Web Page

This assignment was probably the hardest of all our assignments. I had a lot of trouble with getting images to copy and paste. A lot of them had guards on them and you had to save them to your flash drive. Also another issue that I had with the assignment was getting my classroom rules video to upload from the website “YouTube.” It took many tries but I finally figured out how to get the video uploaded properly. I did have fun making the webpage because it gave me ideas on what I would actually want to do if I did have a real class. I am so excited to become a teacher and personalize my webpage for my individual classroom. While doing this project, I researched and viewed other websites to determine exactly what I wanted on my webpage. I found some interesting things on websites such as a phone tree, directions to school, calendars, and other various materials. I liked adding in my personal information and pictures so that the children can learn more about me and see me in another role other than just their teacher. Also I liked the fact of including website resources for the parents to use to help their children out. By giving them these resources, they can better help their children and understand what the teacher is asking of the student. The standard that we used in this assignment was 3c: communicate relevant information and ideas effectively to students, parents, and peers using a variety of digital age media and formats.

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Movie Maker

This project was a lot of fun to work on it the class because there are so many things that you can document in education. As I was making this video, I thought about all of the ways I can use this resource in my classroom. You can document so much learning through pictures and what could be better than doing that for each individual child. Parents can see what their children do on a daily basis and what experiences they undergo on a daily basis. Teachers can also make videos to show their classes that they know will be appropriate. By using this tool, they will not have to worry what may pop up on the screen or what will not. They can put exactly what they want and also give the children something educational to watch. This will help keep their attention in the classroom instead of them just having to stare at books all day. Also the teacher can have the students make movies of their families, pets, or anything they enjoy. The movie maker software is not that hard to use and with assistance from the teacher, students can make their own. I think that this is something that can be used for just about anything especially if you want to teach the class a specific topic. The standards that could be used in this lesson would be: #2 Communication and Collaboration- Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others.


Here is my movie

Concept Maps

This activity was by far my favorite assignment to do because it is something that we can use as teachers. I had a really good time working on this project and being able to add my own personal touches to the project. At first, I did not understand anything but once I started playing around with it, I understood it more. This is something that teachers as well as students can do in the classroom to improve various skills such as comprehension, technology skills, and creativity. Students can use this to go more into depth on explaining topics that are crucial in learning. Teachers can use these to give better examples of what they expect out of the student. There is so much that you can do with this software. I especially loved the part where you can add text notes to the bubbles. By doing this you can add little notes here and there to give more information on the specific topic. You can also connect the bubbles to relate to what you would like them to. The software has a wide variety of pictures that you can use on the map but you can also add pictures from the internet or a flash drive. I found all the pictures that I needed for my map on the software but you could really take the assignment a lot further if you wanted to. This assignment was the most beneficial to teachers in the classroom because it is affordable, and is compatible to most computers.The standards that were used in this assignment are 2a: design or adapt relevant learning learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity.

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