Laney's 2040

      For the Florida State University School, they have an elementary, middle and high school, and on their homepage, there are links to each of the three schools. From there, you can access individual grade levels, and even further into that, parents and students can access a specific teacher. On the teachers, home page, are different links and resources. For a specific fifth grade class, there is a welcome page, as well as class schedules, a link to their Google classroom and an informational page on the teacher. These are all side tabs that link to different pages, some include information regarding field trips, while others are tips and study hacks or websites the students can use. For parents, every weekly newsletter is posted so they can stay up to date with what the students are doing in the class. Overall, there is a lot of information for not just the students, but also the parents as well! Here is a link for Mr. Valdes' website:  https://www.fsus.school/Do...

For my independent learning project, I decided to make an InfoGraphic. When I first chose this, I immediately opened up Microsoft Word, but then I thought, there has to be a better way for me to do this. Now I know I could have created something on Photoshop, but that is way out of my skill level right now. However, after a little research, I found this awesome website, www.canva.com. It allows you to make any type of graphic that you want! It also gives templates and ideas for you, which is what I did. I took one of the templates and changed some things around like the colors, fonts, and style. I had so much fun with this project, and this I definitely a resource I would use as a teacher to convey some not so interesting information in a more fun way!

Prior to this class, I had never even heard of Diigo, let alone used it. I must say, at first it was a little tricky, however, with a little practice it became easier. When researching, I visit a lot of websites and sometimes exit out of them or don’t always save them, and then I am left scrambling, going through my browsing history trying to find them. I like how with Diigo it is not only so easy, but the fact there is an extension you can install on your browser. The extension makes it so simple to save it quickly and leaves you with all of your resources in the same place.   I can honestly say that I would have never imagined myself writing a blog. I always thought it was such an official thing, and something you had to be approved for. However, I quickly learned that, that is not the case and anyone can write a blog. This then entails what I find so interesting and neat, is that there are blogs on just about anything. Although it is convenient that anyone can write abou...

I have never been a big fan of Twitter; however, it is interesting using it in an educational aspect. Recently I have been interacting with people who are also in the EME2040 class by using the hashtag, #fsu2040. It is neat how I am able to connect with other students, even those that aren’t in my exact class. I have found that a lot of us are in the same boat when it comes to when I tweet about assignments and observations for my other education class. I do not think I would ever use Twitter in my classroom. However, if I ever got to the point and was teaching high schoolers, I would maybe consider it. Twitter is a popular platform among teenagers, so I think that would have them actively participating if I were to require them to use it. I would most likely tweet out a question and their homework would be to respond to it, or something along those lines. While I can see it being helpful as a communication platform with my students, I do not think I would use it unless I ended up tea...