Last Day of Class

As a student learning to be a teacher, I am glad I had to take this class. I learned so many things that will be useful to me when I become a teacher. There were so many things out there that I didn't know exsisted. I really enjopyed this class because I think the things I kearned in here will make me a better teacher. One thing I learned in this class was how to make a website. I will use this when I become a teacher to make a class website the the students and their parents. Integrating technology in the classroom will keep the students intreset in what they are learning. The ISTE-NET that we covered in this class was to Model Digital-Age Work and Learning. Instructional Technology class taught me a lot of thing that will help me in my professional growth as a teacher. After finishing this class I have completed Standard 4 under the West Virginia Teaching Stanards. Click here my reflection of Instructional Technology under Standard 4 in my portfolio.

Portfolio

Today we learned how to learned how how to creat a webpage and add a link to our portfolio page. We also learned how to delete a page after we created it. We also learned how to organize these pages so they will be where we want them in our side bar. The pages we added were Standards 1-5 and a vidoe page. We also learned what we needed to put on these pages when we are student teaching to complete our portfolio. We also learned how to add links to our pages. Click here to see my Portfolio. I am so glad we started our portfolio in this class. I was nervous about getting it together and I am glad we are working on it together so if I have questions I have people that can help me.
ISTE-NETS

• Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership



• Model Digital-Age Work and Learning

Movie Maker

Today we learned how to use Windows Movie Maker. I like Movie maker better than PhotoStory. Windows Movie Maker is better because you can do a lot more options to choose from. When editing your movie you have more options to choose from. In Windows Movie Maker you can insert your PhotoStory right into Movie Maker and edit it from there. We have learned about many different ways to present information to your class. I have really enjoyed learning about all these new ways of introducing information because it keeps the class excited abou learning. Cick here to see my video on Youtube. We also started to make our Portfolio on Google Docs. Click here to see my Portfolio site.
ISTE-NETS:

• Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessmen
  
  
  


• Model Digital-Age Work and Learning

PhotoStory

Today We Finished learning how to use PhotoStory. We learned how to import pictures onto PhotoStory, we learned how to add text to pictures and we also learned how to add motion to our pictures so it will be more interresting. We also learned how to add music to our PhotoStory as well. PhotoStory is different than Movie Maker. In PhotoStory you can upload pictures from the internet and slides from PowerPoint. I really enjoyed using PhotoStory. It is another neat way to do a presentation. I believe Students will enjoy it as well. After we finished our PhotoStory we uploaded it to Youtube. Click here to see the video on Youtube.
ISTE-NETS:

• Model Digital-Age Work and Learning









• Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning and Assessment

Prezi

We learned how to make a Prezi presentation. I really liked using this because it's a very neat and different way to make a presentation. I had a hard time learning how to use a Prezi at first then once I started using it more it became easier. I did keep having a hard time using the zebra tool. I kept hitting the wrong thing. I think I will use Prezi when I become a teacher. Click here to see my Prezi presentation on Recycling. IST-NETS

• Model Digital-Age Work and Learning

Recycling on Prezi

Recycling PowerPoint

This week we had to make a PowerPoint on something that would address a topic that will one day be in your teaching field. I chose to do recycling. Recycling is a topic that most children don't know a lot about. We learned how to create a PowerPoint and upload images to inserte in out PowerPoint. We also learned how to upload our PowerPoint and insert it into our blog. In our PowerPoints we were suppose to have very few words on each slide. We want children to be able to learn something from our PowerPoint as well. Click here to see my PowerPoint on recycling. ISTE-NETS:

• Design and Develope Digital-Age Learning Experience and Assessment


• Model Digital-Age Work and Learning

Converting

Today we learned how to convert an APA Paper from a PDF file to a word document. We has our Action Research Paper saved as a PDF file in Google Docs but some of us needed to make changes on our paper. You can not make changes to a PDF file so that is why we needed to convert it to a Word Document. Click here to see the Jing video I made to show you how to convert a PDF file to a Word Document. ISTE-NETS:

• Modek Digital-Age Work and Learning

Pop Quiz

~When writing our action research paper we learned a lot of new things about Google Docs. Here are some new things I learned:

• I learned how to upload documents from my computer to Google Docs.


• I learned how to save doucuments as a PDF and Word through Google Docs.


• I learned how to share documents with my teacher.


• I learned how to add things to my document and resave them.


• If you share your document with someone else they can make changes to your document.

~You can also save Excel documents on Google Docs. When writing our paper we used APA formatting. This was fairly new to me so I learned a lot about that as well.

• Every page must have a Page header that has a title and page number.


• The paper has 4 major parts; Title Page, Abstract, Main Body, and Refrences.

~Today we also had to make 2 videos on Jing. The first video we had to make was hoe to install the analysis toolpack to excel. Click here to watch that video on how to istall the anaylsis toolpack to Excel. The other video we had to make was show how to do a t-test on Excel. Click here to see my other video on how to do a t-test. On the T-test video there was not a significant difference between the pre and post test scores. The way you figure this out is that if the number is greater than .05 then there is no significant difference and if the number is less than .o5 then there is a significant difference in the scores.

• ISTE-NETS: Modle Digital-Age Work and Learning Design and Develope Digital-Age Learning Experience and Assessment

Standard Deviation

Today we learned how to use the standard deviation function in Excel. There is a function that that will tell you if there is a significant difference between gender and classification beteween their test scores. Here is that function: Significant differences existed for the two groups [(F(1,1) = 3.89, p = 0.00)]. Click here to see my Final Draft of the Action Research Project on Google Docs. ISTE-NETS: Modle Digital-Age Work and Learning

APA Formatting

For the last week or two our class has been working on a Action Research Project. We used an Excel Spreadsheet to diplay our data. We then used that data to write our paper. We also used that data to make graphs and tables to insert into our Action Research Paper. We learned how to write our Action Research Paper by using the APA format. I used a correct APA formatted paper as a guide to write my paper. Click here to see this example. This took a few class periods to learn how to do but it will come in handy when you become a teacher. Click here to see my Action Research Paper. ISTE-NETS: Design and Develope Digital-Age Learning and Assessment

Spreadsheet 3

Today we did another spreadsheet. Click here for the original spreadsheet. This spreadsheet included males, females, traditional, and non-traditional stdents. We learned some new functions and we learned how to find percentages and the differences in the averages. Click here to see my final spreadsheet. We also had to answer some questions about the spreadsheet. Click here to see my document.

ISTE NETS:

Model Digital-Age Work and Learning

Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership

Spreadsheet 2

Today we did another spreadsheet. Click here to see the spreadsheet template we used. We reviewed using the average formula. We learned how to find the min., max., and the range today. We also learned how to do a weighted average for all the students.Finding the weighted average was a little harder than the rest of them but after a while I started to figure it out. We also learned how to figure out the letter grade from the students average. Click here to see my finished Spreadsheet 2.

ISTE NETS:
Design and Develope Digital-Age Learning Experience and Assessments

Engage Professional Growth and Leadership

Spreadsheet 1

Today we used a spreadsheet to keep up with our students grades. We learned how to find the students average and the average grade of the activity as well. Click here to see the example we used. We also learned how to rename sheets, use formulas within the sheets and how to sort the averages. Click here to see my spreadsheets.

ISTE NETS:
Design and Develope Digital-age Learning Experience and Assesment

Promote and ModelDigital Citizenship and Responsibility

West Virginia's Average vs. National Average Test Scores

Today we looked at NAPE Testing scores for West Virginia and the nation. We used a website caleed Kids Zone to compare these two average scores and make a graph. These graphs were to compare the West Virginia average score with the National average scores. On the first graph I compared 4th grade West Virginia's Math average with the 4th National math average. I also created a Google Doc to express that we need to spend more money on our math program in West Virginia. Click here to see that document. One the second graph I compared 8th grade West Virginia's Reading Average to the 8th grade National reading average. I created a Google Doc for this as well, but this time I had to defend West Virginia's average reading score. Click here to see my document.

ISTE NETS:
1b. engage students in exploring real-world issues and solving authentic problems using digital tools and resource

3c Communicate relevant information and ideas effectively to students, parents, and peers using a variety of digital-age media and formats

5c. evaluate and reflect on current research and professional practice on a regular basis to make effective use of existing and emerging digital tools and resources in support of student learning

Wordle

Today we created a Diigo account. Then we added a link to our blog to our Diigo Account. We also added a poll to our blog. We also created a Word Cloud in Wordle. Click here to see my word cloud. Below is an example of my word cloud below. It is the words of The National Anthem.

ISTE NETS:

Model Digital-Age Work and Learning

Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessment

Jing Video

Today we used Jing Video to capture a process. I taught people how to update their facebook status. This is a really good tool to use if you have an online class. this will show you step by step of how to do something.

Click here to see my video.

NETST Standards:
design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity.

collaborate with students, peers, parents, and community members using digital tools and resources to support student success and innovation.

Jing Image

Here is a link to my object.

ISTE NETS:

Model Digital-Age Work and Learning

Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments

Self Portrait

Today we created a self portrait through Picassohead. Click here for the website. At first I didnt know how to delete something if I wanted it off my portrait so I had to start over. Then I realized that at the bottom there was a delete option. You just need to make sure you click on what you want deleted then you hit the delete tool.

Here is my portrait.
ISTE NETS:
Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity

Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments

Empathy Quotient

I scored a 44 on the Empathy test. It said that my score was average. The test had many different questions you had to answer and I leanred somethings baout myself. I had to think about some things that I don't normally think about. Click here to see the empathy test. As an elementary school teacher, I think that it is important to have empathy for your students because you use to be in their shoes. Also because you will have many different children that will have different situations so you need to keep and open mind and be able to have empathy for them. Empthy is a way to show that you sare for your students and that you want to help them learn. So that is how empathy goes along with the ISTE NETS.

ISTE NETS:

Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership

Model Digital-Age Work and Learning

Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsibility

Personality Test

After I took the Personality Test I realized that I guessed right. The test also said that I had a guardian personalities. That means that I am hard working, responsible, and I want to keep things running smoothly. This personality would help me whn working with teachers and students because want to get something accomplished and I am serious about my duties.

ISTE NETS:
Model Digital-Age Work and Learning

Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership

Guess My Personality

I have taken a different personality test before and I really enjoyed learning more about myself. I think my personality would be guardian, idealist, artisan, and rational. I believe the guardian describes me more as a whole compaired to the others. I believe that I am hard working and responsible. I am also very humble and I like to keep things running smoothly. To see the different personalities click here.

IST NETS:
Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity

Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership

Day 4

Today we learn about reasearch papers. We also took a survey from googgle docs and learned that we can look at graphs from the survey as well. Click here to see the results of our class survey. We learned about the snipping tool as well. I used the snipping tool to get the graph below.

Day 3

Today we wrote and Educational Philosophy in MS word. Then we had to upload our word document into Google Docs. Click here to see my Google Doc on Educational Philosophy. We also created a Voki account and created an avatar. Below is my avatar that I created on Voki.

ISTE NETS:
Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments

Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsibility

Day 3

Google Calender

Today we learned how to use the calender on Gmail. This will be a very useful when I become a teacher. This will allow my students and their parents to see what we will be doing in class every day. Click here to see my full size calender.

ISTE NETS:
Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsibility

Day 1

Today we learned some things about Google Docs. There are many things you can do with Google Docs and the best thing is most of it is free. I learned how to share a document on the web wich will be good to use now and also when I become a teacher. I also learned how to create a resume using Google Docs.

ISTE NETS:

Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership