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As a future social science college professor, data collection and reporting (Excel) tools will prove to be very useful. I can use Excel to create visual aids for lectures, class lecture schedules, course to-do lists, virtual timelines for events, and rubrics for assignments. I will use data-collection to survey my students on the course. This will help me improve my teaching and my students' learning! There were various topics I found interesting while viewing other classmates' blogs. I really enjoyed prompts that called for personal opinions, such as their experiences with Twitter, and Diigo. It's interesting to see how my fellow classmates are feeling about similar subjects that I am writing about. Furthermost, my favorite blogs had to do with how my classmates plan on implementing technologies in their own classroom one day. From the blogs I've read, I seem to be the only future educator who plans to teach adults, so it was really fascinating seeing how these fu

I adore flipped classrooms! I first experienced one in my eighth grade Algebra 1 class. My teacher, Mr.Baugus, originally created screen videos of himself teaching the lecture by reading the material off the screen and demonstrating examples. However, during class time, he assigned homework for us to do either alone or in groups. This way, if we didn't understand the material he could provide hands on teaching in class to multiple students at once. This method proved highly effective and he received many awards for teaching and was eventually awarded a grant to develop personalized videos. The summer before my ninth grade I helped him record introductions, video examples, and skits for these videos. They are still in use today. Check out this  Link  online educational video from Khan Academy ! Open educational resources are freely accessible, downloadable resources for the general public. Open educational resources come in a variety of medias that are useful for teaching and l

Throughout the Adaptive Technologies Podcast and Ch.4 reading I learned about a multitude of technologies that help support learners. For learners with visual impairments, adaptive technologies can be input devices such as voice recognition softwares or joysticks instead of mouses, or output devices such as magnified screens, softwares that read aloud text, or brail keyboards or printers. There are a multitude of technologies that help support those of varying disabilities. For example, I have a friend who has Parkinson's disease and uses Liftware to consume his meals. This gadget stabilizes the movement of utensils while eating. In terms of challenges perceived while using adaptive technologies in my classroom, I foresee there being issues with technologies that produce noise that could be distracting to other students. A simple solution to this would be the implementation of headphones. Just like in any aspect of teaching, I plan to use Powerpoint to effectively teach my stu

I believe there are various benefits to using Twitter. It allows people to network, engage in social media, and communicate and share ideas anywhere in the world. While using Twitter I've learned to better summarize my statements to fit a 140 character count. However, I have not enjoyed using Twitter in an academic setting. Rather than engaging and exchanging information, I find students to randomly post statements just to achieve a grade. In my opinion, there are other technologies that would be of better use in a classroom (i.e. Diigo). I picked up multiple skills while working on my Web Page Design. I learned the value of color schemes and a e s t h e t i c s, how to eliminate negative space, and how to effectively hyper link and insert media into a website.  Although I appreciate Weebly's help in using the grid system,  I found it hard to drag and drop text boxes and images into desired positions. Now  that I understand the various modalities of Weebly, I will be able

I went onto the Chiles High School website. From here I selected "Fine & Performing Arts" link and was directed to various fine art teachers and their class websites. Publicly, I saw a synopsis of the teacher's past education and job experiences. Additionally, various links were provided to give extra information on the classes taught, a class calendar, and announcements regarding multiple classes. https://www.leonschools.net/Page/32989 I envision using various technologies in the classroom as a professional educator. I want to use a class website to effectively communicate to my students about outside homework. Additionally, I would like to use Remind to help students stay aware of upcoming projects and assignments. Finally, I'd like to incorporate podcasts as a form of learning in my classroom. I feel as though they help audio learners like myself, and hold the attention of students better than independent reading. While visiting the Technology S

For my first Independent Learning Project I created a sociology classroom environment. Here, I posted announcements, assignments, and questions for my students to do outside of the classroom. Website link:  https://classroom.google.com/u/0/c/NTgyODg1MjE4OVpa Student code: m2dlck