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Blog #10

 I think as a teacher I would mainly use Data collection tools to collect criticism about my teaching so that I could improve in the future. I think Data collection could also be helpful to gauge understanding on different subjects before a big test. For example, I could give a Qualtrics survey to students in a math class in which they rate their understanding and comfortability level of a wide range of topics covered in the past that way I know what to focus on more in review sessions. This method of data collection also allows for students to be honest without fear of being judged by their peers, for instance, if I instead asked them to show me with their hands how comfortable they were with each topic. Additionally, survey data collection as opposed to a hand raising or other in person method is more accurate and provides easy graphics to view data in so it is less time consuming to obtain and analyze results. From reviewing my classmates blogs this semester I really found the n...
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Blog #9

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 My distance learning experience took place mostly at the very start of the pandemic and lock down in the spring of 2020. My whole school shut down and all learning was switched to distance learning. This was a very difficult switch as the teachers were also struggling to adapt to the change as well and the altered assignments were very difficult to complete at home. Zoom class was also very difficult without the ability to do in class activities. All finals were also cancelled during this time so both the students and teachers also felt a lack of purpose in learning. I did like the flexibility of distance learning, as I was able to work close to full time during this period because of the time saved doing online assignments and not having to go to physical school. I did not like the diminished learning I experienced during this period, it was much more flexible, but far less impactful. As a teacher, distance learning experience can be improved by making more meaningful assignments...
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Blog #8

 I have only previously made a website using Wix before so using Weebly was a new experience for me. I learned how to use different features like the embed code feature of the website builder. I disliked how it seemed you could only work off a template and there was a lot that needed to be deleted from the template to be used for my purposes. Before using Weebly, I also tested out Wix again to see which user interface I liked more and I found it very interesting that Wix now has an AI generated text button to help users fill in their websites. I think with proper use of this tool, this could be very helpful to speed up basic web design. Everything I learned from this assignment will help in my future career if I ever need to make my own website or edit an existing website. My website can be found here: https://korynnas5thgradeclass.weebly.com/ From using Diigo I learned how to share websites with built in annotations which I think could be really helpful. I think the annotation too...
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Blog #6

      My initial experiences with Diigo were not very good. I had trouble getting signed up in the first place and then once I was and began using the tool I had trouble as I have never used browser extensions like Diigo before. I was very confused especially on how to use the share permalink feature. I also prefer to save documents onto my computer and highlight and take notes on them with the gallery tool, however I now know that Diigo is a good alternative tool to do this. Diigo seems especially useful if you want to annotate a document or website and share those annotations with others.     My experience with blogging has been good so far. It is definitely a very easy tool to use and the different features seem very useful. I did not previously know that blogs could have a creative commons license embedded in them and I thought that that was really interesting and useful. I also did not know that making a blog was so easy. However, for school related purpose...
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Blog #5

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      I did not have twitter until I was required to get it for this class and my early experiences with it were fine. The user interface and functionality of the website are both good, the platform is just not my preferred way to digest or interact with content. I have been interacting with the educational accounts we were required to follow and the content has been interesting to look through, especially from the U.S department of education. Twitter may be helpful in my future career in order to quickly get information from many different sources about a topic I am interested in. It is also easy to interact with content and share my own content which can help me to build connections.     The digital divide can affect students in schools by  making it more difficult to complete online homework at home, or homework that requires internet access for searches or additional learning resources. Students without major access to technology or internet will also b...
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Blog #4

       For standard 6, Human-Computer interactions and artificial intelligence, I would explain this standard to 6th graders as learning when computers are helpful and when they are hurtful. This standard focuses on identifying when computers make tasks easier, but I think it is important to also stress the other side of this, when computers make tasks harder. An example of when tasks are made easier with computers is studying. There are countless study tools and resources online that are easy to access when a teacher cannot help you. However, this becomes harmful when students use tools meant for studying to cheat or do assignments for them. For example, there are several websites designed to do math problems for you to check your work with, and then provide you with a detailed set of steps and explanations, but many students use these websites instead to complete assignments for themselves without actually doing the work. I do feel prepared to implement this standa...
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Blog #3

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      Copy right is a legal right to ownership of something. For example, if someone publishes a book and has it copy righted, they have the legal right to claim that book as their own and only they will have the right to copy that material. So if a book is copyrighted, only the author/owner can legally print more copies of that book. Fair use deals with copy right in the sense that something that is copyrighted may still be used or quoted without paying the creator, but only if it is for purposes like teaching, criticism, research, ect. I would deal with these principles as a teacher by making sure if I was copying any material, it would follow under the fair use principles for teaching. For my students, I would also make sure they were informed of copy right and fair use so they did not use any work that was not their own without it being fair use.      A recent loophole with copy right has been the use of Chat GPT by students. Chat GPT is an artificial i...
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