ILP "Participation"- lynda.com tutorial

1. Activity log

•  Start watching Mike Hathorn: 3D Printing in the Classroom 
•  A teacher is making a tutorial on the 3D printing software named Sketch Up
•  Explains how students now-a-days are consumers of technology and how he wants to make students producers of technology 
• Students get to create the curriculum of their course at Hardford High School 
• Students walk around town and take pictures, they then transfer those pictures onto a software called Sketch Up
• Students model their own objects and then get to use the 3D printer to create them
• The class uses 3D printing to create models of their town, these models are uploaded on Google Earth
• To make the class more history based the students have to find someone to talk to and get information about the building they took a picture and sketched a model of
• The students conduct an interview so when people click on that building they are informed of the building's history 
• This class gives students technology skills, knowledge of history of their town and how to talk and interview people 
• Teacher noticed more students standing than sitting while working with the 3D printers and computers
• He found out that people have more brain activity when they are standing versus when they are sitting 
• The software allows the students to get creative even when the teacher assigns a certain topic for the assignment
• Students are not doing the same assignments, they have a little freedom and creativity which allows them to get deeper into their work 
• Since each student is working on a different project it allows the teacher to talk more one on one with the student and give them suggestions on how to fix their work
• Students also use math when they go out into the town and approximate how many feet long a building is to make an accurate model with a pacer
• Students are having fun but also realize it is important that they are learning how to use this technology now for the future
• The principal sees that the students who do not do well in core academic classes or have no interests in school succeed in this type of technology class
• The teacher tries to show that instead of consuming this technology products that they can actually make them
• Examples: iPhone case, amplifier, building, board game piece, etc.
• The teacher even brings the students to Tech Jam, a showcase to show off their pieces and to see other students and companies technological products 
• At the showcase the students get to explain to others how 3D printers work and show them their products that are currently being made
• It allows the students to demonstrate the knowledge they have learned in class
• Sketch Up and 3D printers allow students to be innovative
• These independent and creative skills will follow these students into their careers and future lives
• This tutorial helps show how teachers can turn students who are technology consumers into technology creators

2. The learning experience these students get are like no other. They get to learn about relevant history that pertains to them since it is about their town. They also get to learn about new technologies and how to use them for innovative purposes. The learning experience these students get show them that there is more than just lecture and discussion based ways of learning. They get to be creative while still learning important aspects and skills they will need in the future. This class allows students to take a break from other repetitive classes and proves that different ways of learning increases interests in all students. Students get a lot out of this hands on class that they would not be able to get in a traditional classroom setting.

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ILP "Design" - Glogster

Glogster is a website that lets you create online multimedia posters. I want to be a Kindergarten teacher so I created a class poster with all my students pictures and names on it. Teachers tend to make these at the beginning of the school year that have to do with the theme of their classroom. Since it is a multimedia poster I was also able to embed a Youtube video that went along with my poster's theme. I decided to make my poster theme a farm and used the "Old McDonald Had A Farm" song since most preschoolers learn this song in preschool.



Here is a link to my Glogster!

Qualtrics Survey

Below is a link to my Assignment 11: Data Collection and Reporting survey and I would appreciate anyone who took the time to take it!

https://fsu.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_6QEqen4HNCjSfUF

Blog #10

As a teacher I will probably use the Data Collection tool for interacting and keeping in touch with my students' parents. I want to be a kindergarten teacher so my students probably won't be at the right comprehension level to get results from. But my students' parents can use my surveys so I can see what their child needs to work on the most and how much they have improved in certain subject areas throughout the year. I can take these results and focus on a subject area more in depth for a while if enough students need the extra practice. The Data Collection tool will help me improve my classroom not only for their particular school year but for my future classes based on their perspective. The answers that I receive through Data Collection tools will help me to evaluate the aspects of my classroom that are effective and the aspects that are not effective. Their responses will help me change my teaching style to better fit my students.

After reviewing my classmates' blogs something I found interesting is that even though we had the same assignments due, like all of our journals and assignments like PowerPoint and concept maps they all looked different. I learned through my classmates' blogs that there is not only one way of completing work correctly, which showed me that there are different ways to go about teaching and you just have to find what works best for you and your students.

The next technology-related skill I would like to learn next is how to use Promethium boards in a lesson to make it more interactive. I know how to use the Promethium boards and the touch features but I would like to be able to know how to make a lesson interactive where students can come up and solve problems instead of doing PowerPoints.

I think I will be able to achieve my future educational technology-related goals is through experience. The required internship that I will have will allow me to experience a real classroom setting and allow me to adjust to the the technologies and procedures of a school. As a freshman at Florida State University I have already learned so much and I can only imagine what else I can learn about educational technology the next three years here.