This semester I have learned so many new and exciting
things about technology. Everything that
has been covered in this class will be a useful tool within a classroom. Not only did I learn new things but it was
enjoyable learning. All of the
assignments to an extent were interesting and I wanted to do them. They were easy but extremely helpful
especially when I get my own classroom. I
can honestly say that I enjoyed everything about the class. I actually hate to see it end due to the fact
that I feel like there are so many other things that I can utilize when I graduate
that I am still not aware of. This semester
has really opened my eyes to me realizing that technology and it uses are far
more extensive than what I was aware of.
I plan to use each of these tools in my own classroom and I am pretty
sure that they will have a heavy impact on the learning process. Anything that will intrigue or inspire learning
is something I am interesting in. I think
will all of these tools combined any teacher would meet the requirements for technology
use in the classroom. This class has really prepared me to better
engage not only the students but the parents as well. I think all around communication makes for a useful
classroom. I cannot wait to put all of
my new found knowledge into progress and what how my students react. I am sure their reaction would be such as
bright as mine. I never realized what the
entire internet had to offer me. It was
all right there in front of me all I had to do was learn how to use it. Due to this class I am now aware of these
useful tools and how to use them. Mostly
I am excited about making my own website for my parents and students. I think that was the most useful tool that I learned
about this semester. All of the information
I gained this semester will help me connect with my students better I believe. After all technology is growing rapidly just
as the students are. Anything that the students
can do on the computer, active board, etc they are more interested in.
Wednesday, November 26, 2014
Website
Being able to create a website through Google is a
great tool that I am certainly excited to use in my own classroom. This tool can be use for informing the
parents of your students exactly what is going on in the classroom. It can also be used to communicate with the
parents. It is more common now for
parent teacher communication to be done via email due to the changes in
technology. It is likely that a teacher
would include on his or her website an email and phone number so that parents
are able to be in touch with their child’s educator. There could also be a discussion board of some
sort made so that parents could communicate with each other about different events
that are occurring at that time. The website
can be used for homework assigning and turning in. All teachers should take in
consideration thought that all of their students will not have a computer and
or internet connection with in their home.
https://sites.google.com/site/misshillsfirstgrade/
Google Groups
The Google Groups project was amusing to me. I have also liked stories and been a dramatic
person. For me to be able to be dramatic
and include it in a story for a grade was great for me. This assignment however opened my eyes to a
whole new world on Google. I never knew
about Google document or presentations until this assignment. I think it is quite neat that someone such as
my future students can create an account on Google, create several different
items and then publish them for the world to see. Of course I love making and designing power
points, which is very close to Google Presentations. This assignment I prepared a lesson for a
second grade class and presented it to them in the form of a presentation. This will be useful in the classroom especially
since most classrooms have computers and active boards in them now. Anyway to utilize technology is fascinating
to me. When I have my own students I
hope Google Groups and Documents is something that they all find interesting
and have are able to use it while having fun too. I can see this being a tool that is used
daily within my classroom.
My Movie Reflection
My movie project was the most fun to me. I liked being able to be creative with
picture, music, and captions. Although
there this tool seems like it would not be as useful as other that I have been
exposed to in this class so far, it could also be used as a reflection over the
school year or even the semester. As a
parent I love seeing my daughter within her classroom. This can be used to show the parents that the
students are learning and having fun at the same time. Which again, as a parent and future teacher I
think both are just as important. My
movie is of my daughter of course. She
is the most important aspect in my life so I saw it fitting to crate my move
about her.
This also could be use to show steps in a project
that a teacher may want to assign to her students. When a project is presented to me even as a
college student is a more creative way than just a sheet of paper with instructions
on it, it makes me for eager to do the project and do it well.
Web Tools
I felt that the web tools assignment was very
helpful. As a future educator I think it
will be important to utilize sites such as these that can speed up the planning
process. When I have my own classroom I
know these tools will be something that I will look back on and use for my own
benefit. These sites also speed up
planning which is important since there are never enough hours in a day’s time
to complete all task asked of you as a teacher.
I am glad and excited to have these tools at my finger tips to use in
the future. I think that the most useful
tool would be the quizlet site. It is
quick, easy, and creates mass production.
Using these sites in the classroom would be beneficial to the teacher
and student. The students could use them
to prepare for test and make their own study guides and such. Using games may be the way that a student
learns best. Being able to put the
correct information into a database and it creates a game for the student is
something I would suggest for all teachers to offer their students. All in all I think that this assignment thus
far will be the most beneficial as future educator.
Rubrics-
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php
Quizes-
http://quizlet.com/
Turnitin.com
Turnitin.com is a web site use to help writers make
sure that they did not plagiarize. The writer can upload their work in to turnitin.com
and they will issues a percentage in which the paper was plagiarized. This is especially a useful tool when writing
papers that require sources. Not only is
using another author’s work illegal but it so easily done. With this site it can be easily found and
prevented. I was not aware of this site
until the assignment was giving and now I use this site for all of my other
papers in other classes. It has made sourcing and writing much easier. I would recommend this site to all students
and recommend that other teachers use with site with their students. Also this would be a useful site for a
teacher to put on their school website so that parents would be aware of this
useful tool as well. Anything that can
help prefect work is a useful to in learning.
I wish that I would have known more about web tools such as this one
when I was in high school. I will be
using this site when I write any paper from now on.
http://turnitin.com/
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