technology with keeks

I learnt that there are so many different websites that can help with professional development.  We were able to see websites that were specific to certain grades and some that were open to all grades.  Its amazing to see how many resources teachers, students, and even parents have. By viewing the bookmarks and annotations of others I was able to see all the different website that could be used for professional development.  Things such as linkedin, discovery education, even crayola.  There were a lot of opportunities for help that I may not have noticed if someone didn't comment on or bookmark them!

Adaptive technologies are used to support learners.  Its helps them be able to learn while overcoming whatever disabilities they may.  Some very interesting technologies for reading are the recorded books, electronic texts, or scan/read systems.  The recorded books provide audio versions of books.  It allows a book to be read to you if you are not able to read the words yourself.  The electronic texts is a text book that is non visual.  The scan/read system allows you to scan any work document and changes it to a digital display.  As you can see there are many different options.  The offer options for reading, writing and so many other things.  They really make learning capable for all students You can use power point to explain many things according to Bloom's Taxonomy.  For create, you can design new pieces of work an produce new work.  For evaluate, you can show the different sides of an argument and see the support for a pro an...

I've had a really good experience with twitter so far!  I have been able to keep up to date on what exactly is happen in the education world.  I see posts from Florida State, The county school district and basically anything I want to see.  Its nice using twitter because you have the optional to follow anyone you want.  For instance, if you are only interested in what's going on in Seminole county public schools ten you can just follow the Seminole county public school twitter.  I've learned that it is super easy to stay in the know when you have a twitter.  It helps you stay up to date on what's going on which is a huge benefit.  So far I've experienced no difficulties.  Its a super easy program to work and understand. The web page design project I super interesting.  I'm getting to learn how to do so many different things like designing and editing my own website.  It actually still in the works of being completed so I can't pos...

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Contrast  The website is black writing on a white background so its just very simple.  She didn't feel the need to use multiple colors or creative boarders. Repetition  Yes.  She used the same font, font size, and color throughout the website.  This provides a clear and neat representation of her website.  Alignments Yes.  The information on the website is all left- justified.  This allows everything to look uniformed. Proximity  Yes.  The pictures provided on the website are organized and non scattered.  Also, the information on the website is organized depending on the topic and page.   Check out the website below! https://sites.google.com/a/lymeschool.org/lymemrsd/ Kiana Stino and Kelly Kieth 

The Lyme School has a link for class pages.  It shows an online library, computer lab, encyclopedias, and class links.  Its organizes the links from grades K-8th and separate spots for electives such as language and health.  I decided to look into the PE/Health online class website.  The teachers name is Mrs. Damren.  Her page has a short introduction about herself and about her two classes ( physical education and health education).  She has a link about "whats happening".  It gives a description of what we would do depending on our age and day and lists the amount of town and what topics we would work on.  She also has another page about different assignments.  It lists the homework assignments for the class and the due dates.  Here is the link for her specific link and for the school link. https://sites.google.com/a/lymeschool.org/lymemrsd/ http://www.lymeschool.org/classPages.html I really do believe I will use technology in th...

I think a blog is a very important web 2.0 tool to use.  It allows the class to connect with each other on a site that is monitored by a teacher.  It allows you to publishing different things that you wrote and others can view and comment on it.  Its a great way to get involved with the other students in your class with out just writing on paper.  One tool that I don't feel is very helpful is twitter.  I feel this site has just been taken over by teens as a " fun" social media website and not as an education social media website.  Its very hard for a teacher to monitor exactly what all her students post on this website.  There is also a lot of room to message and view other peoples profiles that they shouldn't be.   One tool I think I will use is Kahn academy.  It a website that helps you review different topics and sub topics.  There are learning activities, games, study guides, the possibilities are endless.  Most of this websit...

Twitter is something that is very popular among high school kids.  Just like any other social media site, twitter is a way to communicate with others and keep up to date on what exactly is happening with certain people.  I personally interact with friends and family through twitter.  It allows me to see whats happen in their life without actually being there with them.  Its very beneficial to me because I am able to communicate with friends I don't live near.  A lot of the time we have family and friends that move through out there life time.  Social media allows you to stay up to date on whats happening with people near you and distant from you. The digital divide describes the gap between people who do and don't have access to internet and computers.  The digital divide affects society majorly.  A student growing up using internet may have more background knowledge on computers and feel more confident in using technology.  This creates a ...