Week 10-Twitter Hashtags-Bertha Gonzalez
This week I choose the online video for Twitter to find out more in depth about this social media. I am too new to using Twitter. The only reason I have an account is because my professor from last semester had assignments due thru Twitter and it was part of the class requirement to obtain a Twitter account to communicate thru. The social media app is very popular and is used in many ways, especially to keep in touch with an extensive circle of people. For me I try to stay away from this type of media just because it can be very addicting and I would probably be stayed logged in for hours. But I can see how beneficial it can be to follow many of the educational hashtags that I was able to find here. One of the sites I found to be very interesting was the #bullying. This contained many informational links and hashtags that provides information to stand up against bullying. This is very beneficial for when people are looking for answers and great resource for students to find the courage to stand up to bullies. These informational hashtags can be a used to combat bullying and change the culture of bullying and to help spread the message especially with our younger generation. No one has the right to make you feel uncomfortable and hurt you in any way and knowing where to find answers can be an outlet for anyone who is going thru this type of ordeal. All the links associated with this hashtags have positive and inspiring messages that can be of comfort and a source of inspiration. Bullying in the schools is a very definite danger that has to be abolished. Students need to stand up for themselves and their friends so that this does not continue to exist in our school grounds. #bullying is an educational source that we as teachers can pass onto our students so that they can find help and the support to combat bullying.
The forms I would use the Twitter hashtags in my classroom would be to provide a list of educational links so that parents can use to find information about almost anything concerning their children. I also found an hashtag of #mathchat where teachers can find resources about math and almost another subject. There is also a hashtag of #scichat where students can go to for anything regarding with science. All this hashtags and links into Twitter contain a lot of information that can benefit our students and be a great resource for when we are looking for different activities or lessons for our classrooms. Twitter is a great avenue for anyone in search of answers about any subject to connect even more information and resources that are just mind blowing with endless possibilities.
Friday, October 28, 2016
Friday, October 21, 2016
Blog post 11: Week 9 : Group code i23b5m
Bertha Gonzalez
This week with the Edmodo application learning was really a great hands on experience. It is easy to set up and to create assignments. This technology resource will be a great asset to the classroom setting so that students can get a real life experience of how technology can benefit their learning. Students are engaged longer with this type of assignments since they crave the technology hands on use. The creation of the assignments can have many different aspects of students selecting their responses to include the typical multiple choice answers, fill in the blank, true or false and the short answer type. Teachers can unload pictures, video clips and files that students can have access to. The use of the "backpack" to hold the students assignments is a good indicator for students to remember where their assignment are stored. Assignments can have deadlines for submissions and sending deadline reminders would benefit students with turning in assignments on time. I really like that you can schedule when you want to release your assignment at a specific day, so you can create assignments early and have them send out later. The grade book feature is also good to keep up with daily grades and quiz grades. Students and parents can get immediate feedback about assignment grades.
This technology resource would be very useful to my fifth graders so that the beginning of the school year to send out an introduction message welcoming students into our new classroom. I would also send out a poll to get to know about students interests and what their expectations are for this school year. Another use for Edmodo would be to create online assignments or quizzes different from the typical paper/pencil assignments for students to submit from their homes. Students would have to be committed so that to submit assignments before the assignment deadlines. Parents would be able to follow their children's progress and there would be no surprises about grades. Constant monitoring from parents is an important key to ensure student's success and with this form of communication parents can join in and assist students with thier assignments and monitor their progress through out the school year.
Bertha Gonzalez
This week with the Edmodo application learning was really a great hands on experience. It is easy to set up and to create assignments. This technology resource will be a great asset to the classroom setting so that students can get a real life experience of how technology can benefit their learning. Students are engaged longer with this type of assignments since they crave the technology hands on use. The creation of the assignments can have many different aspects of students selecting their responses to include the typical multiple choice answers, fill in the blank, true or false and the short answer type. Teachers can unload pictures, video clips and files that students can have access to. The use of the "backpack" to hold the students assignments is a good indicator for students to remember where their assignment are stored. Assignments can have deadlines for submissions and sending deadline reminders would benefit students with turning in assignments on time. I really like that you can schedule when you want to release your assignment at a specific day, so you can create assignments early and have them send out later. The grade book feature is also good to keep up with daily grades and quiz grades. Students and parents can get immediate feedback about assignment grades.
This technology resource would be very useful to my fifth graders so that the beginning of the school year to send out an introduction message welcoming students into our new classroom. I would also send out a poll to get to know about students interests and what their expectations are for this school year. Another use for Edmodo would be to create online assignments or quizzes different from the typical paper/pencil assignments for students to submit from their homes. Students would have to be committed so that to submit assignments before the assignment deadlines. Parents would be able to follow their children's progress and there would be no surprises about grades. Constant monitoring from parents is an important key to ensure student's success and with this form of communication parents can join in and assist students with thier assignments and monitor their progress through out the school year.
Friday, October 14, 2016
Post 10-Bertha Gonzalez
On one of the free technology for teachers sites has many informative articles that capture the young students imagination. One of the articles contained on the site is an article about bats and their habitats. It explains in very kid friendly vocabulary how bats live, what they eat and how the raise their young. Students would be able to identify with video clips because they're not long and is not overwhelming with information and provide enough information for students to remember. The other short video clips are also Science related to include lessons about the functions of the skeletal system, which is always a big hit with students because they can relate to broken bones or sprained ankles. This site can be a great resource to continue to visit since it is continuously updated with the different topics that are students find interesting and appealing. A teacher would be able to use these short video clips as a writing assignment for students to summarize what they learned and keep a writing journal with all their entries.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2016/10/four-halloween-themed-lessons-from.html#.WAGmuztlm1s
Another really cool and interesting site is
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2016/10/tinytap-courses-create-interactive.html#.WAGwKTtlm1s
Here the teacher can create games like slides with interesting facts about different themes and students can interact with the games. Students would not realize they are learning since the site feels like the video games they enjoy so much. Teacher creates worksheets where students fill in the blanks or answer multiple choice questions about the information slides. The wonderful thing about TinyTap is that you can use and share other TinyTap user's creations. This is an added benefit because we can enjoy many more themes from other creators which makes the selections unlimitless. So are if we're looking for a specific theme chances are someone has already created it. Which saves us some time in creating a new one.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2016/10/four-halloween-themed-lessons-from.html#.WAGmuztlm1s
Another really cool and interesting site is
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2016/10/tinytap-courses-create-interactive.html#.WAGwKTtlm1s
Here the teacher can create games like slides with interesting facts about different themes and students can interact with the games. Students would not realize they are learning since the site feels like the video games they enjoy so much. Teacher creates worksheets where students fill in the blanks or answer multiple choice questions about the information slides. The wonderful thing about TinyTap is that you can use and share other TinyTap user's creations. This is an added benefit because we can enjoy many more themes from other creators which makes the selections unlimitless. So are if we're looking for a specific theme chances are someone has already created it. Which saves us some time in creating a new one.
Post 10-Bertha Gonzalez
On one of the free technology for teachers sites has many informative articles that capture the young students imagination. One of the articles contained on the site is an article about bats and their habitats. It explains in very kid friendly vocabulary how bats live, what they eat and how the raise their young. Students would be able to identify with video clips because they're not long and is not overwhelming with information and provide enough information for students to remember. The other short video clips are also Science related to include lessons about the functions of the skeletal system, which is always a big hit with students because they can relate to broken bones or sprained ankles. This site can be a great resource to continue to visit since it is continuously updated with the different topics that are students find interesting and appealing. A teacher would be able to use these short video clips as a writing assignment for students to summarize what they learned and keep a writing journal with all their entries.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2016/10/four-halloween-themed-lessons-from.html#.WAGmuztlm1s
Another really cool and interesting site is
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2016/10/tinytap-courses-create-interactive.html#.WAGwKTtlm1s
Here the teacher can create games like slides with interesting facts about different themes and students can interact with the games. Students would not realize they are learning since the site feels like the video games they enjoy so much. Teacher creates worksheets where students fill in the blanks or answer multiple choice questions about the information slides. The wonderful thing about TinyTap is that you can use and share other TinyTap user's creations. This is an added benefit because we can enjoy many more themes from other creators which makes the selections unlimitless. So are if we're looking for a specific theme chances are someone has already created it. Which saves us some time.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2016/10/four-halloween-themed-lessons-from.html#.WAGmuztlm1s
Another really cool and interesting site is
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2016/10/tinytap-courses-create-interactive.html#.WAGwKTtlm1s
Here the teacher can create games like slides with interesting facts about different themes and students can interact with the games. Students would not realize they are learning since the site feels like the video games they enjoy so much. Teacher creates worksheets where students fill in the blanks or answer multiple choice questions about the information slides. The wonderful thing about TinyTap is that you can use and share other TinyTap user's creations. This is an added benefit because we can enjoy many more themes from other creators which makes the selections unlimitless. So are if we're looking for a specific theme chances are someone has already created it. Which saves us some time.
Friday, October 7, 2016
Blog 8-Google forms
Survey link:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScUcTR08QcmUOfLs_2Ej6Ow2r5tiZZU1fh6fo32MMh-DtWQrQ/viewform
This weeks video was so informative. There was so much useful ideas that we can use in the classroom. The survey is a great tool to find out about the information that our students have learn by quickly asking simple questions. Maybe for a Social Studies report they can conduct a survey and find out what the students would like to change in their classroom or on the campus. Also they can conduct a survey about the what the students would like to have for lunch in the cafeteria, and present their case with concrete proof of the responses, to the head departments of Food Services at central offices.
Also the idea of students working on a project together and everyone contributing from their homes when they can not physically get together to finish it. They can participate and create their projects and know who is working on what part of it. As a teacher to be fair, we could watch the way they work with each other and who is doing their part and who falls short on the part. The possibilities are endless with all the assignments we can share with students. Creating assignments online and having them graded with immediate results is a possibility I am looking forward to looking into. The students will be engaged because they love the technology aspect of doing homework online. Also being in contact with parents and being able to share some of the information the students are working on will be a benefit with getting them involved in the classroom. Students can create brochures with all the font features plus import pictures and release their creativity aspect of their personalities. Students class information presentations can have a new aspect with the way they are developed and presented with the slides to include colorful pictures and much more. Powerpoint's will be more interesting and powerful when the students learn to use all these tools. And best of all these application are easy to learn so they will be creating spectacular assignments in no time at all!!
This weeks video was so informative. There was so much useful ideas that we can use in the classroom. The survey is a great tool to find out about the information that our students have learn by quickly asking simple questions. Maybe for a Social Studies report they can conduct a survey and find out what the students would like to change in their classroom or on the campus. Also they can conduct a survey about the what the students would like to have for lunch in the cafeteria, and present their case with concrete proof of the responses, to the head departments of Food Services at central offices.
Also the idea of students working on a project together and everyone contributing from their homes when they can not physically get together to finish it. They can participate and create their projects and know who is working on what part of it. As a teacher to be fair, we could watch the way they work with each other and who is doing their part and who falls short on the part. The possibilities are endless with all the assignments we can share with students. Creating assignments online and having them graded with immediate results is a possibility I am looking forward to looking into. The students will be engaged because they love the technology aspect of doing homework online. Also being in contact with parents and being able to share some of the information the students are working on will be a benefit with getting them involved in the classroom. Students can create brochures with all the font features plus import pictures and release their creativity aspect of their personalities. Students class information presentations can have a new aspect with the way they are developed and presented with the slides to include colorful pictures and much more. Powerpoint's will be more interesting and powerful when the students learn to use all these tools. And best of all these application are easy to learn so they will be creating spectacular assignments in no time at all!!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)