Val's EME2040 blog

I feel most prepared to teach the L.5 ELA Technology Standard. This ELA Standard was taught to me in a past AP English Language class in high school and really helped to better my understanding. For example, we had to create a journal, essentially our own dictionaries, of higher level vocabulary words. We would have to include the word's definition, part of speech, pronunciation, etymology,  and a standard use of the word in a sentence, with context clues to figuring out what the word means. In that one assignment, I achieved all that was necessary to comprehend the L.5 standard. One I don't feel prepared to teach is the SL.5 standard. This standard requires knowledge to incorporate more difficult technology into the classroom, like creating your own recordings or visual displays. I am confident this class will help me do so, however. Based on Chapter 9, the software/applications I would like to use with my students would be the ones that require student input, like Weblogs o...

As a student, I've used Microsoft Word throughout all phases of schooling. In elementary, I mostly used it to draw pictures and print out my own coloring sheets. In middle school, I began using it more professionally, as in, to write papers. That continued onto high school, except I learned how to change certain aspects like format, page breaks, line spacing, etc. Now, in college, I use Microsoft Word for practically everything -- I take notes in class on it, I build my resumé on it, I remain typing my papers on it. My teachers have used Microsoft Word similar to how I have, from what I've observed. They create tests and quizzes on it, they write letters of recommendation using it, they present lectures with it, they even lesson plan on it. In my experience, since a young age in school, I've been taught to create my own work but also incorporate separate ideas, as long as credit is given to the original author. I was shown proper formatting of a "works cited" pa...

Teachers are influenced to use technology in the classroom by certain initiatives directed nationally and state-wide which REQUIRE them to use and be efficient in working with technology, but also personal interest in programs like Engrade, to help grading, which leads to an easier experience in school. Students are influenced basically by their own interest in learning. Their knowledge of certain programs, like Geogebra, reinforces the idea that learning can be accessed through games and not through traditionally boring lectures.  ISTE has been put in place and maintained by the federal government in order to ensure that everyone within the educational sphere meets what is required to use technology efficiently within the classroom. One standard that is meaningful to me is the first standard, to "facilitate and inspire student learning and creativity." This is because in my experience as a student, I feel that teachers view the curriculum as black and white, and therefo...

Hi, my name is Valerie Kuipers. I added this class late so I wasn't able to meet you all on the first day, but here's a little about myself! I'm a sophomore from Jupiter, FL studying social science education. I spent my first year at Michigan State but decided to transfer to FSU and have been loving it ever since! As far as my experience with technology, I'd say I'm as accustomed as you expect the average 19 y/o to be. In the past, I've worked with practically all Microsoft programs and social medias. In this class, I hope to learn how to use more advanced programs efficiently and effectively. I feel like there's a lot more to the technology world than Instagram and Microsoft Word so I hope I can master the programs that will allow for me to excel as a teacher later on. Furthermore, as we age, technology is becoming more and more popular in everyday life, especially in schools, so it is very important for us to master this before we get left behind.