As a future teacher, I recognize the importance of continuing to educate myself. A teacher should not simply receive a degree and stop their learning there. This would ultimately hinder their intelligence and therefore what they are able to teach their students. We live in a rather technologically based world and technology is every growing and changing. It is important that teachers regularly attend seminars and workshops where they can learn more as things adapt to teach their students properly and effectively.
I think Teach Hub is an awesome website for keeping up to date with changes in technology that teachers should be aware of, especially this article. I also love that they have a "Professional Development" tab on their website! They also have community and "Hot tips..." tab that can be super helpful for teachers. The link is https://www.teachhub.com/staying-current-technology-classroom
New skills acquired from working on the two PowerPoint assignments
I have worked with PowerPoint software since I was a child, however our past two assignments made me explore this software in new ways. The first PowerPoint assignment required adding a voice over which was new to me. This felt a little awkward to record, but I loved this assignment and thought it was so fun and helpful for a future teacher since it was an actual lesson! The nonlinear PowerPoint assignment was definitely harder for me since I had never even heard of these before, but I loved the creativity and freedom it allowed potential students. I read through the directions and watched a few videos online to learn how to do it. It was a little difficult at first, but now that I understand it I would love to implement this into lessons. My first PowerPoint was a lesson on rhymes for kindergarten to first graders and my second PowerPoint was an interactive adventure through Spain for a Spanish class!
Topics I found most interesting from the instructor's blog
I really loved how throughout Ray's blog posts she encouraged us to look back at our own previous blog posts. I think that this is a wonderful way to reflect on the way that we used to view a course on educational technologies when we had barely learned anything at all compared to now at week 10 of our course. I think it is so important to reflect on how our minds, opinions, and thoughts have grown and developed as we learn more. It was also really cool to see all of the technological tools used in elementary school and Web 2.0 tools that our classmates mentioned.
Comments
I commented on Olivia's post in regard to the PowerPoint assignments (how we enjoyed each of them and what we learned). I also commented on Hayley's post, particularly about technology and teacher development because I really appreciated the insights she had!
Hi Alina! I loved your blog post and similarly wrote about how the PowerPoint assignment 2 was harder to do and more challenging. I agree that Ray's blog post was extremely encouraging. Good job!
ReplyDeleteHey Alina! Great post this week. I really liked the PowerPoints you made, they are so cute! Creating what was essentially a virtual field trip is actually really cool, and something that you could definitely use in a real classroom. I also agree with your sentiment that we as educators have to grow with the changing world!
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