Bookmark It

Happy fall everyone and welcome back! As I was reading the ELA standards for the different grade levels I was surprised by the curriculum that teachers follow. It seemed like the technology teachings had advanced even since my years in elementary school. Specifically, I looked into the standards of second grade teachings because if I were to be a teacher I feel like second grade would be fun to teach. Some of these included online poster and comic strip creators to show what they learned about the plot and characters from a story. Another includes online scavenger hunts or other tools to help children learn how to navigate and use electronic menus, subheadings, and indexes, ect. I feel as though the education I have now would make it possible for me to teach these to a class since I have worked with many of these things myself in school. However, the other standards involve the children creating their own storybooks using sites such as StoryJumper and pixlr. I am unfamiliar with thes...

Hello everyone! In this weeks blog we will be focusing on technology in the classroom. Throughout my educational experience, Microsoft Word has been one of my go-to programs for writing papers and constructing PowerPoints. I have become very familiar with it over the years and have found it to be the most convenient when it comes to writing essays for class. I mostly used Microsoft Word for writing papers, these papers were typically the standard MLA or APA format and had little to no color, design, or pictures throughout the text. Occasionally teachers would ask me to make posters for school activities or simply for a poster board project even. At this point I became more aquatinted with using the WordArt settings and copying and pasting photos as well as adding borders and other smaller details to make the poster more visually appealing.  Being that Microsoft Word is quite popular, my teachers suggested it quite often in school. They personally would use it to design posters ...

Welcome back all! Today we will be discussing the roles teachers and students play when technology is involved in the classroom. First of all, what influences teachers and students to use technology in the classroom? Society has changed more and more with the passing years as new advancements in technology are made. Each new advancement has allowed for more convenience for people in their everyday lives. These advancements are used daily in our careers or in our homes. This means that in order for students to be successful they need to be familiar with all of this new technology. Students and teachers use technology for both convenience and for educational purposes. For example, SMART boards are common in classrooms as they allow for an easier way for educators to teach and a good way for students to become familiar with technology. The popularity of technology means that students need to learn at least the basics in order to have enough experience to work at certain jobs: setting u...