For my second ILP I decided to make a stop motion clip about subtraction! This project was very fun and tedious, but I learned a lot! The link is below!
ILP #2 - Design - Bob and Suzy Practice Subtraction
Tuesday, November 29, 2016
Tuesday, November 22, 2016
#10 - It's Been Real
Data collection. I plan to use data collection as a teacher, as it can only help improve my class. I don't think any harm could come from utilizing this. Last week I learned how powerful Excel is. Through using Excel I was able to document all of the scores for my pseudo students, as well as find another of averages that were relevant for my pseudo class. This organization and collection of data will help any educator track their students and see specifically what students and subject areas need more attention. If I was, say, a middle school math teacher I could see what tests and assignments students are struggling with and better tailor my lessons to help them. This is extremely useful to any educator, or most likely any profession and I plan to use programs like Excel in the future.
Completely unrelated, when reading the blogs of my classmates one subject I found interesting was my colleagues opinions on different technologies we encountered during the tech sandbox and sports psychology lab. I know what technologies I would want to use as an educator and what technologies I found most interesting, but it was very interesting to see what other people thought each technology could be used for.
In the future I would love to relearn the specifics of Microsoft Office. I feel as though there is so much that I have yet to learn or so much that I am forgetting that could be so beneficial to myself and my students. I am sure there are several videos I could watch about this and I plan to before I step into any professional setting.
Completely unrelated, when reading the blogs of my classmates one subject I found interesting was my colleagues opinions on different technologies we encountered during the tech sandbox and sports psychology lab. I know what technologies I would want to use as an educator and what technologies I found most interesting, but it was very interesting to see what other people thought each technology could be used for.
In the future I would love to relearn the specifics of Microsoft Office. I feel as though there is so much that I have yet to learn or so much that I am forgetting that could be so beneficial to myself and my students. I am sure there are several videos I could watch about this and I plan to before I step into any professional setting.
Tuesday, November 15, 2016
#9 - Sorry if I Hurt Your Feelings, Flipped Classroom
In our textbooks we read about an educational concept called the "flipped classroom". A flipped classroom is a style of learning that blends online learning outside of the class, and instruction in person with a teacher. Chapter 10 in our book best describes this as students watching pre-recorded lecture videos before coming to class for homework. This concept of teaching makes me extremely uneasy. As someone who went to a Title I school in a very low income area, this teaching method seems overwhelmingly flawed and weak. First of all, this method would be put into place assuming children had a computer at their disposal. Also, there would be zero way to account for whether or not a student actually watched the lectures or just put one on, walked away, and came to class the next day behind in their studies. Telling kids its okay to have low attention spans during class, that they can just watch videos on a screen at home, seems like a very counter-productive way to raise up America's youth. I do however support using videos to help students if they need it. For example, I used Khan Academy as a student. I would watch videos on math lessons I was having trouble understanding.
In a podcast we listened to, the words "open content" and "open sources" were brought up. This idea means that someone can access these content or sources with only minor restrictions due to licensing. These things can prove to be extremely useful to teachers who require extra resources during instruction. The website,Open Content, provides a definition, examples, and overall better understanding of what "open content" means.
For the past two weeks we made PowerPoints. For these assignments we had to design a lesson we could teach via PowerPoint, and a game. I chose to teach my students about the three branches of government. I also chose to do the game Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. An example of something I learned from this assignment is that you can record audio over a PowerPoint! What! When I realized we had to do that for the assignment I was worried it was going to be a daunting, difficult thing to do. However, it was the simplest task with such and fun reward! I will use this in the future if I am ever presenting notes to students online. I can record myself elaborating on and explaining slideshows. Here is the title slide of my assignment:
In a podcast we listened to, the words "open content" and "open sources" were brought up. This idea means that someone can access these content or sources with only minor restrictions due to licensing. These things can prove to be extremely useful to teachers who require extra resources during instruction. The website,Open Content, provides a definition, examples, and overall better understanding of what "open content" means.
For the past two weeks we made PowerPoints. For these assignments we had to design a lesson we could teach via PowerPoint, and a game. I chose to teach my students about the three branches of government. I also chose to do the game Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. An example of something I learned from this assignment is that you can record audio over a PowerPoint! What! When I realized we had to do that for the assignment I was worried it was going to be a daunting, difficult thing to do. However, it was the simplest task with such and fun reward! I will use this in the future if I am ever presenting notes to students online. I can record myself elaborating on and explaining slideshows. Here is the title slide of my assignment:
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
17 Ways to Design a Presentation People Want to View
This a very engaging and colorful presentation about creating a good presentation. I appreciate that within it there are several ideas for small details you can add to a slide to make it more appealing. For example, on slide 6 the words "People don't pay attention" are large and in a different color. This is a fun way to highlight an important idea!
#8 - Bloom('s Taxonomy) Where You Are Planted
Last week we visited the Sports Psychology Lab. This is a room located in our College of Education filled with all sorts of gadgets that put the human mind to the test. One device tracked the patterns of the eyes, while another tested your hand eye coordination and ability to think under pressure. One of the devices we worked with that could be beneficial in the classroom is the device the second device mentioned. It was a large board with several buttons, a button would light up and you would have to press it. However, occasionally a series of numbers or a math problem would appear in the center of the board and you would have to recite the numbers or answer the problem. This can help students in the classroom because not only is it a fun way to practice basic arithmetic, it also can make the students better human beings by strengthening their ability to think quickly and problem solve under extreme circumstances.
Bloom's Taxonomy is an educational framework that consists of several layers. The top layer being create, and the others as follows: evaluate, analyze, apply, understand, and remember. Because each layer has a separate purpose, one could easily explain Bloom's Taxonomy through a series of PowerPoint slides. For the first level, create, I would simply put the word create into a slide and proceed to hand out some sort of white board and marker and allow them to create whatever they wanted so they could associate creating with Bloom's Taxonomy's first level, create. Then for evaluate, I would put on my slide the word and the definition and then have each child discuss with their neighbor why they created the thing that they did. For the next level, analyze, I would provide the explanation "draw connections among ideas" and ask the students to see if there are any connections between their creations. For apply, I would again have the word and definition on a slide. I would ask students to raise their hands and share ideas for how they can use what they just learned about analyzing and evaluating in the real world. The next layer is understand. Students would now be asked to look at the definition on the slide and turn their neighbor and attempt to uncover if they understand what they've learned so far. I would then display the word remember and ask students to share what they remember from this activity. We would then create a six layer foldable with each layer and description so the steps of Bloom's Taxonomy could be further cemented into their brains.
The photo above is a link to a Forbes.com article about technology trends in 2016. This website posts articles frequently about business and technology and is a reliable source where one can go to stay on top of technology trends.
Bloom's Taxonomy is an educational framework that consists of several layers. The top layer being create, and the others as follows: evaluate, analyze, apply, understand, and remember. Because each layer has a separate purpose, one could easily explain Bloom's Taxonomy through a series of PowerPoint slides. For the first level, create, I would simply put the word create into a slide and proceed to hand out some sort of white board and marker and allow them to create whatever they wanted so they could associate creating with Bloom's Taxonomy's first level, create. Then for evaluate, I would put on my slide the word and the definition and then have each child discuss with their neighbor why they created the thing that they did. For the next level, analyze, I would provide the explanation "draw connections among ideas" and ask the students to see if there are any connections between their creations. For apply, I would again have the word and definition on a slide. I would ask students to raise their hands and share ideas for how they can use what they just learned about analyzing and evaluating in the real world. The next layer is understand. Students would now be asked to look at the definition on the slide and turn their neighbor and attempt to uncover if they understand what they've learned so far. I would then display the word remember and ask students to share what they remember from this activity. We would then create a six layer foldable with each layer and description so the steps of Bloom's Taxonomy could be further cemented into their brains.
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Post #7 - Should I Stay Or Should Diigo
This week we listened to an Adaptive Tech podcast. It defined adaptive or assistive technologies as technologies that help people with disabilities use computing equipment more effectively. Some of the examples it gave of these technologies are those with physical and learning disabilities can use voice recognition software in lieu of typing, or text-to-speech software that has the ability to read text to students. The book also provides examples of these technologies. Students can use alternative keyboards such as expanded keyboards, one-handed keyboards, and on-screen keyboards. These can make communicating to others easier for students. I have never used these technologies, nor have I met someone who uses these technologies. A problem one might face when trying to incorporate these into the classroom, is trying to maintain a sense of normalcy in the classroom and lesson plan. As accepting and flexible as a teacher might be, that doesn't mean that their classroom will be as open-minded.
I learned a lot about myself, and about Weebly through this assignment. I thought that although it made it easy to put words on a screen and create a basic website, the parameters that my lack of knowledge regarding website creation left me with resulted in a very boring and uncreative website that is probably terrifyingly similar to hundreds of other people who have used Weebly. Next time, I can look up way to customize my website, other than just changing the color of my font. Here is a screenshot and link to my website:
I learned a lot about myself, and about Weebly through this assignment. I thought that although it made it easy to put words on a screen and create a basic website, the parameters that my lack of knowledge regarding website creation left me with resulted in a very boring and uncreative website that is probably terrifyingly similar to hundreds of other people who have used Weebly. Next time, I can look up way to customize my website, other than just changing the color of my font. Here is a screenshot and link to my website:
I had no idea that you could annotate websites and share thoughts and information so gracefully over the internet until I started using Diigo. It allows you to highlight websites and bits of information that may be beneficial to you and those who are looking at the website with you. That's incredible. I can use this technology professionally by looking up articles, websites, anything online that I think may be valuable to students or colleagues and I can easily point out and share and communicate why I think that source is so powerful.
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