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Post 10

My hope is to be a world history teacher for high school.  There are so many amazing and fascinating websites pertaining to world history that printing articles or pages would be impossible! Data collecting tools would be a perfect way to provide extra reading to my students that I find interesting or that goes along with our lessons. I could also use some questions from specified extra readings as extra credit on tests or quizzes. I think that would be a cool way of incorporating a bit more fun facts into an otherwise pretty strait forward curriculum.

When going through my classmate’s blogs, I really like seeing the screenshots of their projects. It is really fun to see if we chose to do a topic similar or different and see why they decided to research what they did. Its also interesting to see everyone else’s comments on the technology we have gone over in class because even though we read the same book and sit through the same class, each person takes away a unique thought or outlook.

As I continue to go through my journey of becoming a teacher, I want to really solidify the skills I have acquired this past semester. Hopefully, I can work more on using the available features in Microsoft to make my work more interesting. For new technology, I just want to continue exposing myself to what is coming out and learning how to use the technology well and effectively. I know that YouTube usually has some very helpful tutorials so watching how to use/incorporate certain technologies in the classroom will probably be my go-to learning device.

Post 9

The “flipped classroom” is a relatively new concept that is being introduced to upper level school grades. This is when the teacher provides a lesson, usually recorded, to the students to review before coming into class. The students then should participate in active learning in the classroom. In theory, this is a cool, productive concept. However, in reality, many students would not review the material before and because of that not fully learn and understand the material. 

Open sources are a great resource for professionals looking to further their knowledge on a topic or to gain insight on a new subject. These resources are open to everyone, usually free or at low cost and can be relatively easy to download. There are various levels to resources as far as difficulty as far as skill level and developmental courses that build on one another.

The skills I have acquired from the PowerPoint assignments will be very beneficial when I begin my teaching career. Being able to add fun touches to my presentations such as pictures for bullet points and making animations and transitions more effective. Also being able to create non-linear PowerPoints is going to be very helpful in creating games and fun quizzes for students. These are also skills I can teach my students and create assignments on PowerPoint that are more exciting than standard presentations.