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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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