Daily Dose of Asia

Diigo is useful for classroom settings that have daily discussion and do research. I learned how to annotate directly from a website. The annotations and notes made go to a thread that anyone in the group can see which is very useful. This is a very useful website.  The first level, knowledge, is needed to start the PowerPoint. You need knowledge to begin that assignment. C omprehension is needed to do research and apply the information to each slide. A pplication is using the information you collected and putting it into words on each slide. A nalysis is knowing where to put the information on each slide such as titles and pictures. Evaluation is revising your PowerPoint and making sure all the information is correct. Create is presenting the presentation and showing it off to others.  Teachers see technology as integral to education and want to use it. Using technology such as, Chromebooks or tablets in the classroom gives students the digital skills they...

Using Twitter has been fun and informative. I have not used Twitter for educational purposes before now and it's cool to see the different groups dedicated to education. I have been using Twitter for personal entertainment for a couple years now so there was not much for me to learn in terms of maneuvering the site. I will continue to use Twitter and learn more about it as time progresses.  Doing the Web Design assignment as super fun. As I stated in a previous post, I have been making websites for fun for awhile. I did stop for awhile but this class made me remember how fun it was. Creating a teaching persona was fun and a good learning experience for what I have to do later in education. I can add more visuals and information to make the site more interactive.  Check out my site here ! Assistive and adaptive technology is used to help those with disabilities access the internet better. They are resources that are added on to make the ...

This school has a tab for the teachers that have created websites for their students. The webpages have links leading to the page. On one of the teacher pages you can find their classroom schedules as a reminder for their students. They also have modes of contacting them. There are multiple tabs that can help students know what their next assignment is. It gives a schedule for tests or assessments that may come up that the teacher knows is coming up in advance.  These teachers had websites for grades 9-12.  Link to school website: http://www.ptsd.k12.pa.us/TeacherPages1.aspx I plan to use technology in my classroom as much as possible. I believe technology is very important in education. It can elevate the mind and have children thinking more about something. Writing and doing work on paper is very beneficial in the growth of a student, they should know how it feels to write a 2000 word paper by hand and feel the ache of writing for so long. It build character and "pr...