EME 2040

Blog 5 My initial experience with Diigo has been a positive one. I did not know that Diigo even existed or what it did. I enjoyed getting to use it in class because it was a new tool for me. I really liked the aspect where you got to highlight and annotate the website. It was helpful because I could make notes about what I liked and didn't like on the website. My experience with blogging has also been positive. It has been a very easy-to-use tool that I could see myself using in my own classroom. I like the fact that there really are no rules for blogging. Your blog can be about anything and everything. That's what makes it such a diverse tool that can be used in almost every setting. I have learned that a blog is an easy way to connect and communicate with others and this is why it is such a useful tool in the classroom. There are many Web 2.0 tools. One Web 2.0 tools is Pinterest. This tool can be used in many different ways by teachers. They can use it to create b...

Blog 4 I have really enjoyed using twitter so far. It has been cool to see all of the different articles and things educators post about because that's not something that I would usually look st on twitter. A lot of them have been relevant to the topic of educational technology which has been cool. I have mostly been interacting with different educators or accounts that are geared towards education. This has been beneficial because it has allowed me to read and learn about different topics in the education field. Twitter might be helpful in my future career because it is a good tool to keep you up to speed on different issues and topics facing educators every day. It is also a way to connect with different people in your field that you otherwise might not be able to communicate with.  The digital divide is something that is prevalent in today's society. The digital divide affects student success because it can hinder those students without access to technology from accom...

Blog 3 There are many ELA standards. One standard that I feel most prepared to teach right now is the standard about finding the main idea of a reading passage. This is a skill that has been taught since the first day of kindergarten, and with my existing knowledge, I feel like I am prepared to teach this standard. A standard that I don't feel prepared to teach right now is the standard that deals with the structure of a reading passage. I feel like many of my classes have not really focused on the structure of reading passages, so I do not feel like I could accurately teach this standard to other students.  CPALMS has a lot of tools and resources in their educator toolkit. One of the resources is the Lesson Plan Development Initiative. This initiative works with teachers and educators all over the state to come up with original lesson plans to go along with the standards. I think that this resource is really helpful because it helps teachers know exactly what they need to t...

Blog 2 Microsoft Word is a program that many students and teachers utilize. As a student, I have used Microsoft Word for just about every class that I have taken. I usually use Word to write a lot of papers and complete assignments for classes. My teachers have used Word to create rubrics for assignments. They have also used Word to list out the directions for an assignment or to create a class syllabus.  My experience with copyright has only come when I am trying to cite a resource. For all of my papers, I have to cite where I got a resource from and who the author was so that I did not accidentally take credit for their work as my own. I have used fair use in an educational setting by accessing journal articles and images to be used in a project or an assignment only intended for use in the classroom. As a teacher, I would deal with the concepts by educating my students on copyright law and fair use. I would also be extra careful when designing a lesson to not infringe upo...

Blog 1 There are many things that influence teachers and students to use technology in the classroom. One thing that can influence teachers is that accessibility and ease that technology brings to the classroom. Nowadays, technology is very easy to access. It is a tool that can be very engaging if used in the proper way. Technology is also very easy to use for the most part. Students can easily use it to enhance their learning. Students are influenced by their teachers, peers,and the media to use technology. In today's society, technology is a part in nearly all aspects of our lives. We use technology at school for learning, at home for fun, and even use it to connect with others. All in all, there are many things that influence teachers and students alike to use technology. There are many ISTE standards that deal with technology. The educator standards include: learner, leader, citizen, collaborator, designer, facilitator, and analyst. These standards are designed to help e...

Welcome!  Hi everyone! My name is Mallory and I am a sophomore at Florida State University. I am majoring in Family and Child Sciences and minoring in Education. My focus is to work with kids in some way although I am not exactly sure what yet. A little bit about me is that I love Italian food and my favorite color is pink. I also used to cheer and I have been and All-star cheer leading and gymnastics coach for 4 years now. This has allowed me to incorporate my two passions, cheer and working with children, into one.  My prior experience with technology in an educational setting has really just been basic. I have used things like Word and PowerPoint to complete assignments for classes. This is what I use a majority of the time. I have also used several different software's to access things like online textbooks and practices questions and tests for some classes as well.  I hope to learn a lot about the uses of technology in an educational setting in this class. Sin...