Blog with Maggie Mae

I believe that as a teacher, I would use data collection (surveys) in order to see how the students feel about the classroom. I believe using data collection would also be beneficial to find out where the students are in their level of understanding. I could ask the students to answer using a scale of 1-5 to judge their understanding. This will tell me if I am able to move on from a unit. Data collection I believe would also be best used if I had a 2nd grade math class because math results usually are in a numerical form. The topic I found most interesting from reviewing my classmates’ blog, was Gabby’s ILP Design on Google Classroom. I found Gaby’s VoiceThread on Google Classroom because it was one of the only topics that I  was not familiar with. Gabby’s VoiceThread enlightened me on Google Classroom and showed me that it is very easy to use and even similar to Canvas. I like how Google Classroom has the class calendar that can show due dates, and also has a tab to stream. ...

For this  voice thread , I decided to not go on lnyda.com or MOOC because instead of testing something out for myself, I wanted to see what the professionals were actually doing. For such reason, I decided to interview a 1st grade teacher on her use of technology in the classroom. I interviewed a first grade teacher because I currently work close with that grade level and may be interested in teaching elementary one day. I was surprised by many of my discoveries of the educational technology being used in elementary school, and how it is fairly similar to some of the technology used in college. Take a look! https://voicethread.com/share/12396638/

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A flipped classroom is a strategy of blended learning that does not use the traditional person to person approach to learning. In a flipped classroom, instructional material and learning is delivered online, outside of the classroom. I was introduced to flipped classrooms in high school when Broward County schools required high school students to take an online class to graduate. For me, the experience was definitely a new one as I was not used to doing work on a computer, being more of a hands on person. I believe that a flipped classroom may no be ideal for all types of learning, but comes with many advantages, like online distance learning. Some online courses, unlike the one I took with Broward County, are open educational resources. An open educational resource is an online resource that anyone can use, usually free, increase their knowledge, and access to different resources. The online class I took with Broward County schools, is not an open educational resource because it was...