Val's EME2040 blog

Adaptive technologies are technologies that adapt to the student with a disability. For example, this could mean closed captioning for those who are hard of hearing, or screen magnifiers for those who are vision-impaired. My dad, with his old age, has had a harder time hearing the television. Due to this, and because the rest of us were tired of having the volume stuck at level 50, we decided to put the closed captions on when he's watching TV. In the classroom, some challenges might include not knowing how to or have the resources to accommodate for all of the children's needs.  At the first level of Bloom's Taxonomy, "remembering", you could use Powerpoint to help students recall definitions of vocabulary words, say for an English class. An example for the second level, "understanding", would be having bullet points and notes on the screen so students can take notes. Next, "applying" and Powerpoint, would be using it as a blog. "Analy...

On Twitter, I have found that it is a great way to interact with other classmates and find news about educational technology. It is a great way to find articles about how to use technology in the classroom, and find other educators themselves. An issue I have been facing so far is coming up with things to tweet and ways to contribute to the #FSUEdTech group. I loved making my own webpage because it was completely at my own discretion. I like designs to be simple with pictures, and not a lot of text, and I got to make my website reflect that. I loved all the options Wix gave me, and how I got to use certain templates, but make them my own. I learned basically all the skills needed to create a webpage, because I have never done so before. I know next time I will maybe make it a little more colorful and interactive, but overall, I can't wait to create a webpage when I have a class of my own. You can find my website her e .   With Diigo, I learned how to annotate online. I l...

For my ILP, I created a simple, game day makeup look using iMovie. I incorporated music, transitions, as well as text. Link:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzvYyb8ia-4jbjQ4UEtwanBFUW8/view?usp=sharing

To evaluate class pages on a school website, I went to my own high school's webpage -- Jupiter High School. ( http://www.edline.net/pages/Jupiter_High_School ). Publicly, I am allowed to see most everything on the home page, and even specific pages for students like sports, records, etc. However on those pages, when I went to the click the links about specific things regarding that topic, a login was needed. For example, if I go to Mr. Skeie's AP Human Geography's Assignment's, I can't see any information because I have not logged in.   In my own classroom, I plan on using interactive technology, such as the Smart Boards. Using Smart Boards in the classroom, allows for the students to follow along and interact easily, by just touching the board. I am also able to visualize concepts by adding shapes and using different colors. I think it is important for student's to be able to prove they are understanding concepts, so if I show my students a gramatically...

I think DIIGO is the most useful in the classroom. This is because some students, including myself, learn from having the books in front of them. When this is not an option, like the student must evaluate an online resource. Like the podcast mentions, DIIGO allows students to annotate and make notes directly on the text--simulating a real book or notepad. You can also collaborate with other students and leave/receive comments on your work, which is super helpful to learning to studying.   Kahoot! (kahoot.com) is my favorite Web 2.0 tool, and one I definitely plan on using in my own classroom. Kahoot! is a trivia game which allows users to create their own quizzes on any subject, and allows the whole class to play. Responders are given points based on how accurate and how fast they are, which increases student motivation for fun while also helping them learn different topics!  I think that VR holds the biggest promise for education. VR allows students to not onl...

So far on Twitter, I followed and interacted with a ton of users that also use #EdTech. Some of these are students, while others are teachers, the Tedx company, or even the Department of Education. It's interesting to read how others are incorporating education into the classroom, as well as how it affects students. Twitter could be helpful in the future because it offers a wide variety of advice, articles, opinions, and more. It could serve as a way for me to network, or collaborate with other teachers on how to make my classroom the best that it can be! The digital divide causes a rift between students who are connected, and students who are not able to be connected. Students from low-income households do not have the means to keep up with all the technological advances, and therefore get caught behind those who do have the means. This means when students are assigned homework or even classwork that requires technology, the students not able to access the materials will miss an...