Tuesday, February 28, 2017
Teacher Productivity Tools
What I learned in the Diigo activity this weeks was that teacher productivity tools can be used for a variety of things. I learned about different tools I can use when I am a teacher for taking attendance, communicating with parents, scheduling, sharing and creating lesson plans, and also tools I could use for grading.I really thought teacher planet would be a great website to use as a teacher because you can download free lesson plans created by other teachers, and worksheets.
Blog post#6
Blog Post 6
I decided to use my high school. I went to Santa Fe high school in Alachua, which is basically Gainesville. The high school includes grades 9-12, with a couple of 8th graders who take Spanish classes or a part of the marching band. The information you see on the website are the schools calendar and activities, sports team announcements, the faculty and staffs contact information, the schools magnet programs, and different tabs to take you to student services. You don't really need a log in to see stuff on the school website, but there is a link that takes you to campus portal that both the parents and students need to access grades, and transcripts.
My favorite tool from the tool box was definitely the 3D printer and pen. I love to draw so I just thought it was really cool to be able to turn my drawing into 3D figures. I think 3D printing could be used for all kind of things. You could decorate your classroom with the things you create. You can print out shapes and animals to use in your lesson plans while you teach. I think it would also be cool for the students to be able to create things that they can print so they can take them home and show there parents or keep their work. I think having smart boards are great for classrooms. Some teachers still use chalk boards or dry erase boards , but smart boards are so much more fun. I loved playing games against my peers and getting to use an interactive board when I was in school so i think students would find the things you could do on a smart board way more interesting, since technology is so big in education now.
I decided to use my high school. I went to Santa Fe high school in Alachua, which is basically Gainesville. The high school includes grades 9-12, with a couple of 8th graders who take Spanish classes or a part of the marching band. The information you see on the website are the schools calendar and activities, sports team announcements, the faculty and staffs contact information, the schools magnet programs, and different tabs to take you to student services. You don't really need a log in to see stuff on the school website, but there is a link that takes you to campus portal that both the parents and students need to access grades, and transcripts.
My major goal for using technology in my classroom would be be for me to have mastered using Microsoft office before or any other technology I want to use before teaching my students to use it. I think being a new teacher it would be helpful for me to see blogs, twitter accounts, or diigo from previous teachers so they can give me some information and help me get ideas for my class room. I think attending a webinar would help me because I could interact with teachers anywhere and share information or gain feedback. chapter 7 showed me a variety of technology I could use for my teacher self. It would be helpful to have software in my class that basically will support my every need. I could design website, write notes to parents, design a grade book, and use social media and mobile apps to communicate with parents, students, and other teachers. However I am not so sure about social media with my students, because at my high schools, teachers couldn't befriend students on social media unless they were related or coaches.
My favorite tool from the tool box was definitely the 3D printer and pen. I love to draw so I just thought it was really cool to be able to turn my drawing into 3D figures. I think 3D printing could be used for all kind of things. You could decorate your classroom with the things you create. You can print out shapes and animals to use in your lesson plans while you teach. I think it would also be cool for the students to be able to create things that they can print so they can take them home and show there parents or keep their work. I think having smart boards are great for classrooms. Some teachers still use chalk boards or dry erase boards , but smart boards are so much more fun. I loved playing games against my peers and getting to use an interactive board when I was in school so i think students would find the things you could do on a smart board way more interesting, since technology is so big in education now.
Monday, February 27, 2017
"ILP 1 Particiption- Prezi: Kindergarten Language Arts"
I tried using Prezi for my first independent learning project. Prezi is definitely not going to be my first choice when making a presentation. Nothing is wrong with it, but this was my first time using it and it was so hard, it took me forever. I am more comfortable using power point, but the stuff you can do on prezi is just as cool. I've always wanted to make one, now I have. For my ILP I decided to make a prezi for my future kindergarten class. The presentation was for a language arts lesson about verbs and adjective.
Tuesday, February 21, 2017
Web 2.0
In the Diigo activity for today's class, I learned that blogging could be seen as a way for introverted students to gain a voice. For me, this was true. It's easier for me to write in my blog or on a discussion board post because I don't really like to speak up in class, not really because I'm shy, but cause I don't like to say the wrong thing. Blogging has helped me interact with my peers and teachers could use blogs for a variety of different things.
Monday, February 20, 2017
Blog Post #5
Jakiya Barber
I think Web 2.0 tools are very helpful. As mentioned in the pod cast, twitter, you tube, blog, and diijo are very useful web 2.0 tools that help encourage learning. Twitter allows you to communicate with your peers and other people you may find interesting its a way for some students to communicate with the source. YouTube has a lot of things, but you can find educational videos that you could use to study or share with your peers. For me I personally think you tube would be one of the most helpful web 2.0 tools. There's so much you could find to use on it. My niece , who just turned two , taught herself the alphabet, how to count to 20, and a couple of nursery rhymes just by watching videos on you tube on her little tablet. YouTube isn't the safest site but you can block certain videos. I used you tube a lot for learning how to do a lot of things, educational, cooking, etc. You tube videos could be used in lessons and also students could make videos to use for presentations.
When I become a teacher I most likely will use YouTube as I mentioned before and probably fun brain. I loved fun brain when I was younger. Getting online at school and after school to play games on fun brain always motivated me to learn. Fun brain was very helpful for me to learn. Fun brain is a website with different educational games for grades k-8. The games have content for math, English, history, etc.
https://www.funbrain.com/
The technology advancement in chapter 12 that I believe holds one of the biggest promises for the future is gamification. Gamification is when you add game elements to your instructional content, so you can increase the students motivation to learn, interaction in the course materials, creativity, and a deeper understanding of content. I think this approach holds the biggest promise because this generation has been brought up playing video games and using technology. Using games will help encourage learning. Personally I learn better playing games, like kahoot. Gamification can help students gain critical thinking skills, while being actively engaged in learning. This technology could be utilized by the teacher creating games similar to the board game created by a teach in the book that helped his student gain critical thinking skills, and global perspective, and also online website or apps they could use to learn content through a fun game.
February 20, 2017
EME 2040
Blog Post #5
I think Web 2.0 tools are very helpful. As mentioned in the pod cast, twitter, you tube, blog, and diijo are very useful web 2.0 tools that help encourage learning. Twitter allows you to communicate with your peers and other people you may find interesting its a way for some students to communicate with the source. YouTube has a lot of things, but you can find educational videos that you could use to study or share with your peers. For me I personally think you tube would be one of the most helpful web 2.0 tools. There's so much you could find to use on it. My niece , who just turned two , taught herself the alphabet, how to count to 20, and a couple of nursery rhymes just by watching videos on you tube on her little tablet. YouTube isn't the safest site but you can block certain videos. I used you tube a lot for learning how to do a lot of things, educational, cooking, etc. You tube videos could be used in lessons and also students could make videos to use for presentations.
When I become a teacher I most likely will use YouTube as I mentioned before and probably fun brain. I loved fun brain when I was younger. Getting online at school and after school to play games on fun brain always motivated me to learn. Fun brain was very helpful for me to learn. Fun brain is a website with different educational games for grades k-8. The games have content for math, English, history, etc.
https://www.funbrain.com/
The technology advancement in chapter 12 that I believe holds one of the biggest promises for the future is gamification. Gamification is when you add game elements to your instructional content, so you can increase the students motivation to learn, interaction in the course materials, creativity, and a deeper understanding of content. I think this approach holds the biggest promise because this generation has been brought up playing video games and using technology. Using games will help encourage learning. Personally I learn better playing games, like kahoot. Gamification can help students gain critical thinking skills, while being actively engaged in learning. This technology could be utilized by the teacher creating games similar to the board game created by a teach in the book that helped his student gain critical thinking skills, and global perspective, and also online website or apps they could use to learn content through a fun game.
Monday, February 13, 2017
A3 E course
Jakiya Barber
February 13, 2017
EME 2040
A3 E-Course
The content in the E Course was very relevant for me as a student. When I firs started the course I was just ready for it to be over. I had to go back and review and re listen and that when I understood how helpful the soft ware in the course could be for me as a student. There so many different soft ware tools that I have never heard of that could made high school and Cole way more successful for me. I plan to try out some of these tools as I work on assignments and projects in the future,
The content in this course could relate to my career in the future because I want to be a teacher. Teachers can use these tools to collaborate with other teachers, students, and parents. I think using these tools will help me keep my students more engaged and have an overall positive effect on the students work.
Its not really educational, but my ah - hah moment was when I found out you could video multiple people on Skype or google hangouts at the same time, kind of like a meeting but more personal for me. I could video my family at the same time so they could also talk with each other.
The course was designed very great however I think I would have been more engaged with more graphics and things that could grab my attention, because I will admit I lost focus a lot. So suggestions from me for the course could be more images, videos, possibly educational games.
The conceptual flow of the course was great. There were three units and then under each units were important features and tips. I think this is a great way to outline and distribute information
I did have problems doing the course. At the very end of the course my computer decided to shut down and i was afraid I was going to have to start all over. luckily I just had to re do the last to questions and the survey to get my certificate again. Also the volume on my computer was very low so I had a hard time hearing but I did my best with what I could hear.
The graphic design of the course was very helpful. It was easier for me to understand seeing pictures that labeled what you were explaining about the software and its features.
I actually had a lot of trouble with the activity's. I took a lot of notes however, since I couldn't hear I think I misunderstood some of the information and matched them wrong. I had a hard time with the final two activities because I couldn't think of what to write so It'll be similar to the model and be correct.
Recommendations I have for the course would be for the notes sheet to be able to viewed at the same time as the course. It was hard for to watch the course having to pause to go to the note sheet. I think it would be easier for me to have them in hand at the same time.
overall I think the course helped me a lot. it was very long but I gained alot of helpful information.
February 13, 2017
EME 2040
A3 E-Course
The content in the E Course was very relevant for me as a student. When I firs started the course I was just ready for it to be over. I had to go back and review and re listen and that when I understood how helpful the soft ware in the course could be for me as a student. There so many different soft ware tools that I have never heard of that could made high school and Cole way more successful for me. I plan to try out some of these tools as I work on assignments and projects in the future,
The content in this course could relate to my career in the future because I want to be a teacher. Teachers can use these tools to collaborate with other teachers, students, and parents. I think using these tools will help me keep my students more engaged and have an overall positive effect on the students work.
Its not really educational, but my ah - hah moment was when I found out you could video multiple people on Skype or google hangouts at the same time, kind of like a meeting but more personal for me. I could video my family at the same time so they could also talk with each other.
The course was designed very great however I think I would have been more engaged with more graphics and things that could grab my attention, because I will admit I lost focus a lot. So suggestions from me for the course could be more images, videos, possibly educational games.
The conceptual flow of the course was great. There were three units and then under each units were important features and tips. I think this is a great way to outline and distribute information
I did have problems doing the course. At the very end of the course my computer decided to shut down and i was afraid I was going to have to start all over. luckily I just had to re do the last to questions and the survey to get my certificate again. Also the volume on my computer was very low so I had a hard time hearing but I did my best with what I could hear.
The graphic design of the course was very helpful. It was easier for me to understand seeing pictures that labeled what you were explaining about the software and its features.
I actually had a lot of trouble with the activity's. I took a lot of notes however, since I couldn't hear I think I misunderstood some of the information and matched them wrong. I had a hard time with the final two activities because I couldn't think of what to write so It'll be similar to the model and be correct.
Recommendations I have for the course would be for the notes sheet to be able to viewed at the same time as the course. It was hard for to watch the course having to pause to go to the note sheet. I think it would be easier for me to have them in hand at the same time.
overall I think the course helped me a lot. it was very long but I gained alot of helpful information.
Blog post #4
Jakiya Barber
February 13, 2017
EME 2040
Blog Post #4
I've been using twitter for a while now. I'm actually extremely comfortable with it. I use twitter to express how I feel about things, and I also like re tweeting the cute little life or relationship quotes. I've been pretty much interacting with tumbler pages I follow, and friends from home, and sometimes with my EME classmates. I enjoy using twitter a lot. I use it literally everyday. Using twitter is pretty beneficial for me because it allows me express my self and also read funny little memes. I don't believe twitter would be very helpful in my future career at all. I feel like twitter helps me more socially then career wise. twitter would be helpful for me in the future to maybe follow up on news and connect with my friends.
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The digital divide is the gap between students who have access to the internet and students who do not. Some causes of the digital divide are students who have access to the internet because they can afford to have it and student who have little to no access to technology from more rural areas. Students who have access to technology are more comfortable using it and no more than students who rarely get to use technology unless they are in school. I know for me growing up it was harder for me to complete online assignments because I didn't have access to technology like my class mates did. As a teacher I may also have students and parents who do not have access to the internet. This may affect my teaching strategy because I do want my students to work online, however I know not everyone has access to the internet so I will do my best to have online work done at school. Also to help my students have access to technology, I could do a similar donation event like my high school did to raise money to be students laptops who did not have access to a computer at home. I still have my laptop and it has helped me a lot.
The type of student software I expect to use the most is most likely educational games. Educational games help engage student learning in different content levels while practicing and playing a game. I know for me having games helped me learn a lot. I was more interested in learning when I played games that made the work more fun, I think I will use educational games the most because I will be teaching kindergarten. Kindergartners learn the basic standards like language arts, math, and science. They learn there numbers, spelling, and a little about people and plants. I observed this when I was doing my field study at FSUS. I think educational games are great for learning and engagement for pretty much any grade. Examples of education games are Kahoot, sometimes quiz-let because you can play matching games, ABC mouse, fun brain, etc. There are plenty of online educational game sites that teachers can use to better their students learning.
February 13, 2017
EME 2040
Blog Post #4
I've been using twitter for a while now. I'm actually extremely comfortable with it. I use twitter to express how I feel about things, and I also like re tweeting the cute little life or relationship quotes. I've been pretty much interacting with tumbler pages I follow, and friends from home, and sometimes with my EME classmates. I enjoy using twitter a lot. I use it literally everyday. Using twitter is pretty beneficial for me because it allows me express my self and also read funny little memes. I don't believe twitter would be very helpful in my future career at all. I feel like twitter helps me more socially then career wise. twitter would be helpful for me in the future to maybe follow up on news and connect with my friends.
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The digital divide is the gap between students who have access to the internet and students who do not. Some causes of the digital divide are students who have access to the internet because they can afford to have it and student who have little to no access to technology from more rural areas. Students who have access to technology are more comfortable using it and no more than students who rarely get to use technology unless they are in school. I know for me growing up it was harder for me to complete online assignments because I didn't have access to technology like my class mates did. As a teacher I may also have students and parents who do not have access to the internet. This may affect my teaching strategy because I do want my students to work online, however I know not everyone has access to the internet so I will do my best to have online work done at school. Also to help my students have access to technology, I could do a similar donation event like my high school did to raise money to be students laptops who did not have access to a computer at home. I still have my laptop and it has helped me a lot.
The type of student software I expect to use the most is most likely educational games. Educational games help engage student learning in different content levels while practicing and playing a game. I know for me having games helped me learn a lot. I was more interested in learning when I played games that made the work more fun, I think I will use educational games the most because I will be teaching kindergarten. Kindergartners learn the basic standards like language arts, math, and science. They learn there numbers, spelling, and a little about people and plants. I observed this when I was doing my field study at FSUS. I think educational games are great for learning and engagement for pretty much any grade. Examples of education games are Kahoot, sometimes quiz-let because you can play matching games, ABC mouse, fun brain, etc. There are plenty of online educational game sites that teachers can use to better their students learning.
Monday, February 6, 2017
Blog Post #3
Jakiya
Barber
February 6,2017
EME 2040
Blog Post #3
Out of all
the ELA technology standards, the standard I feel the most comfortable with and
prepared to tech with my previous knowledge is the tech standard called L.5
“Vocabulary: Use of Context Clues”. This standard is basically finding the
meaning of a word or the multiple meanings of a word using context clues, using
online or print dictionaries, and glossaries, and finding the meaning of
different words and phrases. This tech standard teaches you how to find these
things online and the different web and content areas you could use. I think I
would be more comfortable teaching this standard out of all of them because I
use this standard pretty much on a daily basis. I used it all throughout high
school when I would need to know the meaning of worms for vocabulary quizzes
and I still use it today when I don’t know the meaning of words I come across.
The tech standard that I am the least comfortable with is the standard W/WHST.8 “Use Multiple Sources”. This standard teaches you to get information from different sources and data bases and decided whether or not they are credible and accurate, and it also teaches you how to avoid plagiarism. Even though I have prior experience with this standard, I still struggle with it and could use a lot more help when determine the credibility or a source and how to appropriately give someone credit when I use their ideas. I have not really had much trouble with plagiarism but there is still more I could learn.
I also think the standard SL.5 “Use Digital Media” is something I need to learn more about. This standard teaches you to use digital media, visual, and audio recording to show information. I have some experience making power points and adding images and audio to them, however I still need to learn more on how to properly add them to my presentation and find images or music that isn’t copy right.
The tech standard that I am the least comfortable with is the standard W/WHST.8 “Use Multiple Sources”. This standard teaches you to get information from different sources and data bases and decided whether or not they are credible and accurate, and it also teaches you how to avoid plagiarism. Even though I have prior experience with this standard, I still struggle with it and could use a lot more help when determine the credibility or a source and how to appropriately give someone credit when I use their ideas. I have not really had much trouble with plagiarism but there is still more I could learn.
I also think the standard SL.5 “Use Digital Media” is something I need to learn more about. This standard teaches you to use digital media, visual, and audio recording to show information. I have some experience making power points and adding images and audio to them, however I still need to learn more on how to properly add them to my presentation and find images or music that isn’t copy right.
I plan to be
a kindergarten teacher so the age range of my students should be from about
5-6. The technology I would like to use
in my classroom would be computers or tablets. When I did my Field experience
at Florida State University Schools, every student, grades k-12 had a chrome
book. Having the laptop allowed the students to work with each other on group
work using google docs. The children also played educational games online ,
submitted work, and also learned how to use Microsoft offices tools such as
word and power point. The students in Kindergarten knew how to work the
computer and search the web way better than I did. I’ve saw with my own niece
that using technology helps students learn and be more engaged in
learning.
I would like my students to be able to browse the internet to find websites or information for projects and use email to communicate with me and the other students. I also would like to use discussion boards with my students, my Lit professor uses them a lot for our class and they are really helpful to me because i can get feedback from my peers and help when I don't understand something. I don't think I would need to use mailing list or chats with my students since I plan to teach kindergarten, however if they were older I would possibly use those two applications. I would like for my students to use the internet so I would most definitely need to teach them the web basics, such as tools and how to navigate the web. I also think my students would enjoy using blog because it'll give them a chance to voice their opinions, or express themselves.
Learning how to use graphic media would be great for my students to learn. I would love for them to be able to make little presentations or projects to show the class, using images and audio. I think they would really enjoy working with web based media. The application I would use the most in my class is Learning management systems. LMS are virtual classrooms that offer teaching and learning components. I know I enjoyed using LMS when I was younger because it made learning so much fun. I don't plan to use social media in my classroom. 1. My students are way too young. 2. Social media is VERY distracting. I enjoy using social media myself, but it also makes me have a hard time focusing on my work.
Since technology is expanding its important to teach students all the digital citizenship concepts. I think the guidelines need to be taught more specifically and in depth as you get older but since I’m doing age 5-6 I think I definitely should tech my students the guideline how to be aware or the Disney princess's so the need to know those are copy right characters and they can’t just use them without permission. I also think they need to know how to use the guideline where they demonstrate that they know how to use the web and the different tools on it. I think the guideline where students need to demonstrate they can interact on the web is also important. This guideline shows them that cyber-bullying is not okay and how to be appropriate and respectful online. Or and obey the copy rights laws correctly since we will be using images and media from online. The students would most likely love cartoons characters like mickey.
I absolutely loved making my newsletter. I've always been very crafty so it wasn't very hard for me to get it all cute and stuff! What I liked the most about making the newsletter was learning how to use the different tools on Microsoft word, such as banners, column, and the different clip art. At first I did have a hard time figuring out what exactly I wanted my news letter to say but after a while I got it. Next time I can improve my newsletter by added more text instead of focusing mainly on the looks. Everything I learned in this assignment will be very useful to my future career since I am an elementary education major and I want to teach kindergarten. I now know how to make letters for my class in the future.
Open content is mainly digital stuff, such as music, images,words, graphics, an animations. The people who create these things attach and open license to it where other people can use it and view it. It allows people to use the items without permission freely, and modify without asking for permission. It is different from copy right even though it is a license. Copy right material you always have to ask permission or give credit to avoid stealing or plagiarizing someones work. Open content isnt always educational but you can use it for those purposes. Open content in EDU Open Education is tells you what you can share, produce, or use to build knowledge.
I would like my students to be able to browse the internet to find websites or information for projects and use email to communicate with me and the other students. I also would like to use discussion boards with my students, my Lit professor uses them a lot for our class and they are really helpful to me because i can get feedback from my peers and help when I don't understand something. I don't think I would need to use mailing list or chats with my students since I plan to teach kindergarten, however if they were older I would possibly use those two applications. I would like for my students to use the internet so I would most definitely need to teach them the web basics, such as tools and how to navigate the web. I also think my students would enjoy using blog because it'll give them a chance to voice their opinions, or express themselves.
Learning how to use graphic media would be great for my students to learn. I would love for them to be able to make little presentations or projects to show the class, using images and audio. I think they would really enjoy working with web based media. The application I would use the most in my class is Learning management systems. LMS are virtual classrooms that offer teaching and learning components. I know I enjoyed using LMS when I was younger because it made learning so much fun. I don't plan to use social media in my classroom. 1. My students are way too young. 2. Social media is VERY distracting. I enjoy using social media myself, but it also makes me have a hard time focusing on my work.
Since technology is expanding its important to teach students all the digital citizenship concepts. I think the guidelines need to be taught more specifically and in depth as you get older but since I’m doing age 5-6 I think I definitely should tech my students the guideline how to be aware or the Disney princess's so the need to know those are copy right characters and they can’t just use them without permission. I also think they need to know how to use the guideline where they demonstrate that they know how to use the web and the different tools on it. I think the guideline where students need to demonstrate they can interact on the web is also important. This guideline shows them that cyber-bullying is not okay and how to be appropriate and respectful online. Or and obey the copy rights laws correctly since we will be using images and media from online. The students would most likely love cartoons characters like mickey.
I absolutely loved making my newsletter. I've always been very crafty so it wasn't very hard for me to get it all cute and stuff! What I liked the most about making the newsletter was learning how to use the different tools on Microsoft word, such as banners, column, and the different clip art. At first I did have a hard time figuring out what exactly I wanted my news letter to say but after a while I got it. Next time I can improve my newsletter by added more text instead of focusing mainly on the looks. Everything I learned in this assignment will be very useful to my future career since I am an elementary education major and I want to teach kindergarten. I now know how to make letters for my class in the future.
Open content is mainly digital stuff, such as music, images,words, graphics, an animations. The people who create these things attach and open license to it where other people can use it and view it. It allows people to use the items without permission freely, and modify without asking for permission. It is different from copy right even though it is a license. Copy right material you always have to ask permission or give credit to avoid stealing or plagiarizing someones work. Open content isnt always educational but you can use it for those purposes. Open content in EDU Open Education is tells you what you can share, produce, or use to build knowledge.
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