Netiquette

Having cyber etiquette is becoming more and more important today as we use technology more especially during school. I expect to have to teach my students about academic integrity and ways to have netiquette when I am a teacher. One of the easiest ways for students to get in trouble is by trying to pass of work as their own, I will explain to my students what plagiarism is and how exactly to avoid it. Another serious issue students will run into online I expect to see while teaching, is cyber bullying which is just as serious the traditionally way people view bullying. Cheating online is much a difficult thing for teachers to catch students do, but it is another netiquette I would expect to teach my students about.

The Two Voices of the ow Spelling Pattern lesson plan notes:

This lesson plan does include some technology that the kids use. Students are asked to use certain websites to "word hunt" for different words that use the "ow" sound and record each word in their notebook. Three websites were recommended in the lesson plan, but after checking all three I found that one didn't work, one was hard to navigate, and the third had a few good examples of poems that used the "ow" sound. I would look into more up to date websites, but I do like the idea of the "word hunt".

I would like to use some technology at the beginning of the lesson when teaching students the difference between "ow" sounds. I would want to show students photos of examples of words that use "ow" sounds. For example, pictures of a cow, a crown, a flower, and an arrow, which we would then separate into the two "ow" sounds. Then let students work individually during their "word hunt"

Blog Post 2

I reviewed ACT aspire this week. I tried out two different level 3 tests. The English grade 3 test surprised me with the amount of questions that asked students to review the essay and decide what the tone of the essay was, pick the ending of a story, or fix grammatical errors. I liked the format that told kids IF there is an error to correct. A lot of ACT questions seem like trick questions that don't always give the correct answer. There are a lot of questions that also asks about the goal the writer.
Also, I looked at the science grade 3, this one was primarily graphs. Most questions asked questions directly from the graph, a few asked more abstract questions that also asked kids to read the paragraph describing the graphs, and a few questions even asked students to use multiple questions.

I did not like how it does not give the correct answers at the end.

What technologies were used when you were a student? How were they used?


As a student one of the most common forms of technology I saw in the class room was the Doc Cam which was basically a live camera that would display the teacher's notes. I usually would see it in our math classes while a teacher explained new concepts and how to solve problems. Before the Doc Cam however was the overhead projector, a slightly less advanced tool. Both Doc Cams and overhead projectors had very similar uses. They both give teachers a more convenient way to show students what they're writing without having to use the whiteboard.

Picture: mailer_diablo [1/19/2016] Overhead projector, used during lessons in a classroom. Retrieved from wikimedia



Even more advanced technology that is being used more and more often in schools is the iPad or other tablet devices. School's will often give each student a personal iPad they can use during school and can take home as well. It's meant to be used for storing student's books, but I often found that students used their iPads to play games or talk to their friends. Which I think makes them less effective, and why I prefer using other templates, such as kindles or actual paper textbooks.

How were technology-related skills taught to you as a student? What was emphasized?

Every time I learned about a new technology, it was usually a website that our school wanted us to start using, but we always were able to go through how it was used in class. I never had to figure out a website by myself, but sometimes our teachers wouldn't go over every part of the website he or she expected us to use.

How do you think technology will be different in your classroom?

 I think by the time I start teaching, technology will be a very prominent part of the classroom and it will be used for a lot more for teaching tools. As a student, we were often expected to self-learn by going to different websites corresponding with that subject and completing different lessons. I prefer to teach in class and reiterate what you learn when you get home rather than the other way around