Ms.G Blog

 The teacher development program I chose to shorten the link of offers online salary advancement courses for teachers K-12. You can do it at your own pace and pay for it over time. It is designed especially for lane change and salary advancement.  shortened link: http://bit.ly/3Z5iweZ 

 From working on my classroom website, I feel as though I learned a lot. I usually get really intimidated by bigger projects like this, but I used my resources to my advantage and worked on it over a period of time and really built it up to my liking, something I am really proud of. I never knew you could add a calendar or a map to a website, so learning how to do that felt very accomplished and elevated my website to the next level. I think this is a great resource for teachers to utilize because you can reach parents directly and update the website on your own terms with new updates so parents stay up to date. Especially with younger students who forget to tell their parents things and lose fliers/handouts that get sent home, it is great for them to have their own personal access to important information and upcoming events.  I have always thought QR codes were a super fun and convenient way to add some technological fun to classroom activities. I think I would incorporate t...

 

 I have personally had a great time blogging! It is nice to honestly reflect on all the new skills I am learning, write about my personal past with technology, and set goals for my future abilities. Some of the prompts we have to follow are a little difficult because I am unfamiliar with some of the materials so I have to catch myself up before I can start my blog posts, but it has been very enlightening. I love to journal and have my own personal one because I like to write my thoughts and feelings, so getting to incorporate that aspect into this class and the new skill set I am trying to acquire is super fun, even if it is a little challenging.   One Web 2.0 tool I see myself using when teaching is Flipgrid. I know of this tool because I used it during online school when COVID-19 hit. My biology teacher used it because she wanted to keep students interactive with the lesson, which is exactly what Flipgrid does. It allows teachers to make a PowerPoint presentation so the...

I am familiar with the CPALMS website because I used it in an education course last year to make a lesson plan, but I did not realize they included technology-based standards. I recognize the importance of incorporating technology into the curriculum and found a standard that I could see being used in a kindergarten or first-grade classroom such as my own. The standard SC.1.HS.1.2 is "Explain the need for adult permission before using a network-capable device. This is such an important standard for the age I want to teach because these kids simply do not know any better when it comes to technology. They get excited and click on anything and everything they see, which in this day and age is actually really dangerous. There are elements to the internet that should not be exposed to such young children, and making sure kids ask a trusted adult before getting access to the internet ensures that they will only be seeing things online that are beneficial and appropriate. With all the te...

Copyright and fair use are a huge deal and only continue to become bigger as you move further and further on throughout your education. I have seen tons of kids get in trouble for plagiarizing and turning in work that is not theirs, especially with the growth and takeover of AI and ChatGPT. I plan to teach kindergarten, so I do not anticipate having problems with plagiarism, unoriginal work, copyright, or fair use. I do anticipate having issues with parents doing children's homework for them. To prevent this from happening, all the "homework" I give, which will be nearly nothing because of their age, will be on paper and personal so that I will be able to tell if the kids did it themselves. If I taught older grades, I would give children a warning in private first before going to suspension or expulsion because my teaching philosophy prioritizes correcting and helping children over reprimanding them.  In my future classroom, I do fear that decreased productivity will be a...