ILP "Design" - TinkerCad - Free 3D printer software

 Approximately a month and a half ago, we visited the Tech Sandbox on campus. I got to see a 3D printer in action. I used TinkerCad to design the mathematical symbols that I could use in my special education class to help teach my students what these symbols look like. I can also use them to help teach my students the order of operations. TinkerCad made it very easy to create these different things.

Blog 10: A Little of Everything

1.  Data Collection: How the heck am I going to use this? Well, in a special education class, no matter what grade, I am 100% sure that I will figure out how to use it. I can use it to decide what animal the next day should revolve around. One of the teachers who taught only disabled kids at my high school would make each week about a different type of animal. The kids would learn a different fact each day. I can also use data collection to teach the kids how to make graphs out of data that we have collected.
2.  All the blogs are so cool. I loved seeing how different people layed out their blog posts. I enjoyed seeing people's suggestions on assistive technologies that we can use in the classroom. I thought it was interesting seeing everyone's educational technology involvement before this class. I also thought it was great that we had to include pictures or embeded files in our blogs to show our work.
3.  I want to learn how to use drawing programs so that I can draw things out for my students without them questioning what I am trying to draw. I think that a lot of teachers need these types of programs because many teachers can't draw to save our lives. There are many drawing programs online that are free. I will probably try different programs and follow the instructions and then decide which one I like the best.

Favorite Hobby

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#9

What exactly does the term "Flipped Classroom" mean? According to our textbook, Teaching and Learning with Technology, the flipped classroom is an innovative blended delivery model that currently has a following in K-12 and post secondary education. Now what the heck does that mean? This means that the teacher of the classroom would previously record their lectures and have the students listen to them prior to coming to class so that the instructor has more time to work with the students during class on the actual content that was covered in the vodcast. This is considered the "flip" of classrooms. Joe Hirsch flipped his classroom and uses Office Mix to display his lectures. Check it out: JoeHirsch's Videos.

Open education is all about making educational experiences available to a wide audience of learners. According to opensource.com, open education is a philosophy about the way people should produce, share, and build on knowledge. The podcast says that open content is what teachers can and cannot do with the downloadable instructional materials that they find online. According to www.opencontent.org/definition/, the term "open content" describes copyrightable work that is licensed in a manner that provides users with free and perpetual permission to engage in the 5R activities.

• retain: the right to make, own and control copies of the content
• reuse: the right to use the content in a wide range of ways
• revise: the right to adapt, adjust, modify, or alter the content itself
• remix: the right to combine the original or revised content with other material to create something new
• redistribute: the right

Open source is a term that means that it is a software whose source code is open to anyone anywhere. According to 

https://opensource.com/resources/what-open-source, "open soure” refers to something people can modify and share because it’s design is publicly accessible. https://www.oercommons.org/ is an example of open education.

Working on the PowerPoint for Information project, I learned that I get frustrated very easily over small things. I figured out that you can put several different animations on the same object within a slide. I loved creating a game using PowerPoint and I never realized that there are so many templates that are premade for us by other people. If I were to do this again, I would choose another template. I can use this in my classroom to teach my students simple math.

How To Become... LORD OF THE SLIDES

How To Become... LORD OF THE SLIDES from Paul Brown

Most of these slides have very few words which helps the viewers really understand the reason of the slide. This SlideShare really helps explain how to create amazing slideshows that people will actually want to look at.

Post 8

     When we  went to the Sports Psych Lab we saw many different types of technologies I could use the Thought Technology’s biofeedback in my classroom to measure student's physiological functions. For example, I will be able to measure and analyze my students' physiological variables such as: Skin Conductance Response, Heart Rate Variability, Electroencephalogram, and Electromyography to understand what is going on within the students. Especially for students who can't talk or express their emotions and feelings, this could really help me and other teachers understand their children better.
     According to 
http://www.bloomstaxonomy.org/Blooms%20Taxonomy%20questions.pdf, Bloom’s Taxonomy provides an important framework for teachers to use to focus on higher order thinking. By providing a hierarchy of levels, this taxonomy can assist teachers in designing performance tasks, crafting questions for conferring with students, and providing feedback on student work. A teacher needs to plan a lesson, including a variety of activities and questions, making each student think & function at each level of the taxonomy. This allows teachers to be creative. When discussing the topic of animals: 

• Level I: Knowledge: Create a slide that reviews the information that the students have learned about animals.
• Level II: Comprehension: On the next slide create a chart that compares and contrasts the animals (eg. venn diagram: one circle for dogs and another for cats). Relate the similarities and differences of the animals in the venn diagrams to larger animals. For example, talk about the differences between domesticated cats and tigers, cheetas, and lions. 
• Level III: Application: Have students interview class guests who own pets. On the next slide help the students create a survey about what pets people in the class and the class guests and record it on the slide. Have the students construct a collage all about animals.
• Level IV: Analysis: Compare and contrast the number of different kinds of pets from the survey with the students. On a new slide make a chart comparing the different number of two types of the animals such as the number of cat and dog owners.
• Level V: Synthesis: Develop a list based on the relationship between the type of animal that gets the highest number (ex: dog) and a child.
• Level VI: Evaluation: Lead a discussion on the different number of each type pet. Ask the students how they would evaluate the data.

     This is a website that has outlined 10 technology trends that will shape higher education in the coming years. These trends are adaptive learning, predictive analytics, CRM, exostructure, open microcredentials, digital assessment, smart machines, OER Ecosystem, listening and sensing technology, and collaboration technology.

#7 Haha!!! I Know How to Use This Blog in my Class!!!!

• According to the Adaptive Tech  podcast, adaptive or assistive technologies are those that help people with disabilities more effectively use computing equipment. It goes on to list out ways that people with physical disabilities and learning disabilities can use adaptive technologies such as voice recognition software instead of typing, use text-to-speech software that will read the text to them, talking spelling checkers, speech recognition software, and computer based organizers that help keep students's assignments organized. According to the book, word prediction software can be used to assist students who are phisically impaired by reducing the number of keystrokes it takes to express a thought. Students can use alternative keyboards such as expanded keyboards, one-handed keyboards, and on-screen keyboards. The students can use these to make it easier to type. I personally have used a voice recognition software called Dragon Dictation to write out my papers because it took hours to type out my paper whereas I could say it in about 5 minutes. As a future special needs teacher, I assume that I will be using many different types of adaptive technology in my classroom to help my students learn the best that they can. I think that, as our society becomes more digitalized, there will need to be more assistive technologies that will help those with special needs so that they can learn too.
• Doing the Web Page Design assignment, I learned how to make a properly functioning website that other people can see. I liked the design aspect of the project but I did not like the fact that I couldn't make that website perfect in how I wanted it to look. I think that the forum of Weebly is great, once you truly learn how to use it. I can definately cleanliness as to how everything comes together and is overall presented. In my future career, I could see myself using a similar if not the same program to make a class website.

• In using Diigo these past few weeks, I have learned that we can annotate websites, create a list of resources, obtain a professional network where I can get new resources from other instructors, and how to organize my websites so that I know where things are when I need them. In my classroom, I can annotate websites on the board as we are going over the article. I will also be able to share new documents/websites with my collegues and other professionals.

Post #6

     Many school websites do not have class pages for each class. Most have the home page, about us, the mission, faculty & staff, calendar, resources and contact information tabs. As a public member, I can see all of the cool things that the school has done this year including honoring 9/11 with local heroes and a butterfly garden. St. Lucie is an elementary school grades K-5 in Fort Pierce, FL. I can see the teacher names for each grade but they aren't linked to class website.

     I believe that I will definately use technology in my classroom. As a hopeful Special Education teacher, I have to be careful what I use so that I don't overstimulate my students. Teachers are always attending educational classes and workshops. I plan on using a class website in order to help parents stay up to date on what we are doing. I also plan on using Kahoot and Edmodo in my classroom.

     I loved the Tech Sandbox. It was definately cool seeing a 3D pen and printer in action becasue I plan on using them in my classroom so that the students can feel the objects not just hear about them. It will also help with any of my students who are visually impaired. The material used with both the 3D pen and printer can be built up making it tall enough so that the students can describe what exaclty it is.

ILP Participation – Lynda: Office for Educators

     When I first logged into Lynda to find a course to use, I got really excited when I saw Aaron Quigley's "Office for Educators" course. I love using Office when doing my projects because there are so many different things that you can do with them. I learned how to thoroughly use OneNote. I also learned about what SharePoint and Office Mix are. There are many different things that you can do when it comes to Microsoft Office programs. For example, SharePoint is a program that allows people to collaborate on websites. It can allow a teacher to creat a class website, and administrator to create a school website, and students to create websites. It's kind of like BlackBoard. Teachers can add a library for class information, add a photo library,  set up calendars to help the students stay on task,  share resource links,  post announcements on the students’ websites, and  restrict access to certain things.

     Notes:


Screenshots:

https://www.lynda.com/Office-tutorials/Office-Educators/141464-2.html

#5-Let's Teach!!

• Although Web 2.0 tools are not available to every class/school, they are not option in the classoom. The advanced technologies in Web 2.0 tools allow us to communicate with each another. Examples of Web 2.0 tehnologies that I think are useful include social media, YouTube, Diigo, and blogs. The podcast refers to YouTube, blogs, and social media as more "passive" in the classroom because of the students' roles in them. YouTube can be used to show students different videos that help explain the lesson that a student is working on. Blogs can be used to keep a class page that has things such as upcoming assignments, homework updates, and other announcements. According to the podcast, Twitter can be used in the class by providing a networking opportunity for students to follow authors, public figures and to be able to talk to a direct source. Diigo can be used to support teacher professional developments. Twitter also can be used for teacher professional development because it allows teachers to connect with other and exchange ideas.
• I plan on teaching Special Education. In my class I might use scribd which is found at https://www.scribd.com/ and is a tool that will allow me to find interesting books to read to my students that we may not have access to in the school library. If I end up working at a school in an impoverished area, this might come in handy because I can download these ebooks/audio books to my computer. I can also use it to get sheet music so that I can play music to my kids on either the trumpet of piano. Scribd has endless possibilities to the number of books (both ebooks and audiobooks), comics, sheet music, and documents.
• I believe that 3D Printing technology holds the greatest promise for education. This is because the students will be allowed to physically analyze an object and hold the object in their hands. This allows students to examine and explore these items. I believe that the 3D printing technologies can be used to create models that they can later turn into prototypes and develop.

#4 Technology and the Internet

• Twitter.... My experiences with Twitter before this class were very limited. Once in this class, I learned several things about Twitter. I believe that the coolest thing in Twitter that I have found so far is that many teachers and educational programs use Twitter. I figure that many educators use Twitter in order to connect with other educators. I assume that they switch techniques and styles online. On twitter, I've been following techlearning, U.S. News Education, Presentation Panda, EME2040, On Special Education, EdWeek Teacher, Active Minds, Inc. and many of the students in my class. I have interacted with Active Minds, Inc and EME2040. I have retweeted some tweets and replyed to some tweets too. Twitter might be helpful in my future career because it will allow me to connect with other teachers not at my school. It will also help me get different tips and techniques to use in my own classroom. I can also get ideas for classroom management and classroom layout/design.

• There are many different types of active learning software in the world today. These include academic software, productivity software, presentation software, and academic software applications. Academic software includes desktop publishing, graphics, reference, tutorials and drill-and practice, educational games, simulations, authoring systems, special needs, application software and integrated learning systems. Academic software applications include academic databases, authoring software, concept-mapping software, content-specific software, drill-and-practice software, educational games, and problem-solving software, simulations, and tutorials. There are several separate softwares within each type off academic software. Several students don't have access to many of these softwares. The digital divide is a term used to discuss those who do and do not have access to to technology. The students who don't have much access to technology often fall behind in class because many classes are implementing technologies. The homework assigned in such classes can be difficult for these students. 

• According to the Evaluating Internet Resources podcast, in evaluating websites, you should follow these points:
• Use ABCDT:

• Author: Is the author credible?
• Bias: Is the author biased or neutral on the subject matter?
• Content: Is the content accurate (spelling and grammer)? Is it current? Is it appropriate for the students using the website?
• Design: Is the website visually pleasing? Are all the pictures clear?
• Technical: Is it easy to navigate? Do all parts of the website function? Does the website load quickly?
• Site stability/ URL:
• Is it likely to change content or move links around?
• Who owns the domain name?
• What is the root of the domain?
• Is it the right type of domain for the website?
• Outlinks:
• Check links before allowing students to use the website.
• Advertising:
• Ads pay for many of the free websites.
• In evaluating websites, I check to see if the website in general is credible, not just the author. I also make sure that the website is appropriate for the age group and the individuals that I am working with. I use these criteria because each age group is different, but each individual person within that age group is different too.  

Blog #3 - ELA Technology Standards and Technology Software

I feel the most prepared to teach RL.7, RHST.7, RI.5, W/WHST.8, SL.3, L.5, W/WHST.6, and SL.5. I feel confident that I can teach RL.7, RHST.7, SL.3, and SL.5 standards in entirety to the speicific grade that it entitles but also to all other grades. The standards: RI.5, W/WHST.8, L.5, and W/WHST.6, I don't feel as confident with all the grades. I could teach RI.5 for the 3rd grade, W/WHST.8 for the grades 3, 4-5, 6, and 7-8, L.5 for the grades 2-3, 4-6, 7-8, and 9-10, and W/WHST.6 for the K-2, 3-6, 7, and 8th grades. I would need to work on being able to teach standards RI.7, RST.7, SL.2, and W/WHST.2 for any and all grades. As a special education major, other than the internet, projector and computers, I don't know how much computer based technology we will be using in the classroom. I hope to use lots of technology to help my students succeed in life despite their disabilities. I plan on using email, as well as a phone, to keep in touch with the parents. We will be using different websites in class to help the children learn different things. In the class, I hope to use different graphics, charts, and tables to help my children learn. I'll be using audio files and videos in my classes to help children who learn by auditory and visually. And that's what I'm planning on using in about 5 years from now. Who knows? There may be several new technologies that I will be able to use in my classrooms. Working on the Newsletter, I learned how to add two borders to a single section. I made the top and bottom one color and the two sides another color. I also learned how to make one section of my paper two columns and another, one section. I thought it was fun to makeup my own newsletter for my classroom. It gave me an idea of how to do one in the future when I have to make one for my actual classroom. Next time I make a newsletter, I will make it more colorful instead of using mainly different shades of green (green is the color of mental health awareness). I will be able to use a similar format for future newsletters.

Post 2- MS Word

     I have used MS Word for a variety of different projects and assignments. My teachers have used MS Word to explain the assignment, show different tools that students can use in assignments. I learned in my Business Skills class that there are many different ways to use Word and make it look unique and interesting. I have learned different things from my instructors about Word such as how to apply unique themes, change certain things about a theme, Word Art, and etc.
     I have always been told that not copyrighting is a bad thing. I have found out that it is not good to copyright a picture, graph, chart, etc because it's illegal. It's similar to plagiarizing because it's copying information without giving the source. According to the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education, fair use is the right to use copyrighted material without permission or payment under some circumstances. It also says, "Copyright law has several features that permit quotations from copyrighted works without permission or payment, under certain conditions."
     I would make sure that the students know what copyright is and what fair use means in a daily sense. In developing my instructional materials, I will make sure that I give credit to all sources and check with the Fair Use guidelines to make sure that I am being ethical in my work.

Technology Nowadays

Why are computers important in today's educational experience? How do students and teachers use computers in the classroom? Technology, and computers specifically, is important in education today because most of life is becoming digital. Think about how far computers have come. The first computer was introduced to the world on February 15, 1946, that's 70 YEARS!!! All the apps that have come out are insane! I know that on the newer iPhones, there is a wallet app that you can keep all your online accounts, including to but not limited to, Target coupons, Starbucks cards, and boarding passes for flights. Many college classes use Blackboard to help the students and teachers be  more organized. If I am not by my computer, I can pull up our class website through Blackboard's mobile app. Computers give students and teachers access to the worls from their location, wheter it be their bed, desk, class, car, etc. Web 2.0 has provided many applications including chats, forums, and video conferencing to give students access to their peers outside of class for things such as tutoring and group projects. Teachers and students need to be more adept at how to use the multimedia capabilities that are available to them at the click of a button. All of this new technology is not going to be integrated overnight. There are many things that have to happen first! Technology costs money, a lot of it! Many schools cannot afford technology. If they can, some schools limit the number of computers they have as well as limit the internet access speed. Many teachers aren't getting the proper training that they need for all the new technology. The integration of technology also takes lots of time away from the teachers. I definitely agree with integrating technology into classrooms. It allows for the students and the educators to become more involved in the classwork. I think that it is hard to integrate technology, but it is necessary because students will be growing up in the 21st century and most things, if not everything, will be digital.

The International Society for Technology in Education is a "professional organization dedicated to promoting appropriate uses of information technology to support and improve teaching and learning." I thought that the ISTE Standards were interesting because it gives generic things that each subgroup (teachers, administrators, students, etc.) should be doing, but there is nowhere that I saw that said, we should all be doing blah, blah, blah. Looking at the ISTE Standards for Students 2016, seeing as I am still a student, I love the Creative Communicator Standard because I am a creative person and I love using technology to express my creativity. On the other hand, I look forward to expanding my knowledge about the Global Collaborator Standard. This will help me with my people skills and hopefully help me meet new people.

I agree with the label "digital native" for today's youth. The kids nowadays are definitely more involved in technology than previous generations. So technically you can definitely call the youth digital natives. Digital natives are people who have grown up using technology and usually refers to children, teens, and young adults. Digital natives usually can't remember a time without technology, however that doesn't make them a better technology user than the technology immigrants. Digital natives are just used to the presence of technology in their lives than immigrants. Due to the fact that I don't use as much technology as others in my generation, I don't really see much difference because up until now, I haven't had to use much technology in the classroom, more at home. I also don't use the same technology as my teachers, and if we do, I don't see much difference between how they use it and how I do. In the future, I expect that there will be many different kinds of technology than there are now. I am sure that I will have to learn about new software, programs, apps, etc. so that I can capture the student's attention and help them learn.

Technology and I

My experience with technology.... Well I have used many different types of technology in the past due to different school projects. I have played around with several different programs including Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Google Docs. These projects have given me the abilities to do several different types of projects. I also took the Computing for College and Careers class while in middle school which helped me learn about different aspects of these programs. I love working within the technological programs in order to better understand them.

In this Introduction to Education class, I am hoping to better understand the programs of the technology that i already use. I am also hoping that I will get to learn about new forms of technology and how to use them. I want to be able to learn about how to incorporate technology into classes so that when I am a teacher, I can better my students's understanding of technology as well as their education.

I learned that my active vs. reflective and visual vs. verbal scales are pretty balanced. The sequential vs, global scale and sensing vs. intuitive learners are both wonky and lean towards one side. My sen. vs int. scale leans towards sen which means that I am a sensory learner and hat I learn by facts. The seq. vs. glo. scale shows that I learn better using linear steps more than jumps.