The affinity group that I joined a few weeks ago was The
Educator’s PLN, which has been a great websites with an abundance of
information about the educational field.
The other tool that I continue to use for my classes is the Digg RSS
stream. I am in the process of developing the lesson plans for my classes and
this site has given me ideas from classroom management to creating lesson
plans. It can be time consuming trying
to go through several articles and
sites, but it has been very helpful. I am still working on deciding how to use
Twitter in my classes; one possibility is maintaining the parents inform of any class projects or school events. The students in my class are engaged whenever I use
the Smart Notebook in the classroom. I download class assignments on the Smart
Notebook, and students come up to the board and solve the problems. This class has provided me with valuable
resources and tools that I can use in my classroom. I have shared some of the
things that I have learned in this class with other teachers.
Delgado GED 512:2014
Monday, December 8, 2014
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Journal #6-Self Reflection
Over the last few weeks, I have been impressed at how much I
have learned about html and css. At the beginning of the quarter, everything
that I heard during class instruction and the readings seemed like a foreign
language. At times, I have felt frustrated while trying to complete certain
book exercises, such as linking pages. I have noticed that I tend to make
careless mistakes, and that makes a huge difference on the outcome. I think
that will is one of the areas that I need to work on is making sure that I have
everything in the correct place. One example, was when I had to input the link
on the port template for the css layout, I forgot a less than sign which
resulted in a broken link. Another area which I have found to be the hardest
yet the most rewarding is doing css. There are so many codes and rules to remember
to get the desired format and layout of a web page.
I hope that after doing a few more book exercises and labs,
I will begin to feel more comfortable using css. It will take a lot of practice
to get familiar with knowing what to input to get the desired web page.
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Journal #5: Try Twitter
I began using Twitter this year, and have found it useful in my personal and professional environment.
After looking at the video and reading the PowerPoint, I realized that there
are so many different ways that Twitter can be used in the classroom. At my daughter’s school, Twitter is being used
and I find it helpful because it keeps me updated on upcoming events. Sometimes
I do not receive the paper flyers of school events, so it is nice to get the
news in a timely manner. Twitter is a great for students to share information
and resources. Students who may be afraid to talk in class, may feel more
comfortable sharing ideas online. Another interesting idea was doing a Wordle
through Twitter, in which students share with their peers any synonyms or
antonyms that would make their writing more descriptive. In class, students are
continuously encourage to provide detail in their writing, so if students are
able to use this kind of tool they will be more engaged in the assignment.
Also, having students communicate with experts is another great idea that would
motivate students to learn more about a certain topic.
Q.How
can teachers control what students do on Twitter in the class?
Teachers
would have to set the expectations before students use Twitter in the class. I
think that it would be difficult to know if students are on Twitter when they
are suppose to be.
Q.What
are some ways that teachers can use Twitter in the classroom?
One of
the ways that Twitter can be used in the classroom is to graph opinions and
collect information. At the middle school that I work at, students participated
in a mock election that was done by paper and pencil. I think it would have
been more effective if the students would have voted using Twitter.
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Journal #4: Project Plan
Site
Title: Ms. Delgado’s Math Center
Developer:
Martha Delgado
Focus:
The site will have homework, class notes, samples, and resources that focus on
middle school math. The goal of the site is to provide sources that will help
students understand math concepts reviewed during class instruction.
Main
Features: There will be a total of four submenu pages which are the following:
homework, class notes, samples, and resources.
Content:
Each submenu page will contain the math homework and class notes for the week.
Target
Audience: middle school students
Design
Considerations: Maintain site friendly-user for young teens to navigate with
ease.
Limiting
Factors: At this point, a limiting factor would be to input short videos that
show how to solve math problems.
Sunday, October 19, 2014
Journal #3: Social Media in Schools
Journal #3: Social Media in Schools
Kessler, S. (2010, September 29). The Case for Social Media
in Schools. Retrieved October 18, 2014, from
http://mashable.com/2010/09/29/social-media-in-school/
The social media will be around for a long time. According
to the article “The Case For Social Media in Schools” by Sarah Kessler, more
than seventy-five percent of the students have some kind of social media
profile. This survey was done more than
four years ago, so the numbers most likely have increased since then. Students
will learn when they are engaged and incorporating technology into the
classroom is the key to maintaining students’ engaged on the lessons being
taught. For example, they discussed that students were motivated to blog and
share their thoughts with other peers. Teachers
should take advantage of the free tools online that can be managed to avoid any
potential harm to the students. Students spend a good amount of time on the
Internet so might as well have assignments posted online.
In what ways will integrating technology impact the
students?
The students will be prepared for the 21-century if they are
given the skills about using technology in the academic setting. Social media
will not be going away, might as well embrace it and find ways to make it part
of the school curriculum.
How can teachers effectively integrate technology into the
classroom?
A good example that the article gave was using blogs where
students can view assignments and share their ideas with their peers. Also, using the cell phones would be a good
idea to use, but only if the teachers knew a way to control what they viewed on
their phones using the school network.
Sunday, October 12, 2014
Journal #2: Affinity Group & Digg RSS Stream
The affinity group that I decided
to join was the The Educator’s PLN, (link: http://edupln.ning.com/), which
seems to have recent activity. The reason why I chose this group was because it
seems to have an abundance of resources for teachers. It seems to be a friendly
user site; there is a tutorial that shows you how to navigate the site. Also,
there are several educational videos which can be useful for teachers. Under
Web 2.0 apps it contains a list of apps that can be beneficial for educators. I
hope to find useful information that I can use in my classroom with my
students.
I find the Digg RSS stream to be
another useful tool that brings so much information from different sources. I
like the feature that allows the navigator to choose topics of their interest
and it displays sources from the most recent to the oldest. I added a few of
the interests groups which were Educational Technology and SMART Board
Integration. At the school where I work many of the teachers use Smart Boards,
so having all these sources that talk about things that can be done on these
devices was convenient.
Question #1: Can you narrow done
your search on Digg RSS stream?
I was trying to narrow done my
options for the Smart Board, but it does not allow me to do it. The sources
that were under SMART Board Integration have a wide range of topics. I think it
would be nice to have a feature with an advance search. For example, maybe you
don’t want information that is more than a year old; the advance search button
would allow you to narrow down your options.
Question#2: Is this an effective
site for an educator in middle school?
Once again it is useful to some
extent, but yet it is time consuming trying to go through the sources. It
provides a lot of sites and articles that sometimes it’s hard to choose from.
If it had an advance search button where you can type in the key words, it
would be much more efficient. At times, it can be overwhelming when there are
many sources generated from one interests group.
Sunday, October 5, 2014
Chapters 1-3
In chapter one of the online
textbook, Learning Web Design: A Beginner's Guide to HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Web Graphics by Jennifer Robbins, it describes the different roles and responsibilities of a web
designer. The web designer can perform
multiple roles such as preparing the content for the web, appearance, behavior
and function of the site. A few of the
languages that are important to know for someone who is beginning in this field
are Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), and
Javascript. HTML describes the different parts of a document on the web.
Cascading Style Sheets describes how the pages of the web will look, such as
font, color, and background. JavaScript is used to control the interaction and
behavior of the pages on the web. Something interesting about this chapter was
learning that Windows can run on Mac; this is done to check if the web page
functions.
On chapter two, it gives a brief
description about the World Wide Web and identifies some vocabulary words. A
link is provided if the reader would like to learn more about the history of
the World Wide Web. Two of the terms that were new to me were intranets and
extranets. Intranets are special web-based networks that do not allow
individuals from the outside view the pages. Extranet is when a selected
individual from the outside is given permission to view the pages of the
secured web-based network.
Chapter three provided some of the
big concepts that an individual needs to know about web design. One of the main ideas was the challenge of
developing a design for the different screen sizes. Today, more and more people
are using their mobile devices to access the web. Web designers must think about the layout of
the web and how it would display on certain devices. When creating these pages
the individual must follow some strict guidelines and make sure that the
content is accessible to all viewers. This
chapter provides useful web links, articles, and books for further reading on addressing
the mobile web.
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