EME 2040 Blog

For my second ILP, I watched another Lynda tutorial to continue my interest in photography. I watched Introduction to Photography which talks about the basics of a camera such as the types of lens available and how to use those lenses. This experience was even better than the first because I knew how to use the Lynda website. This familiarity allowed me to explore the available options such as the Notebook to make notes during the presentation. I took these photos during a family trip to the beach during Veteran's day weekend. 

As a teacher, I will most likely use data collection to gain feedback from my students and Excel for my grade book. I plan on using surveys within my classroom to communicate with my students' parents such as volunteering or party supplies. I will also give my students surveys during class so I can understand how much they are understanding. As a special education teacher, communication is key to whether or not my students are actually excelling or not. I will need them to be honest to me and be able to communicate their ideas to me clearly.  Some topics that I found most interesting from reviewing my classmates' blogs are the adaptive technologies and the first blog when we talked about our experiences with technology. Having an interest in special education makes adaptive technologies extremely interesting to me because I will be using most of those technologies in my classroom. I also really enjoyed the ice breaker post, this was a great way to connect with my fellow cl...

The Flipped Classroom is where the teacher designs a class where the students are in charge of their learning through lectures being homework and the classroom time is spent understanding the concepts. In chapter ten, the phrasing  “sage on the stage” to “guide on the side" to describe the teachers' role inside of the classroom. This is an interesting idea for many teachers because   the traditional role for a teacher is to be in charge but with a flipped classroom design the teacher is less the center of the classroom but an extra resource to the students.  Open education is where classes are offered to the public online which allows anyone to learn topics.  Students are able to learn new material if they choose to and teachers can develop their skills as an educator. The Department of Education has a page explaining Open Education. Open content is where content online is able to be used by anyone allowing teachers to use other's lesson plans and worksh...