Yeah!!! Back to blogging. I am excited that I have two more semesters to go. This semester, and this school year, I have a new principal that is very supportive. This helped me to complete the tasks that were needed to complete for this course. With conducting surveys and gathering data, I was able to see what my co-workers need to feel more comfortable with technology. Conducting a professional development was scary but I did enjoy the experience. My co-workers enjoyed it as well and they like the time to really play with technology and learn about more features of PowerPoint. I do have plans to have more professional development on other things that could be useful for teachers and students. My next one will be how to use interwrite for new teachers as well as others who need to refreshment on the tool.
I am glad that this has given me an opportunity to have a more important role within my school. Since the school did receive iPods, I was able to help the Media Specialist, my mentor, set the iPods up and assisted her with the training. I feel the door is opening for more opportunities in this field since technology is still yet to be discovered of the usefulness in the classroom. I also feel that I need to share more about what I have learned thus far to others around the county. Integrating Technology are one of the critical needs throughout the county.
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Post Plan Learning Session: Part 2
I did finish the 5 day Learning Session knowing a little more about Differentiated Instruction is more of a practice to hit all levels of learners. I did learn all about Turning Point and how to retrieve data that I may need. I will be using it next school year so I don't have to rely the teachers to retrieve testing data. I can create my own and hope it will achieve the same result. As for assessment, everything plan will be based on any results to plan for the needs of the students to help them be successful. I feel like I am going to be more prepared for the next school year.
Friday, May 27, 2011
Post Planning Learning Sessions: Part I
While everyone is finishing up the school year with their students, I am attending Post Planning Learning Sessions the county came up with to help enrich us in Differentiated Instruction. The facilitators are educators who have been observed or mastered the directions for DI. The facilitators I have are great and vibrant. I am learning new things with the technology we have in our schools but hardly ever used. The one thing I was happy to share with other educators was about Glogster. One of the facilitators was sharing the technology we should be using the next school year. One was Prezi, which I will be exploring this week, and Glogster. I shared my knowledge about Glogster and wrote my delicious site on the board. I had to explain Delicious becasue the facilitator was looking at the url and asking if we can say that in schools.
I feel that I'm a step ahead of what the county wants to incorporate into the classrooms and I now feel valuable to this trend the county wants to push forward. I'm hoping that I will be used more at my school as a technology leader or assist teachers in their technology oriented standard lesson. I still have three more days of these Sessions. I am hoping to share more and learn more to prepare for the next school year.
I feel that I'm a step ahead of what the county wants to incorporate into the classrooms and I now feel valuable to this trend the county wants to push forward. I'm hoping that I will be used more at my school as a technology leader or assist teachers in their technology oriented standard lesson. I still have three more days of these Sessions. I am hoping to share more and learn more to prepare for the next school year.
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Field Experiences, Semester 2
Description: Creating a slideshow for the Basketball and Cheerleading Banquet.
Standards: TF II F- Planning Designing Leaning Environments and Experiences
TF V D.- Productivity and Professional Practice
Hours: 3 hours
Reflections: On March 31st, my was having its very first banquet for the basketball players and the cheerleaders. This was the first year that we ever had a sports program. One of the teachers wanted to create a type of slideshow or scrapbook. I decided to take on the project, since I was the one who took the pictures. I was able to crop the pictures in Kizoa and placed the pictures to show all the players in action without repeating the players back to back. I played with some of the features the program has. After I got the slideshow together, I tried to put it on a disk put for some reason it cut part of the slideshow off. I decide to e-mail it to the teacher who was organizing the banquet as well as a few others. I tried to open it at school and it didn't work. I had to come up with a back-up plan. On my work computer, I downloaded Smilebox weeks prior to the event, which works at school. I had to recreate the slideshow hours before the banquet. It only took my an hour to recreate the whole slideshow. I e-mailed it to a few teachers and it worked. I was not able to go the banquet due to class, but I did ask a few parents about the banquet as well as the teachers. They liked the slideshow of the students throughout their entire 1st season of basketball. This was a great way for the parents to see their student athletes in action from what they have learned from their coaches. The won third place for the season.
Description: Assisting a Co-worker for her next level degree (Specialist or Doctural Degree)
Standards: TF V A- Productivity and Professional Practice
Hours- 5 hours
Reflection: The last two weeks of March, one of my co-workers was interested about some of the tools I was learning. She is currently working on her next degree that required to to gather information and document inventive learning she is working on with her students. For an hour, I showed her Voicethread and we created a short Voicethread. She did register to have her own account. For another hour, I showed her Delicious. She was very excited about all the features. She created an account and added some sites to her page. We spent most of the time working on her own county webpage. It did not save the first time around but it did on the second. I showed her the different features to create and she did her first blog on her webpage. She is still currently adding more sites to her Delicious Page for her research and writing her paper.
Description: Web Colors Presentation
Standard: TF I A- Technology Operations and Concepts
TF II C-Planning and Designing Learning Enviroments and Experiences
TF III A & B-Teaching, Learning and the Curriculum
TF VIII A-Leadership and Vision
Hours: 4 hours 40 minutes
Reflection: Since I had taken classes on Basics of Design and Web Design, Dr. Julie Moore allowed me to present a lesson on web colors on March 3rd. I created a powerpoint to demonstrate design and colors that would be safe to use for a website. I spent 3 hours visually preparing the powerpoint by creating a few examples of websites by HTML codes. I also did research for an hour to find website that would help to choose the right colors and color combination that would assist for a theme. I did play with each site for useablililty and simplicity to understand. When the day came to demonstrate good website design for the class, I presented my creation, knowledge, and research. It took 40 minutes to present to my classmates all about web colors. The slide is now on my blog and it was uploaded to slideshare for all to see.
Description: Class Voicethread and Slide Show
Standards: TF II D & F-Planning and Designing Learning Enviroments and Experiences
TF III B- Teaching, Learning, and the Curriculum
TF VI E- Social, Ethical, Legal, and Human Resources
TF VII B- Procedures, Policies, Planning, and Budgeting For Technology Environments
Hours: 4 hours 30 minutes
Reflections: Voicethread was blocked at my school district so I had to follow the procedures of filling out the paperwork to access the tool. After about a week and a half, I finally got access. I decided to use the vocabulary they were learning to create a Voicethread with students in two of my Reading Classes. The students created the pictures that would be uploading to the program. The pictures they drew had to go with a vocabulary word that I gave them. After the pictures were uploaded, I allowed the students to put a voice with their pictures. If they didn't like their voice or messed up, they redone their recording. I allow the students to record thier voice on my computer. Once every one in my small group finished recording, we watched it on the Whiteboard. This was a great tool for review vocabulary. The students want to recreate one again.
For the slideshow, I had all the students for my Writing Class create a picture for the slideshow and write a sentence that described how to take care of a pet. I uploaded their pictures to Smilebox to create the slide show and added a pawprint background. The students typed their sentence that went with their pictures, usning my computer. None of the classroom computer had Smilebox and the county IT would have to download it for us because of the administration password. Once the slideshow was complete, I was able to add a song. I played the slideshow on the Whiteboard for the students to see. The students were actually reading each sentence as it appeared. The slideshow kept playing and the students were memorized by the class creation.
Description: How to create a Voki
Standards: TF I A & B- Technology Operations and Concepts
Hours: 20 minutes
Reflections: I was reviewing my WebQuest at my work to see what elements of it worked and what didn't. I was happy that my Voki was working. Yes, I found something the district did not block. I decided to show a few students students. One of the students was a little freaked out that my voice was the voice of the cat. So, I decided to show them how to create one. I showed them the different characters and backgrounds. I also showed how they record their voice. Unfortuneatly, my work computer did not have an internal microphone. So, I couldn't show them how it all came together, but they did enjoy the mini demonstration.
Description: Assisting a S.C.O.R.E Student
Standard: TF II A- Planning and Designing Learning Environments and Experiences
TF III C- Teaching, Learning, and the Curriculum
Hours: 30 minutes
Reflections: I saw a few score students in the computer lab working on their Greek project. One student was trying to find pictures and placing it in Microsoft Word. From experience, the pictures are place where a cursor is located. There is no freedom to move them around and create a design feel to it. I decided to assist her for her project. I instruct her to go to Publisher. I explained that she will be able to move the pictures around and the words to create a more appealing design. She was able to understand some of the tools quickly. I also told her that she can save the titles the same and it would save both because one was word and the other was publisher. I can't wait to the final project when she is done.
Description: Trying to figure out the design of a WebQuest.
Standards: TF I B- Teachnology Operations and Concepts
TF II A- Planning and Designing Learning Enviroment and Experiences
Hours: 1 Hour
Reflections: While working on my WebQuest, I felt that the design was looking more like a lesson plan, after reviewing some of my classmates comments. I talked to one of my co-workers who has done one before. She showed me some examples on QuestGarden. As she was trying to find some good examples for Science, she was explaining that it was more an individual or small group activity for the students to complete. She did look at my WebQuest to see what I have completed. She found some good examples for me to look at. It look much simpler than what I was creating. Without her help, my WebQuest would have taken me forever to complete.
Description: Showing off what I have learned and created.
Standards: TF I B- Technology Operations and Concepts
TF III A- Teaching , Learning, and the Curriculum
Hours: 1 Hour
Description: Throughout the year, I try to show off the technology tools that I have learned. I would show them to second grade and my mentor. I have showed the slideshow, Voicethread, my webquest, etc. I also show a second person about Delicious. I did trouble shoot with my mentor about Voicethread who instruct me that I needed to fill out a form and turn it in to the principal to be signed. I did e-mail my webquest to my ESOL team. Only one commented on it. Just sharing what I have learned with my peers, I am hoping they will be willing to learn about and using a technology tool for their class. I guess I will see next school year if they want to learn more.
Total Hours: 20
Standards: TF II F- Planning Designing Leaning Environments and Experiences
TF V D.- Productivity and Professional Practice
Hours: 3 hours
Reflections: On March 31st, my was having its very first banquet for the basketball players and the cheerleaders. This was the first year that we ever had a sports program. One of the teachers wanted to create a type of slideshow or scrapbook. I decided to take on the project, since I was the one who took the pictures. I was able to crop the pictures in Kizoa and placed the pictures to show all the players in action without repeating the players back to back. I played with some of the features the program has. After I got the slideshow together, I tried to put it on a disk put for some reason it cut part of the slideshow off. I decide to e-mail it to the teacher who was organizing the banquet as well as a few others. I tried to open it at school and it didn't work. I had to come up with a back-up plan. On my work computer, I downloaded Smilebox weeks prior to the event, which works at school. I had to recreate the slideshow hours before the banquet. It only took my an hour to recreate the whole slideshow. I e-mailed it to a few teachers and it worked. I was not able to go the banquet due to class, but I did ask a few parents about the banquet as well as the teachers. They liked the slideshow of the students throughout their entire 1st season of basketball. This was a great way for the parents to see their student athletes in action from what they have learned from their coaches. The won third place for the season.
Description: Assisting a Co-worker for her next level degree (Specialist or Doctural Degree)
Standards: TF V A- Productivity and Professional Practice
Hours- 5 hours
Reflection: The last two weeks of March, one of my co-workers was interested about some of the tools I was learning. She is currently working on her next degree that required to to gather information and document inventive learning she is working on with her students. For an hour, I showed her Voicethread and we created a short Voicethread. She did register to have her own account. For another hour, I showed her Delicious. She was very excited about all the features. She created an account and added some sites to her page. We spent most of the time working on her own county webpage. It did not save the first time around but it did on the second. I showed her the different features to create and she did her first blog on her webpage. She is still currently adding more sites to her Delicious Page for her research and writing her paper.
Description: Web Colors Presentation
Standard: TF I A- Technology Operations and Concepts
TF II C-Planning and Designing Learning Enviroments and Experiences
TF III A & B-Teaching, Learning and the Curriculum
TF VIII A-Leadership and Vision
Hours: 4 hours 40 minutes
Reflection: Since I had taken classes on Basics of Design and Web Design, Dr. Julie Moore allowed me to present a lesson on web colors on March 3rd. I created a powerpoint to demonstrate design and colors that would be safe to use for a website. I spent 3 hours visually preparing the powerpoint by creating a few examples of websites by HTML codes. I also did research for an hour to find website that would help to choose the right colors and color combination that would assist for a theme. I did play with each site for useablililty and simplicity to understand. When the day came to demonstrate good website design for the class, I presented my creation, knowledge, and research. It took 40 minutes to present to my classmates all about web colors. The slide is now on my blog and it was uploaded to slideshare for all to see.
Description: Class Voicethread and Slide Show
Standards: TF II D & F-Planning and Designing Learning Enviroments and Experiences
TF III B- Teaching, Learning, and the Curriculum
TF VI E- Social, Ethical, Legal, and Human Resources
TF VII B- Procedures, Policies, Planning, and Budgeting For Technology Environments
Hours: 4 hours 30 minutes
Reflections: Voicethread was blocked at my school district so I had to follow the procedures of filling out the paperwork to access the tool. After about a week and a half, I finally got access. I decided to use the vocabulary they were learning to create a Voicethread with students in two of my Reading Classes. The students created the pictures that would be uploading to the program. The pictures they drew had to go with a vocabulary word that I gave them. After the pictures were uploaded, I allowed the students to put a voice with their pictures. If they didn't like their voice or messed up, they redone their recording. I allow the students to record thier voice on my computer. Once every one in my small group finished recording, we watched it on the Whiteboard. This was a great tool for review vocabulary. The students want to recreate one again.
For the slideshow, I had all the students for my Writing Class create a picture for the slideshow and write a sentence that described how to take care of a pet. I uploaded their pictures to Smilebox to create the slide show and added a pawprint background. The students typed their sentence that went with their pictures, usning my computer. None of the classroom computer had Smilebox and the county IT would have to download it for us because of the administration password. Once the slideshow was complete, I was able to add a song. I played the slideshow on the Whiteboard for the students to see. The students were actually reading each sentence as it appeared. The slideshow kept playing and the students were memorized by the class creation.
Description: How to create a Voki
Standards: TF I A & B- Technology Operations and Concepts
Hours: 20 minutes
Reflections: I was reviewing my WebQuest at my work to see what elements of it worked and what didn't. I was happy that my Voki was working. Yes, I found something the district did not block. I decided to show a few students students. One of the students was a little freaked out that my voice was the voice of the cat. So, I decided to show them how to create one. I showed them the different characters and backgrounds. I also showed how they record their voice. Unfortuneatly, my work computer did not have an internal microphone. So, I couldn't show them how it all came together, but they did enjoy the mini demonstration.
Description: Assisting a S.C.O.R.E Student
Standard: TF II A- Planning and Designing Learning Environments and Experiences
TF III C- Teaching, Learning, and the Curriculum
Hours: 30 minutes
Reflections: I saw a few score students in the computer lab working on their Greek project. One student was trying to find pictures and placing it in Microsoft Word. From experience, the pictures are place where a cursor is located. There is no freedom to move them around and create a design feel to it. I decided to assist her for her project. I instruct her to go to Publisher. I explained that she will be able to move the pictures around and the words to create a more appealing design. She was able to understand some of the tools quickly. I also told her that she can save the titles the same and it would save both because one was word and the other was publisher. I can't wait to the final project when she is done.
Description: Trying to figure out the design of a WebQuest.
Standards: TF I B- Teachnology Operations and Concepts
TF II A- Planning and Designing Learning Enviroment and Experiences
Hours: 1 Hour
Reflections: While working on my WebQuest, I felt that the design was looking more like a lesson plan, after reviewing some of my classmates comments. I talked to one of my co-workers who has done one before. She showed me some examples on QuestGarden. As she was trying to find some good examples for Science, she was explaining that it was more an individual or small group activity for the students to complete. She did look at my WebQuest to see what I have completed. She found some good examples for me to look at. It look much simpler than what I was creating. Without her help, my WebQuest would have taken me forever to complete.
Description: Showing off what I have learned and created.
Standards: TF I B- Technology Operations and Concepts
TF III A- Teaching , Learning, and the Curriculum
Hours: 1 Hour
Description: Throughout the year, I try to show off the technology tools that I have learned. I would show them to second grade and my mentor. I have showed the slideshow, Voicethread, my webquest, etc. I also show a second person about Delicious. I did trouble shoot with my mentor about Voicethread who instruct me that I needed to fill out a form and turn it in to the principal to be signed. I did e-mail my webquest to my ESOL team. Only one commented on it. Just sharing what I have learned with my peers, I am hoping they will be willing to learn about and using a technology tool for their class. I guess I will see next school year if they want to learn more.
Total Hours: 20
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Finishing My Webquest
I have talked to one of my co-workers to get a better idea on the true meaning of a webquest. I guess I haven't observed much or really looked at other webquests to get an idea of how to put it together. I have changed the weekly assignments to weekly missions. I am leaving my powerpoints but I will be adding my voice to it so the students can listen as they go through it. I found more short videos and added on to my webquest. I also added documents to it, which was very tricky. I have added charts, a rubric, and a cerificate that can be printed it out. Sorry if I'm using one of your ideas, Melissa, about adding a certificate. I am taking out my Jeopardy game only because that was for the whole class to use. I have added some sites that have activities for student to complete that will help the students to better understand how Matter can change. I have also added technology elements for the students to complete: Glogster and PowerPoint. About mid way, the students will complete a Glogster to show that they know the three types of Matter. The PowerPoint they will be creating will sum up all the changes that Matter can change and it can change.
This whole experience is eye opening for me. I believe the next time I complete another webquest, which I will, I will have a better plan of attack. I will still use Kompozer as the program of choice. I like the freedom of creating my own template and adding in different features that can set my webquest apart from the rest.
This whole experience is eye opening for me. I believe the next time I complete another webquest, which I will, I will have a better plan of attack. I will still use Kompozer as the program of choice. I like the freedom of creating my own template and adding in different features that can set my webquest apart from the rest.
Update on My Webquest
I feel like I'm struggling with the whole concept of the official outcome of it. After reading some of the comments from my presentation, I feel that I am still not getting the concept of what a webquest truly is. I will be changing it from a whole group webquest to a more individual or small group webquest. I do remember thinking back from my educational classes. The teacher explained a webquest but I don't think I still got the idea of it. I wish I would have done one either in my educational class or when I was in my graphic design classes. I am learning more about using some of the tools from the other class to help give my webquest flexibility for all to use.
As far as using Kompozer for my webquest, I like how it is coming together. The only draw back is that I still have to rely on some of the html codes to make sure everything is working properly. I will be happy to see the final outcome and will try to test it with my students.
As far as using Kompozer for my webquest, I like how it is coming together. The only draw back is that I still have to rely on some of the html codes to make sure everything is working properly. I will be happy to see the final outcome and will try to test it with my students.
Beginning My Webquest
I decided that I'm going to be a science webquest on Matter. The unit actually takes up about 6-7 weeks on learning the three types of matter and how Matter can change. I already have powerpoints that are done but I'm going to redo them to make it more uniform and put in my own photos. I don't want to get in trouble with Creative Commons. The students will record what they have learned about Matter and have some hands-on experiments to complete which will be diplayed with instructions. As far as the ending outcome, I still have to work that out. This is my very first webquest so I might need help.
I plan on using Kompozer to create my webquest. I do love to challenge myself and I would like to create my own template. Sometimes I don't like what other websites have to offer. The uniform template many websites have is very restricting when trying to be creative.
I plan on using Kompozer to create my webquest. I do love to challenge myself and I would like to create my own template. Sometimes I don't like what other websites have to offer. The uniform template many websites have is very restricting when trying to be creative.
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Jing!
Using anything that requires talking is a challenge without a script. But I can see teachers using it to present a short how-to presentation. I can see students using Jing to show how they surf the net, find images, or using different microsoft tools. Its great that you have the option of capturing a video or just an image. I like the feature that you can record your voice while capturing a video.
Slide Share
Slide Share is a great way to go from one place to another without having to forget if you saved your PowerPoint to a usb or your computer. I could see this being used in the business world especially if the employee has to travel alot. Also, since businesses are trying to save money, they can share their presentation around the world. As far as for education purposes, we can search for a powerpoint to go along with the lesson or show examples to relate to the lessons.
Monday, April 18, 2011
Diversity, Cultural Understanding and Global Awareness
With a variety of tools at our finger tips, is it enough to show the students the world of cultural and global awareness. With all the textbooks, books in the school library and a variety of lessons to assist with diversity of culture, its still not enough to have the students understand cultural differences without the background knowledge. Of course the books we can be read to the students can help with knowledge, but the books can be quickly out-dated with all the current events happening around the world. Things change and we need to stay on top of global awareness. As an American, I feel that I don't know what's happening around the world all the time or the past 30 something years. So much is changing and it is a challenge to keep up with it. There is so much going on here in the U.S. that seems to overpower any event in the world that's not needing our help.
Now that we have a new tool in the classroom to show the students how to retrieve more supplements for them to work on, we can show the students more events or images that is happening around the world. The books can only take the students so far but opening up to the internet is like opening a book to another world of understanding, and up-to-date events. We have sites like CNN, AJC, as well as newspapers all over the world that is on the internet (http://www.world-newspapers.com/). We have the power to keep up with current events. There is National Geographic, Social Studies for kids, and more. We can now find the understanding of cultures by reading and exlore everything that is current. Since the earthquake happened in Japan, I found a website that was constintly updating everytime an earthquake happens around the world (http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/). I showed it to a few student and teachers. It helped the students to become more interested on how earthquake happens.
Books can help with learning and getting to know a little about the world by the stories they read. Books are only one tool and can quickly become outdated. With using the internet, we can open the students' eyes to so many possibilities to make a connection with books. It can be used to make the world seem smaller by discovering an events or learning about the culture of other worlds. We can close the gaps and have the students become world explorers.
Now that we have a new tool in the classroom to show the students how to retrieve more supplements for them to work on, we can show the students more events or images that is happening around the world. The books can only take the students so far but opening up to the internet is like opening a book to another world of understanding, and up-to-date events. We have sites like CNN, AJC, as well as newspapers all over the world that is on the internet (http://www.world-newspapers.com/). We have the power to keep up with current events. There is National Geographic, Social Studies for kids, and more. We can now find the understanding of cultures by reading and exlore everything that is current. Since the earthquake happened in Japan, I found a website that was constintly updating everytime an earthquake happens around the world (http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/). I showed it to a few student and teachers. It helped the students to become more interested on how earthquake happens.
Books can help with learning and getting to know a little about the world by the stories they read. Books are only one tool and can quickly become outdated. With using the internet, we can open the students' eyes to so many possibilities to make a connection with books. It can be used to make the world seem smaller by discovering an events or learning about the culture of other worlds. We can close the gaps and have the students become world explorers.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Internet Safety
As the internet keeps getting bigger with new sites uploading everday, the risk for the students to see the wrong site or image is increasing a little everyday. We need to educate the students how to stay safe while they are surfing, facebooking, or searching for a topic. Something unexpected might come up and we need to make sure they do the right thing by telling their teacher, parents or an adult if the sight they come across is inappropriate, especially when the filter doesn't catch it. Luckily for us, there are sights that can help us to teach the students and parents how to stay safe on the internet.
Safekids.com is a great site for a Paren'ts guide to Facebook. It explains the ins and outs about Facebook and the different features in a PDF booklet. There is also about the privacy of Facebook in a podcast with additional information on how to hide their friend's list. It shows step-by-step to hid the list and set the privacy on Facebook. There are many other features to explore about internet safety especially for pre-teens. A few things I like about this site, the internet contract for parents and children, and the internet safety quiz.
Netsmartz.org has information for parents, educators, law enforcement, teenagers, pre-teens, and kids. This site has a downloadable presentation about internet safety and share it with any community. There is also a video on cyberbullying. There are plenty of educational materials for teachers to teach how to be safe on-line. There are downloadable video on certain subjects, printable tip sheets, educational standards, etc. Teenagers can learn about cyberbullying through videos, games and visit a tipline. There is also games, videos, and activities for pre-teens and kids. This really appeals to all ages and adults who are around students.
Internetsafety.org has a wide variety of everything that has to do with the internet. It has video, articles, and statistics on dangers and safety . The dangers cover Pornography, Predators, and Web 2.0. Of course the safety covers resources, pledges and guidelines. This site has a blog, news and events to stay on top of everything going on about internet safety.
Safekids.com is a great site for a Paren'ts guide to Facebook. It explains the ins and outs about Facebook and the different features in a PDF booklet. There is also about the privacy of Facebook in a podcast with additional information on how to hide their friend's list. It shows step-by-step to hid the list and set the privacy on Facebook. There are many other features to explore about internet safety especially for pre-teens. A few things I like about this site, the internet contract for parents and children, and the internet safety quiz.
Netsmartz.org has information for parents, educators, law enforcement, teenagers, pre-teens, and kids. This site has a downloadable presentation about internet safety and share it with any community. There is also a video on cyberbullying. There are plenty of educational materials for teachers to teach how to be safe on-line. There are downloadable video on certain subjects, printable tip sheets, educational standards, etc. Teenagers can learn about cyberbullying through videos, games and visit a tipline. There is also games, videos, and activities for pre-teens and kids. This really appeals to all ages and adults who are around students.
Internetsafety.org has a wide variety of everything that has to do with the internet. It has video, articles, and statistics on dangers and safety . The dangers cover Pornography, Predators, and Web 2.0. Of course the safety covers resources, pledges and guidelines. This site has a blog, news and events to stay on top of everything going on about internet safety.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Google Docs
After playing with the features of Google documents, I realize that it is the same basics of Microsoft programs. The only fun feature about it, it is a great way to complete your work without having Microsoft downloaded on the computer. This could also save space on your computer for any assignments you wish to save for a later date. This does have benefits but it also has some set backs. There are added features are not presently on there like format painter, limited fonts, and limited tools. The only thing we have the students learn the basic features on it before having them jump into the many features of Microsoft Word , Excel and PowerPoint.
The benefits that I see for educational purposes is creating a form and spreadsheet for the students to use for gathering information. It is a fun way to do a class survey without having pencil and paper. The information is gathered in a spreadsheet inwhich students can use to look at the results. The students can also collaborate on a presentation and add information to share with another class or grade level. I don't have to worry about saving their projects on a USB or one computer. Lets face it, not every class computer is reliable. The students can do this on any computer. The other benefits is having everything accessed on one space and you don't have to use just one computer. I will let you know how the survey form goes with my students.
The benefits that I see for educational purposes is creating a form and spreadsheet for the students to use for gathering information. It is a fun way to do a class survey without having pencil and paper. The information is gathered in a spreadsheet inwhich students can use to look at the results. The students can also collaborate on a presentation and add information to share with another class or grade level. I don't have to worry about saving their projects on a USB or one computer. Lets face it, not every class computer is reliable. The students can do this on any computer. The other benefits is having everything accessed on one space and you don't have to use just one computer. I will let you know how the survey form goes with my students.
Classroom 2.0
I would never have thought educators create such an elaborate site with a lot of teaching and technology ideas. There is so much information out there for educators. I did find some things that were very appealling to me that I might try. One discussion was about how to get your students to be quiet. The title is called "What are the secrets to classroom management" by Paul H. Strassner. I was intrigued when he told his students that he has fairy dust to help the students fall asleep and to wake-up. I can see how that is entertaining to students. It almost seems he is creating an imaginative classroom for the students to be more engaged with the teacher. I know a lot of us have tried yelling, turning off lights and everything else to get the students to be quiet, even for a second. Another discussion I found that was technology related was the drawing on google maps. I want to try it when we come to a story about a foreign place. (I don't teach Social Studies with my ELL students.) I would help them to know about other countries out their that they haven't heard of.
As I explored more on the site, I saw there were a lot of groups that you can join. It is important to find a group that can help with the things you want to do in class. I know some of us want a more exciting lesson plan and we try to find it on the web. Usually that is time consuming. Chatting with a person who is in the same school level or subject can help to share ideas on how to be more creative with a lesson that is not your forte. There are also tags for technology or by subject. I did look through art and saw they were using technology to bring the assignments to life, even at the elementary level. I am absolutely amaze with this site. It looks like I will be putting this on my Delicious. I could see this helping a lot of my co-workers.
As I explored more on the site, I saw there were a lot of groups that you can join. It is important to find a group that can help with the things you want to do in class. I know some of us want a more exciting lesson plan and we try to find it on the web. Usually that is time consuming. Chatting with a person who is in the same school level or subject can help to share ideas on how to be more creative with a lesson that is not your forte. There are also tags for technology or by subject. I did look through art and saw they were using technology to bring the assignments to life, even at the elementary level. I am absolutely amaze with this site. It looks like I will be putting this on my Delicious. I could see this helping a lot of my co-workers.
Sunday, March 20, 2011
What can you find on Youtube?
I actually found some good things on Youtube. I found a few videos for ESOL, in which teachers talk about their lessons for 1st grade and 5th grade level. The teachers explain the level of thinking for the lesson and how the students are learning through discussion, vocabulary and, hands-on activities. The first graders are learning about frogs and discuss what is a toad. They also discuss things that are not toads. The fifth graders are learning about the crusades if its a religious war or not. They are building vocabulary and mapping the connections of each side of the war.This appeals to me to see what kind of lessons other students are learning and how the lessons are being scaffold.
The interesting "How to" video I found was How to Create a Website with Circle Pad. This gives a whole new twist on creating a website without using html, css and ftp. They have usable templates that are easily manipulated to make the site your own. I will definitely explore it to see if its worth creating a website.
The one thing I'm glad they added on Youtube was animal planet segments on Pets 101. This is great if you are researching to find a pet. It explains temperament, health problems, and how family oriented they are.
I have explored TeacherTube before. Teachers are able view videos with helpful lessons that many other teachers have created. I was happy that this site wasn't blocked. Its a shame that Youtube is blocked but I can see why. There are many videos out there waiting for us to explore their usefulness for our classroom. We need to find more sites that can benefit our students to mee their visual needs.
Enjoy this video. To explore the ones I found, go to www.delicious.com/abooe. Have fun!
The interesting "How to" video I found was How to Create a Website with Circle Pad. This gives a whole new twist on creating a website without using html, css and ftp. They have usable templates that are easily manipulated to make the site your own. I will definitely explore it to see if its worth creating a website.
The one thing I'm glad they added on Youtube was animal planet segments on Pets 101. This is great if you are researching to find a pet. It explains temperament, health problems, and how family oriented they are.
I have explored TeacherTube before. Teachers are able view videos with helpful lessons that many other teachers have created. I was happy that this site wasn't blocked. Its a shame that Youtube is blocked but I can see why. There are many videos out there waiting for us to explore their usefulness for our classroom. We need to find more sites that can benefit our students to mee their visual needs.
Enjoy this video. To explore the ones I found, go to www.delicious.com/abooe. Have fun!
Podcasting?
I have viewed a few podcasts and found one site that I like. The Learn Out Loud website has podcasts for educational purposes or just personal interest. I did find some running podcasts and had explored more on other sites. The one that I found was more for a workout to get ready for a 5k race. I did find some information video podcasts from Runner's World (running magazine). I also looked at Apple-Podcasting in Educations. I did find a series of video podcasts that would be great for the students, Three Countries You Ought to Know. It gives a brief description on three countries from three continents. I looked at the Dominican Republic, Thailand and Malawi. It gave a brief description of culture, food, and people. It also showed a visual location within the continent.
Now that I explored more about podcasts, I feel that I have more visual resources to show the students. I don't have to use Discovery Education to find videos. I can search for podcasts that can be more the students' level and they are updated. I can't wait to have the student to watch one.
Now that I explored more about podcasts, I feel that I have more visual resources to show the students. I don't have to use Discovery Education to find videos. I can search for podcasts that can be more the students' level and they are updated. I can't wait to have the student to watch one.
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Can we say, del.icio.us?
I have had co-worker get lost in her favorites list last year. She wanted to find a website on her favorites list and could not find it, but it was there. Now I can tell her about a website that can save her favorite websites and it is simple to find what she is looking for. I will be using the delicious website to save all the cool sites we have been discovering this semester. The I already added one site to it. I will be telling my co-workers that they can go to my delicious site and access all of my sites without having to ask me about a web address they want their students to work on. My delicious site is del.icio.us/abooe. I will be putting more sites that I have discovered to check it out continously.
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Glogster or Poster?
One of the tools I found appealing was Glogster. The idea of students creating their own posters on a project is always showing what the students are learning when they are putting the information together. As teachers, we always tell them the criteria to make a successful poster by adding pictures, information and other articles. Now without killing any trees to make a project poster, the same can be done on Glogster. The student can create posters on the internet. They can pick images or upload video of the subject they are learning about. The students don't have to worry about drawing a picture or handwriting the information in. They can add on different backgrounds or stylize the poster that goes with the theme of the subject. Their posters could look professional and be shared with other classes or the world. This does have a privacy control, graphic galleries, and drawings. I could see using this for any subject and they could do this during their Specials time (computer lab) or during their technology center.
Monday, February 21, 2011
slide show - free slideshow maker
Pictures from:
Kamazonia www.flickr.com/photos/kamazonia/2259984064
Whateverthing www.flickr.com/photos/whateverthing/2145614424
Jeffery L. Cohen www.flickr.com/photos/digitalpapercuts/3435060546
Alistair Knock www.flickr.com/photos/aknock/4353753287
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Flickr my lessons
Instead of searching images in google, I now have a new place to find images. I find images for my students to understand vocabulary words and concepts of each lesson. They love looking at the pictures and it helps them to understand the real meaning of the vocabulary words. The Pearson Reading series are giving the students a variety of vocabulary words that they don't use anymore. I can go to Flickr and only find the photos I really can use instead of going through different images from different sites. I visited Teacher Dude's blog for teaching vocabulary. He used a slide show with the different vocabulary words for walk. I can see using it to help the students different ways to walk. The transitions on the slide is eye catching and the words are located at the bottom of each slide. I could see using this type of slide to show pictures that go with the vocabulary word. For this photo, if their vocabulary word was Mantaee, I would show this picture of a manatee.
The photo is by kamazonia
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kamazonia/2259984064/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kamazonia/2259984064/
Creative Commons......Why should I share?
Of all the websites I have visted, I never noticed the Creative Common symbol or (CC). I am too busy trying to find information I need to and for students to use. Learning about copyrights on any medium, its always the same rule, "Don't use unless you have permission." I don't use any person's work unless I site it. Any art work I may use, I don't want to re-create it or be paid for it. I don't want any phone calls from lawyers. Having students putting the (CC) on their work will excite them to show they might not want anyone to reuse their work. It might give them pride showing their work is protected from being copied unless they give permission. They could be generous and have their work be use for educational purposes but leaving it up to the students will give them a chance to make an important decision.
When I find any images on any website, I only use them as examples to make sure students understand the lesson I'm trying to teach them. With ESOL, the students need visuals to understand what is being taugt. For videos, I go to United Streaming on the Discovery site. Its a good site since all other video sites are blocked. Again, I only use for my students for learning purposes.
If I had an educational website, I would love to share my lessons with others. I try to come up with hands-on and engaging lessons that are beneficial for all students. I could see in my students' faces that they are bored with books and worksheets. So bringing something exciting for all to try would bring teaching back to life. As far as owning teaching materials, I only get ideas from the stories in the Pearson Reading Street Series. I know teachers have created PowerPoints for other teachers to use that goes with the series. I would like to make sure if I use any stories that it is okay through our reading series. Again, I don't want lawyers to be calling me. I can see some of the negatives for (CC), I would want to know how my ideas or projects are being used if its not for the intended lesson. For me, If I want to protect, I will not display it on line unless I want all to use it for educational purposes.
When I find any images on any website, I only use them as examples to make sure students understand the lesson I'm trying to teach them. With ESOL, the students need visuals to understand what is being taugt. For videos, I go to United Streaming on the Discovery site. Its a good site since all other video sites are blocked. Again, I only use for my students for learning purposes.
If I had an educational website, I would love to share my lessons with others. I try to come up with hands-on and engaging lessons that are beneficial for all students. I could see in my students' faces that they are bored with books and worksheets. So bringing something exciting for all to try would bring teaching back to life. As far as owning teaching materials, I only get ideas from the stories in the Pearson Reading Street Series. I know teachers have created PowerPoints for other teachers to use that goes with the series. I would like to make sure if I use any stories that it is okay through our reading series. Again, I don't want lawyers to be calling me. I can see some of the negatives for (CC), I would want to know how my ideas or projects are being used if its not for the intended lesson. For me, If I want to protect, I will not display it on line unless I want all to use it for educational purposes.
HTML Codes
It has been years since I worked with HTML codes and develop a webpage. Do I miss the headache of codes not working? No. I had one project that displayed the same pictures four times. It wasn't the code, it was the computer. The teacher was confused too. All I wanted to do was to take a baseball bat to the computer. It was an iMac, enough said. I want to upgrade my skills on create a more sophisticated webpage. Just knowing all the tricks to a good webpage, will take time. I am glad I still have my books to help with remembering the codes and setting the page up to be functional and easy to read. I only have done a few webpages and each time I have done one, I have shown progress on style and proportional images.
I can't wait to start working on my page. I want it to reflect me as an educator and my growth through Instructional technology. I also want it to reflect my artistic side to show my capablilities as a graphic artist. I am hoping this time around my page will look professional and organized.
I can't wait to start working on my page. I want it to reflect me as an educator and my growth through Instructional technology. I also want it to reflect my artistic side to show my capablilities as a graphic artist. I am hoping this time around my page will look professional and organized.
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Wikis
I have done a Wiki already for my engage learning project. I want to improve it and allow students to continously add student's works. I can see how organizing the wiki makes it less clutter and easy on the eyes. I thought Blue Code was very simple and easy to review. I can see the students was able to create letters about their specialties. The other wikis I seen were information and pictures. I can see that some of the students might be a little you to type information on the page but they need to experience putting something on the page so they can feel they own it more. I do see that the educators ask people from all around to add educations things to their page just like Primary Math Wiki. I looked at some of the pictures of patterns and notice the pictures came from different places around the world. At least the students can see different kind of patterns from other countries and how they are the same or similar to those in the U. S. The Wiki I was slightly disappointed about was the Oregan Trail. I can see the students leaving comments about their feelings of traveling through the unknow wilderness of the western U.S. The teacher should have set it up like the computer game Oregan Trail. Each group of students have money, supplies and scenarios traveling west. It could become more interactive.
I could see using it for my ESOL groups on the outcome of science experiments. Also having students from different parts of the U.S. try to repeat the experiments to see if they have the same outcomes. I could see using it for my Math group as well. I always have them writing word problems so they can understand how to solve them. They always come up with some good word problems that the 3rd graders might be able to do. I would really have to think hard but I would like to try it with one of my groups.
I could see using it for my ESOL groups on the outcome of science experiments. Also having students from different parts of the U.S. try to repeat the experiments to see if they have the same outcomes. I could see using it for my Math group as well. I always have them writing word problems so they can understand how to solve them. They always come up with some good word problems that the 3rd graders might be able to do. I would really have to think hard but I would like to try it with one of my groups.
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
ESOL Conference
I am surprise how the conference this year has added more technology into the sessions to help with supporting the ESOL this year. There is a program that has been around since 2006 called Imagine Learning. If you haven't heard of it, its a program to create a lesson geared towards the students learning level and language level. I was very intrigued with giving the students a pretest, and displaying only the standards and skills the students needs to grow. It also goes back to the same skill for the students to master if they have not. For the students who are ELLs, they have two ways to give the students directions in English and their native language. As the students continues with the lessons, their native language directions gradually be less and less until English is the primary language for the directions. This program goes through phonics, vocabulary, comprehension, shants and songs for Pre-K through 6th grade. It will also display data for each student's progress as well as the class. If you want to look at it, http://www.imaginelearning.com/.
There was another session I went to that went over Lexile, Public Sources and Published Materials. This was good as well. This went over the websites that I should have familiar with but I am glad I learned about it. The public sources went over a variey of sites to get ideas and materials for a lesson. There were sites that was great for sharing lesson plans and getting ideas for a variety of lessons from different subjects. These are some of the sites:
http://www.lexile.com/
http://www.classicreader.com/
http://www.awesomelibrary.org/
http://www.eduref.org/
http://www.aesopfables.com/
www.rif.org/educators
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/educators
http://www.literacyconnections.com/
http://www.readwritethink.org/
http://www.teacherplanet.com/
This was a good conference to come to. I am glad to see that technology is working its way to ESOL.
There was another session I went to that went over Lexile, Public Sources and Published Materials. This was good as well. This went over the websites that I should have familiar with but I am glad I learned about it. The public sources went over a variey of sites to get ideas and materials for a lesson. There were sites that was great for sharing lesson plans and getting ideas for a variety of lessons from different subjects. These are some of the sites:
http://www.lexile.com/
http://www.classicreader.com/
http://www.awesomelibrary.org/
http://www.eduref.org/
http://www.aesopfables.com/
www.rif.org/educators
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/educators
http://www.literacyconnections.com/
http://www.readwritethink.org/
http://www.teacherplanet.com/
This was a good conference to come to. I am glad to see that technology is working its way to ESOL.
Friday, February 4, 2011
Building My Google Reader
As I was adding more article sites into my Google Reader, I decided to add my hometown newspaper. The newspaper will have useful articles about the enviroment throughout the state of Florida. Some of the articles deal with big state issues, like the Everglades to small issues like local county preservations. I have shared some articles for one of my classes from the main website that deals with the issues of a changing enviroment due to the weather or people.
There is an article that talks about the failing grade of the water in the estuaries. As you know, many wildlife live in the estuaries and need the water to survive. Charolotte, Lee and Collier had started grading their estuaries in 2005 and the grade for this year have been needing to improve. The only change they have found were the run offs that are entering into the canals, and the canals flow into the estuaries. Any chemical that enters into one of the connecting canals are most likely entering into the estuaries. I am hoping they create a plan to save the quality of water.
I could use this article for the students to show many types of habitats and wild life preservations. This would give them a wider range of vocabulary and scenarios that their books can't give them. I can show the students what pollution can do to these habitats and preservations and how it can affect any enviroment from miles away. The students can create plans to help save the estuaries from failing and making the wild life ill. They can also create a poster so people can be aware of the problem. I can't wait to start using it as a tool for my classes once testing is over. This will help to bring the issues they may not have here in Georgia, into the classroom.
http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011102040407
There is an article that talks about the failing grade of the water in the estuaries. As you know, many wildlife live in the estuaries and need the water to survive. Charolotte, Lee and Collier had started grading their estuaries in 2005 and the grade for this year have been needing to improve. The only change they have found were the run offs that are entering into the canals, and the canals flow into the estuaries. Any chemical that enters into one of the connecting canals are most likely entering into the estuaries. I am hoping they create a plan to save the quality of water.
I could use this article for the students to show many types of habitats and wild life preservations. This would give them a wider range of vocabulary and scenarios that their books can't give them. I can show the students what pollution can do to these habitats and preservations and how it can affect any enviroment from miles away. The students can create plans to help save the estuaries from failing and making the wild life ill. They can also create a poster so people can be aware of the problem. I can't wait to start using it as a tool for my classes once testing is over. This will help to bring the issues they may not have here in Georgia, into the classroom.
http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011102040407
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Evaluating Students' Blogs
As our world is opening up to technology, we are always wondering how to evaluate the assignments the students do on the web. In one of my in-school professional learning, the instructor told us that everything can be evaluated through observation, class discussion, grading written assigments, and tests. When we through technology into the mix, what kind of grading system should we use? I found two different sites that ask the questions, like any reading or writing assignments about content, fact or opinion, research to back up facts, unanswered questions, and possible persuasion. There are also other questions that would help as well. 21cif.com has a rubric that is downloadable.
http://21cif.com/rkitp/assessment/v1n5/blog_evaluation_assessment_v1n5.html
http://www.bethknittle.net/WP_Blog/?p=65
http://21cif.com/rkitp/assessment/v1n5/blog_evaluation_assessment_v1n5.html
http://www.bethknittle.net/WP_Blog/?p=65
Blog
Blog is a tool for sharing our concerns about different issues we face in the world. Many people made comments on these issues with encourangement for those who are making a differences or giving ideas on how to solve the issues. Not all blogs have concerns. The 2nd Grade Duck Blog demonstrates the students opinion on the story of the missing duck. Not only students were commenting, other adults from around the world were commenting on how the project was inspiring. This was giving the students a chance to write a comment on another medium. The students can go back to the site and read about the comment they wrote a year from now, or five years from now. It stays on the expanding world of the internet.
When the students write, educators always have them write on paper about facts, opinions, fantasy,etc. The educators always tell the students about the formats of the writing, use standarize english, and think about the audience. Blogging doesn't have a true format, but it is a good idea to use standardize english and truely think about the audience when blogging. People are reading these blogs whether we know it or not. The ones we know are making comments.
Reading the blogs is just the same as reading a good book. There is drama or an important issue that needed to be address. Reading about "How to prevent another Leonardo da Vinci, " shows how we are restricting the creativity of students. When I was an art teacher, I can relate to the lost of creativity and imagination in the students. They just draw a simple basic picture, complain about doing any kind of assignments, and always whine about everything. Oh, the whining. Sometimes we can get the students to read books, but they do get more excited about doing any project on-line. Last semester, I was able to get the fifth grade students interested in creating a book critique. They read some of the critiques on the Wiki and some created their own critique about a book they read. This could work well with blogging. They can read each others blogs and critique or make a comment about what they have read. Reading anything is about encouraging to expand on what they have read.
I am hoping that many counties in the state of Georgia can see the positives of blogging. The students are reading comments, just like a book, article, or an exert. The students write comments, opinions or feelings on blogs. We are not wasting trees with this. So why do many districts want to stay in the past. Our students are moving on with technology whether we teach it or not. Let them blog. We as educators can teach how to be a safe blogger.
When the students write, educators always have them write on paper about facts, opinions, fantasy,etc. The educators always tell the students about the formats of the writing, use standarize english, and think about the audience. Blogging doesn't have a true format, but it is a good idea to use standardize english and truely think about the audience when blogging. People are reading these blogs whether we know it or not. The ones we know are making comments.
Reading the blogs is just the same as reading a good book. There is drama or an important issue that needed to be address. Reading about "How to prevent another Leonardo da Vinci, " shows how we are restricting the creativity of students. When I was an art teacher, I can relate to the lost of creativity and imagination in the students. They just draw a simple basic picture, complain about doing any kind of assignments, and always whine about everything. Oh, the whining. Sometimes we can get the students to read books, but they do get more excited about doing any project on-line. Last semester, I was able to get the fifth grade students interested in creating a book critique. They read some of the critiques on the Wiki and some created their own critique about a book they read. This could work well with blogging. They can read each others blogs and critique or make a comment about what they have read. Reading anything is about encouraging to expand on what they have read.
I am hoping that many counties in the state of Georgia can see the positives of blogging. The students are reading comments, just like a book, article, or an exert. The students write comments, opinions or feelings on blogs. We are not wasting trees with this. So why do many districts want to stay in the past. Our students are moving on with technology whether we teach it or not. Let them blog. We as educators can teach how to be a safe blogger.
Voice Thread
Voice Thread is awesome. I like how you can draw on it and circle words or pictures. I can also see a good use for doodling too. : ) I want to start to create on it to get the big picture of its many uses. I would like to encourage the teachers at my school to use it as well. Showing the students that the teachers are working together to develop a lesson would be empowering. We can record our knowledge about the subject from many different views. The students can record about what they learned from the lesson and it becomes another way to grade them. I like the usefulness for art. This would be encouraging for students to use the vocabulary words to describe or critique a picture. I always wanted the students to critique artwork without having other students snickering at them.
For the ESOL students, this could help me to get the students write what they record. They can tell me anything, but writing what they say is challenging when they are still trying to learn how to spell words. The only question I have is having the time to create it and students using it.
For the ESOL students, this could help me to get the students write what they record. They can tell me anything, but writing what they say is challenging when they are still trying to learn how to spell words. The only question I have is having the time to create it and students using it.
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Web 2.0
Todays students are more into video games, television, mp3s, computers and cell phones. They are not reading books, they are not doing homework, or they only think of school as a social party. Educators have lost the connection with students. Educators are still teaching the old fashion way with books, paper, and pencil. The students desire for more fun with learning through games and technology. The Educators are only concentrating on making sure the standards are being learned through the counties schedule, which is why we are not connecting with the students. Data, CRCT, and Standards are driving education. Where does technology fit in all of this? Some counties are encouraging teachers to use technology in the classroom to help create engage learning. Some counties are using Web 2.0 as a technology tool to help drive the learning of standards. As for my county, teachers are lacking the technology skills to have technology to be used as a tool. I want to break the cycle and continuously learn about all the technology tools there is to help students to make learning more engaging. I want learn more about Web 2.0 to make sure that I am able to learn how to use with my students.
Prediction for design and development as a technology leader
The reason I chose Instructional technology as my master is to learn and grow about using technology in the classroom. Now I see I have the potential to assist my fellow co-workers. I will be using any of my spare time to assist the teachers who want to expand on thier own knowledge to better help the students. With designing a website or a program to better help the students to master the skills they need, I will ensure the teachers can change how they can use it in thier classroom. I have one teacher who is interested about the tools I will be learning and it shows that I some teachers are interested in helping their students succeed with mastering the skills. I also plan on having technology available to the ESOL students. One of the ESOL teachers have a classroom set up in the newcomers center, and I do plan to help her in anyway possible to enhance the program. I am excited to be able to enhance and expand on any program we have through technology.
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