Blog 8

Diigo

In using Diggo I have been forced to learn more about how to analyze writing more. While using it in class we usually have to make comments and think harder about the information that we are actually reading and processing. I think this would be helpful for young students learning how to cite as they can make comments and save the bookmarks they are using depending on things. I do think the overall idea of Diggo is a little outdated and not as necessary. Considering students can annotate in other ways but I think as a bookmarking extension it would be convenient for people writing a paper.

PowerPoint

Growing up I remember being mostly taught by PowerPoint so I think it does a great job at teaching students what they need to know. I also think that I understand PowerPoint and am pretty good at it. In looking at Bloom's Levels I think that Comprehension and knowledge would be best shown on PowerPoint. You can have recap slides of lessons before the actual new content. Synthesis and Analysis would also be easy to do with critical thinking questions that allow students to take time and think about the material they may have just learned or are about to learn. Evaluation and Application may be hard to do. I think for the application you may think about creating a quiz or jeopardy game but that may still be hard to really check students application skills. Overall I think PowerPoint will always be something that is used in the classroom.

Professional Development

I think it is super important for teachers to be in touch with what’s happening in the world of technology. They need to be in touch with what their students are doing and the best way to do that is by keeping up to date with what is new and happening. This will, in turn, help them learn about new professional development opportunities in the realm of education. They can find out about new opportunities to learn about how to develop themselves professionally. The website that I found here: https://elearningindustry.com/educational-technology-trends-top-right-now has a lot of tips and I think it can be a website that a teacher looks at regularly to make sure they are up to date with the trends.