Blog Post #7

   

     So I decided to look at my former high school's page. I went to one of my previous teacher's pages and it included a fair amount of information. It had his email, his education, his positions within the school such as head of the english department. It even had a fun fact that he likes mangoes. A bunch of these teacher pages are actually pretty thorough. 

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    I think I would try to use canvas when teaching as it is a very efficient site when used properly. I think it is important to have a clear schedule of assignment and test dates, as well as frequent updates to remind students. There should be no reason for the students to say they didn't know something was due. I would really try to implement youtube, quizlet and kahoot in my lessons.

    I really enjoyed the PBWorks platform. I think it was a good way to organize information and collaborate with others. I would certainly use this in my classroom. The only gripe I have is the display of the website looks like it was the first thing ever created on the internet. Like it was made before the internet itself. Primordial PBWorks.

Blog #6

     My earliest experience with Twitter was when it seemed to be nothing but memes. Just good times. Now it's much more political and news oriented. It helps me today to keep updated on current events and keep up with friends as well. In the future I could use Twitter to network for my career.

    I think the digital divide is one of the biggest disparities in schooling today. Students with less wealth are automatically at a disadvantage when technology comes into the curriculum. I'm definitely worried about how it will effect my classroom. But people were taught for thousands of years without technology, so how hard can it be to try and keep the lessons hands-on, without technology. And for the times when technology is necessary I can try and make sure everyone is included somehow.

    One tool I'd like to add to my classroom would be twitter. It would be a more casual place to discuss the class and connect with classmates. Another good tool I would like to add is google classroom. That would help all around, helping students and teacher to be more organized, have clearer expectations and clearer work.

Blog #5 (Image Attribution)

2021 Star Party 1 Feb., 50930621086, Alejandra Leon-Castella, cientec, (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0), 2.0

Blog #4

     So the grade level I chose was 9th-10th grade. One standard was to determine the meaning of unknown words as well as words with multiple meanings. In order to meet this standard I would need to be proficient with online dictionaries and thesauri. I believe I am fit to meet this standard with my current skillset.

    The resource I found is meant for teaching language arts to high schoolers. It is a lesson plan teaching the difference between passive and active voice in writing. It also shows the importance of active voice to liven up the writing. This would be very useful for me in the classroom to easily help students make their writing less boring. 

    I think it will be exceedingly crucial to be well versed in internet searching as a teacher. It would be a much harder job without the help of those online. I think the best resource from this week to me is the Educator Toolkit. Whenever I need a good outline on how to teach a lesson I can look there and build off of it.

Blog #3

     Copyright and fair use have to do with the legality of using other people's work. The symbols that we always see but never really consider have to do with this, like the c in a circle symbol. There are varying degrees to which one can borrow someone else's work. Sometimes they can use it but not profit off it, sometimes they must accredit the original creator.

    When it comes to some of these technological issues I'll focus on lack of funding and cyberbullying. I remember many different fundraisers in school growing up. Magazine sales, bake sales, girl scout cookies. If someone really took the time to plan stuff like that out I think it could go a long way. As for cyberbullying I think the most important thing is to build a relationship of trust with every student, and let all students know they can turn to you if cyberbullying is happening to them.

    The Newsletter Design was surpassingly difficult for me. I now see that I know nothing about Microsoft word. So I learned a lot through this like how to make columns and make hyperlinks. I think this will all surely be useful for my future no matter what I do. One thing that could improve my newsletter is if I ever figure out how to make the banner span the whole header. 

Blog #2

       I have always used Microsoft Word all my life, but I wouldn't say I'm an expert with it. I had a class freshman year of college on Microsoft but there's like ten years between freshman and senior year. But I know how to make words appear so that's enough I'd think. I had to use google drive a few times in high school and it was wack. Like the knock-off brand.

       The standard in ISTE which most stood out to me was the first one, Learner. I've grown up with a handful of ignorant teachers crossing my path. Yes, they are holding the role of teacher, but as humans we are all learning always. So as a teacher should have the humility to take good advice and always look for it.

    I think the label of "digital native" is appropriate. You can definitely tell the difference between a digital native and a digital immigrant. Always growing if a substitute teacher came in without proper training they would have to be coached through the classroom technology by the students. Especially now, in zoom classes, we can see a divide.

Blog #1

     Hello everybody. I'm Jonathan Atz, go by Jon. I am from Jupiter, Florida, home also to Tiger Woods, Burt Reynolds, and the Cheeto-colored baby man himself. I am the youngest of three boys in my family. That means growing up I was handed down everything my brother's didn't want anymore, which was a pro and a con in one. I like to read (recently read Huck Finn and it kinda sucked), watch movies (watched Toby Maguire's Spiderman last night, it's just as good as you remember), write, exercise, play spike ball, eat.

    I can't say that there has been much depth to my experience with technology in education. My middle school was Jupiter Middle School of Technology (JMST), but that title consisted of one dusty room lined with computers older than me. In high school I was in the medical academy and sometimes we would practice CPR, Heimlich, etc. on a sort of dummy. There was some technology to that as inside the dummy there were pressure sensors for, who knows, if I would have broke a rib or something. My other high school had us bring iPads to school.

    As for my personal learning network, I'll focus on my learning goal of becoming a better fiction writer. For offline sources I talk with my friends about books or movies we've read/seen lately, picking apart the story and characters and why we liked such and such about the story. I also talk with professors and other writing students about the same stuff, just not as frequently. A huge source is my workshop, where I get critiqued on my stories. The largest offline source would be just consuming books and movies critically and learning from them. For online sources I've found just about any SMS can help in this learning goal. Instagram and twitter to an extent, youtube even more, reddit the most. I learn a lot from a few select writing subreddits. 

    That's all I got, I'll see y'all in the computer screen class Tuesday.