EME 2040 Reflections

Some ways that I feel I will use data collection is if I ever need to take a survey of what the class may want to do with certain things and if I ever need the parents opinion on certain matters. Since I would like to teach the first grade some reason that I may survey the students is to find out what game they may want to play outside during recess. It could be kickball, free play, etc. I could also survey them on what activities they liked more than the other to better help my teaching. Some reasons I may survey parents is to hear about how they feel about my communication and if I need to increase or decrease it. Some topics that I felt interesting while looking through my classmates blogs was some of their opinions on how they would use certain tools as a teacher. I have noticed that many would use educational games to help their students learn. I too feel that I will use educational games because it is a fun way for students to learn. People have also talked about how they may c

The flipped classroom is a new way to help students learn. Usually classes contain lectures given by the teacher, which then results with the students taking home homework to review what they have learned. With he flipped classroom, students have homework of listening to a pre-recorded taping of the teachers lecture. Then when they arrive to class they do different assignments to help them review what they learned during the homework. I believe the flipped classroom is a very efficient way to teach, because it allows student s to gain insight of the topic at home, and then while doing the work in class they can ask the teacher any questions the y may have on the topic. While reading the podcast, I noticed that they mentioned the website OER Commons. I decided to look it up to find out more about it. It talks more about the topic of open content. The website allows teachers to find course work that other teachers have created and used. The website also brings up the point of how the O

Adaptive technology is used to help people with disabilities have the opportunity to learn better. It is used to support learners because it gives them the chance to help them with what their disability prohibits them from being able to do. The podcast talks about how students with disabilities can use technology assistance to better accommodate with their disability and give them the opportunity to learn. I do not know of anyone that has used these technologies to help with their learning, but am sure that these technologies are successful. I feel that because I would like to teach younger students some may not understand why a certain student is using these special technologies to accommodate to their learning. I feel that would be my biggest issue, other than that I don't see a problem with it. I may use PowerPoint to help student with remembering content by making it creative by adding images and repeating it several times to make sure they remember it. For example, when teac

My experience with using Twitter in this class so far have been good. I usually try to post twice a week and reply to things that I agree on or want to express my idea on. Some things that I have learned so far from using Twitter is that some educators are finding Skype Classroom to be a fun and good tool to use with the class. I have also learned 4 different ways to use Google Forms as a teacher. You can create assessments, create rubrics, collect web-based assignments, and soliciting feedback from parents and students. The benefits of using Twitter is seeing what your other classmates have to say about technology in education. So far I am not experiencing any issues while using Twitter. After working on the assignment Web Page Design, some skills that I feel I have picked up are being able to use Weebly and being able to create a website. I liked that I now have a concept of how to create a website and what information I could put on it that is beneficial. Before I did not know wha

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The website that I looked up was FSUS website. Once I entered the website, I searched a first grade teacher that I recently observed for another class. Her page had many different features. The opening page showed her students. It also had a side bar where you can choose if you wanted to learn about the teacher, classroom information, curriculum maps, pupil progression plan, newsletters, and homework/ flip video. This allows the students parents to learn about different things happening in the classroom. I find this to be very helpful because if you ever need to reference something or look to see what the child's homework is for the week, you are able to go to the website and look at it. https://www.fsus.school/Page/131 I envision myself using technology in many ways to accomplish my professional responsibilities. Some ways I may use technology to do this is by using presentation software, word processing, and  electronic spreadsheets. I could use presentation software to cre