ILP#2 Lynda Tutorial: Ipad Classroom

I attended and participated in the Lynda online class of ipad's in the classroom. This course was about apps for all levels of students and educators. Ranging all the way from Pre-school to grad school. It touched on classroom management tools like Edmodo and Class Dojo as well as student note management like Evernote and Notability.

I believe since ipad's prevalence is growing in classrooms it is now almost necessary that technology should be like a fluent language required of teachers. The website is extremely easy to navigate and it makes finding what you need to learn really easy. The instructor speaks on the video screen, shows the app and ipad on the screen, and has the dialect typed out below. It is extremely useful because you can take notes throughout the courses and write important side notes about a specific video to look back or reference to later. Each app and section of this course was useful.


For example, it displayed Class Dojo and taught me how to use the app to it's full potential including, mass email messages, grouping the class, customizing the awards and much more. Another app it included the Periodic table and how allow student to interact and physically see the element in it's true form, its symbol and electron cloud ect... Lynda allowed me to complete a full well put together list of materials for teaching as well as student learning. In my high school that I attended ipad were a required tool for all students to have.

Let me tell you every teacher needed help using them and setting up textbooks and classroom settings on them. It was a little scary to see. The tech guy was overwhelmed, the teachers lost and confused, while we (the students) proceeded to go on Twitter, Pinterst and Temple Run. The ipad really became a distraction rather than a tool. So as a teacher, I never want to put a tool into the child's hand without properly showing them how to use it. Lynda included quiz's throughout the video's as well as a Certificate of completion at the end.

#10 Excel: The final member of the Holy Trinity of Microsoft Office

I will use the data I collect from the survey to discover what the BEST restaurant is in Tallahassee is. I Believe this is a valuable tool to find out students opinions, interests, and ways of learning. For example, I could give a survey to my class and ask them what activity is their favorite when learning how to construct sentences. By gathering this information I could transform my teaching to fit their needs and preference. Hopefully if you were to get a snapshot of my life in 5 years I will be in a 3rd grade classroom playing a math and reading game and having the time of my life. I will be using all of these tools and more and I couldn't be more thankful to have the chance to discover more about Ed Tech.

Before this class I was not a particular fan of blogs and blogging and I never would know what to say or do, and after this class and discovering the world of blogging. I love being able to put my own voice in my writing and seeing peoples honest opinions about topics and tools. I understand about viewing and valuing other prospective teachers opinions and ways of thinking. It is a good tool I will definitely be using in my teaching career. The internet is our new way of sharing ideas and blogs are the perfect way to do so. I enjoyed using twitter, slide share and Edmodo the most. My favorite blog post was probably about our projects like PPT's and newsletters. Seeing classmates work and reading about their process and seeing screenshots.

EXCEL. Is an old enemy of mine. We had a rough start CHM 1045 ( Chemistry 1 for majors) and our first date consisted of me crying on my laptop while I dropped the class. NOW Excel is treating me a little better. I am now starting to understand all of it's capabilities and tools it has that can help me in the future. I have never taken CGS so I feel like I really needed this information. Along with PPT and Word Excel finishes off the holy Trinity of Microsoft Office. Now I love Excel and I think we are going to live a long happy life together.

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Technology is changing the way we all live learn and communicate and I would find it hard to believe if anyone would tell me otherwise. I am actually fascinated with the "flipped classroom", which is when students receive a lecture or lesson at home and complete activities and homework in class with the help of the instructor or teacher. So the actual class becomes homework and homework becomes what is completed during class time. I love this because I was that student that was always lost in class and when it came time to do homework I was stumped and no one could help me at home. It allows kids to retain apply knowledge and get a better understanding of the material. Some online learning tools can include khanacademy.org and my personal favorite https://www.youtube.com/user/crashcourse. However, if I as a teacher were to have a "flipped classroom I would make my own lectures.

Open resources can include anything open to both educator and students that can aid in teaching and learning. They can be found on education websites, youtube, and learning software. An example that we used in class is Slide share. Open content can be described using the 3 R's: Reuse, Remix,Revise and Redistribute. Which refer to the one the only COPYRIGHT, my favorite. A way that is used to share search and use tools and resources is the open source code. (which is a fancy way to say software) An example would be Focus writer allows you to hone in on the work at hand. SO if I am writing a paper focus writer lets me get rid of basically everything else on the screen.


The power point assignment taught me how to be cool and still use power point because to be honest I feel like Prezi is slowly taking over. Just because I was unaware of the awesomeness PPT contained. My group used a Jeopardy PPT game that was amazing. It included sound effects and the main home screen to click on questions. They area great way to review in classes and have interactive lessons to keep kids engaged. I will definitely be utilizing this game in the future! Hopefully there will be mor be more up to date templates available because they all seemed to be a little outdated.

 

Principles Of Presentation Design- Designing In Power Point from John Fallon


Slide Share gives really great tips to create the perfect PPT. In this particular one CRAP is highlighted in slide 48, and the presentation also shows how to properly use contrast! It also hits on alignment and unity.

#8 Sike or Psych?

The Sports Psych Lab was breath taking! As a previous exercise science major it was extremely interesting to see all of the different tools that can be used to aid an athlete and further develop their mental awareness on the field. My favorite tool was probably this big board with buttons that lit up and the participant would have to press these buttons as they lit up while reading allowed number that appeared on a screen in the middle. (super hard to describe so here is a picture)




I actually got a chance to participate in this activity and it was so much fun. However, I saw no practical uses for this type technology in a class room. It could possibly be used at a sports predatory school that trains athletes for college and the pro's. (like IMG if you have every heard of it)


Bloom's taxonomy is a classification system that is used to distinguish higher forms of thinking while learning. I found this photo that helped me visualize the 6 forms in a creative way. (Click on photo for link)



Each component listed can be applied to a power point presentation by:

Evaluation: define and describe the content using slides (for example fractions) I would explain the concept of fractions

Synthesis: I would show or display fractions on the power point and show them different photos or situations then fractions are utilized (in a different form like a pie)

Analysis: Using call and response techniques with the class and begin to further analyze the relationships between complex fractions and simpler ones. Like showing how 1/2 is the same as 2/4, 4/8 ect...

Application: I would apply the idea of fractions to a real life scenario. So i could use interactive elements with the PPT and Smart board to have student drag and interact with a pizza.

Comprehension: I would have the students draw me fractions that I display in picture form on the PPT. I would be able to see if students are understanding concepts.

Knowledge: I would display a quiz to the class on the PPT and have them answer their responses to each question using a Kahoot or on a piece of paper. This way I can see that they are thoroughly  gaining knowledge.

The possibilities of education technology trends seems to be endless, because it feels like there is always something new around the corner. The website linked below describes what experts believe are the next trends in ed tech. Some of these include gamification, mobil learning, and virtual learning spaces. ( https://www.goconqr.com/en/blog/10-experts-predictions-for-education-and-technology-in-2016/)

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Adaptive technology is pure genius. It can be defined at technology that is used to assist people with disabilities use computers, ipads and much more! This technology can help a child who cannot physically type so they could talk into the device so it could do it for them. Kids with special needs thrive off of new technology and spend considerable amounts of time with a tablet. Devices assists children learn basics like how to read by allowing them to listen to books! At my high school kids who had processing disorders or ADHD could take their reading assignment or essay have restrictions put on the iPad and do their objective in private with their device.

I creating my classroom web page was so much fun. It allowed me to show my theoretical class what assignments and objectives were coming up, as well as show them more of my personality and about myself. However, I had a hard time putting a calendar on there so I just built my own in Tockify and screen shotted it and pasted on to my page. I spent a good amount of time reformatting the already present web design as well because it just wasn't functional. I have made websites in the past for previous classes using Wix ( http://www.wix.com/) and I think it would be a better option for myself i the future. Over all having a class page thats not controlled my the school is liberating and fun and I will definitely be making one when I become a teacher.



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Diigo is kinda a love have relationship in my opinion. I love the purpose of giving educators a platform to share their materials and gain more teaching tools. However, it is not the easiest to use. I think that it is just to hard to come up with the exact common tags to find what I am looking for. What if I spell something wrong, what if I tag fruit and not banana? Will my teacher friends be able to find it? Also every time I click onto another tab I have lost my Diigo information that I had just typed in. Maybe I am just picky but I think there must be an easier way to share my education tools, maybe pinterest? But in the end Diigo does it's job and is helpful in discovering tools and such.