Blog 10

Today in our education technology class, we learned how to use Qualtrics, the survey administration tool, and how to administer different types of questions for the survey. This tool would be useful in my career as a teacher for student and parent feedback about the class and the lessons. This tool is great for promoting improvement among the class so that the students can have a more positive, educational environment. Excel is very useful in gathering statistics so you can see the answers to their feedback in an organized manner. in addition to receiving feedback about your teaching style, you can also use these tools to get feedback from the students on material that they don't understand. This will allow you to focus on specific areas, that students may struggle with but may not want to speak about, for a longer period of time.

The topic that I took away the most from all of our blogs, is assistive and adaptive technology. I find this the most useful because it will allow me to be more mindful and knowledgable about how to teach my students. Every student learns differently and has different needs. Being able to teach to each need is very important. I believe that no student should be left behind, and that it is essential for students to have a good understanding of subject material. Through the different blogs of each of my classmates, I was able to learn about different technologies that I can incorporate into my class in order to make my students more successful.

I don't know if there is any other technology that I would like to learn about that we haven't covered. I am sure there are many that I have no knowledge of, and there will be many more to come through my teaching career that I will be eager to learn about. Currently, I would like to focus on learning about educational websites and resources for my students to help them better understand the material, while also having fun. In order to achieve this goal, I will pursue my degree in education so that I can further my knowledge on how to be the best teacher possible.


 
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Blog 9

Hey everyone! Today in class we learned about the structure of a flipped classroom. There isn't a set model for this approach to educating yet. While this approach is still new, it seems useful in certain circumstances. Basically, this form of education involves students doing informational lessons at home on their own time before they come to class in order to prepare them for the in class lesson. The in class lesson is meant to be more interactive. In theory this is a good approach; however, in reality, students most likely won't do their at home assignments, putting them behind for the in class lesson. I think the work at home should build off of the lesson instead of putting the responsibility solely in the hands of students. Many students don't have this sense of independence until late high school and college years.

Another concept that we discussed today was open educational resources (OER). These are resources that students and teachers can use for educational and research purposes. Specifically the resources are openly licensed giving people the opportunity to legally learn from information and expand their knowledge in a positive way. The most common website for OER is OER Commons. This is a library of a bunch of resources that are openly licensed for educational purposes.

For my educational technology class, we were also assigned a couple of powerpoint assignments. In the first one we were told to make a powerpoint and then make a show version of it in which we voice record ourself over the slides. While this might be useful if teaching online classes, I don't find it very useful for in class presentations. I believe that you should be teaching directly to your students and tailor the lesson to each of them. You can't have a uniform lesson because each student learns differently. In the next assignment, we were told to use buttons with links. I found this very useful in making the powerpoint interactive. I never knew how to do this before and will definitely utilize it in classroom settings.

Here is a picture of my powerpoint title slide with the voice over insert.

Here is the jeopardy game that I created with the hyperlink buttons

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