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 interested in many topics they wrote about. I thought it was very interesting last week to see everyone's views on Flipped Classroom, and if they thought it was effective and would implement it in their classroom. All the blogs I read had different opinions on how they thought about Flipped Classrooms. Another topic I found very interesting reading was the week we wrote about how everyone felt using Twitter and how it was helping them expand their Personal Learning Network. Everyone had such unique ways they used Twitter, and followed such different people, I could go and expand my PLN after reading these topics. It is crazy to me that even with the same topics everyone who wrote a blog interpreted the information a different way and wrote about a different thing.

The next technology related skill I would like to learn is iMovie. I want to learn how to use iMovie because I would like to be able to combine video clips and photos for multiple purposes. Whether it be for a sentimental video with clips and videos of the people in my life, or clips and videos of an educational topic and make an educational video. This could help me in my classroom to make videos my class could learn from. I will achieve this goal by watching YouTube videos on iMovie, and from that I can just download the app and know how to iMovie.Video tutorials on YouTube I feel like are a great way to learn a new technology-related skill, because you can learn from those who are passionate enough about the skill to create their own video, and learn from a combination of people. That way, you can learn different skills by many folks.