An app that I stumbled upon for a class presentation was the app emaze. Emaze is a wonderful app to use in the classroom. Emaze is an app that allows the user to create, share, and view countless presentations, games, e-cards, etc. It is an app that I could definitely see myself implementing in the classroom.
Emaze was very easy to use and I had few struggles while using it. The presentations have so many cool and interesting templates that give them a cool, artsy feeling (something that I feel Microsoft PowerPoint lacks). The app is also very accessible and helpful for both students and teachers. The one downfall of emaze is that it costs money to unlock all of its great features.
Overall emaze is a wonderful app that I am glad I found. I plan on using it in the future for both myself and my students. I think it opens up creativity and allows the teacher and student to both better themselves. Attached to this is a presentation I did that goes a little more in depth on emaze.
Monday, October 24, 2016
Tuesday, October 18, 2016
Pinterest in the Classroom
From this Pinterest activity I learned how to use and navigate through Pinterest because I had never used it before this activity. I learned that there are endless things to find on Pinterest that can help me in and out of the classroom. I also learned how to create boards and how to pin things to those boards in order to keep my pins organized.
As a teacher, I believe I will utilize Pinterest in many different ways. I think I will use it to find fun activities that can spice up a boring lesson. I will also use it to find ways to make my classroom more engaging and organized. Pinterest can also help me as a teacher by leading me to other teacher blogs that can give me insight and tips on becoming a better teacher and show me ways to keep the class interesting.
One of the strengths of Pinterest is that there seems to be an endless amount of pins and ideas that relate to my classroom. Another strength is that it is very easy to keep ideas separated and organized by pinning things to different boards. The search method is also a strength I noticed on Pinterest. This is because you can search by keywords which is very helpful.
Some challenges of Pinterest are making sure that the pin you're looking for relates well to your lesson plan/classroom. Another challenge is making sure that the pins you're looking at are reliable and useful for what you're doing in the classroom. One last challenge of using Pinterest is there isn't always something for what you're exactly looking for.
Overall, I never really expected to use Pinterest in general, let alone in my classroom, but after this exercise it is definitely something I plan on using. It was easy to use and easy to keep everything organized. There were countless ideas, lesson plans, activities and helpful tips that would benefit the classroom that I believe it would be silly not to utilize this tool.
As a teacher, I believe I will utilize Pinterest in many different ways. I think I will use it to find fun activities that can spice up a boring lesson. I will also use it to find ways to make my classroom more engaging and organized. Pinterest can also help me as a teacher by leading me to other teacher blogs that can give me insight and tips on becoming a better teacher and show me ways to keep the class interesting.
One of the strengths of Pinterest is that there seems to be an endless amount of pins and ideas that relate to my classroom. Another strength is that it is very easy to keep ideas separated and organized by pinning things to different boards. The search method is also a strength I noticed on Pinterest. This is because you can search by keywords which is very helpful.
Some challenges of Pinterest are making sure that the pin you're looking for relates well to your lesson plan/classroom. Another challenge is making sure that the pins you're looking at are reliable and useful for what you're doing in the classroom. One last challenge of using Pinterest is there isn't always something for what you're exactly looking for.
Overall, I never really expected to use Pinterest in general, let alone in my classroom, but after this exercise it is definitely something I plan on using. It was easy to use and easy to keep everything organized. There were countless ideas, lesson plans, activities and helpful tips that would benefit the classroom that I believe it would be silly not to utilize this tool.
Tuesday, October 11, 2016
Khan/Koller Review
When I visited the Khan Academy site I definitely saw it as something I would use myself, the videos were easy to follow along with and there were so many different areas of learning. I also believe this is something my students could use because it would give them the individual attention a teacher can't always provide. They also have a ton of different areas that could help the student. After watching some of the videos I thought they were well put together and easy to follow along with and learn from. I even used some of these videos while in high school and college to help me with my math homework. I do believe that Salman Khan was right when he said that in the future we will rely more on "credentialing" through the use of online courses. I believe that this style of education makes learning more accessible for more students because they can just pop online at anytime and get to learning whereas it used to be that the student would have to wait to go to school or go to a library and find material.
When I explore the coursera course offerings I think the course on "Game Theory" is the most interesting. Columbus State does accept coursera transfer credits. Coursera classes do seem to be more more challenging or interesting to me because I know that through coursera that classes are coming from universities that are held in a very high regard and the professors teaching the class are very qualified. I don't think MOOC's are the wave of the future. I think that MOOCs might change the way a student like me would receive their education is by allowing me to learn wherever I may be. I could be anywhere with an internet connection and learn instead of having to go travel to a certain classroom to receive my education.
When I explore the coursera course offerings I think the course on "Game Theory" is the most interesting. Columbus State does accept coursera transfer credits. Coursera classes do seem to be more more challenging or interesting to me because I know that through coursera that classes are coming from universities that are held in a very high regard and the professors teaching the class are very qualified. I don't think MOOC's are the wave of the future. I think that MOOCs might change the way a student like me would receive their education is by allowing me to learn wherever I may be. I could be anywhere with an internet connection and learn instead of having to go travel to a certain classroom to receive my education.
Tuesday, October 4, 2016
Sample Lesson Plan
The grade and subject I want to teach is high school English, preferably 11th or 12th grade. In the sample lesson the students will be expected to show an understanding of figurative language. They should also be expected to interpret figures of speech in context and analyze their role in the text. They will read they lyrics from Katy Perry's song "Firework" and identify the poetic devices used throughout the song.
The common core standards that are addressed in this lesson are standards CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.11-12.5, which is demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.11-12.5 A, which is Interpret figures of speech (e.g., hyperbole, paradox) in context and analyze their role in the text. While looking through the lyrics of the song that students, they will have to address the standards by picking out the figurative language and explain the figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
I would implement this lesson in my classroom by playing the song for the students to hear. After letting them listen to the song, I'd give them the worksheet with the lyrics and have them explain where they see figurative language, and other poetic devices. I would anticipate that the one section in this lesson that could pose a problem would be the students getting distracted and just listening to the song and not paying attention to the poetic devices used in the song. I think one part of this lesson plan that would challenge the students is finding all the figurative language because there is so much used throughout the song.
https://sharemylesson.com/teaching-resource/using-firework-song-lyrics-analyze-figurative-248707
The common core standards that are addressed in this lesson are standards CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.11-12.5, which is demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.11-12.5 A, which is Interpret figures of speech (e.g., hyperbole, paradox) in context and analyze their role in the text. While looking through the lyrics of the song that students, they will have to address the standards by picking out the figurative language and explain the figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
I would implement this lesson in my classroom by playing the song for the students to hear. After letting them listen to the song, I'd give them the worksheet with the lyrics and have them explain where they see figurative language, and other poetic devices. I would anticipate that the one section in this lesson that could pose a problem would be the students getting distracted and just listening to the song and not paying attention to the poetic devices used in the song. I think one part of this lesson plan that would challenge the students is finding all the figurative language because there is so much used throughout the song.
https://sharemylesson.com/teaching-resource/using-firework-song-lyrics-analyze-figurative-248707
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