CHAPTER 4 DIGITAL BADGE #I

Designing Lessons and Developing Curriculum with Technology
Chapter 4 Digital Badge #I

"Learning Assessments (Knowing what students have learned)
I am reflecting on this section of the Chapter because I believe that learning assessments will be very beneficial for me and my future students. As a current student, it is very important for me to know my current grades, along with my progress in all of my classes, so I know what I need to work on and try harder on to be successful. As a future teacher, I know that learning assessments will be very beneficial for me because I will be able to see how my students are doing. There are many different options for a learning assessment for your students. I want me students to be successful, so I will do everything I can to keep up with their progress.

"Using Electronic software"
What would education be without electronics these days? Electronic grading software is a virtual record keeping system. I am looking forward to being able to use electronic grading software as a teacher because it will make my work quicker and my students will have their grades accurately and much quicker then if I did not have this system to use for calculating grades. Although being an Elementary teacher, not all of the work I will provide will be graded with letter grades. Teachers are able to create their own grading system for the particular assignment that is given, and are able to put that into the software so it is great for what you need at that specific time and for each specific assignment.

"Meeting Educational Standards"
I am reflecting on this topic in the chapter because meeting educational standards is a significant part of my just as a future teacher. Each grade level has specific guide lines that are needed to go by in order to get the material out that is needed for that grade level, not just anything can be taught. When reality is thought about, there are so many things that is needed to know. So, with that being said, decisions need to be made on what to take out, and what to leave in your teaching in the classroom. It it is up to the teacher on what to do with that situation. I am looking forward to being creative and choosing what I will believe is the best in the curriculum that needs to be taught.


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References:

Woolf, B. (2014). Designing Lessons and developing curriculum with technology. InTransforming Learning with new technologies (Second ed., p. 98). Upper Saddle River.

Digital Badge #H

Chapter 9

"Multimedia Technologies in Schools Today"
I am reflecting on this topic because I think that having multimedia technologies in schools today is very beneficial for students in today's society. Multi means more then one, so multimedia is bringing more then one type of media together as one. Power points are great examples of multimedia technology. In powerpoint presentation there are different things all being shown on one slide. Pictures, text, diagrams, you can even add sounds to a powerpoint along with animation as well. Single mode teaching is not as good as multimedia teaching in schools. I am looking forward to being able to create power points in my classroom as a teacher and creating fun things to make learning more fun!

"Strategies for using powerpoint with students"
I am interested in reflecting on this topic because it has much relation to the topic i reflected on above this one. I am looking forward to creating power points for my students, but before doing all of that, I need to learn exactly how powerpoint works. There are different strategies that have to be done to draw attention to the correct information. For instance, a powerpoint slide with many small words on it in a very dull color will not attract a students eye. I am looking forwards to reading about these strategies in the text and actually be able to use them for mine and my students' benefit.

"Digital Storytelling"
Digital storytelling is awesome to be able to have in the classrooms. Reading a book is not always something that is going to be on a students priority list of interests. With that being said, there are so many things with today's technology that have been created to help solve this problem. There are things called iMovie, moviemaker, etc, that have visual affects while telling a story. These things make it so much more appealing to a student trying to read.


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Resources:

Woolf, B. (2014). Expressing creativity with multimedia technologies. InTransforming Learning with new technologies (Second ed., p. 98). Upper Saddle River.

Digital Badge #G CHAPTER 10

Chapter 10

"Electronic Spellers and dictionaries"
Electronic spellers and dictionaries is one of the most creative things that I have learned about yet in my opinion. These things are good for so many different things. You are able to plug headphones into the machine so you aren't disturbing others while learning. All ages have access to these machines.
Students that have seeing problems can use them, because the machine is all through hearing. A student that is trying to learn a different language can use it for great help as well. I am reflecting on this topic in chapter 10 because it is one of the things that is used in classrooms that I believe is extremely beneficial for students AND teachers.

Handheld calculators
What would life be like in school without a calculator? Calculators can be used for simple math problems, or complicated ones that have to do with graphing, they even have calculators now a days that make graphs for you. We don't realize that calculators can be beneficial to everyone sometimes, even children with learning disabilities. For instance, there are calculators that do the number operations for you, so you don't have to remember what has to be put into the calculator first.

Interactive electronic storybooks
These interactive storybooks seem great and I can't wait until I am a teacher and can share these with my students. They not only have them on CDs, but you can download apps on tablets and smartphones. Students are more interested in technology these days, so I think that reading a story on a tablet or a computer, will draw much more interest then picking up a book and reading. These apps are so awesome because not only do they read aloud to you, they have visuals along with the stories. I am reflecting on this topic in the chapter because I will be interested in downloading an app like this so I can learn more about them.


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Resources:  Woolf, B. (2014). Promoting Success for all students through technology. InTransforming Learning with new technologies (Second ed., p. 98). Upper Saddle River.

Digital Badge #F (Chapter 8)

Chapter 8 is my favorite Chapter to reflect on so far.

"ELECTRONICS COMMUNICATION BETWEEN TEACHERS AND STUDENTS"

Communication with students and teachers is so very important, and that is why I would life to reflect on this topic first in Chapter 8. If a student is having a problem with an assignment, and a teacher needs to know something from a student, it is nice to have emailing there outside of the classroom as well. There are websites, blogs, wikis, and many more ways for students and teachers to communicate. I prefer email out of all of these options because I believe it is the most efficient. If there is something that is due, and there is no school the next day, emailing your teacher is a good thing to be able to do to get the help you need.

"TEACHING BEYOND THE SCHOOL DAY"
I would like to reflect on this topic because it means a lot to me as a student and as a future teacher. You don't usually wake up one day and say, I think I am going to be a teacher just for the heck of it. No, that really does not happen. Someone that is planning on being a teacher, most likely has the desire to help people, not because of the money, but just because that is the passion they have in their heart, to be a teacher. With that being said, teaching beyond the school day is going to happen to teachers. Having electronic communication between students and teachers plays a big part in this. If your student wants to share ideas or have problems with something you gave them, you will be receiving emails or whatever type of communication you and your students have discussed even after the school day ends.

"EMPHASIZE RAPID FEEDBACK"
Coming from me as a student, I need to have lots of feedback from my teachers whether its good or bad feedback. Taking online classes has been a really big challenge for me but I refuse to give up. In Therefore rapid feedback is very important to me to help me be successful with the help of my handwork and my professors. In the textbook it states that rapid feedback benefits both the teacher and the student. I 100% have to agree with this because not only is the student now realizing what he or she is doing right or wrong, but the professor is able to understand what the problem is so it can be fixed. I am looking forward to being able to communicate with my students rapidly just as my current professors are helping me get through these online classes successfully.

This is a picture that I screen shotted on my laptop. It is an example of what a blog is, relevant to a teacher being able to communicate with students via blogs.