Blog post #7

My experience with twitter has been eye-opening. I didn't use twitter before this class, so I never really knew what  it was about or how it worked. After using twitter this semester I learned that is mainly composed of someone writing a tweet, and another person retweeting it. If I'm honest, I  do not really like twitter, it is too much work and too complicated for me. I believe it may be helpful in educational situations as the teacher is able to "tweet" info to the students easier. However, for me, it is just not worth the effort.

Creating the Web Design was pretty difficult if I am telling you the truth. It took a lot of time and effort to make it look sophisticated, creative, clear and full of information. The hardest part of creating this web page was changing the template that was provided, to what a classroom website would look like. I created this page intended as a kindergarten grade level.

http://mrsburnhamskindergartenclass.weebly.com/

Assistive learning technologies assist students that has learning impairments or special needs. This can differ from an Ipad that has an app for a student that needs something explained more thoroughly. Adaptive learning technologies is created to make a more personalized learning. I have seen many students with special needs that require more attention, and most of the time, the teacher is unable to do so. However, because of the assistive learning the teacher is able to accommodate both the student that needs a more help, and the rest of her students.

ILP Design- 3D paint

WARNING: I do not know if you are able to watch the video, it says that you can, but I am not sure. For my design I used 3D paint to create a 3D version of a cube. This would be great to use in the kindergarten classroom to help with recognizing numbers and counting... To create this I first used 3D shapes and made a cube, and then I proceeded to make circle dots on every side that counted from 1-6. I can virtually roll to dice and have the students tell me how many dots are on the side I land on.

ILP Participation- Technology Sandbox

I participated in the technology sandbox event where they demonstrated many tools that are accessible to us as students. I really enjoyed my time there as I learned many interesting facts about the 3D printer and pen. While I was there I was  able to put on the virtual world glasses where I was transported into a virtual reality. It was crazy how realistic the virtual reality was, every turn I made seemed as though I was actually in the fake world that was captured in a computer screen.

Another thing I found extremely interesting was the 3D pen. I was able to even try it out for myself and I believe that would be a great activity to have in my classroom as it would provide a different way for the students to learn their ABCs. Down below is a picture of the 3d heart I made from the 3D pen... I wish I had more  time to check out these devices, but unfortunately I had to leave soon after.

5th blog post!

Rewind to last week, pre hurricane evacuation, I learned about Diigo. I had never heard of this website before, so using it was very different. However, I must say I was very impressed with it. Having the capability to note different websites and share it with colleges so easily is a great tool to obtain. I was quite confused in the beginning, especially when I was trying to bookmark it to the top of my screen. But when I got everything installed I really enjoyed using it, and having such easy access to everyone else's bookmarked websites. Though I enjoyed using Diigo, I don't believe I will use it with my students in the future. It is too complex for four year olds. However, it is a great tool to have when sharing ideas with the other teachers.

Since this is my fifth blog post, I believe I have gotten use to it... At first I had no idea what to talk about nor the tone of the post. I remember putting so much thought in to the first blog I wrote, it basically was a published book! I have enjoyed typing  out my experiences and thoughts through out this semester in EME2040, and I appreciate doing something different than the basic Canvas Discussion board.  However, I don't believe this blogging will continue after this semester, especially since I won't have topics written out for me to discuss!

A web 2.0 tool that I will take advantage of as a teacher is Pinterest. Pinterest, though it sounds childish, has endless amounts of teaching ideas. You are able to search millions of ideas from science crafts, to full on lesson plans. I believe this is a great tool for me to use, because as a kindergarten teacher you are expected to have hundreds of crafts on hand, and Pinterest is a great tool to create them! Not only am I able to search for ideas, but I can share my own as well! Teachers are able to create shared boards in which they can share with lesson plans, crafts, and decorating ideas with each other instantly.

xoxo,
Kat

Wow it is already my fourth blog post... I guess I am an official blogger now!

In EME 2040 we have been working with the online application, twitter, the last five weeks. I have never had a twitter so creating one for this class was a new experience for me. I had to follow seven other people, most were educators, but I also followed FSU football and my EME teacher. Trying to compose my first tweet was a lot harder to do than I thought. Though I have yet to get attached to using twitter, I believe it will be useful in my future career as a teacher to tweet out tips or information that is needed for my students to know.

Digital divide is a current issue that is happening in every school system now a days. The digital divide can vary from some students not owning a computer, to the school not having  enough money to provide any type of technology for the teachers. If this issue was presented to me as a teacher, I would try my best to accommodate and use activities that do not require technology use.

Academic software tools are great resources for students to use in school. There are software tools that even give either student discounts or give them to the students for free. Adobe provides their services to schools free, which helps with the digital divide and provides great resources to students such as adobe premier, and adobe photoshop. In High School I used Adobe every year in my TV Production class. Another great resource is Microsoft. Microsoft includes: Word, Power Point, Excel, etc. These are the most used apps in school as students write essays, create slideshows and make spreadsheets. As a teacher I would definitely use Microsoft in my classroom to give them hands on learning activities.

xoxo,
Kat