Sara's Blog

      I made a infographic on Theodore Roosevelt. This could be used in a history class focusing on US history. I think it would work better in a higher elementary grade or middle school because it does not go too into detail on Roosevelt but enough to where it would be helpful with the curriculum they're learning in these grades. I used Piktochart to make my infographic and I found it pretty easy to use.

      As a teacher, I would use data collection to see what activities the kids enjoyed the most or it could be used as a practice test so teachers can go through and see what questions the students were struggling with. I think this would be most beneficial in middle school because I do not think elementary students do not have as much access to computers and high school students could use it but at that point they should be responsible for reviewing on their own or with the materials already provided. I think tools, such as Excel, would be more beneficial for the teacher to use for grades. I have also had a professor use Excel to make a formula so you could add in your test scores to see what you would need on the final to make a certain grade in the class. I found that super helpful as a student.       When looking at my classmates' blogs, I mostly looked at what they did for the ILPs and their post that include screenshots of other projects. I like see...

       A flipped classroom is when the students watch lectures or read the material at home as homework so when they come to class, they spend that time doing worksheets and other assignments. This way they can ask the instructor any questions they may have while doing the assignments. I think this is a really great way to help kids do well in class but I do not think they retain the information the same way they would if they were in class for the lecture. I retain information best when I am in class learning because usually the instructor gets the students involved with the lesson.       Open educational resources, or OERs, are materials for teaching that are free for teachers to use as they want. These materials can be changed to meet the teacher's needs or shared with others. I found a blog online that is pro OERs. This blog discusses how OERs can be very useful for those who do not get a lot of funding.       I thought I already ...

      I really liked Diigo. It reminds me of JStor but you get to share the links you find with other people. Diigo could be helpful for teachers to share links and blogs with other teachers. It could also be used by students who are working on a group project. I think Diigo is better than JStor because you can use any source with it. With JStor, you can only have the sources they have on their site.      Power Point would be really helpful in higher math classes if you are trying to incorporate each level of Bloom's Taxonomy. I would structure it so a student would begin with a math problem and then based on what answer they get, it would lead them to different slides. The with the right answer would show them they are correct and show them the process they should have used to get there. There would then be different answers students may have gotten if they made the common mistakes made while working out that problem. That slide would show them where they...

      Two PLNs I like are Pinterest and Facebook . I like Pinterest because it is a great way to save a bunch of ideas you find online that you would like to incorporate into your classroom. You can save these ideas privately or you can make public boards so other people can see what ideas you find. Pinterest also allows you to make boards where more than one person can add things to it, so if you have to work together on something you can start a Pinterest board with everyone. Facebook is really great because you can start different groups for different topics. For example, you can have a group for all the teachers that teach the same grade level but then you can have another group for the teachers that teach the same subject and grade level.