Skip to main content

BLOG 3

         After reviewing the ELA standards the one that really stood out to me were the ones that applied to grade eleven and twelve. In your junior and senior year of high school it is very imperative that you are learning the basic requirements and skills to help prepare you for SAT/ACT and for college. Standard, Standards Technology 11-12 LAFS.1112.L.3.4, really sticks out because it deals with the students being able to comprehend and the meaning of words and phrases that they are unfamiliar with. Online dictionaries and other tools were super resourceful in highs school. They allowed me to be able to understand context that I was unfamiliar with. The other standards dealt with how you can take information and put it into different formats such as diagrams, pictures, videos, etc,. All of those skills are very valuable and will be used throughout the rest of your life either in school or in the workforce.
           The tool or resource that I found to be most beneficial for my classroom would be the instructional resources that CPALMS Educator Toolkit offers. This is actually something that is extremely helpful in the classroom as a teacher. I was looking specifically at the ones offered for grades 9-12 and it offers lessons plans and virtual manipulatives. Having pre-made lessons plans is not something every teacher would agree on but personally I would use it a main resource in order to teach the students because it is more difficult to teach at a high school level. 
          At first I was not a fan of the Newsletter Design assignment but then it got interesting as i progressed. I am usually very good with word but this made it a little bit tricky for me. Luckily I am really good with figuring out how to navigate things but it was not easy. In the end result I was pleasantly surprised with how my Newsletter turned out. I was able to gain new skills such as adding in different borders and creating a cut out permission slip. In the future I will be able to implement these skills in whatever career force that I go into whether its making a flyer or a birthday card. Next time I hope to improve the time it took me to complete the assignment now that I know how to do it 

Comments

  1. Lukas's Blog fa19October 1, 2019 at 7:48 AM

    I am glad that you managed to solve the difficulties in Newsletter design. A lot of projects and assignments in this class is designed to be a problem-solving experience and opportunities for you to test out/ showcase your style. When you start your career and there is no class of ed tech, you will have to solve the problems on your own for the most of time.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

GICA 1: Blog Setup

Hello blog! My name is Jessica Kaplan but my friends usually will call me Jess or Jessie. Currently I am attending Florida State University and hoping to pursuit a career as a Speech Pathologist which falls under the major of Communication Sciences and Disorders. I was always unsure of what I wanted to do in life but I have always had a love and passion for helping others and working with kids which is why I believe Speech Pathology to be a perfect career for me. In the past I have used a tremendous amount of techonlogy in the education setting. Throughout high school we used different technologies ranging from smartboards to projectors. We also had a Mac Computer Lab accessbile for students in journalism or yearbook class. Incoming freshman were required to sign up for a intro to technology class to help them get equipped with Word, Power Point, and Excel. In this class I hope to gain knoweldge about the advancemetns of technology. I want to apply those advancements of technology an...
1 comment
Read more

ILP #2 Participation

For my second Independent Learning Project I decided to interview a teacher from my high school. I asked 3 questions in regards to technology in the classrooms. The three questions I asked were  Review your past years at work. Which technologies did you use and how did you use them? How have you used or how will you use new technology in your classrooms?   Do you believe that technology has an impact on how much students focus in class?   Here is the link to my voice thread which is a powerpoint explaining parks answers to my questions! https://voicethread.com/share/13251171/ 
Post a Comment
Read more

BLOG 7

      Using Twitter has been an interesting experience. Prior to this class I would only use twitter for the social aspects. Using it for a class allows you to actually gain some sort of knowledge. The benefits of using twitter as a part of this class are that you can learn new things that developing within the education realm. I get updates from the United States education department almost daily and it is interesting to read the facts that they post.         After completing the Web Design assignment I realized how easy it was to make a website. I have worked with Wix Portfolio before but I didn't remember how to use it. I liked how they have templates already designed for you, it makes the process a lot easier if you're not creative. The only issue I had was when trying to put boxes around text it would not let me edit the text after so I had to copy the text, delete it and create a new text box, which was frustrating. Th...
Post a Comment
Read more