MDonofrio: EME 2040

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...

This semester was the first time I ever used Twitter. At first, it was confusing- I did not really understand how it worked (I'm used to Instagram). I still have not downloaded the app on my phone, so I am still just using it on my laptop. This might be causing a problem because I forget about it because 1) It is something I've never used before and 2) I do not have it with me always like my other social media apps. Slowly, though I am figuring it out. I have been following education accounts and other education adjacent people.  I am not completely sold on the idea that it is super beneficial as an educator. I can see why some people would like it to get simplified news about things they are interested in. For me, I am too new to Twitter that I do not rely on it for news like I do other sources. In the future, I don't see myself using Twitter past this semester, so I can't answer the question about how it would be helpful to me as an educator in my classroom.  Ear...

On the Instructional Technology (ELA tech standards) website, I focused on the high school grade levels. Both the 9th-10th and 11th-12th grade standards expressed the need for students to understand many media platforms and how to utilize them in the classroom setting. I feel prepared to teach my students how to responsibly use the internet, respond digitally to texts, and create documents or presentations on platforms such as word, powerpoint, and more.  In the CPALMS Educator Toolkit for the high school level, I found the area I would most like to teach in the English Language Development section. This section listed five tools aimed at helping English Language learners "communicate information, ideas and concepts necessary for academic success" in the languages of mathematics, language arts, science, social studies, and social and instructional purposes. The English Language Arts section offered more resources such as grammatical help, like proper punctuation, and...