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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...