Final Reflection ITD 645
This ITD course has given me the opportunity to learn several new and interesting application that can be used in and out of the classroom. This course did keep me busy being a summer course, but I learned so much in these eight weeks. For the required group work I had three great people to work with that helped me when I had questions or just needed editing, so thank you Shane, Gina, and Brandon for all your help, and for allowing me to join in your group. Strengths and Weakness Creating this Weebly site was easier than I remember my first Weebly site creation. I no longer fear the words “Blog” or “Weebly.” They are not perfect, but I am proud of the work I created for this class. Lesson plan creation is another one that I do not panic over any more. Because of these type classes, I find I am more curious when I see or read about a possible new educational application for the teachers. I still find that after writing papers or paragraphs, my writing still needs a lot of work, so I think this is my greatest weakness. Working on projects for class, then watching the given examples, I go straight to google to see what information or “helpful” tips I can find to assist me with the project or tool. Not sure if that is actual a weakness, but I lack the confidence to just start the project in fear of making serious mistakes. Not knowing about the Standards is a definite weakness in the fact that I am supposed to be learning how to teach students. Learning them and the purpose behind them is my next endeavor. The Standards, in the last assignment I had not heard of until last semester in one of my spring classes. Having read them, it makes me aware of the responsibility the teacher must teach students the importance of technology and promote it within the classroom whenever possible. My tools: Scoop.it was awesome! I will continue to use this tool for personal use and teach others how to use it for projects or class research. The three boards available on the free version will allow me to use it for my crafting projects, as well as things I would like to share with family and friends. Story writing was a simple story, but something that was not done very much in these classes. Doing the editing of classmate’s papers using Google Docs was equally as easy. I enjoyed reading their stories and getting to contribute pictures and editing text. Presentation power point was one of the projects I enjoyed creating. It will be useful and easy to use as a slide by slide instructional guide for anyone wanting to present information in a compact, but power full display. Power point presentations can be very powerful tools in the classroom when used properly. Edpuzzle makes taking a quiz fun. You can use any video or create your own and insert questions to know if your students are participating and understanding the content of the video. Edpuzzle get a thumbs up from me. Rubric maker was easy. You can create from scratch or use one of the predesigned rubrics. Creating the rubric will assist students and teachers with knowing how well students understand the content being taught or if their content needs updating or improving for the future class. The rubric is the guideline for students to follow to be sure they are learning the content or can follow the requirements for a lesson plan to ensure they are learning the content of the course. Thinglink took a little bit longer to create than I had planned on. There are several good YouTube videos with step-by-step instructions that can guide you on how to create a good project. My project does not have a podcast attached to it, but I want to figure that out and be able to use it in a classroom or even to share with my grandkids. Interactive video was interesting. I had made a movie for a previous class, so this was not difficult to complete. Learning to make movies has many benefits in and out of the classroom. Good project. Enjoyed completing it. Podcast is a great way to get information to students. They can include information that needs to be relayed to students in a simple form. They can be listened to repeatedly and sharing is simple. However, I do not like to make Podcasts, I do not like to hear my own voice in a recording. Padlet was one of the easiest tools to use in this class. Padlet is a drag and drop platform, combined with open design makes it easy for even young students to create boards with their favorite clips, images or video’s. It can be used for personal or class projects. This tool would be used in my classroom Questionnaire/Survey in Google Docs is another one of the easy tools to use. Having completed several for other ITD classes, they can be created quickly, and they are very easy to share. This will be one of the tools used for classroom work for students. Google Docs/Lesson plan creating this semester is always a bit of a challenge for me. Knowing what you want your students to do during their class time alleviates having down time in the class room. Students will already know what the assignments are going to be and can prepare for them accordingly. Course site creation in Weebly has become easier as I continue through the courses for this degree. After completing several sites, I no longer fear seeing Weebly listed on the syllabus. I have learned to make pages and create the content accordingly to make a useful and appealing website. Quizzizz was easy to make, but I had a difficult time figuring out how to share it. This tool will probably be one that would be used in my classroom. Testing my classmates quizzizz’s, I found it was easy to use and can be set to use as homework questions or quiz. Several of the tools we had to use were very easy, while a couple were a little confusing. All were worth the effort to learn so I could complete the required project. Currently, I am not a teacher in a classroom, but when or if I do teach, some of the tools used in this class will end up on my lesson plan. As this is my last ITD, class and looking back on all the courses I have completed, all of them have been packed with valuable information that I plan to use in the future, whether I become a teacher or not. Finally, thank you Dr. Wang for your help and encouragement through these classes.
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