4/27/17
This week I wanted to focus more on some apps that I could use in my Physical Education class. Prior to this, I only really knew about "Team Shake" which would help me make teams for my classes. I looked on SPARK PE because I trust this group very much with different Physical Education information. The first app that I saw was MyFitnessPal. I had used this during my undergrad and totally forgot about it. I hope to be able to use this in a health classroom and teach the students how to use this so they can log their exercise and keep them healthy outside the classroom.
Thursday, April 27, 2017
Week 14 Reflection
4/27/17
This week, I attended the 4:30 class and watched two presentations. One of them was Marin who taught us how to use Stop Motion. Stop Motion is an app that can be used on a phone or tablet to take pictures of something and string them together in a movie sequence. Marin focused on claymation, but since I forgot my clay at school, I used some Pop! figures and made a scene that way. I enjoyed using this app, but struggle to find a good and realistic use for it in my classroom.
Maureen went next and taught the class how to use Google Forms and the ways that you could have it score for you. I have very good experience with Google Forms and have been using it for my final exams this year.
This week, I attended the 4:30 class and watched two presentations. One of them was Marin who taught us how to use Stop Motion. Stop Motion is an app that can be used on a phone or tablet to take pictures of something and string them together in a movie sequence. Marin focused on claymation, but since I forgot my clay at school, I used some Pop! figures and made a scene that way. I enjoyed using this app, but struggle to find a good and realistic use for it in my classroom.
Maureen went next and taught the class how to use Google Forms and the ways that you could have it score for you. I have very good experience with Google Forms and have been using it for my final exams this year.
Thursday, April 20, 2017
Week 13 PLN
4/20/17
This week, I looked at Google Earth. I used this in a lesson before to show students how the Marathon got its name. I had created a lesson that showed them on Google Maps that Marathon is 26.2 miles away from Athens, Greece. The story is that there was a man who ran from the Battle of Marathon to Athens and delivered his message of the attack and died in front of the senate. I hope to use this in the future by finding elevations or distances to different places and set up a goal chart to see if students could make it to that destination. We would track this using MyFitnessPal.
Google Earth
This week, I looked at Google Earth. I used this in a lesson before to show students how the Marathon got its name. I had created a lesson that showed them on Google Maps that Marathon is 26.2 miles away from Athens, Greece. The story is that there was a man who ran from the Battle of Marathon to Athens and delivered his message of the attack and died in front of the senate. I hope to use this in the future by finding elevations or distances to different places and set up a goal chart to see if students could make it to that destination. We would track this using MyFitnessPal.
Google Earth
Week 13 Reflection
4/20/17
Meghan used her time this week to show us how to use and implement Class Dojo into our own classrooms. She showed us how she uses it and how she assigns points to a number of different categories. Sometimes she will give points for on task behavior, and others she will give points to the class for standing quietly in line. There is a function on class dojo that allows you to take attendance so that you can give points to a whole class, except those who are absent for the day. Students are given the opportunity to choose which "monster" they want as their avatar. Meghan uses a reward system where the students can turn in their points to earn different things throughout the school year. We discussed if students get too competitive during class dojo, and the answer from multiple people was "no." The students were just focused on getting as many points for themselves as they could.
Meghan used her time this week to show us how to use and implement Class Dojo into our own classrooms. She showed us how she uses it and how she assigns points to a number of different categories. Sometimes she will give points for on task behavior, and others she will give points to the class for standing quietly in line. There is a function on class dojo that allows you to take attendance so that you can give points to a whole class, except those who are absent for the day. Students are given the opportunity to choose which "monster" they want as their avatar. Meghan uses a reward system where the students can turn in their points to earn different things throughout the school year. We discussed if students get too competitive during class dojo, and the answer from multiple people was "no." The students were just focused on getting as many points for themselves as they could.
Saturday, April 15, 2017
Week 12 Reflection
4/13/17
This week, Tes taught the class how to use and code with html. It is a difficult topic to try and teach through a we binary, but Tes did a great job. She had some trouble at the start when we were changing the background color but she quickly rebounded and got things running smoothly. Coding with html is something that I want to explore more deeply, and I would never have known that without the presentation from Tes.
This week, Tes taught the class how to use and code with html. It is a difficult topic to try and teach through a we binary, but Tes did a great job. She had some trouble at the start when we were changing the background color but she quickly rebounded and got things running smoothly. Coding with html is something that I want to explore more deeply, and I would never have known that without the presentation from Tes.
Week 12 PLN
4/20/17
My PLN this week focuses on budget cuts. I know a bit about them and have experienced them in their worst form a few weeks ago. I have lost my job next year due to budget cuts. I wanted to be able to know what was happening in the state of CT and more importatnly in my district so I decided to look up where all of the money went. The link below talks about how the money that the state used to give all districts is going to shift and change. Unfortunately for me, my district will lose all of the funding that it used to get from the state.
Budget
My PLN this week focuses on budget cuts. I know a bit about them and have experienced them in their worst form a few weeks ago. I have lost my job next year due to budget cuts. I wanted to be able to know what was happening in the state of CT and more importatnly in my district so I decided to look up where all of the money went. The link below talks about how the money that the state used to give all districts is going to shift and change. Unfortunately for me, my district will lose all of the funding that it used to get from the state.
Budget
Tuesday, April 11, 2017
Week 11 PLN
4/11/17
This week, I had a faculty meeting where we were told that Google was changing their sites format to something a little more user friendly. This was met by groans from some of the faculty that have created numerous websites before and now have to create a new one. However, upon looking at it, the new Google sites seems to be a very easy to use way to create a website. I looked up a video that gives a walk through tutorial on YouTube. The video walks you through how to drag and drop widgets on to your new website and shows how you how to help your students create a portfolio that they can use through this website creator. This way, students will be able to document their progress throughout their high school career.
The video that I watched is listed here.
This week, I had a faculty meeting where we were told that Google was changing their sites format to something a little more user friendly. This was met by groans from some of the faculty that have created numerous websites before and now have to create a new one. However, upon looking at it, the new Google sites seems to be a very easy to use way to create a website. I looked up a video that gives a walk through tutorial on YouTube. The video walks you through how to drag and drop widgets on to your new website and shows how you how to help your students create a portfolio that they can use through this website creator. This way, students will be able to document their progress throughout their high school career.
The video that I watched is listed here.
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