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Looking Back.. Looking Ahead: EDU 776 An "In Conclusion" to All that I have Learned in Integrating Technology Photo Source:  https://www.okcps.org/domain/106 What I Learned:  To be honest, when I signed up to take this class I thought, "what more could I learn about technology?  Dear Dominican, why do I have to take this to be a teacher?"  Well, how naive was I to think that!  Turns out I knew little.  In fact, I didn't know anything that was incorporated into this class.   I learned many new things each week in this 8 week course.   I learned that technology may not be as hard as it sounds. I learned how to blog and the importance of blogging.   I learned about different technological frameworks when it comes to education.   I learned about several different trends in educational technology.   I learned what a digital space map was...and I also learned that I need to increase mine! I le...

Article Review:  A Guidebook for Social Media in the Classroom by, Vicki Davis Click Here to read the article Photo Source: Edutopia Article Linked Above  Article Review: Read it, link it, discuss it I chose to read the article,  A Guidebook for Social Media in the Classroom by, Vicki Davis for a few different reasons.  I have discussed my love for edutopia in previous posts, so that struck my interest.  I also was drawn to this article because I do not have my own classroom YET , so I want to make sure that when I do I am prepared for all forms of educational technology.  I also went into reading this article with some background knowledge in personal social media, but not a lot of experience in using social media within the classroom. Let's Jump Right In.... Vicki Davis peaks interest in starting this article with a quick quiz.  The question is, "Is social media relevant?"  It asks questions like, 1. Should we teach lette...

Personal Learning Network: Twitter My Twitter: What I Learned in Four Weeks on Twitter Image Source: Twitter @teachergoals So to be completely transparent, I jumped on the twitter bandwagon when it came out years ago, and deleted it after a few months because I was only using it as a tool to complain.  After my fours weeks using Twitter as a personal learning network I learned that I was using twitter in ALL the wrong ways the first time.  What an amazing tool it can be when it is used for personal and professional learning.  It is essentially a sound boarding tool for educators to collaborate, communicate, and educate.  When I was first given this task, I was nervous about participating in a twitter chat because I had never heard of it (what kind of Millennial am I?).  I quickly found that twitter chats are almost hourly occurrences if you follow the right people.  Overall I found educational resources, advocates, teachers, mento...

Web 2.0 Tool: Flipgrid Image Source:  Itunes Application Store Introduction: Web 2.0...what does that mean?  To me that means an application, not website, that utilizes technology as a tool to help users.  I was recently given the assignment to learn more about a tool that I did not know much about.  After reviewing tools like Seesaw, Explain Everything, and Padlet, I remembered a tool that really excited my educational spirit.  I discovered flipgrid in the summer of 2018 when I took a graduate class that highlighted Secondary Education Strategies for a more inclusive classroom environment.  It intrigued me because I thought it was a great way for a teacher to hear from EVERY student.  My professor used it as an exit ticket.  He asked us to describe a learning strategy that we could see ourselves using in the future.  It really made me think about what we had discussed in class and what I had read.  Flipgrid is a tool that I...

Stats that Stand Out & What That Means For Education Recently, technology has been at the forefront of my thoughts when thinking about education and the future of education.  Technology has opened up many doors when it comes to teaching.  It gives students a voice, it gives students resources, it gives students an opportunity to connect, and it gives students another domain to learn.   Here is a crazy thought, but......BOOKS, yes books, used to provide the same thing!   Photo Source (also a related article):  Neat Today This week I was given the resources to find statistics involving Educational Technology Research, and the statistics that I found were not only shocking, but also provided large implications to the future of teaching.  The resource that I used is called Project Tomorrow Speak Up. Click here to be directed to the website. This report is a great tool for educators because it gathers data directly related to technol...

What is Active Learning? Active learning is an approach to instruction and lesson creation that involves actively engaging students with content through many different methods.  This approach allows students to be responsible for their learning whereas in passive learning (lectures) it puts more responsibility and guidance on the teacher. Active learning approaches place a greater degree of responsibility on the learner which allows for intrinsic motivation to blossom in the classroom. Photo Credit: Google Search What is Active Learning? Active Learning Activity: Greetings From Room 211! Personal Photo from Padlet Summary: We were broken into partners (see my partners blog post ) and given a classroom activity that we then had to create a padlet for.  Before I go any further, padlet is an interactive website that allows several users to create an online bulletin board.  Their slogan is "The Easiest Way to Create Collaboration."  Click here...