Blog #10

The data collection/survey is a very easy to use tool. It is user friendly and is a great way to access information from your students. As a teacher, I would like to teach general first grade. I would use these surveys to ask the kids subject matter questions. Based on what we learned that week, I would ask simple questions to see if the children understood the subject.

When viewing my classmates blogs, I got to learn a lot about new subjects and also about the classmates themselves. I enjoyed looking at the classmates websites the most. It taught me a lot about different ways to make a class page. I also got to see the style that each classmate chose which was a cool experience.

The next technology related skill I would like to learn is how to use photoshop. I think photoshop is a great tool to have for making posters, photos, and everyday use. I would like to achieve this by getting some of my friends who are good at photoshop to help me. I could start by editing simple photos and then go onto making posters.

ILP #2

For my ILP, I created a Prezi. I targeted this presentation at a second grade science class. It made me aware of Prezi and how I could use it for teaching. It has great tools and it very easy to follow. They provide many templates so you have a lot of options. Here is my Prezi. Check it out!
My Prezi!

Blog #8

At first, Diigo was something that was hard for me to understand. The more I used it in class the more I understood how interactive it is to use with peers and in a classroom. I learned how to annotate articles and comment on others. This would be good for any age group and subject. Say you are having a group project and need to find different articles, this would be an efficient way to do so.

If I were creating a PowerPoint based off of Bloom's Taxonomy for my science class, I would first try and do the remember part. This would most likely include a list of bullet point definitions. For the understand part of the chart, I would try and put photos with fun animation on the slide for the students to fully grasp the concept. For apply, I would put instructions for a science experiment the students would do on the powerpoint slide. For the analyze portion, I would have a Venn Diagram and have students drag words into each of the categories after they performed their experiment. As evaluation, I would put up questions on the powerpoint that the students could break into groups and discuss. For create, I would have different game options on there and have the students use that to create their own experiment.

For teachers professional development, they do need to be up to date with the technology. This is because the generations they are teaching will know technology and n order to reach them they will need to learn it too. Also, the new teaching curriculum is based around technology and what will get kids to learn in the most efficient way. Below is a website that tells you how to stay up to date with technology. Some of the answers are asking your students, being on social media, and many more.

http://www.teachhub.com/staying-current-technology-classroom