#7 Ayo Check Out My Weebly

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.



CHECK IT OUT
http://kgavlick.weebly.com/

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.

#6 SMART BOARD YAY

Classroom pages are pretty cool. I never had anything quite like them in elementary school, however I did use Edline and Edmodo in my high school days. When I was searching for classroom pages I came across St. Mary's Elementary School and found their classroom links! They offered links for every grade and every teacher and was well organized.




I clicked on 3rd grade (BECAUSE 3RD GRADE IS DA BEST) because it is the grade I hope to some day teach and found Mrs. O'Neill's 3rd grade class page. It had super cute banners, the school's event schedule, and their lesson outline for each subject.



The class page also included a link to their calendar which showed all of their homework, tests and events for that month!I believe that having a class page is extremely beneficial to both students and parents to stay organized and on top of things!

Professional development, includes professions like teachers attending further educational seminars and classes that give opportunities for he/she to build their knowledge about technology.  Types of activities allow  peers and experts to come together and share ideas at a click of a button. These include including blogs, twitter and diigo! These are sites that help professionals share their lessons ideas, organization strategies and classrooms tools. They can help teachers get up to date on new teaching tools or even help new teachers gain knowledge from experienced teachers.  I plan on using all of the tools I have leaned in this class including tools Class Dojo, Kahoot, Edmodo and informational media sites that teachers use to share ideas like the sites mentioned above. I believe it allows classrooms to be more interactive and organized!

AND WHO DOESN'T LOVE BEING ORGANIZED?!


I loved the Tech Sandbox was visited last week, it was a like seeing a whole new world. (Aladdin Reference for sure) I genuinely enjoyed the 2 Smart Boards they showed our group. The instructors showed us how it could be used to teach anatomy with 3-D images and pull up Smart board specific lesson plans that I thought was amazing. I also thought that the Smart table would be great for 1st and 2nd graders when leaning about the environment and weather. I really hope I get a chance to use all of these tools in my future career because they honestly took my breath away, just how innovative people are to even think of these amazing educational tools!

ILP Design – Class Dojo

I created a Class Dojo page for my design ILP. I made classroom of my own and I added my own students. (using my friends names of course) At first I was a little overwhelmed, however, it gave me even more information on the website. I created class groups that allowed me to group student together by table and was able to award points or take deductions to the groups. I discovered there was an attendance tab,  a timer tab and an idea tab that are each useful for tracking student logging ideas and keeping time for activities.

I also found that I could award point to my class as a whole or for each individual student by simply clicking the whole class button or the student’s avatar monster!

 I invited parents to join my class page which provides an interactive platform for them to like share and comment on ideas on our class stories page. 

I will definitely be using this tool in my future real life classroom

This is the webpage link and my classroom link!

use a fake parent email address I made

user name: katiegav@yahoo.com password soccer12 

https://teach.classdojo.com/#/launchpad

https://teach.classdojo.com/#/classes/5805465cb1420f405909df9a/points

#5, 3 Words: Pumpkin. Spice. Latte.

Web 2.0 allows students another way to get students interested. Depending on the lesson and how the teacher wants to utilize the tools in the classroom. It has Wikis, Diigo, Twitter! I would compare it to something my fellow coffee lovers would enjoy. Web 2.0 is like the Starbucks Pumpkin Spice latte, fancy, with all the bells and whistles like whipped creme and the cinnamon dust stuff. However in a classroom you need to find when its appropriate to use tools like twitter, for example, in a 3rd grade classroom I would not ask my students to make a profile and tweet. But, I would ask a group of middle schoolers in a Language Arts class to show them the many ways to utilize the site and how to properly tweet.
A Web 2.0 tool that hasn't been used in our classroom yet is Quizlet. The website (https://quizlet.com/latest) allows any one to make and share flash cards. It provides a safe and easy platform for student to share their study tools with their class and beyond. I use it currently for my Roman Peoples class and my Spanish class. When creating cards it even has a translators and dictionaries linked up to the editing features to it to make it that much easier. I used it religiously in high school and wish it existed when I was in middle school for vocabulary. It offers several ways to review the cards as well like matching games and fill in the blank tests! Theres even this super cute gravity one thats spaced themed haha.


I would incorporate it in my classroom by having my student all make an account and make their own flash cards first and then as a class choose the best individual cards to make a "master class"set that everyone can utilize. Giving them a fun interactive class activity that also lets them study from the best definitions.

The future of teaching depends on technology. Now that the world relies so heavily on technology it is impossible to see future generations function without it. I have grown up not having to go to search high and low through the library to look for books for information. Kids are enjoying education more because of the gaming world. For example, when I was younger I remember being addicted to keyboard games that helped me memorize where the letters were. At a young age they are learning to find enjoyment and the feeling of success from their tablet and computer games. I believe I will be using technology for the rest of my life to teach, and I couldn't be more exited!

#4 Chick-Fil-A vs. McDonalds

My use of Twitter in the past compared to my twitter use in this class is like comparing McDonalds to Chick-Fil-A. Both fast food restaurants, both serve chicken, but are completely and utterly different. Exploring Twitter in these past few weeks has taught me more than it has in the past 4 years. Before I would just scroll through my timeline for a really cute puppy video and now I am searching for tools that I can use in my future career. Crazy right? Before this class I was completely unaware of the teaching network and connections that Twitter housed, and I am so honored to now be apart of the community. One thing I found that was interesting was a teacher with a sign on her classroom door welcoming her peers to stop by and leave feed back as to how much her students were engaged and how she was presenting the content. I thought this was such a cool idea because a lot of the time teachers struggle to find feedback in order to improve. I will hopefully use Twitter to share content with my kids, give homework reminders, and find new ideas for lessons!


The digital divide is the divide between students that have access to technology and the students that do not. I cannot even fathom what my academic journey would be like without technology. Like students in the podcast I have always had technology at my fingertips. From as early as I can remember always had access to a computer. When kids have to rely on out of date computers at their library it can really put them behind.  Especially when preparing for college. How to we expect kids to feel ready for higher education if they have never worked with Microsoft Word, Power Point or Excel? We use these tools everyday and I have never stopped once to even think about how much they impact my academic career.

When looking at a website there are many things that one might need to consider. Like author, bias, content, design, and Technical elements. (ABCDT) This is what translates to my mind.

Translation: who wrote this? Are they trying to persuade me? What am I reading?  Does it look pretty? and Are there cool links and social media buttons?

Most of the time websites do have all the bells and whistles to make it functional as well as ascetically pleasing. However, when they do not I always have a baby panic attack. I become frantic and confused. I then proceed to complain to my roommates. I then give up trying to find whatever I was looking for on the website and find myself standing in front of my refrigerator to stress eat. Or just eat because I am always hungry.

I personally think the most important part of a website is to be able to easily navigate through it and find what your looking for.