Blog post 10

-For the Powerpoint interaction assignment I learned a few new skills that I found cool and very helpful. One of those is the ability to link slides together to where you can click on a picture or word and it will jump back to any slide of your choosing. This skill is amazing because it allows you to have a more interactive lesson within a PowerPoint presentation and create personalized educational games. I had no critiques on the assignment because I actually very much enjoyed doing it.

-For using data collection techniques, I will be teaching specifically middle school history, and for this grade level, not much history is already taught. So instead of using it to see what my students already know, I will use them for gauging the receptability of the lessons and see if they retain the info outside of testing. Also to use to get parent feedback on their child's educational experience.

-From reviewing my classmates' blogs I found some things very interesting. It was cool to see the differences in everyone's creative mindsets when they designed their blogs but also how that gauged everyone's different technological abilities. Also, it was cool to see other people's opinions on the same topics and assignments throughout the class.

-For tech-flex I honestly have not done many of them and have not found them very meaningful to me personally. If they are enjoyed by others that is great but for me it is different. It does help give people a tangible reward for learning and a sense of achievement though.

-For a skill I would like to learn next is probably video editing. To be able to achieve this I will probably watch some tutorial videos and experiment with different editing software to maybe navigate my own way around learning this skill. Also maybe try editing on tik tok on the basic in-app level.

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 Blog Post 9

-From my experiences in EME 2040 I have learned some skills that I had never had to use before and now find it easier to navigate certain programs, even ones that I had used quite often. I also have discovered how to expand on those skills on my own personal basis to where I can do things on certain programs that are not directly the basic skill but I can figure out how to go about what I want to do more easily without frustration or asking for help. It has also exposed me to new programs that I had never used before and I can now have in my own tool belt (PLN) to muse in the future.

-Open Educational Resources (OER) are great resources for teachers because they allow sharing of materials to other teachers without any charge or hassle in the use or purchase of copyright restrictions. This is a great way for teachers to share lessons and other materials like worksheets and activities freely making the quality of lessons better and also more accessible. Because things like schools budgets and little pay can limit a teacher from doing the most for their students. This article goes into detail on the definitions of OERs as well as the pros and cons of them, how to use them, and the legal process in which they are obtained and distributed.

https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/open-educational-resources-oer-overview-and-definition/2017/04

-For the information Dissemination assignment I learned how to use embedded hyperlinks better. As well as using voice recording and video recording and making a full presentation for the assignment. I did kind of show me the differences in types of files in which powerpoints can be made into and how each type is coded into the file differently so it helped me know which file base to format my presentation in. For my pros and cons, I did like the extensive lesson plan that I had to do which allowed me to do a very thorough lesson but to counteract that I did not like that my whole presentation had to be within 6 mins when I had a full 16 slides to cover. that part felt like it was limiting my teaching experience and not really giving me the full feelings of teaching a lesson. 

 Blog 8

-For the web design assignment I learned a great deal. Some of it was more technical things like formatting certain sections. As well as being able to learn the more technical steps to be able to easily type and set up things the way I want without the trial and error aspect. I also learned more about embedding links, like the google calendar. I have found it difficult because in the past I just include a clickable link but actually embedding it seems an easier route but more complicated step-wise. Also, it has helped me further my ability to navigate Canva and digital design.

-https://mrsklunesclass.weebly.com/

-I'm still learning how to navigate Diigo. But from my experience, I have found it very useful to help connect not only teachers to their students when it comes to resources and work but allow the students to connect on things they learn and share resources and ideas in an easy way. This is set up very similarly to a social media platform which is nice because it already is somewhat familiar to students who are very informed about social media, which in this generation it is very very common.

-Teachers are adapting to new teaching techniques every day as new technology is developed and created. And one main way they help keep up with the curve is to rely on each other. So doing platforms similar to this as blogs, or writing articles about new resources. So one resource would be the website teachers pay teachers, which share lesson plans as well as worksheets and can include new websites with modules and other resources. Here is an example of an article sharing websites and resources for teachers to use.

-https://www.edapp.com/blog/20-free-teacher-tools/