EME 2040 Spring 2019

I found the survey and data collection to be very simple. The only problem that I encountered is that sometimes people don’t respond or take the survey(s) right away. As a kindergarten teacher, I do not foresee myself using surveys with my young class, but I could definitely see how a survey could come in handy with the parents. I could send out a survey to see when parents could come help in the classroom, a field trip, or a party. I could also send out a parent survey to find out how the parents perceive their kids understanding of homework. This could be very helpful in finding out if my students and I are on the same page. Lastly, Excel could be very helpful in keeping things organized and to have an online copy of my students’ grades. These two educational technology tools are very helpful and can be applied to many different things in various classrooms.  After reviewing a few of my classmates’ blogs, I found that many of them had very similar experiences as me. In Nicole’...

The tool I choose to explore was Edmodo. Here is a link to my presentation and information about Edmodo: https://voicethread.com/share/12370090/

A flipped Classroom is a teaching strategy where more of the learning is done online, and worksheets and things that would usually be assigned as homework are in change being completed in the classroom. In a flipped classroom, the lesson part is typically watched online, and then worksheets and solving problems are done in class when the student can ask the teacher questions. In a traditional classroom, when a teacher teaches the lesson in class and then students go home to work on the problems alone, often there are many questions that the students do not understand. I could see how the flipped classroom could be beneficial, but I do think some problems could come up if students did not watch the assigned videos at home. This would cause the students to be of different pages and could create more problems for the teacher.  Open Educational Resources (OER) are accessible to the public and can be used to support learning. They are typically available online and are free to use. O...