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I constructed this infographic using a template from the website shown above, called Venngage. This website where I got the template from is my only source because all the information in the infographic came from myself. This is my first time using Venngage and creating an infographic ever so it was interesting to discover all of the different design options. This infographic that I created is intended to be hung in a classroom setting as a guideline for the expectations of that class. To preview the infographic click on the link below. https://infograph.venngage.com/p/361952/5-happy-tips

As a teacher, I will use excel to calculate grades for a fourth grade classroom, rather than a pen and paper spreadsheet. I would also use excel for attendance to see who was in class and who wasn't and how many absences or tardies a certain child has. Excel calculates that type of stuff without the teacher, me, having to do any of the calculations or counting by hand. Through my classmates' blogs I learned how they viewed the class and how they decided to attack these blog assignments. The most interesting part was looking at everybody's first ILP because there were so many different directions that this project could've gone and it was interesting to see how everybody handled it. I also found it interesting to see all the different tools that my classmates would use in the teaching environment through the Teacher Productivity blogs because everybody has a different teaching style and it is fun to see what type of teachers my classmates will be. I would like to maste...

Classrooms are typically set up where the students learn the content from a teacher in the class and go home and work more on it by themselves through homework. A flipped classroom is when the students learn the content at home through a video presentation and come to the classroom for interactive and discussion purposes only. This flipped classroom idea gives students a chance to talk more with their classmates, rather than spend the whole school day listening to their teacher lecture. For an example of some educational videos click  here . Open education, open content, and open source software are all examples of how students can do things by themselves as long as they have access to a computer and the Internet. Open education, including MOOCs, is a way for students to expand their knowledge online with extra learning opportunities. Open content is a way for people and students to get together and collaborate on a certain topic because it is open online. And open source software...

Today I learned that most professional development tools for educators are the programs or conferences they can participate in. I learned how expansive Edutopia is and how much information they have available for teachers, because before I only knew Edutopia as a twitter account. Looking through my classmates' bookmarks I learned that there are places to sign up for these conferences online. I also learned from Ms. Ginny that teachers need a certain amount of professional development to continue teaching, which is why today's lesson is so important.

Last week I learned that adaptive technologies are technologies that aid students with disabilities so they can keep up with the rest of the class. Through my own efforts I learned that other people can learn from adaptive technologies, not just the students with disabilities, because the teachers also have to know how to use the technology and the other students learn how to behave when they have a classmate with a disability. The group presentations taught me that there are many different adaptive technologies for different disabilities (reading, writing, etc.). The group presentations also displayed that there are tools that can be used to help students with disabilities and students without disabilities alike, such as concept mapping tools. Through my classmates' diigo bookmarks I learned that there is a huge array of adaptive technologies which is something that is nice in today's world because it gives more people the same opportunities. I also learned that most adaptive ...

Adaptive technologies have helped teacher development and student development because they help students with disabilities learn the same lessons as students without disabilities. I haven't needed, nor have my classmates needed, the assistance of adaptive technologies such as a text-to-speech machine or a braille typewriter. These technologies are very helpful in allowing the student with the disability to keep up with the rest of the class who may not have a disability, however there are challenges to these new technologies. Most of these challenges come from determining the right technology to apply to a student with disabilities, then learning how to use that technology (both the teacher and the student). Technology has enabled more interesting learning opportunities for teachers because of the activities that bring teachers together online through social bookmarking, blogs, and Twitter. As a teacher, Powerpoint is a necessary tool to have in the classroom and to understand how...