EME 2040 Blog

Adaptive technologies can be used in the classroom to help support learners who need them. In the classroom, I have seen translator used by foreign students who's first language is not English. I have seen the use of switches and special keyboards in classrooms where the students are physically disabled therefore unable to communicate verbally.  In my classroom, I think the challenges that I will face while using adaptive technologies include understanding what technologies can be useful and which one are distractions for the students. You can use PowerPoint to support student learning at each level of Bloom's Taxonomy: remember, understand, apply, analyze, evaluate, create. A lecture on PowerPoint that can be shared with the students allow them to study and refresh their memory whenever necessary. Through multiple slides during the lecture, a teacher is able to present the same information in different ways so every student understands the material. Students can use Power...

My experience using Lynda tutorials have been quite a positive one. I have always been interested in photography because my mother as a hobby. I recently have gotten a camera but I have not had the time to figure out the settings. The tutorial that I watched was titled Photography 101 and was for beginners. This tutorial was very helpful at explaining all the settings on a camera as well as how to change them to fit the picture. The man in the video was repetitive and clear with his instructions so they were easily understandable. Lynda is a very easy website to use with topics and difficulties ranging from beginner to expert so everyone can find the perfect fit for them. I took these photos while taking pictures around campus.

While using Twitter this semester, I have learned that social media can be used to connect the classroom to the world. Some benefits of using Twitter are the connection available between teacher and students, teacher and parents, and students and the world. Twitter has many useful applications such as polling or being able to retweet to share interesting articles. The only issues that I have personally found are remember to tweet twice a week. I use Snapchat, Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest but have never gotten into Twitter. If I was an avid Twitter user then this would not be an issue.  I have learned some new skills from working on the Web Page Design like patience. The websites to create your own websites tend to be finicky so it can be hard and intense to get each picture, text box, and title to show up exactly where you want them to be. If I was to ever use this in my classroom, I would look at every site creator website and try each one to find what is easiest. I star...

I looked at Lincoln High School's website ( https://www.leonschools.net/lincoln ) which teaches grades 9-12.  Many of the teachers had Edmodo websites that require a log in but one teacher website that is public is Mrs. Sapp ( https://sites.google.com/site/mrssappswebsite/home ), who is a math teacher, specifically statistics and algebra 1. She has a welcome paragraph with simple directions on how to use her website with the calendar on the home page. Currently, she is only teaching statistics so there are only pages for statistics class materials. Mrs. Sapp has all of her class material public so students can access it easier and parents can view what is being taught in class.  I envision myself as a teacher using technology to accomplish my professional responsibilities more efficiently and effectively by helping to connect my classroom to the rest of the world. As a teacher, I will use social media as a way to connect with the parents to create a more collaborative ...

The Web 2.0 technologies that are useful in the classroom are blogs, Twitter, Youtube, and Diigo. All of these tools can be used to create collaborative work within the classroom. Teachers may use Twitter or a blog to communicate with parents in addition to engaging students. The podcast talks about how social media is considered Web 2.0 tools and we have focused mainly on Twitter as an educational tool but I think that other social media can be used more or just as effectively as Twitter. As a teacher, I think it would be interesting to have a class Snapchat or Instagram for the parents and students to follow. These social medias could be useful reminders to do homework and to share important information.  As a teacher I would be interested in using Edmodo  ( https://www.edmodo.com/ )to facilitate my classes website. Edmodo is similar to Blackboard or Canvas in that it allows a teacher to create a website for their class including online quizzes, and reading materials. E...