Blog Journal 3
My interests right now are mainly in teaching kindergarten and they only have ELA standard to reach. The standard is "exploring a variety of digital tools" to help them write and publish works and collaborating with peers. I don't think this standard will be very difficult because I feel kindergartners are usually excited to use new technology to create projects and share them. The "in combination with others" might be a little challenging because I feel every student would want to create their own project, but teaching the importance of collaboration and sharing ideas might help combat that. I think this standard gives them a good basis for the technology that is available for their future. It introduces then to typing on a keyboard, and with the use of the SmartBoard, they can interact on a large screen for their peers to see and everyone can benefit. The SmartBoard might requires some leaning on my part thought because I have never really had experience with one. An online story book creator is a tool in the standard and it can help the students use their imagination and publish/share it with peers in a way that everyone can understand. I'm sure the program is teacher and student friendly. The program "paint" is also listed as a technology and I also like this one because of the use of their imagination and the ability to create what ever they want. On paint, there are some more advanced features, but I think the students will be able to adapt.
When looking in the Grade K toolkit, I really liked the lesson plan aspect of it and how teachers can use the whole lesson or take certain aspects and make it their own. The lesson plans include fun, inclusive, creative activities that can be tweaked to a teachers liking and are easy to follow and see what standard they address. There are over 330 math lesson plans so the ideas for teachers are endless and I can see myself using this resources in the future. I really like how there are even lesson plans and resources for subjects of dance and music, even if they might be limited in number. There are some subjects that don't have any resources listed but the standards are there to review, helping teachers stay on track of what is to be taught.
In the recent Newsletter Design assignment, I had to show that I was proficient in the skills that I was taught. Some of the basic stuff like changing font, adding pictures and bullet points I had already known, but creating page and section boarders and forming columns was new to me and opened my mind to using Microsoft Word more rather than Google Docs. Now, one of my favorite things is to use the page and section boarders or shading cause I think it can really highlight important information. When creating the newsletter, sometimes the formatting didn't work out how I was intending but with tweaking and maneuvering things, eventually I got it set up how I want and it turned out quite eye pleasing. Next time, I would try to add more kid friendly images like animations and or drawings of stuff relevant to the newsletter so it is more kid friendly, now that I have figured out I really enjoy kindergarten. I'm quite grateful for this assignment because instead of just being shown the skills and storing them for later, I actually got to practice using them in a realistic way that I will most likely use in my future career, like a newsletter.
When looking in the Grade K toolkit, I really liked the lesson plan aspect of it and how teachers can use the whole lesson or take certain aspects and make it their own. The lesson plans include fun, inclusive, creative activities that can be tweaked to a teachers liking and are easy to follow and see what standard they address. There are over 330 math lesson plans so the ideas for teachers are endless and I can see myself using this resources in the future. I really like how there are even lesson plans and resources for subjects of dance and music, even if they might be limited in number. There are some subjects that don't have any resources listed but the standards are there to review, helping teachers stay on track of what is to be taught.
In the recent Newsletter Design assignment, I had to show that I was proficient in the skills that I was taught. Some of the basic stuff like changing font, adding pictures and bullet points I had already known, but creating page and section boarders and forming columns was new to me and opened my mind to using Microsoft Word more rather than Google Docs. Now, one of my favorite things is to use the page and section boarders or shading cause I think it can really highlight important information. When creating the newsletter, sometimes the formatting didn't work out how I was intending but with tweaking and maneuvering things, eventually I got it set up how I want and it turned out quite eye pleasing. Next time, I would try to add more kid friendly images like animations and or drawings of stuff relevant to the newsletter so it is more kid friendly, now that I have figured out I really enjoy kindergarten. I'm quite grateful for this assignment because instead of just being shown the skills and storing them for later, I actually got to practice using them in a realistic way that I will most likely use in my future career, like a newsletter.
Yes, sections and boarders are great ways to highlight information. A lot of projects and assignments in this class is designed to be opportunities for you to test out/ showcase your style.
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