Hayden's Blog

A few common elements that I see in multiple teacher pages is class overviews and contact information. The most important information that can be on a teachers website in contact information so the parents and students know how to reach the teacher. This can help parents be informed on what's happening in class and lets students know how to reach the teacher if they ever need to reach them outside of the classroom. One example of a website I looked at was my high school's website:  largo-hs . One of the most useful uses of technology that a teacher can use are finding other teachers online and helping students with their assignments. Finding other teachers online that are trying to teach a similar subject can be very useful to a new teacher who is unsure of everything that goes into a lesson plan. More experienced educators can provide their lesson plans and advice to young educators looking to become better teachers. Students can also be more engaged with a lesson if technolog...

 I really enjoyed my visit to the Tech Sandbox. I thought the technologies used in the sandbox were super cool and could be very helpful to a teacher trying to understand their students better. My favorite activity in the sandbox was the numbers 00-99 game. It was a real challenge and I think if I understood what the results said about the mind, I think the game would be a wonderful insight into students mind and also be a fun game for everyone to try and compare. The lady at the sandbox gave me a lot of good information on what that game is used for and how it tracks mental progress. One standard that I found on CPALMS relating to technology is exploring the impact of technology on daily life. I do not believe I am at the skill set required to properly teach this lesson. Due to my age, I do not remember a time when electronic technology didn't exist. My whole life has been affected by technology, but I do not know how it would be different. I would need to learn a lot more about e...

 I have enjoyed the blogging process so far. It makes me reflect on what I have learned in this class in a simple way and isn't too challenging of assignment. It is also a very free assignment without a lot of restrictions, making my writing feel very free. There hasn't been anything that I haven't liked about blogging. I also think it is a great resource to use when I am an educator. It is one place to see all of my students writing and it could be fun for them to design their own blog and edit it as they see fit. I am very skeptical about using AI in the classroom. I know it has many benefits and many potential great uses, but I want my students to write all of their own papers. As an English teacher, AI has limited uses in a classroom. They will have to read books on their own and write their own material. Once I learn more about AI, I will feel better about using it in the classroom. I asked AI a lot of questions, and the more I asked, the better the response from AI. T...

 So far, expanding my Personal Learning Network has been very helpful. I followed many high school English teachers for ideas on lesson plans, classroom designs, and how to better communicate to students. It is beneficial to me to see teachers loving their job and staying creative while teaching their students. Sometimes, I get frightful that I might not be a great teacher and I my students won't be engaged with my teachings, but the other English teachers make me feel more confident in my teachings and inspire me to always be learning alongside my students. My school that I attended K-8 was pretty digitally poor. There was 0 Chromebook carts the first 3 years of opening, with more and more being added throughout the years. There was one computer lab with enough computers for one class and not every teacher had a smart board/projector when the school first opened. My kindergarten year was the first year the school opened, so they were not super prepared for a large amount of studen...

 Since copyright can be such a confusing subject with a system that pretty much goes by a case by case ruling, I would make sure to teach copyright very early in the year. This why, if any issues arise where students may need a license or need to cite someone properly, the lesson would have already happened, and the process can be much smoother because of it. Another benefit of teaching copyright early in the year is that the subject matter is not high-intensity. Although it can be confusing, students won't get worn out if that lesson is taught early in the year. I would probably teach it very similarly to how I was taught; first going over each symbol and title, then going into an example of using one and how to get one yourself. I am still confused on one thing: if someone tries to use an image that does not have a Creative Commons license attached, how are we supposed to credit the creator? My chosen issue is lack of funding, as I have had experiences at schools where there is a...