Monday, November 16, 2015
Monday, November 9, 2015
10 The Grand Finale
This week I learned how to create a game for classroom use using only PowerPoint. I created mine using a template from the internet which made the process extremely simple. I only had to input my own questions based off my standard and change some of the elements to meet the assignment criteria. I want to teach kindergarten so I aligned my game with a kindergarten level standard. These games will be so fun to use in class because competition is great motivation for doing well.
To achieve my ed tech goals, I think it is important to stay on top of all the new technology coming out. We have the wonderful resource of the tech sandbox at FSU, so we have the unique opportunity to experience many of the new technologies in person while learning about them in classes like EME 2040. Taking advantages of every seminar, workshop, and exhibition will allow future educators and current educators to gain the knowledge needed to learn about new technology and how to apply them to class. EME 2040 has been especially beneficial for this process since every week I learn new things about new technology and even old technology I was not super familiar with.
After reading classmates blogs throughout the weeks of this course I found it the most interesting that we all have had such different experiences in school. Some of us went to private schools, some public. Some schools have had lots of access to resources, some have had access to very few resources. Simple differences like this shape our perspectives when we complete our assignments, specifically our blog posts. Many of these experiences have shaped how we view and use technology.
I would like to learn how to use the technology itself and the software associated with SmartBoards or things similar. My mom has one in her classroom now and I have seen them in every classroom in Leon County. I have seen teachers use them effectively by downloading games and interactive software for use in class and I have seen them be used ineffectively like a fancy chalkboard. I would like to learn all the uses for them and how to integrate them to the best of my ability in my future classroom. I feel like SmartBoards are the new white boards, which were the new chalkboards. Every classroom will have a SmartBoard, or something like it, and it will be used daily.
To achieve my ed tech goals, I think it is important to stay on top of all the new technology coming out. We have the wonderful resource of the tech sandbox at FSU, so we have the unique opportunity to experience many of the new technologies in person while learning about them in classes like EME 2040. Taking advantages of every seminar, workshop, and exhibition will allow future educators and current educators to gain the knowledge needed to learn about new technology and how to apply them to class. EME 2040 has been especially beneficial for this process since every week I learn new things about new technology and even old technology I was not super familiar with.
Sunday, November 8, 2015
9 Flipped Classrooms, Professional Development, and PowerPoint
According to page 238 of the textbook, a flipped classroom is a style of teaching where the lecture portion of classes happens at home through videos and other resources, and actual face to face class time is used to work on assignments. Assignments are sometimes individual and sometimes group projects. The teacher is present to help the students work through what they learned in their virtual lectures. Here is a link to an online resource for flipped classroom lectures.
PBS TeacherLine is an online resource for professional development for educators. On the page titled Why PBS TeacherLine, the website provides reasons they think their software is beneficial including that you can receive graduate credit, the courses are based on standards and can be customized to align with your district, experienced instructors, and their content is created through a partnership with educational leaders like ISTE. Reviews on their testimonial page were all positive and hit points of the website being high quality and easy to use.
Courses are offered in 1-5 hours, 15 hours, 30 hours, or 45 hour levels in grade levels pre-k, k-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12. The categories of the course include instructional strategy, instructional technology, math, reading/language arts, science, social studies/history, and leadership. One of the courses offered is even about flipped classrooms! The courses offered are often work at your own pace which is wonderful for teachers who have to work during the normal school day hours and spend their evenings planning or grading tests. The courses vary in price for enrollment, and for an additional fee you can use the course to receive credit at some universities listed beneath the course descriptions.
This week through the powerpoint assignment I learned how to create a master slide, use a template from the internet, create smartart, and set a picture as the background of the slide. I personally prefer software like prezi as opposed to powerpoint because they are more interactive and interesting to look at. Many of my teachers use powerpoint to put up the schedule for the day or lecture notes, which is probably how I will use it in the future as well. I want to teach kindergarten and/or social studies in the future so I decided to align my powerpoint with a kindergarten social studies standard. I realized halfway through my work that this was kind of silly since kindergarteners cannot read well yet. I decided to finish the powerpoint with the standard I had previously chosen, but I do not see the merit of using powerpoint in primary classrooms.
PBS TeacherLine is an online resource for professional development for educators. On the page titled Why PBS TeacherLine, the website provides reasons they think their software is beneficial including that you can receive graduate credit, the courses are based on standards and can be customized to align with your district, experienced instructors, and their content is created through a partnership with educational leaders like ISTE. Reviews on their testimonial page were all positive and hit points of the website being high quality and easy to use.
Courses are offered in 1-5 hours, 15 hours, 30 hours, or 45 hour levels in grade levels pre-k, k-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12. The categories of the course include instructional strategy, instructional technology, math, reading/language arts, science, social studies/history, and leadership. One of the courses offered is even about flipped classrooms! The courses offered are often work at your own pace which is wonderful for teachers who have to work during the normal school day hours and spend their evenings planning or grading tests. The courses vary in price for enrollment, and for an additional fee you can use the course to receive credit at some universities listed beneath the course descriptions.
This week through the powerpoint assignment I learned how to create a master slide, use a template from the internet, create smartart, and set a picture as the background of the slide. I personally prefer software like prezi as opposed to powerpoint because they are more interactive and interesting to look at. Many of my teachers use powerpoint to put up the schedule for the day or lecture notes, which is probably how I will use it in the future as well. I want to teach kindergarten and/or social studies in the future so I decided to align my powerpoint with a kindergarten social studies standard. I realized halfway through my work that this was kind of silly since kindergarteners cannot read well yet. I decided to finish the powerpoint with the standard I had previously chosen, but I do not see the merit of using powerpoint in primary classrooms.
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