to read, and ...