Kadi's Educational Tehcnology Journey

     A flipped classroom is essentially a class structured so that the learning happens at home and clarification happens in class. I first heard of this instructional design in high school. I only took four Advanced Placement classes in high school, one of them being AP Psychology. In this class, we were provided with video lectures and textbooks. It was our responsibility to do the readings and watch the lectures online as needed so that in class, when our teacher would lecture, we were prepared with questions. Our in class lectures were quite vague and just used to really clarify topics, since psychology is a complex subject. We were always given time in class to do study guides and ask questions. Out of all of my AP courses, I did the best on my AP Psychology exam after using this method. I don't believe, however, that it is the most effective instructional design for all subjects nor students. You also have to think about accessibility. Our video lectures were all on...

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     The week before spring break was the last time we used Diigo's software in my educational technology course. While it is sad to say goodbye, I know that I can always go back and use it as a resource and I learned so many great things through our in-class activities involving the software. One of the best moments we had while using Diigo this semester was when we were trying to create a discussion thread. Initially, it seemed quite unorganized and not set up in a way to easily interact with on another's comments, however, one of my classmates found that you could use Diigo's highlighting feature on the thread itself so we could easily respond to each other's individual comments! It was a learning moment for the entire class which was pretty great. I think in the future I would encourage my students to use Diigo when writing research papers or any papers that require sources that are accessible online. Through Diigo, they can share their resources with peers writing ...

     It’s been a few months since I opened my Twitter account for my Introduction to Educational Technology class and quite a lot has changed in terms of my view of Twitter. When I first started using Twitter back in middle school, I didn’t really use it at all. I saw it as similar to Facebook at the time and didn’t really know how to find other accounts to follow. When I revisited it in high school, I used it for memes and other funny content on the internet. Towards the end of that period of me using Twitter, I used to to socialize and have conversations with my friends. Now that I have been using it from an educator’s point of view, I see everything in a new light. I have been able to hear about some really amazing things happening around my own school and in the world of education in general and I’ve been able to see what my classmates think about what we are doing in class. There is so much information and so many Twitter accounts that post new information as it come...

     Technology is becoming more and more intwined with education. Ever since I can remember and since I had access to a computer, my teachers have had websites online. This online engagement transitioned from pages on the school website to classes on Canvas and Blackboard. One example that I found from my elementary school is from my 2rd grade teacher. She teaches at James H. Cox Elementary School which runs from Kindergarten through Fifth grade. Other schools in the district go up to Sixth grade as well. She now teaches 3rd grade as clarified in her bio on the website. She includes things like weekly homework assignments and announcements online so that if a student loses any papers or a parent wants to check what work their student has for the week, it is easily accessible online. She also includes school supplies that are needed for the class, academic resources, the vocabulary for the unit they are on, and more. Each page of her website has a cute graphic that is vi...

     The link below will take you to my VoiceThread discussing my experience using Lynda.com. I chose to complete a course on Lynda.com that had to do with education since it felt most fitting. I also wanted to explore the work that really goes into the packets of paper that we receive during the first week of classes that most students never look at again. Overall, I learned so much about how to write a syllabus and how important each piece of a syllabus is and I wish more students took this course just to understand why it is so important and a blessing that professors take the time to create and go over the syllabus with them. My VoiceThread