Laney's 2040

After observing at Florida State University Schools, I soon became familiar with Google Classroom. Prior to observing at FSUS, I had never used Google Classroom or had any experience with it. However, I soon realized how much of a helpful resource it was for students. The teacher I observed used it to post resources and materials so her students could access them in class and at home. Google Classroom is so easy to manage and organize which is great for the teacher, but also the student as well. There are a lot of neat features like the ability to post questions and have students answer, a calendar, and discussion boards too!  Since I had never used this, I was a little nervous when creating my website, however, it was so simple and easy to navigate. I could definitely see myself using this in the future as a teacher.

I hope to be a second-grade teacher, so while it might be hard for students to use Excel, I think it is something I could use as the teacher. I would most likely use it for record keeping and to stay up to date with the student’s data and progress. Excel could serve as a personal gradebook for me to have a copy for myself, seeing that most schools have a specific website for that.  I could also use it to keep their parents’ contact information as well. As for surveys, I think second graders could participate and fill them out and possible enjoy them too! I would probably make them at the end of a lesson, to get feedback from the students. I could even create one for the beginning of the lesson to serve as a benchmark of what the students know or don’t know.  When reading blogs posted by other students in class, I found it most interesting seeing what they struggled and succeeded on. It seems to me that we all were in the same boat for the most part. What I struggled ...

Using Twitter is not exactly my favorite. I think because I have never been a fan, makes it hard to use it in an educational sense. I am not too familiar with it and how it works. But with time I have found to navigate around the app and realize the different uses it has. I do find it a little difficult to interact with people when you’re limited to 140 characters, but for an academic sense, and especially in high school I think that could be a benefit.  Working on the web design was absolute chaos at first. I had no idea what I was doing and was completely overwhelmed. It was something I had never done before and could definitely use some more practice on. I did like all the creativity that was allowed for, however, that almost made it too difficult at times. Having so many options was overwhelming, especially for a beginner. With time and becoming more familiar with the website creator, I could definitely see myself making a more visually appealing website, and one that is m...

The flipped Classroom is a concept that I am not too familiar with. The first time I heard about it was this semester. However, from what I have gathered and read, essentially the students prepare themselves for class and read over the material at home before class. Then during class students can get feedback from the teacher on what they don’t understand, or things they might have had trouble with. Then after class students are assigned homework problems that can check for understanding. It is not a traditional way of teaching and I think would be a hard practice to implement.  https://onlinelearningconsortium.org/impact-of-open-educational-resources/ Open educational resources are also something new to me, but something I think is very helpful. These are resources, and usually online, that cater to all learning styles. Teachers can find something that could help their students, but it might not be age appropriate or might go too in-depth so OER gives them the ability to ch...