Freds ILP #2 Piktochart

For my second Independent Learning Project I went and had a little bit of fun with the site piktochart. This website lets you design things in a info graphic type of style. Its something a person could use that doesn't have a lot of experience with working in the area of graphic designs. Its easy to use and doesn't get too complicated but can be very informative to anyone looking at someones piktochart. I used mines with information about fish.

I added information on the fish called endlers and the differences between males and females. This would be helpful to someone who would want to learn about guppies in which these fish are a species of. I had some fun with this, especially with my love of fish and how easy it was to use.

Heres my piktochart.

Freds ILP#1 Prezi

The website prezi was fun and easy to use. I like how simple it is compared to other power point tools a person could use because we all know how difficult creating power points can be. I wish we could have used this site for our own power point presentations because I had a few troubles with them. In this prezi I did a small and simple presentation on how to make set up a fish tank. Its short, simple and right to the point.

This is something anyone could see and be appreciative of, especially kids. Nevertheless its very common sense but very fun to see with prezi's tools.

Heres my prezi
http://prezi.com/afioiiwaowls/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy

010 EME2040 Education/Learning

This week's assignment was actually a lot easier than the one from last week. Both were power points but making your own game wasn't too bad considering we could use templates and go from there. I used a learning game template on vocabulary words and I think it came out pretty good honestly! I didn't get myself into a knot like the power point from last week's but nevertheless it was fun and interesting to do.

I liked the subject and blogs we got into about digital natives. I didn't think there was a word for children of that generation that but it is! Having being born into a world where technology is everywhere is definitely something to think about. Older people grew up completely different than us and did not have these tools like smart boards because they had chalk boards for an example.

A technology related skill I would love to incorporate if I had a classroom is blogs. Blogs are a great way for the class to see what each other is doing with their assignments. Having this is a great idea and something I would love to expand on if I had an classroom. I'm glad he had these in class because they helped a lot in my opinion.

Something I would definitely take from this class into future use would be learning to keep your internet safe. I would teach this to a class immediately if I was a teacher because there are a lot of malicious things out there on the internet. Also learning about copyright material because you can get into a lot of trouble using someone else information without asking. These are some great things to take with me into the future. If I end up teaching a class, all these tools for learning more would be incorporated.

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09 Flipped Classes/Develop/Powerpoint

In chapter 10 there was talk about flipped classrooms on the topic of blending learning. Its basically a way for students to listen to lectures at home and have the in person time in class for assignments only. I like the idea because it saves time but at the same time It can be harder for students to learn that are lazy. I would like to see a poll or evaluation of this to see how well it works in the classroom. Something like this can be horrible for some students. This is a good look on this idea http://www.edutopia.org/blog/100-videos-lessons-flipped-classroom-joe-hirsch

In the subject of professional development, a site that I had seen that seems helpful was http://www.edutopia.org/blogs/tag/professional-development. It basically a network of a number of things in order to give you your educational needs. You can hone your craft and expand your knowledge on technology and teaching along with how to express it to others. Its easy to use and ts links take you to plenty of resourceful places for information that you would need or be looking for.

The power point this week was difficult. I always have a hard time for some reason with power points but I always give it my best! My power point consisted of learning about the plants in our solar system. I figured this would be interesting information to learn about from the giants in the sky. When I eventually got through it I felt accomplished but next time id want to use easier power point programs. Nothing is wrong with it but id rather use something more new and up to date.

08 Progressing/Future Technology

Chapter 12 had some interesting things about our technology in it. One of the things that It talked about was something called Gamification which is creating smart toys for children to play with in order to learn. One of the most notable games that has been born from this is a game called the World Peace Game. This game was developed for fourth grader by their teacher John Hunter and it does so much for kids to learn. It helps kids learn by being a multi leveled board game that creates a environment in which the students representing different countries must achieve world peace with different tactics. It make the students brains work while having fun and learning at the same time. Another thing that will be big as the future continues in is the use of 3-D printing. Something like this can be used for children with disabilities. Imagine a blind child wants to know how something very specific feels since they cant see. This tool can print something out in a 3-D form and give shape to it. With this they would be able to feel and actually touch something to make it out. To the children who aren't blind something like this can be used in order to see how certain things work and go together close up. I think every child likes to be hands on with things because being able to feel and touch gets their attention. Something that has been notable while reading was the digital divide. Basically children who have technology at home and others who didn't. As a child I had limited technological resources at home, either it wasn't up to date or it was broken. As time went on I did end up getting better technology at home and things for class became a lot easier to get done. If I had a class room id be sure to not always give homework that's constantly online because not everyone has those resources at home. Even though its easier to have technology, I wouldn't mind the old fashion way at times. Another thing id do if I had students would be to do a poll in class to see who had computers at home to do online work and I'd probably make a classroom assignment judgement on that.

07 Powerpoints and Website

Power points are a great way for a teacher to teach things to a class in a constructive visual orderly fashion. From the power points iv made i previous classes, I have always used power points mostly due to its easy nature. You can have a lot of visuals because of it along with your information. In a class id teach I would let kids do power points surely so that they can learn to put visuals with their work. Information with the visuals is a great way of understanding any subject. In the podcast, adaptive learning way mentioned. This is ways a individual or group of students can learn in their own special way. Not all students learn at the same pace and there are other ways out there in order to teach those students who have different paths to understanding things in their mind. That's what adaptive learning is. A way in which students can adapt to a situation in order to understand something. The websites we made for class in www.weebly.com were pretty fun to make. It was simple to use and a lot more easier to use than a website I previously used before called wix. I think my website looks pretty good and simple for anyone to understand with a lot of colors. I even added in some resources we used in class like the site www.edmodo.com. I found that adding your calender to it could be kind of confusing but it was simple once i understood how. For the most part it wasnt a hard assignment, if anything it just taught us how to use our brain even more with technology.