Emily Danielle

For my second ILP I used the software Canva to create an inforgraphic on how to establish S.M.A.R.T. It was very interesting to see all the different things you could do with this website from creating ebooks, binder covers, business cards, to inforgraphics. Once you selected what you wanted to create there was multiple different graphics, themes, images, fonts and other ways to make your inforgraphic appealing and easy to read. I feel inforgraphics are a way to engage learners, especially visual through an organized text with pictures to teach or educate someone on a toic and can be very useful in classrooms. My infogrpahic is posted and linked below. S.M.A.R.T GOALS INFOGRAPHIC!!

         As an elementary school teacher, there is so much more things to keep up with in the classroom other than just grades. Excel is the perfect tool to keep track of not only grades but attendance, transportation,volunteer information, parent contacts, events and many other records teachers need to keep up with. Having a workbook with multiple sheets in it is a great way to be able to organize information that is easy to find and access. Surveys are another great tool allowing students to have their input that is anonymous, which may encourage students to be more willing to participate and be honest. Qualtrics is a great service tool because of how easy it is to create as well as access results.       Seeing other student's blogs throughout the semester has been a great way to see all of the amazing things we can create with educational technology. Since there are many different ways to use the technology we study in class, it's very interes...

       A flipped classroom defies the normal roles you would normally think of teachers and students having in a class and the way their time is spent. Rather than a teacher lecturing during instructional time, for homework the students listen to prerecorded lectures. this changes the student's role changes from "passive receivers to active learners engaged in exploration and discovery" since they have already learned the basis of content and fundamentals through homework. This allows for teachers for take a guidance role in deepening understanding of content rather than an information source pouring/drilling information into students. Technology is vital in the success of flipped classroom, so students can access their at home lectures through YouTube, Twitter and other websites. Here is a link to "TeacherTube" a website full of educational videos that teachers could use in their classrooms:  https://www.teachertube.com         Thro...