Class Page
For the Assignment, I decided to take a look at one of my old teachers Class page. Mrs. Cucurullo was my eighth-grade history teacher, and one of the most eccentric teachers I have ever had so when I went to her page I expected that to be reflected. The class pages on my alma maters website are all a little old school and not very elaborate. They all have the same layout with a few different additions to them. Mrs. Cucurullo particularly has a lot of information that I assume parents would want to know like Test Dates, Class Rules, and an About Me section. I think those are all essential parts for class pages because more than likely that will be the place where parents try to understand what is actually happening in the class. There is also a place where she puts homework and upcoming assignments that would benefit both parents and students. Currently, she is teaching 11th grade US History, so she has older students who probably have more control over there academics, which could be a reason why she doesn’t have as much information as some teachers might have.
Technology in My Future Career
I envision technology being a big part of my career and future. I am not sure what I want to do professionally but I know that I will need to do something that allows me to use the social media skills that I have picked up and love. I see myself using social media as a way to make a partial part of my income or using my podcast as a way for people to hear my voice and opinions. My short term professional goals are to work with Teach For America where I will be a Middle School Teacher. I think I will implement a class page where students have access to seeing what is coming up, and Parents have the opportunity to see what is actually happening in class. I think it would be a cool idea to have students create a weekly blog that goes out so that they can reflect on what they have learned that week.
The Tech Sandbox
The Tech Sandbox was a really cool learning experience in general. While I don’t think many of those technological tools would actually be feasible in most classrooms, the overall ideas are really cool and could probably enhance the everyday learning experience. As someone who loves traveling and will probably be teaching either English or Social Studies, I think I would have to get creative in how I used some of those tools. For example, I would love to use the VR as a way for my students to look at new places that we are learning about that week. I would take them on trips to Africa and show them the pyramids when it was time to talk about that place and then have them write about what they saw. This would be an interesting way for them to learn and see about different countries and they could also say they traveled there which I’m sure young students would enjoy.
I also did a somerset school for my post! I agree that VR has many applications and i hope i get to use it in the classroom one day!
ReplyDeleteSuper interesting take on the Tech Sandbox! It does seem like a lot of the technological tools in the room are not easy to implement into everyday teaching, especially with standardized testing and many other concerns that modern day teachers have. But it's still fun to use!
ReplyDeleteI loved reading your post and was thought it was interesting how you chose to explore one of your past teacher's pages! I think it is awesome how you chose to utilize an educational technology that could be integrated within the classroom multiple times rather than, really getting the full use out of the application.
ReplyDeleteI had the same ideas about the tech sandbox! Everything in there was great but I couldn't see myself being able to use a lot of it because it all was so expensive.
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