EME2040

I really enjoyed using the survey tool! I thought it was fun and I believe it is a great resource for students to be engaged in their learning. In the future, I want to become a high school history teacher and I would use surveys and data collecting tools to receive feedback about my lessons and how effective they are or are not in the classroom. I would also like to use surveys for how the material impacted the students so their opinions are not influenced by their peers, they can really get engaged in how/what they are learning. By using multiple choice and short responses on a survey, I can collect information from students who may not raise their hand in the classroom on any material like previously stated and even on what history lesson we should explore next! There were many topics I explored while viewing my classmates blogs. It was cool to see everyones PowerPoint assignments and what material/topic they chose to do their assignment on. I learned more about history just fro

For my second ILP, I interviewed Junior High Math teacher, Paula Smith. Ms. Smith is a teacher at Madison Junior High School in Naperville, Illinois. She is a teacher that I look up to and I admire her hard work and passion for her job. She has recently implemented a new system within her school with a new approach to student support. Instead of pulling kids from the classroom who need help with math or reading, they push support teachers into the classroom who help the students to succeed. There is a short article on the school website that talks more about this new approach and includes some quotes from Ms. Smith as well. Click HERE for more information on that! Ms. Smith has also won noteworthy awards as a teacher. She was previously named Illinois teacher of the year, she was selected to run a workshop at the National Conference of Middle School Teachers of Math in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and to top it off she has her Masters in Math Education. I aspire to be more like

I think the flipped classroom idea/concept is even better than the traditional way of running a classroom. It is a strategy with blended learning in which an instructor and/or teacher includes online lessons and in class lessons as part of their teaching strategies. Usually, instructional content is delivered online, outside of the classroom and that material leads to in class activities within the physical classroom. I think this mix of blended learning leads to a more engaging environment in the classroom and helps students to learn more about technology and incorporate it into their learning experience. Open educational resources (OER) are freely accessible resources that are useful for teaching and learning. They are resources that anyone can access and use and are usually found as online resources. These resources are “open” to the public to retain, reuse, revise, remix, and redistribute any given material for free. I have provided a link below to a website that gives examples

The first PLN that I wanted to discuss was Pinterest. I use Pinterest everyday for everything! You can create different boards that serve as categories as you search and explore through pins. For example, I have a board titled "Crafts for my nephews" and this is where I pin ideas that fall under that category. The coolest part is that you can follow other uses accounts or just their individual boards! You can also collaborate on a board if a user invites you to do so. For me, when my sister was moving into her new house she invited me to collaborate on her board "New house" where we could both save pins to the board and see what the other one pinned. So, this is a great way for teachers to collaborate and create their own boards for ideas/categories in their classroom. I even have a board titled "Future teacher" where I pin any ideas I come across for my classroom or helpful tips for when I become a teacher. Pinterest The second  PLN that can be great fo