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Before looking at LMS/Schoology I had no idea what it was or when I would use it in the classroom or by myself. I figured it had something to do with learning through technology, but then again everything we talk about in this class is learning through technology. Some things I am curious about is where to use this in the classroom, how to teach the students about it, and if it is easy to understand. I also would like to know if a lot of teachers use this in their classroom on a regular basis. Hopefully through preparing for class and working with classmates I will be able to learn what this is and when to use it.
When I prepared for class I learned what schoology was and all the things you can add when using this website. When I signed up for this I wasn’t sure if I would be able to work on this on my own. Just looking at the website was a little scary, it overwhelmed me. After looking at the videos Helen provided I was able to understand things a bit more and I worked through adding materials to the website. I was able to do the simple things when adding the material. Schoology. "Video: How to Use Schoology as a Teacher." Schoology Support. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Oct. 2015. https://support.schoology.com/hc/en-us/articles/201002663-Video-How-to-use-Schoology-as-a-teacher On this website it shows you a fifteen minute video about how to use Schoology as a teacher. It gives you helpful tips and shows you how to use it if you are not sure how. I think this is a good website because if you are new to the website it can help you with showing you hands on. It can give you good advice and show you different ways you can use the website that you never thought you could use. Teachers Hub. "Schoology: A Learning Management System Overview." TeachHUB. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Oct. 2015. http://www.teachhub.com/schoology-learning-management-system-overview On this website it tells you what the definition of schoology is, what advantages there are by using this, and helpful tips for people. This website even says how it is a Learning Management System (LMS). Since we are talking about LMS I thought this would be a good website to use. I think this website is good because it gives you an actual definition of what schoology is. It shows you multiple ways this is a good thing to use in the classroom. And also it gives you limitations when using this and helpful tips while using this website. Things I learned in class this week was how to use the schoology website. Before class I had some things done but did not have them done to the best of my ability. When coming to class we were able to work on it on our own and see how far we could get. During this time we were also able to work with group members. The people in my group were able to help me with what to add and how to make certain materials better on my website. After working through each material in the website I thought it was not as hard as I thought I was. If I were a teacher I would be able to use this to teach my students all different subjects. I learned working together is always better than being stuck by yourself. When one of my classmates looked at my website and took the quiz, it was not available. She was able to help me make it available so people would be able to take the quiz. My understandings and thinking about this topic changed because when I was by myself working on it I thought it was hard. After I worked on it with a small group I did not think it was hard at all. As long as you have the material, you can create anything you would like. The hardest part of this was thinking of what to put on the website to make it look like a teacher would be able to use this. I think working in a group was fun and also helpful. It was helpful because each classmate would give me an idea that would help me figure out the website and how to make it better than it was.
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When I first looked at this topic, I thought to myself “I know what collaboration means but I don’t know what exactly collaboration tools mean.” For some reason I was thinking that maybe this was something like with the chrome books, laptops, and iPads. They are tools that you can use in the classroom that can help you all collaborate together. Some things that I would like to know are when can I integrate these in the classroom and what they are just in general. Also, if they need Wi-Fi how will all my students to able to access them outside of school.
Some things that I learned through preparing for class was actually understanding what collaboration tools are. Looking at the list of websites teachers and students can sign up for, I had never heard of several of them. After clicking on the link and looking at the websites I was able to understand what collaborating tools were. I learned there are multiple different websites that the students can learn from. One of the websites I enjoyed was ThingLink, this website had interesting ways to show students how to learn. Looking at the examples of what one teacher did with South Africa made me want to do this with my future classroom . Tech, Emerging Ed. "Awesome Free Ed Tech Resources EBook!" Emerging Education Technologies RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Oct. 2015. On this website they give you a list of collaboration websites that teachers and students can use during the day. Under each website they give you a description of what each website has to offer. This is a good website because it shows several different websites that a person would never think was a collaboration tool. For instance, Minecraft is considered a collaboration tools. "Collaborative Tools." Cooltoolsforschools -. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Oct. 2015. On this website they present you with a list of collaboration websites that teachers and students can use. This website gives you links to these websites, that way you can go right to the website. Each website has a description of what the website is used for. I believe this is a good website because it gives you multiple different websites and gives you links that go right to them. Some things that I learned in class were how to use the different websites that we signed up for. Although I explored some before class there were a couple of ones that I hadn’t looked at. For example ThingLink, I didn’t have time to explore this website before class and during class one of my classmates showed me what they came up with. I thought ThingLink was a great website to show students information in a special way. The classmate that showed me her ThingLink gave our group great information about how to do certain things. The example she gave was phenomenal is giving student information about seals in California. During our group work we were able to do hands on learning and looking at the websites. We had to look at several different websites and do what our students would do if we had this. It was interesting because each of us had to do something we had never done before. My understanding of this topic changed from the beginning because at first I had no idea what this topic was about. After preparing for class and doing hands on activities in the classroom, I was able to understand most of the websites and what they have to offer. Learning from different group members was helpful because we were able to bounce ideas off of each other and learn how to do different things. Doing hands on showed me how important this is when teaching. When we were in groups and were able to do things on the websites I was able to see how hands on activities can help students learn better. This week was probably the most fun because we were able to interact with groups and interact with websites. Before coming to class this week I had a pretty good idea of what devices you can use in and out of the classroom. A couple of things I knew about devices were the common ones like iPads, laptops, and computers. For example, I volunteered in a classroom and they were able to use iPads during a certain time in the day. Practicing reading, math, and writing. I never went into detail about each of these devices but I knew a few things about them that I would be able to use with students. While going through this topic there were a few things I was curious about, like what happens if students do not have internet at home, how do you know if the students are using it outside of school, and what if it breaks or gets stolen. Although those questions might not be answered during class they are something I am curious about. Things I learned through my preparation for class was learning other devices you can use for your classroom. Also, the resources that were given gave me information about certain devices that were helpful. There were resources that gave me steps to take for implementing a successful device into the classroom. There were resources for using certain devices that would give tips for being successful. "IPads in the Classroom - Kathy Schrock's IPads4teaching." IPads in the Classroom - Kathy Schrock's IPads4teaching. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Oct. 2015. http://www.ipads4teaching.net/ipads-in-the-classroom.html On this website it gives your reasons to use iPads in the classroom and for teaching. It gives you multiple links to other websites that give you information about iPads. Also, this website is great because it gives you apps to download on your iPad. Activities, tutorials, things for special education, classroom resources, video presentations, and slide shows are a few things you can use to find information about iPads. "Apps in the Elementary Classroom." Edutopia. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Oct. 2015. http://www.edutopia.org/blog/apps-elementary-classroom-mary-beth-hertz On this website it gives information about what the role is of apps in the classroom, what it does to bring apps to the classroom, the cost, and resources for educational apps. I believe this website shows you multiple resources and explains why devices in the classroom are good. Things that I learned in class this week was what other devices I can use in the classroom setting, like the chromebook. I learned how much of an impact devices can have on students when learning. Using these devices give the students a different way to practice math, reading, writing, and multiple more subjects. I learned about the advantages and disadvantages about each device that we looked at in class. I learned about what ways a device could be accessed for the classroom and the students. There is a lot of time and money that comes with having these devices in the classroom. The teachers all have to be able to use the device to show the students how to use them. Collaborating with other people is essential when deciding what device to get, why to get it, and will it be useful for the students. |
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