My blog-EME2040

Adaptive technologies are used to support many different types of learners including special needs, foreign learners, and much more. They are wonderful for teachers since they help assist in teaching students and have them do it on their own. For example, text to speech tools are extremely helpful for students who struggle to read out loud or to pay attention to a book. Recorded books also helpful for students who struggle reading from a book but are great listeners. I've seen many students use touch screen in special needs programs because it assists with the use of their small Motor skills and they enjoy it much more then using a mouse. Some challenges I can see are the beginning process of teaching how to use this new technology and make the best use of it. I would use powerpoint to create by having my student make their own powerpoint on a certain subject for example learning the history of a certain number and how they see it in their every day life. I could do a lesson on t...

My experience with twitter has been interesting to say the list. I love looking back and looking at the process of my tweets and how each reminds me of a memory but I have not posted 2 a week and I know I need to get on that. What I've learned from twitter is really how to use twitter for the purpose of my career rather then personal use. I realized that I should follow people who are in my field and tweet hashtags that go along with my field. Some benefits of twitter is finding out new information simply by scrolling through my feed and seeing posts from people such as FSU and the College of Education.  Some new skills I acquired from the Web page assignment was how to use weekly. I had always used the google sites to create my own website in high school and its completely different. For the majority of the time I was making my project I didn't realize I had to drag over the text button to create a text box rather then a whole new page. I also learned how to download imag...

For this ILP I decided to test out Lynda.com since I had never heard of it before. I choose the tutorial that teaches you how to use Elearning storyboards since I had only done storyboards by hand to plan out videos or a story. I learned a lot in this short tutorial but I think it really helped me prepare to use it for when I become a teacher. These storyboards seem really helpful especially if I were to use it for my own students since they will be on the younger end. I also liked how these tutorials included considerations to show if Elearning storyboards will be useful in your own classroom. It also even shows how to download the app to use in order to make a storyboard. I finished the whole 40 min tutorial in one day so there isn't much of an activity log. The only evidence I have is a screen shot from when I completed the tutorial.

I decided to go back to my own 3rd grade teacher and look at his website. His name was Mr.Smith and he works at West Windsor Plainsboro Millstone River Middle School. When first looking at his website you can see his name and what room he is in, address of the school, his email, and the schools phone number, you can also see some of his favorite things, theatre and Star Wars. On the side you can see a welcome back letter, supply list, parent reminder sign up, the schedule, scholastic book orders, and lunch menus.  Link: wwp4-5.sharpschool.com I can envision myself using some Web 2.0 tools such as class dojo. I do service learning for my intro to ed class and I always see the teacher I observe use it and it's crazy to see how the students behave when reminded of the reports back to their parents. I think its great to keep in contact with the parents and to remind the students that they can risk their points if being distracting but can earn some if they're kind or on task...

Some Web 2.0 programs that I think are extremely useful are edmodo, since it helps connect the parents with the classroom in order for them so see whats going on and if their child has any homework/ assignments coming up. Prezi is also another great Web 2.0 program since it can assist in making power points a lot more interesting and can also be worked on in a group.Especially since I have so much personal experience with google docs I absolutely love this program and think its great for younger students. Once Web 2.0 program I dislike is skype since  it can be dangerous to younger students who don't know how to work it and it can be extremely confusing especially with poor wifi. One Web 2.0 program I would love to one day use in my own classroom is Funbrain. This is because most websites only have math games which are great but they get boring. I plan to give my students as much free time every day to explore what they enjoy to learn. This program will give them easy access to g...

In general I didn't have a teacher with a twitter until my junior year in HS and she only used it so we could tweet her pics for our forensics projects. I've always wondered why my teachers didn't use social media as much but now that I have been using it for my professional account I can see how its a little tricky. Tweeting so far hasn't been difficult, but, its been tricky trying to find accounts speaking of what you want to have of your feed and then keeping up with 2 tweets a week has a been a lot since I don't even tweet once every 4 months on my personal twitter.  Looking forward to my future career I can see me using twitter to tweet whats going on in the classroom including assignments, upcoming events, and photos from inside the classroom. Years ago the digital divide was most likely a lot larger then in current society. This is due to the fact that most students have had a chance to explore technology before school wether it be at home, a library, or th...