Digital Badge H - Chapter 10

This week I chose three concepts that are resources that I have come in contact with before. I chose word cloud, writing process, and accommodations. Word cloud interested me a lot and were often very fun in school. I was not expose to them very often, but when I was I found them to be very helpful. We would usually do a word cloud on a vocabulary word, and to that we would add the definition, a picture, and an example. This made all of the words that we focused on really come to life and allow them to stick in our minds better. The writing process is a concept that i could have figured would be found in the book. Honestly, I hated the writing process in school. In often frustrated me, but I hope to be able to incorporate it into my class in a way that makes it more fun. I want them to realize how helpful the writing process is, and that it will cause them to give in their best papers and pieces, instead of things that are thrown together. Lastly, I found the word accommodation. I think that this word was really just something that reminded me that I will always have to make accommodations. I really want to be able to pay attention to my students and know when they have a need for accommodations. I hope to always find fun and educational ways to accommodate my students to ensure their success and so that they can reach their full potential. https://magic.piktochart.com/output/3089941-digital-badge

Badge G - Chapter 6

Chapter 6 discovers many types of technology in the classroom. The first concept that I read about is virtual school. I understand this concept because I took part in a virtual school class while I was in high school. I think that virtual school is a great set up for students who homeschooling, or need to be able to work at a pace that is more comfortable for them. My teacher was very involved and made my experience very positive, and if I needed extra attention in a certain area, then I was given more time for my assignments to be completed. I would recommend virtual school for home school group, as well as teachers who would like to be a teacher but cannot devote themselves to an every day classroom. I would love to learn more about how to do this myself one day! The next concept that I found interesting was lesson plan websites. I can imagine that these sorts of websites would become very convenient, especially for new teachers. I hope to be exposed to them as well, because i think that they would help me add variety in my classroom lessons. The last term that was completely new for me. Information management, according to the book "is a business term generally used to describe how organizations and systems keep track of date for making decisions and setting policies" (Maloy, Verock-O'Loughlin, Edwards, Woolf, p.133). I am sure that in the classroom, this will be helpful for me and all teachers so that we can keep all of our technology that we use. By having organization it will help us keep everything in line and have a better flow in the classroom. These things will not only be useful for teachers, but they will benefit our students as well. TRY THE QUIZ!

Digital Badge F- Chapter 8

This week I chose three concepts that I would really like to use in my future classroom. The concept social media, was listed in our book. The book concluded that social medias "are electronic tools that use computers and the Internet to make possible rapid exchange of information between people"(Maloy et al.,2014. I think that if some way I could incorporate social medias to my future students, it would help them stay more engaged in our class topics. Also, it may be a way to reach my students throughout the summer, and even be a reference for them to come back to in the future. Class website was discussed in chapter 8 as well, and I would love to have a class website. It would be convenient for students to get on the class website and see what their homework is for the night or even so that their parents can see what students are doing in the class. The last concept that I found was asynchronous communications. I would like to make asynchronous communication more available between my students and me. I hope to make it known that email and blog discussions are made for them to be able to reach me when they have questions. I hope to be able to present all of these concepts in my classroom so that I can better communicate to my students, and help them better succeed in my class. http://linoit.com/users/tcorbitt/canvases/Chapter%208