Educational Technologies

     After viewing school webpages to find teachers information, class planners and links, I found that teachers use other options when given the choice. I viewed the Sail High School website and discovered their teacher page directory, where I clicked and searched around for information provided both publicly and privately for their students and their families. While searching the website, I discovered most teachers have no updated their teacher profile or their link sent me to another website like Edmodo. Some teachers provided personal information, updated calendars, assignments, and links to resources such as the class textbook. Some pages with links to various websites were locked due to me not having class access, which is a great way to keep information private and allows students to use databases for school.  https://www.leonschools.net/Page/47124      I use technology in my classroom each and everyday. From the moment the students walk in...

  Diigo Experience My initial experience using Diigo has been a positive one. I enjoy using Diigo because of its clear and fluid set up. I can keep all of my bookmarks, photos, and documents in one place. I would definitely use Diigo while conducting a research project to keep track of all of my websites or articles, in one place that takes me directly to them, and I can name them all myself. Although, I am old fashioned when it comes to organization and I prefer all of my items to be kept in one place where I can access without internet, such as my desktop. I can easily add all of my information as I can on Diigo into one folder and it will automatically save to my hard drive. I am not a huge fan of using a website to hold all of my documents; whereas, I rather prefer to make folders on my desktop.  I have always enjoyed writing for as long as I can remember. I can even recall a time when I was younger where I wanted to be a blogger and made my own little pages to share with ...

ELA TECHNOLOGY STANDARDS          One standard 5th grade teachers use for ELA is LAFS.5.RL.3.7. which is the question of "how do visuals and multimedia elements contribute to a text?". Authors, teachers, lessons, and other creators use visuals and multimedia to integrate a different understanding of the tone, meaning, or beauty of a text. For instance, eBooks are a huge resource available to help children see pictures of the text they are reading about. By being able to have a deeper understanding by using visualizations, comprehension becomes more evident. I feel extremely prepared to implement this standard into my classroom, as I already use and provide eBooks to my students. There are great resources like Epic Books, which is an online eBook website for schools. Students get excited to read and listen to stories when they can see what we are discussing for themselves.  CPALMS RESOURCES      CPALMS provides wonderful resources for tea...