2/23/17
This week, I decided to look up different strategies for giving and putting together a webinar. With the upcoming project in mind, I thought it would be a good idea to start looking for ideas that could help me develop the best presentation that I can. This website had a main focus on learning who your target audience is and focusing on what your webinar's main goal is. There is a section on ideas such as using surveys, social networks, and forums to help guide your webinar and make it as effective as it can be. The website is listed below...
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Saturday, February 25, 2017
Week 6 Reflection
2/23/27
This week, we spent a majority of the time looking through all of our Moodles to see how they were coming along. I volunteered to show my Moodle and was happy to get all of the feedback that I got from the class. I changed many of the things before the end of the class, and my Moodle looks much easier to read. The idea that Mike gave about segmenting my units was perfect for making the whole website look more professional and user friendly. It has also helped me see which areas I need to focus more time on.
I also gave another tutorial on how to create a feedback form in Google Forms. I have given a tutorial like this for the class before, but I have found that I rather enjoy teaching through the use of an online medium. I am very excited for the next project which will involve us teaching a lesson online.
This week, we spent a majority of the time looking through all of our Moodles to see how they were coming along. I volunteered to show my Moodle and was happy to get all of the feedback that I got from the class. I changed many of the things before the end of the class, and my Moodle looks much easier to read. The idea that Mike gave about segmenting my units was perfect for making the whole website look more professional and user friendly. It has also helped me see which areas I need to focus more time on.
I also gave another tutorial on how to create a feedback form in Google Forms. I have given a tutorial like this for the class before, but I have found that I rather enjoy teaching through the use of an online medium. I am very excited for the next project which will involve us teaching a lesson online.
Tuesday, February 21, 2017
PLN #5
2/21/17
Today I watched a past webinar from SPARK PE that taught the viewers how to effectively use Google Drive as a Physical Educator. I have been using Google Drive for quite a while as both of the schools that I have worked in have been Google Schools. I really enjoy using Google Drive, but I only know the bare bones of how to create docs, spreadsheets, slides, and forms. During the webinar, the presenter showed how to use many useful apps within Google Chrome. She demonstrated an app called Screencastify where you can cast your screen and send it straight to Youtube. This app will be very helpful in the future if I choose to teach an online class. In total, I have downloaded 10 new extensions to Google Chrome from this webinar and plan to use all of them in the future.
Today I watched a past webinar from SPARK PE that taught the viewers how to effectively use Google Drive as a Physical Educator. I have been using Google Drive for quite a while as both of the schools that I have worked in have been Google Schools. I really enjoy using Google Drive, but I only know the bare bones of how to create docs, spreadsheets, slides, and forms. During the webinar, the presenter showed how to use many useful apps within Google Chrome. She demonstrated an app called Screencastify where you can cast your screen and send it straight to Youtube. This app will be very helpful in the future if I choose to teach an online class. In total, I have downloaded 10 new extensions to Google Chrome from this webinar and plan to use all of them in the future.
Saturday, February 18, 2017
Week 5 Reflection
2/16/17
Today in class, we were assigned a classmate to check our Moodle and we are supposed to check theirs weekly. We created a Google Form for our partners to complete where they have to fill out their name and anyou feedback that they have. After that, we took a look at our videos that we had to upload from our phones to YouTube. Each person had to talk about what their video was about and how they created it for their website. Lastly, we started discussions about what topics we were considering for our online presentation. I thought about giving a demonstration of the apps that I use in class and how I use them to create a comfortable classroom environment during game play.
Sunday, February 12, 2017
PLN #4
2/12/17
This week I decided to head back to SPARK and find another webinar. I found a webinar that was about how to handle large classes when you don't have much time to see them. I thought that this was going to give me some good class management strategies or games that I could use for the large group, but they gave me a lot of different ways to create a family PE night with the missing time that I have in class. The webinar also went over a bunch of scarf tossing activities that don't take up much space, and are very easy for students to figure out. I did not really feel like I got out of the webinar what I was looking for so I will have to try and find one for next week.
This week I decided to head back to SPARK and find another webinar. I found a webinar that was about how to handle large classes when you don't have much time to see them. I thought that this was going to give me some good class management strategies or games that I could use for the large group, but they gave me a lot of different ways to create a family PE night with the missing time that I have in class. The webinar also went over a bunch of scarf tossing activities that don't take up much space, and are very easy for students to figure out. I did not really feel like I got out of the webinar what I was looking for so I will have to try and find one for next week.
Week 4 reflection
2/9/17
Today in class we went over everybody's Moodles and check to see where everybody stood as far as the project went. Most of us seem to be in the same situation where we have everything laid out and we need to start putting our information into the Moodle. I had asked my question about the banners for each of the units and got my answer. Upon looking at everybody else is moodle I feel like I'm in a good spot with mine but still feel like I could use some more time manipulating the Moodle and learning how it works. We also went over the quizzes and how one of the students was having trouble putting her information into the quizzes. I had already created some multiple choice quiz his myself and had a little bit of trouble editing the quiz after it had already been made. I enjoy being able to ask questions during the class two other students who have used the software more than me I feel it is very helpful when trying to learn to do things yourself.
Today in class we went over everybody's Moodles and check to see where everybody stood as far as the project went. Most of us seem to be in the same situation where we have everything laid out and we need to start putting our information into the Moodle. I had asked my question about the banners for each of the units and got my answer. Upon looking at everybody else is moodle I feel like I'm in a good spot with mine but still feel like I could use some more time manipulating the Moodle and learning how it works. We also went over the quizzes and how one of the students was having trouble putting her information into the quizzes. I had already created some multiple choice quiz his myself and had a little bit of trouble editing the quiz after it had already been made. I enjoy being able to ask questions during the class two other students who have used the software more than me I feel it is very helpful when trying to learn to do things yourself.
Monday, February 6, 2017
PLN #3
2/1/17
This week, my most interesting PLN is Coach's Eye. It is an application that is used on any mobile device that can be used for coaches and athletes to analyze their performances on the application itself. With a subscription, coaches can create their team roster and invite their players to the roster via email or phone number. They can also send messages to their entire team through the app so that the players/students can come prepared for practice on any given day. You can draw on the video with a mobile device with a touch screen to highlight different things you want the athletes to be aware of. I could definitely see myself using this in my coaching career if I can find a way to regularly implement this into my practice. With a $120 subscription, it is important that I know I will use it many times throughout the season.
This week, my most interesting PLN is Coach's Eye. It is an application that is used on any mobile device that can be used for coaches and athletes to analyze their performances on the application itself. With a subscription, coaches can create their team roster and invite their players to the roster via email or phone number. They can also send messages to their entire team through the app so that the players/students can come prepared for practice on any given day. You can draw on the video with a mobile device with a touch screen to highlight different things you want the athletes to be aware of. I could definitely see myself using this in my coaching career if I can find a way to regularly implement this into my practice. With a $120 subscription, it is important that I know I will use it many times throughout the season.
Friday, February 3, 2017
Week 3 Reflection
2/1/17
Today in class, we took a look at all of the student work so far. First, we looked at all of our blogs themselves and checked to see that they were all going well and that all of the posts were there. There were a couple of students who had to make some changes due to the colors of their backgrounds and text. I kept mine simple, as I don't like a whole lot of colors because it makes things very difficult to read.
Next, we went through our Moodles and checked what all of our topics were and what we had added to those over the week. Dr Sponder taught us how to create banners for each of our topic headings and one for our course heading. He has asked us to put a banner on each one of these pieces before next class. He gave us a couple of options on how to make them, but I think I am going to stick with completing this task on Microsoft Word because I am very comfortable with the program as I have been using it for a good portion of my life.
We then went on to rubistar to check out some of the rubrics that are available to us for our Moodles. We have been instructed to have at least 3 rubrics somewhere in our Moodles. They can be foreached any assignment and they can be changed as necessary. I look forward to working with these new pieces of technology, especially Rubistar because I have never used it before. Also, we learned about EdShelf, which is a way for us to keep all of our apps in one place which seems like a really fun website to explore.
Today in class, we took a look at all of the student work so far. First, we looked at all of our blogs themselves and checked to see that they were all going well and that all of the posts were there. There were a couple of students who had to make some changes due to the colors of their backgrounds and text. I kept mine simple, as I don't like a whole lot of colors because it makes things very difficult to read.
Next, we went through our Moodles and checked what all of our topics were and what we had added to those over the week. Dr Sponder taught us how to create banners for each of our topic headings and one for our course heading. He has asked us to put a banner on each one of these pieces before next class. He gave us a couple of options on how to make them, but I think I am going to stick with completing this task on Microsoft Word because I am very comfortable with the program as I have been using it for a good portion of my life.
We then went on to rubistar to check out some of the rubrics that are available to us for our Moodles. We have been instructed to have at least 3 rubrics somewhere in our Moodles. They can be foreached any assignment and they can be changed as necessary. I look forward to working with these new pieces of technology, especially Rubistar because I have never used it before. Also, we learned about EdShelf, which is a way for us to keep all of our apps in one place which seems like a really fun website to explore.
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