One overarching take away that I have learned through take this course is that technology is continually getting better and better. When I entered this course I had a small amount of technology tools I had experience with and now I see that there are endless opportunities to incorporate technology into my classroom. Typically I …
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My First Day of College (Podcast)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1ncHE6tsc7IMHBiS21LWS1kbWU4TDliV3lzVzc0c253QTZB/view?usp=sharing This week I decided to create a podcast to share my experience my first day of college on the campus of the University of South Alabama. To be honest I have never made a podcast and I was blown away at how easy it was to make this one. My cell phone like most …
Assessment Tools
https://quizlet.com/_3uqszx The first assessment tool I used was Quizlet. Quizlet allows you to create classes and distribute assignments to each individual class. It is a great study tool and even generates test for teachers and students to use/take. One issue I found is any questions that have dates for answers have to be exactly as …
Edmodo Experiment
ngpmyf To access my lesson go to edmodo.com and create an account. Provide the code and join my classroom. This week I decided to create a lesson using Edmodo. To my surprise this website was extremely easy to use. If I had to compare it to something I would call it an educational Facebook. A …
Introduction Video Making Process
For my video project I decided to capture all of my content on my Phone. I then emailed myself the videos and downloaded to my desktop computer where I used the Movavi Video Editing Software that I downloaded to my desktop computer. This software was pretty awesome. It was very user friendly. This was pretty …
Evolution of the Web Project
I chose to use Prezi to create my presentation of the different levels of the Internet. I found that Prezi is a fancy Power Point that is a little more difficult to use. I had to get used to all the shifting that Prezi does. It can definitely be used in the classroom, however creating …
My Matrix
The four learning theories covered in this weeks lesson can all be beneficial to our classrooms as educators. I believe all students learn in different ways. Some may be similar to others, but each student has different experiences and unique characteristics that make them who they are. Those experiences can influence how our students learn. …
My First Blog Post
Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates.
Introduce Yourself (Example Post)
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