MDonofrio: EME 2040

Using Diigo, I learned about another way to interact with other people of similar interests in the technological world. I learned how to bookmark a website and save it to certain different groups. I learned how to highlight and make notes for myself on articles that I found interesting. Diigo can be useful in the classroom because it is a helpful space to keep track of certain articles teachers find interesting and useful for their subjects. It is also helpful for students who need a space to keep track of articles and websites they might need for certain classes or projects. Other than that, Diigo is another great space to interact and share thoughts and ideas with people around the world.  PowerPoint is a tool that can be used in so many different instances. It is mostly used in learning environments (aka: classrooms, meetings, lectures). One tool, called Bloom's Taxonomy, is an idea that is used to analyze the level of learning and understanding a student receives from cer...

ILP 2: Digitech Some of the assignments we are required to complete in Educational Technology are called “independent learning projects,” or ILP’s for short. Over the course of the semester, students are asked to complete two ILP’s, choosing from the options of ‘participation,’ ‘design,’ and ‘tech tool box.’ The teacher also offered the option of visiting the Digitech event held in the Innovation Hub and writing about it and some of the items on display. I chose to visit the Innovation Hub and experience Digitech. Digitech is an event held by FSU which features an exhibition where students and faculty can come and experience many different kinds of technological tools. According to the Digitech website, this year was its eighth year of exhibiting new and exciting technologies. Today, when I visited the event, I saw a lot of very different types of technological tools. Some were classroom friendly, others had very different purposes, but they all were aimed at cre...

So far, my experience on twitter has not been the most exciting. I have not found my space with twitter yet, meaning I just do not like it. I usually forget to visit my twitter account, mostly because I do not have the app on my phone, and when I do remember I tend to become confused and get lost.  A couple of weeks ago, we had an assignment in EME2040 that asked us to create a web page for a fictional class. I chose to create a website for a fourth grade class. I included a school calendar, a class calendar, blog posts/class announcements, and links to other educational websites. I liked using weebly to create my website. Although I felt the work was tedious, I enjoyed the ease of creating a site on a page with a helpful template.  Next time, I will try to make the font easier to read. I noticed that the first page of the website is tricky to read because the background and the white font clashes. I will definitely use websites like this in the future when I am a teacher,...

In order to analyze a school website, I visited my high school's web page,  bfhsla.org . I searched around and looked at what the school chose to show off on their public page. On the home page, the school announcements and a list of upcoming events are shown, along with a link to a full calendar and a list of awards the school has received in the recent past. At the top of the page is where the links to other information is found. Under the "About Us" tab, there is a link to view faculty and staff information. This page has the faculty and staff listed in alphabetical order with their names, school email, and a short (three word max) description of their position in the school. Not much information is given about the staff. When I'm a teacher, I plan to use my own website to keep my students and their parents informed. I will post the class documents and homework on my website so that my students always know what is going on in class and what they need to pr...

Google Classroom ILP #1 VoiceThread For this project, we were asked to choose between two project types: Design and Participation. I chose the design portion where I explained how Google Classroom works and why it is beneficial to use in the classroom setting. I signed up for GC and made an example class to show how the features work. I made topics and posted homework and tests and quizzes. Then I took screen shots and posted them to my voice thread. In my voice thread, I explained each image and how to use the settings on GC. Above are the links to google classroom and the link to my ILP VoiceThread.

I just recently signed up for Diigo through my educational technology class. I had never used it before, but it was not difficult to figure out. All I had to do was download the chrome extension and find articles to bookmark and annotate. I like how easy it is to use. I did not have to ask for help in figuring out how the functions work. I discovered very quickly how to highlight information and make comments about it. Having this tool is very beneficial for keeping track of important articles for the classroom. I often find that my bookmarked websites get lost in google chrome and I have lots of trouble finding important sources. Diigo offers a space to put any necessary articles in one easy-to-access place. The only downside to Diigo that I can think of is how specific it is. Diigo's specific use is for the classroom: teachers and students sharing (or just saving) websites and articles for class. This is not necessarily a bad thing- it just makes its purpose more narrow.  This...