Amanda's Blog

 I visited the Leon County School District website and went through a few of their elementary schools to find teacher websites. I stayed within the K-5 range because that is what I want to teach in the future. I looked through a lot of different class websites for different grade levels, subjects, and schools. One thing I noticed that I really liked was I saw one teacher post math, science, and reading games under student resources. This really stood out to me because I feel it is so important for students to continue their learning at home and this is a way to make that learning fun for children. https://www.leonschools.net/Page/37478  During my field experience last year for my Introduction to Education class I got to see how teachers integrated technology into their classrooms. This gave me a really realistic view of technology in a classroom of younger students and gave me a lot of ideas of things I want to incorporate into my classroom. One of the biggest things I saw use...

 My first experience using Diigo was to highlight an academic article and to bookmark an article to the classroom page. I really liked how if I was to use Diigo in my classroom students can see what other students highlight and annotate, I feel it is very interactive in this way. I don't know if I would ever use the other features in my classroom such as bookmarking an article because I felt it was a little confusing and not really intended for younger students. I am planning on going into elementary education so whether or not to use web based resources like this one will depend a lot on the resources the school has. Will the students each have a computer they have access to? If so, then I feel Diigo would be an asset to the classroom. So far in my blogging process I have liked creating blogs each week with how I am feeling, it is a little similar to journaling in that way. I definitely like having specific prompts each week because I feel like they focus my posts and otherwise I ...

    My early experiences using twitter as a tool in my Personal Learning Network have been beneficial. It is super helpful because educators of all different experiences and ages. It is a little hard because most of that content is not moderated so it may be difficult to weed out what is fake news and what isn't. I do feel it will be helpful in my future career because I can get specific advice from other people in the same field and who may have had the same issues as me. Sometimes it can be hard to get help from people close to you, like people inside your school, so using a platform like Twitter could be a good way to get help if you don't feel comfortable going to someone you already know.      The digital divide affects student success in schools because a lot of standards students have to meet are dependent on technology and they may not have a  socioeconomic background that supports their use for technology. Some causes ...

      I chose the 1st grade LAFS.1.RI.2.5 standard to look at. This standard say that first graders should be able to know and use various text features to locate key details in a text. Text features include things like glossaries, table of contents, headings, and more. Based on my current skill set I do not feel ready to teach this to a classroom full of first graders because while I know I can meet that standard I don't know if I have all the necessary knowledge to teach others how to meet that standard. I think I could teach this with my current skill set but I do feel that I need more school and knowledge to be more successful at it.      I also chose to look at the first grade educator toolkit through the CPALMS website. I looked through the mathematics ones and found many helpful resources, such as lesson plans, activities, and more. While I do feel it is important for teachers to cater their lessons and activities to their classes...

      Copyright is a protection on intellectual property. The purpose of copyright laws is to promote the spreading of knowledge and creativity without worrying about someone stealing your personal work. In order for something to be copyrighted, the work must be original and fixed. This means that the work must demonstrate that it's something new and that it is tangible in the sense that it can be seen or heard. In the education field there are many exemptions, meaning that these works can be used without obtaining permission and it will not violate copyright laws. These exemptions include face-to-face teaching activities, materials that are not copyrightable (ideas, facts, concepts, etc.), materials in the public domain, and fair use. When first learning about copyrighting it can seem overwhelming but once I learned about the exceptions it felt much more bearable. I am planning on developing a lot of my own teaching ideas but I can also use other people's ideas without h...