EME2040

     I enjoyed this assignment for a few reasons. The website was easy to dissect and easy on the eyes, making things minimalistic and simple. I liked designing different pages and menu bars, but I wouldn't say I liked all of the requirements for a pass. I felt like some of them were unnecessary and unrealistic, like the two pages of links and information for parents and kids. Out of all of my middle and high school classes, I never had full pages of links for extra help or information, and I don't think many kids did. However, I enjoyed educationally designing a platform for kids and learned how to do new things through Weebly. My link can be found here .      I was not a very big fan of Diigo because it looked like old technology, not minimalistic, but instead jumbled together and hard to navigate. I learned how to highlight and post notes on Diigo, which could be helpful in a classroom with a group discussion or group project. I will not be using this fo...

     For Leon High School, the link brought me to a page full of employees of the school. Each link was different, depending on the status of the employee, which was interesting. Some profiles had pictures, which was nice because it made the staff come off as friendly and welcoming, such as a teacher named Scott Evans had a picture of him smiling while skiing down a slope. There is also an option to view each teacher's assignments. However, I assume the students with only those specific teachers can view those because I could not.       I will be using technology very much once I move onto the professional field. Many online sources have helped me in school already, such as Grammarly, one of my favorites - which I plan on continuing to use for a very long time! I also plan on using Twitter if I end up teaching in an elementary classroom. Many other teachers and educators in the Twitter community have so many ideas to share, such as classroom bonding ac...

     Personally, I do not like Diigo. When I first created an account, it made me re-do the sign-up three separate times and was much more complicated than it should have been. I'm not very fond of the setup of Diigo because there is a lot of clutter on my screen, which confounds my focus and concentration. The fonts on the website also bother me because they are so small and close together, making it hard for me to read because I have dyslexia. Because of that, I have to concentrate extra hard on the words and zoom in. If it were up to me, I would choose not to use Diigo again in a personal or academic setting.       I like blogging because I enjoy both writing and designing. The design comes with Blogger, and I can choose my own font, colors, size, etc. Sometimes I wouldn't say I like blogging when there is a question I have to answer that does not interest me very much. However, this goes for most people. I have learned how better to use Grammarly i...

     T witter was the one social media that I never got involved in, along with Facebook. I have accounts on both platforms; however, I just don't engage on them. I have been using Twitter a bit more since this class has required us to download it and engage with it again, and there is a lot of good information on all sorts of topics. There is political news information, non-important news such as celebrity drama, and so much more. I've found that this is what Twitter is really for, and I find it interesting that other platforms such as Snapchat have shifted over into that as well. Snapchat used to only be for friend engagement, but now there is a whole section devoted to just news and widespread engagement. I believe Twitter will be helpful in my future career because there is so much advice and tips you can find from people in your field.      The digital divide is the gap between students who have access to the internet and electronics and the children w...

     I chose grade 3, standard LAFS.3.SL.1.2. This standard basically helps with text, speech, and listening skills, allowing children to point out main ideas and supporting details of a cause in something they have read. They can do this by using software for visual presentations or audio explanations. I think as a teacher, I would use this skill. Being able to retrieve information from a text you have read and explain that to someone else is very important not only for school but also for interacting with others. I could quickly implement this based on my current skill set because I was gone over a lot from elementary through high school.       I chose the English department for grade three to find a tool. The tool I found was a lesson video about sea turtles. The video walks through the "experiment" that the children will be producing, covering simple facts that have already been previously learned. The video was step-by-step, explaining procedures ...

  Blog Journal #3     To me, copyright means taking someone else's work without permission or without giving credit. In educational use, it means pretty much that, just more complex. It affects the classroom mainly by using textbooks, software, and videos in classes. Fair use, to me, means being able to use someone else's work - but to an extent. Fair use, when used for educational purposes, allows instructors to copy specific material for nonprofit educational purposes. However, it depends on how much work you are copying and how you will be using that copyrighted work.        If I find a rising problem with academic dishonesty in my class, I will plan to implement the issue with a lengthy presentation of plagiarism. I will want to stress to the children how big of an academic crime it is to be academically dishonest with your work once you reach high school and college. I will also implement TurnItIn on my classroom assignments, a program that d...

  Blog Journal #2      Throughout school, I have used both Word and Google Docs. I was not introduced to Google Docs until freshman year. After using Google Docs, I found it much simpler to use, along with the fact that everything is saved in one spot and won't disappear, which is fantastic. Although I do not find a dramatic difference between the two softwares, I have been using Google Docs throughout high school because it was required for my classes, so I have gotten very used to it. Along with that, I also favor the physical design of Google Docs over Word because it is easier, or simpler, on my eyes focus.       The standard that is most important to me personally is the "designer." This standard of teaching is when teachers listen to what the students want and what they are hoping to learn and going from there. Furthermore, this style of teaching accommodates learning differences, engaging in deep, active learning. I believe this method is e...