Blog Journal 3

I think the ELA standards I will be most prepared to teach based on my existing knowledge would be "Multimedia:" literature, Integrate and Evaluate, Vocabulary, and Using Digital Media. I'm better at teaching and learning things that have to do with reading and writing while the ELA standards that deal heavily with math, science, history, and technology are not my strong suit. So the standards that would require more learning on my part would be multimedia for history and science.

One software I would use while teaching would be Poll Everywhere, especially in my first years of teaching so that I will be able to find out what my students like and do not like about my teaching so that I will be able to make changes and make my teaching more effective. Although the application is used more for inspiration for food, clothing, and DIY projects, I think that Pinterest would be a good way to find educational games and projects with my students. I will also have to teach my students about digital citizenship. Digital citizenship is being active and appropriate in the online community, showing ethical behavior such as being respectful, and protecting your identities by being safe and not revealing unnecessary details about your life. The age group I am trying to teach is between six and eight years old, so the applications I think might be helpful in the classroom may not be appropriate for the age group I want to teach.

I like the idea of having a newsletter for my students to take home to their parents but I feel like putting a lot of work into them could be a waste because I know that when I was in school, most of the students didn't even show their parents the newsletters we were given not just because they probably didn't want to but because they might've forgotten. Although having the students have their parents sign the newsletter and bring it back to the teacher could be a good way to get the students sto actually show their parents the newsletters. I haven't finished my newsletter because I did it wrong at first and had to restart and I am not very good at using Microsoft Word yet so its still a work in progress.

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  1. GinnyOctober 4, 2017 at 9:00 PM

    I agree that many of the issues within digital citizenship would not be appropriate for the age group you are interested in teaching. However, what digital citizenship concepts would be appropriate for that age group? (There are several.)

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