Digital Blog J Chapter 11

Blog J, Ch 11

First, Digital Teaching Portfolios, are used for teachers to store basically anything that they have gained that has enhanced and/or been useful for teachers in their career; such as- any activities, observations from field experiences, volunteer hours etc in a digital format. This portfolio is designed to help save all these materials, which will become useful when beginning a teacher career.

teachers e-portfolio.wmv

Second, Democratic Schools and Classroom, allows students and teachers to engage and work together. This allows students to make decisions about important learning educational aspects. Although, students make some decisions, teachers are the ones in charge.  

Third, Involving Students in Learning through Feedback, which is somewhat similar to the Democratic Schools and Classroom, yet this, allows students to have more feedback on what they are learning and how things are being taught by the teachers. Before any lesson is taught students talk about the importance of feedback, the form figure 11.5 is what is used and turned in after the lesson.

In conclusion, these three concepts would be useful to me by using a digital portfolio to store all the materials, activities and resources I’ve created or used for myself as a teacher and the Democratic Schools and Involving students in feedback would be something I would definitely implement in my classroom, since I know how important it is to involve students in their education and discussions. Providing feedback will help me understand and improve myself as a teacher with students and vice versa.

Resources;

Maloy, Robert, Verock-O’Loughlin,Ruth-Ellen, Edwards, Sharon A., and Woolf, Beverly Park (2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc.

 Teachers e-portfolio.wmv. (2010, May 27). Retrieved March 28, 2015, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2W2Vpn1iaNo 
  

Digital Blog I, Ch 4

Blog I Chapter 4

First, Teaching Goals, Methods, and Procedures (How to teach), talks about what each term means and how it’s used in educating students. Goals-are the reasons why lessons are being taught, Methods- are the instructional strategies teachers use to teach academic material to students; whether it’s a small or large group, discussions, lectures, role-plays, etc., Procedures- are the scheduling and grouping of students by teachers during a lesson and the decision of how much time to spend on the activities; teachers combine these three concepts for daily learning. I chose this concept because although I know that importance in teaching lessons, I have learned the exact terminology of each and know how they are meant to be combined to teach students

Second, Learning Assessments (knowing what students have learned), is tracking the educational development of the students, and how learning assessments occur before, during, and after teaching lessons, which then enable teachers to evaluate their students’ knowledge, understanding and performance. I chose this concept, since I agree that students should be assessed and evaluated to see where they are educationally, and how they have progressed, for what is the purpose of teaching lessons and not keeping track of their developmental progress.

Third, Web Resources and Apps for Student Assessments are technology tools that can be used to create ways and provide resources that help teachers when assessing students. Using these tools will help teachers set up guidelines and rules of what is expected, how it will be graded and where to find them online or an app.

 In conclusion,  chose the three concepts since I find them to be very important when preparing a lesson plan and/or assessing a student; whereas it’s very important to make sure the lesson has a positive outcome regardless of what and how the three concepts are implemented. I have learned the correct terminology of things I do on a daily basis as a teacher and most of all learned of different resources available to help become a better teacher to my students.

Resources:

Maloy, Robert, Verock-O’Loughlin,Ruth-Ellen, Edwards, Sharon A., and Woolf, Beverly Park (2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Education Inc.,

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Kahoot. (n.d.). Retrieved March 19, 2015, from http://kahoot.it/

Digital Blog H, Chapter 9

Digital Blog H Chapter 9

First, PowerPoint and the Next Generation Presentation Tools, explains how it’s a multimedia software package that is used in most of today’s computers and widely used in schools. PowerPoint presentations are where projects are written on paper can be passed on to the computer and enhanced with images and audio that relate to the item being discussed in form of a slide show. I chose this concept since I grew up learning from them when I was in middle and high school, and at that time they were interesting to me, since I would always wonder how they were passed on to a computer screen and then to the projector. I personally have used PowerPoint presentations in some of my classes in the past, and I must say that I really enjoy it since I can add audio, which basically helps explain itself.

Second, Alphabet Books, are books mainly used by kindergarten to second graders, when used to practice spelling patterns, letter sounds, vocabulary words, and reading skill. Students can create them by using photos, and or hand drawn images. These Alphabet Books can be used over and over and students can use objects from around the room. The reason I chose this concept is because I can relate to similar books, I have experienced the joy my students (VPK) have while looking at something they have created and learned the material they have illustrated or seeing their picture in a book.

Third, Technology Transformation Lesson Plan, is where a lesson plan can be created through technology and or implement activities found on line. The example given in the books shows a lesson plan that explains the areas of focus. I chose this concept since I think that it’s important to have a DAP (Development Appropriate Practice) and age-appropriate lessons. A very well planned lesson plan will focus on the areas desired to teach, the objectives/goals and the materials being used. Of course it’s important to be prepared with all the materials needed to teach the curriculum. I have used technology to plan activities for my children, for example when learning a certain letter I have so many ideas, yet I want to make them beneficial and simple when completing them. For example in the images below the letter “S” is cut out by my assistant, since I want my children to be able to recognize and identify letter “S” and the other activity is the sun, which my children cut out their own shapes out and glued them the way they wanted. This helped them learn cutting skills and creating their sun they way they wanted to.

                                     Photo Credit to: Iris Acosta 3/11/2015

In conclusion, I chose all these three concepts, since I have known for PowerPoint to be a very popular source when presenting projects and or notes, Alphabet books are very helpful when teaching young children how to read and or spell, up to the second grade and frequently implement similar activities with my students, as well as word flash cards, and Technology Transformation Lesson Plan, which helps transform a regular lesson plan onto a computer and easier to print out. And as I mentioned before, I think the way a lesson planned is set up is the way a class will help the students stay in routine and or be out of control.

Maloy, Robert, Verock-O’Loughlin,Ruth-Ellen, Edwards, Sharon A., and Woolf, Beverly Park (2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc.