Data Collection & Reporting Tools
I believe that data collection tools in the form of surveys would be extremely helpful as a teacher. One grade level and subject I am interested in teaching is high school English. In any high school English class, I think it would be a great idea for me as a teacher to create surveys to gage how well my students understood a lesson (including the sub parts of the lesson). This would allow me to see where my students are struggling and areas that I might need to cover again. Excel could be used to see how my student's are achieving through grade books and charts.
"The Flipped Classroom"
This particular instructional design essentailly switches what learning is traditionally done in the classroom and at home through homework. Core instruction is done at home in place of homework while assignments that allow the application of what was learned is done in the classroom. Personally, I really like this style of teaching because it is when students' are applying the knowledge that they often struggle or make mistakes and this model allows the teacher to be their to help the students at this time. I also think that watching videos or reading texts before the class can help students feel more prepared and they can come prepared with any questions they might have.
A Technology Skill I Want to Learn
The next technology-related skill I would like to learn is safety and security. This is somewhat of an umbrella term but includes defending myself against things like computer viruses and spam. Not only would learning this skill keep myself protected, but it would also keep things like my students' grades confidential. It would also be a valuable lesson to teach my students. I plan to learn this skill by watching videos and certified webpages.
Instructor's Blog
I thought it was really interesting that my classmate's mentioned how having a website would not only help future teachers but also speech-language pathologists in blog #7. It's cool to see how many people benefit from classroom websites. I also loved reading all of the different academic software tools that my classmates mentioned from blog #9. Some of these I hadn't even heard of before like Edmodo and I'm excited to look into them!
Comments
I commented on Brittany and Morgan's posts!
Alina, I really enjoyed your post. I really like how you have the idea to gage how well learners understood a particular lesson. This would be imperative information for you and I believe that students would be more inclined to be honest if the survey was anonymous. I also like the flipped classroom model. To me, the biggest benefit is that learners can go at their own pace. An issue with this, however, could be that some skip through it as fast as possible just to be done.
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