I decided to make an Edmodo account for a Kindergarten classroom. Edmodo is a technology tool to connect K-12 teachers with parents. The website is great source to distribute exercises and assignments, and to contact all the parents and students in your class.
I love the concept of Edmodo and I would definitely recommend it to any teacher! It has so many features and is really easy to navigate. It works like facebook where you have a group that accumulates posts on the main page, and it also gives the teacher notifications. I have the ability to make normal posts, assignments, quizzes, and polls. I wouldn't use the quiz feature for my Kindergarten class because it would mostly be conversation between parents and myself, but I love the poll option. I also found it really neat that I had a library where I could upload papers that were given in class or that I wanted parents to see, and I could even connect my google drive.
Check out my independent learning project through the link below!
www.edmodo.com/karissah/referral
Here is the group code you will need to view the project!
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Sunday, November 22, 2015
Monday, November 16, 2015
10 Lots of Powerpoint
Making a family feud powerpoint was really fun! I learned how to edit an existing powerpoint. I learned how to change the layering of different parts of each slide. I learned how to create a countdown. There were so many new aspects that I was interested in that it didn't even feel like a task. There was one difficult part of the powerpoint where I couldn't hide the answers to one of the questions, and then I couldn't get the answers to show. Next time I would definitely have to work that kink out. In the future, I can definitely create games to review with my students in an playful way.
After a semester of looking at everyone else's blogs, my favorite posts were probably the videos for creating better powerpoints. I honestly would rather watch a video or look at pictures and see what the person who posted it thought, than to read paragraph after paragraph of plain black font. The videos were also very useful to look back on, and convenient.
I think it would be really neat to learn how to use a photo editor app. In the powerpoint skill check I had a really hard time finding the pictures I imagined as I read the story. If I was able to edit photos, I could create the images I needed, and my powerpoint would have turned out a lot nicer.
I would like to continue working on blogs and powerpoint after this class. I really have enjoyed working on these this semester. In the future, I would like to make effective powerpoints for my students, and maybe even test the flipped classroom. In the future I will have more time to create the powerpoint and make them look exactly how I would like.
After a semester of looking at everyone else's blogs, my favorite posts were probably the videos for creating better powerpoints. I honestly would rather watch a video or look at pictures and see what the person who posted it thought, than to read paragraph after paragraph of plain black font. The videos were also very useful to look back on, and convenient.
I think it would be really neat to learn how to use a photo editor app. In the powerpoint skill check I had a really hard time finding the pictures I imagined as I read the story. If I was able to edit photos, I could create the images I needed, and my powerpoint would have turned out a lot nicer.
I would like to continue working on blogs and powerpoint after this class. I really have enjoyed working on these this semester. In the future, I would like to make effective powerpoints for my students, and maybe even test the flipped classroom. In the future I will have more time to create the powerpoint and make them look exactly how I would like.
Monday, November 9, 2015
9 Approaching education in a new way
The flipped classroom is spoken about a lot, but rarely practiced. Basically the teacher posts a video of the lesson for the students to watch before class. Then in class, the students are ready with questions and the teacher has time to work with the students and apply the knowledge. This idea is directed for more of an independent learning classroom style so that everyone can work at their own pace. It will definitely help the classroom by allowing students time to learn, but it could also set students back if they forget to watch the video or choose not to. This link is an awesome example to show how a flipped classroom works! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQWvc6qhTds
After looking through a few websites on professional development, I came across one site that looked very organized and useful. The website was Edutopia. It brought up a bunch of topics we have used in class like twitter and blogs. It also had an area for building a professional learning network. This is very important because teachers need to stay connected. I also liked how at the bottom of the page it had more links to different topics that you may be wondering about. For example, Do Educators Really Need Blog Posts. The site is easy to navigate and definitely worth checking out! This is the link to the website! http://www.edutopia.org/diy-professional-development-resources
Working on the powerpoint this past week was interesting. It was not too hard but there were a lot of requirements that we had to make sure we included. It was cool being able to add in different effects. I really like working on powerpoint because you can really do anything with it. You can make lessons for your students. You can have your students make projects. You can even just use it for yourself to keep information organized. I really like how you can download any template from the internet because there are so many options and its a lot easier than working from scratch. The only thing I found difficult was downloading a template to my online version of powerpoint.
After looking through a few websites on professional development, I came across one site that looked very organized and useful. The website was Edutopia. It brought up a bunch of topics we have used in class like twitter and blogs. It also had an area for building a professional learning network. This is very important because teachers need to stay connected. I also liked how at the bottom of the page it had more links to different topics that you may be wondering about. For example, Do Educators Really Need Blog Posts. The site is easy to navigate and definitely worth checking out! This is the link to the website! http://www.edutopia.org/diy-professional-development-resources
Working on the powerpoint this past week was interesting. It was not too hard but there were a lot of requirements that we had to make sure we included. It was cool being able to add in different effects. I really like working on powerpoint because you can really do anything with it. You can make lessons for your students. You can have your students make projects. You can even just use it for yourself to keep information organized. I really like how you can download any template from the internet because there are so many options and its a lot easier than working from scratch. The only thing I found difficult was downloading a template to my online version of powerpoint.
Tuesday, November 3, 2015
ILP "Participation" -- Gaggle Webcast
Recently I tuned in for a webinar about making online student safety a priority. I was able to listen in to the webinar through the phone while most people tuned in on the computer. We all heard from Diana, Cathy, Lance, and Rob. I learned a lot about the statistics of teens using social media, and the amount exposed to bad content. We also heard ideas on how to reduce cyber bullying. What really shocked me about this webinar is when Cathy was talking about sexting. I would never have guessed 6th graders are involved in sexting, and in a few cases, 4th graders. Schools are monitoring what is happening on their devices, and cracking down to keep their students safe online.
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