Danielle's EME2040 Blog

As a teacher, since I'd like to teach 1st or 2nd grade, I'd probably use surveys with their parents. This might be to see how long the students take on their homework at home, to vote on field trips, plan classroom parties, etc. I just foresee using it to communicate with the students parents more than the students themselves. However, I could see maybe using surveys to ask students what things they'd like to learn about. For example, if in science we were learning about insects, I could ask "Which insect would you like to learn more about, butterflies or honeybees?" As for Excel, I'd use this to keep a record of the students grades. I think it'd be important to have a record of the grades outside of the actual school system in case the system glitches or isn't working. The most interesting topics I've found from reading my classmates' blog has been the different Independent Learning Projects. I like seeing the different topics and technolog

A flipped classroom is a teaching style in which the teacher assigns students lectures at home and helps them work through practice problems in class. It allows for a more interactive and involved classroom, but it does have some disadvantages. I had one class in high school that was flipped, and often students would put off the lectures so they didn't reap the benefits of this teaching style because they were not listening to the assigned lectures and fulling engaging in the class. For those who do watch the lectures and take notes, flipped classrooms can be a great advantage because it allows the students to think about concepts and have time to think of helpful questions for the teacher. This in turn provides a deeper level of understanding for the students. My highschool chemistry teacher used YouTube to post her videos. A link to her channel can be found here . But I've always found Khan Academy to have the most helpful videos in any subject I've studied. A link to Kha

Adaptive technologies are very helpful and sometime necessary in a classroom if there are diverse learners in the classroom. They're another way to let kids learn at their own pace without holding kids back or trying to push them to progress faster in subjects that are harder for them. I remember when I was little we would have designated silent reading time, but a select few students had book with CDs containing the audiobook version so they could listen to someone read it while they followed along. Now there are apps that go even further as to highlight the words as the device reads you the story. The incorporation of adaptive technologies in classrooms can drastically change the approach of teaching, so that is one challenge that couldn't be completely understood until you know what technologies and kind of students you're working with. In my classroom I would use PowerPoint to introduce ideas and reinforce ideas, however as an elementary teacher I don't foresee Po

I've enjoyed using Twitter in this class, but it is definitely challenging to keep up with. This is primarily due to the fact that I don't use Twitter on a regular basis, so I often forget or just happen to remember to check it twice a week. However, I have found it useful when I do remember to use it and have found interesting articles and been exposed to important issues because of it. I've learned about technological advances in classroom, and about different teaching methods that are less rigid than what I was used to. I've found that many classrooms that incorporate technology are more progressive and allow more student independence. Whether if it's allowing the students to learn about what they want or even just letting them get up and walk around the room without being called on. I've never created a webpage before so the mere idea of being assigned one for a grade was, needless to say, daunting. However, I found Weebly a very user friendly and easy to

For my independent learning project I wanted to learn how to make infographics. I've used Piktochart before, but on Lynda.com they had a tutorial on how to create and edit an infographic with Adobe Illustrator. I've used Adobe Photoshop and InDesign before because of my old yearbook class, but I've never worked with Illustrator which prompted my curiosity of this tutorial. When I began watching I was actually surprised at how much I didn't know about infographics. I learned that the majority of the infographic relies on pictures rather than words. The woman in the tutorial explained this by comparing a real infographic versus one that essentially looked like a PowerPoint slide. She explained that when she took away the words in the bad example, you couldn't understand what the major theme or what any information meant. However, when she took away the text in the good example, there was a clear theme and you could understand the concept of the infographic. I was

The website I found was that of a teacher named Mrs. Brunner who teaches 6th grade math at Lumpkin County Middle. The information she posts that is public is her schedule so you can come to her when she's free for help, supplies needed, reminders, daily agendas, and a link to a class twitter. It's convenient that the kids can see what they'll be doing each day of class with the daily agendas posted. Posting the reminders is also helpful for the students to remember what needs to be done, and it allows the parents to see it and make sure their child is on top of their work. http://lcms.lumpkinschools.com/classroom/dd21d3ff-5a91-4a0a-809d-8e516f54253b?skip=1 I imagine I'll probably be using a lot of technology as a teacher. Since I want to do elementary I feel like children are more drawn to learning via tablets or technology in general. I've also been having to observe classrooms for another education class and found that ClassDojo is effective in reenfo