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Blog #10: The Final Blog

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DATA COLLECTION In my future high school English classroom, I could see myself using data collection to get feedback about certain subjects, topics, and lessons learned in class. How much did my students like the Shakespeare group project in our most recent unit? What are their thoughts about the most recent essay? I think student feedback is very important. As for data reporting, I think that having that data in an accessible space is important, and it also makes averaging and seeing trends easier. BLOGS This semester, I enjoyed seeing what other students’ wanted for their future classrooms, especially on how they’d integrate the technology we learned about in class (if at all!). I think it’s valuable to have others to share ideas with, and this was very helpful for me. I was able to develop new ideas for my class because of it. I also liked seeing all of the websites that people made and how they interpreted the assignments given. UP NEXT I would really like to learn how...
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ILP ‘Presentation’ — Lynda.com

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Hey y’all! I’m back with another ILP! For this project, I chose to do a Lynda.com tutorial, and I actually chose one about creating interactive PowerPoints to supplement my learning a little bit. If you’d like to see the Lynda tutorial I watched, I’ve linked it here ! As someone who doesn’t necessarily enjoy learning from videos, I was pleasantly surprised by Lynda.com! It was pretty engaging, and I thought the step-by-step walkthrough was helpful. If you want to here more of my opinions and experience, check out my VoiceThread . That’s all for this week! I’ll see you guys soon. This work is licensed under a  Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License .
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Blog #9: Flipped Classrooms, OERs, & PowerPoint

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Flipped Classrooms I am not the biggest fan of the flipped classroom concept, and while I feel many others share my opinion, I really admire teachers who make it work in their classrooms! Check out my Flipgrid video to see why I don’t like flipped classrooms. Open Educational Resources (OERs) Open Educational Resources are really cool, and as a hopeful teacher and current student, I appreciate them greatly! OERs are learning, teaching, and research materials that have been made available for educators and students to use freely! They are free, adaptable, and able to be distributed without limit. That’s right— one day, college students could have OER textbooks!  One website I found that discusses Open Educational Resources is this one , a page by the United Nations. It gives a lot of important information about how to develop an OER, why they’re important, and discuss important declarations about OERs! I would strongly encourage you to check it out! PowerPoin...
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Blog #8: Diigo, Bloom's Taxonomy, and Professional Development

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DIIGO Diigo is so helpful! I actually just wrote a paper and used Diigo to organize all of my sources. In my high school English classroom, I could use it to save helpful resources for lessons, or have students use it to organize and annotate sources for a research paper. With team members, making a group that you can share sources in and actively collaborate within those sources is super helpful. In my individual professional efforts, saving helpful resources (blogs, research, news articles, etc.) that would help me develop as a teacher would be very useful. Overall, I really like Diigo! I'm going to continue using it outside of class. BLOOM'S TAXONOMY PowerPoint can be an incredibly powerful tool for helping students learn. Looking at Bloom's Taxonomy can help us see the benefits of it. Knowledge: Slides can help give information to students, presenting it in a way that is easy for note-taking and learning.  Comprehension:   You insert videos that help further ...
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Blog #7: Twitter, Making Websites, & Assitive & Adaptive Technology

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I've really enjoyed Twitter so far! As I've shared before, I never used Twitter before this class, so there's definitely been a learning curve, but it's very user friendly. No complaints here! I've been able to access a lot of interesting articles that I wouldn't seen before this assignment, and I think that has been my favorite part of Twitter so far. I also enjoy seeing what professionals in the education field have to say about current events, and Twitter has definitely allowed me to broaden my horizons in that scope.  Twitter, you get a 10/10. The Web Design assignment we just did in class was a lot of fun! Before this class, I didn't think I would use a website in my classroom, but I think it's a great way for students and parents to access classroom information, especially if something like Canvas isn't provided for that school. It was a little tedious and some of the requirements felt a little unnecessary, but overall, I think my wor...
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ILP "Design" - Prezi

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Hey y'all! This week, I did an ILP Design project. To do this, I made a Prezi, which you can view here  (and check out the sneak peak pic I posted below)! I've explained my project and how we can use Prezi in the classroom in a VoiceThread you can see here ! In my VoiceThread, I talked about what Prezi is, shared the content I created with it, talked about how Prezi is used, and discussed how it can be used in the classroom (and in an English class). Prezi is a much more interactive, and free, PowerPoint. You use it just the same as you would PowerPoint, but it is accessed online, making it even more accessible! I used Prezi to make a book overview of The Secret Life of Bees  by Sue Monk Kidd, a book that my students could be reading in class. Teachers may also find this helpful in their classrooms, for reasons I discussed in my VoiceThread. Unfortunately, I will not be posting a Thursday blog post this week, but I hope you enjoy this ILP! Enjoy, and have a great week! ...
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Blog #6: Classroom Websites, Professional Responsibilities, & Tech Sandbox!

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TEACHER CLASSROOM PAGES I chose to look at the teacher pages from my elementary school, Tatum Ridge Elementary School, in Sarasota, Florida. I loved Tatum, and thought it would be fitting to use their teacher pages for this assignment.  PAGE ONE: Shannon Wynne, 5th Grade Mrs. Wynne was my third grade teacher! In her class, we performed a play every year, and she was such a fun and animated teacher. There isn’t much information available to the public: how many years she’s been teaching, her degrees, and the atmosphere of her classroom.  PAGE TWO: Jackie Davenport, 2nd Grade Mrs. Davenport was my brother’s second grade teacher, and her daughter is one of my friends from high school. Her page is a little different from Mrs. Wynne’s. She includes how long she’s been teaching and her degrees, but she also talks about how much she loves teaching about how she has always wanted to be a teacher. The information is dated, as her daughter has graduated now and her ...
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