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Happy Halloween everyone, Welcome back to my blog, I hope you are all doing well and enjoying the lovely cool weather. This week we will be discussing Twitter, my experiences designing a website for my classroom, and assistive and adaptive technologies. So far using Twitter for class I have found it interesting being able to share my opinions with others as well as stay updated with their different experiences in the class. I have enjoyed being able to keep up with the conversation outside of the classroom which has kept me up to date with the class. While I only have it once a week this definitely keeps me thinking about it and working on it throughout the week. From using Twitter I have learned that it doesn't have to be used for just social media purposes to share with family and friends. It can also be used to have discussion outside of the classroom and keep students talking about these ideas outside of the classroom. Furthermore, I have found that the benefits of using thi...

Hi all! Thank you for checking out the second part of my blog today! I will be discussing the COE Technology Showcase and Technology Sandbox I attended recently at FSU. At the technology showcase there was a lot of great interactive ideas that had been developed for use in the classroom. Based on attending the Technology Sandbox and this showcase I am detecting the pattern that people are wanting to make it possible for children to become more involved and be a part of hands-on activities. For example, the tech showcase and sandbox included computers that children could touch and use their hands to move diagrams around and zoom in and out, ect. If they are not hands-on, then the activities are able to show 3D models that are great for visual learners. Examples of these were the Lightboard, the augmented and virtual reality, 3D printers, and 3Doodlers (pens that allow students to draw in 3D). I will be discussing the ones that I found to be the most interesting that I would use in my...

Hello everyone! I hope you all weathered the storm safely, my prayers are with the families who lost their homes or loved ones. I hope to see you all recover soon from the damages of the storm. This week I am discussing home pages for schools, the ways that I plan to use technology professionally, and my visit to the Technology Sandbox at FSU. While looking into the home pages for schools and the information they provide publicly (without having to log into an account), I found the website for The Wesley School. It was only recently founded and is a school that extends kindergarten through eighth grade. When reviewing their page I paid special attention to the first, second, and third grade pages. Each of them included photos of the teachers along with their names; there was also information about what the students are learning and important dates coming up for the parents to keep in mind. The largest difference I noticed as the grade increased was that there was more specificity o...

Hello and welcome back to Bookmark It ! For all of my viewers currently being affected or who will be affected by Hurricane Michael, stay safe and prepare for the storm as best as you can, I am keeping you in my prayers. In this weeks blog, I will be discussing my experiences so far in the course with my blog, Diigo, as well as a Web 2.0 tool that I would use in my own classroom. My experience so far with Diigo has been that as a teacher it would be very beneficial to use this tool to find sites as well as other people with similar bookmarks to mine. The site is great for providing connections between educators to share ideas, websites, and tools. I like that when you bookmark pages you can highlight and circle certain parts to emphasize what that person liked about the site. This also allows for me to get a snapshot of what the site will be about and if it will benefit me. Furthermore, the ability to comment and see other peoples opinions of the site makes it easier for me to see...

Hello everyone! It is officially fall and I know we are all jumping to autumn with pumpkin spice lattes and festive decorations. This week we will continue our discussion on the benefits of technology in the classroom, digital natives, and Twitter.  Personally, I had a slow start with Twitter. I did not begin using it until my first semester in college when I had to use it to collaborate for my online English class. I found that I much preferred accounts like Instagram and Snapchat. I mostly retweeted or posted about my opinions on the latest politics, as relating to discourse. Throughout the semester, I mostly interacted with my classmates and teachers and news pages. However, I found this beneficial as it kept me up to date with the latest information going on in the world, while still keeping it relevant to the material I was learning. Plus, I was able to follow accounts that interested me and tweet about the things that I cared about and get others' opinions as well. I ...