Look Forward to Reading Your Blog Post # 5!

Hi, everyone

You all did a great job in spending hours in completing required assignments! Applaud yourself!

I have enjoyed reading your blog posts so far.

Look forward to reading your blog post # 5!

Your fifth post should contain:

• A paragraph on which ELA technology standards you feel most prepared to teach with your existing knowledge and which require more learning on your part.
• Based on Chapter 7, write a paragraph about the technology software/applications you like to use with your students and the digital citizenship concepts (end of chapter 7) will you need to address. Identify the age range of your students to situate the appropriateness of content and application.
• A paragraph on new skills you acquired from working on the Newsletter Design assignment and reflect what you like about it/what you don’t like about it, how you can improve it next time, and how what you learned from the assignment can be used in your future career. Display your assignment on your blog.

Look Forward to Reading Your Blog Post # 4

Hi, everyone

You all did a great job in spending hours in completing required assignments! Applaud yourself!

I have enjoyed reading your blog posts so far.

Look forward to reading your blog post # 4!

Your fourth post should contain:

• A paragraph in which you provide an evaluation/critique of a lesson plan using the Dynamic Instructional Design model presented in Chapter 3. Be sure to link to the lesson plan.
• Search online for the “open” terms mentioned in the podcast. Write a paragraph that extends the podcast information, including a specific site (linked).

Look Forward to Reading Your Blog Post #3!

Hello, EME 2040 Folks

I am glad to see most of you have already submitted your blog post #2. I have already checked some of them. Good job!

Your third post should contain:

• A paragraph on how you’ve used MS Word as a student and how you’ve seen your teachers use it.
• A paragraph about your experience with copyright and fair use of materials in an educational environment. How would you deal with these concepts as a teacher, developing your own instructional materials and having students create their own works (read CSMI’s best practices and listen to the podcast on this topic to find out more!).
• Reflect on the implementation issues from Chapter 9.  Propose solutions to 3 issues you could implement in your classroom.  Be specific.

Please let me know if you have any question or concern! 

Look Forward to Reading Your Blog Post #2

Hi, everyone

Your second post should contain:

• What influences teachers (chapter 1) and students (chapter 2) to use technology in the classroom?
• A paragraph in which you reflect on the ISTE standards. Specifically cite 1 standard that is meaningful to you and 1 that seems outside your current skill set.  (Include an explanation).
• A paragraph on whether or not you agree with the label “digital native” for today’s youth. What does it mean to be a digital native? Have you seen differences between how you (digital native) and most of your teachers (digital immigrants) use technology? If so, describe them and what their impact has been on your learning experience. What differences do you anticipate between you and your future students in terms of how you use technology?

Please let me know if you have any question or concern. :) 

Ray

Stay safe during the hurricane season and read your classmate's self-introduction post!

Hi, everyone

I am sorry to hear that the hurricane did harm to some areas where some students live. I hope everything will be OK for you. Stay safe!

At your convenience, I recommend you could read your classmate's first blog post and leave comments if you like. Even though most of you cannot see each other face-to-face, I would like you all to know each other better, learn from each other. You can leave a comment to ask questions and even engage in an in-depth dialogue with your classmates through the blog. Your posts to your classmates should engage with their commentary by relating your own perspectives, analysis, or asking questions.

This morning I had one interesting conversation with my friend. We noticed that adults more frequently use Facebook than young people. So, what social media tools do you often use? 

Happy Labor Day!

Ray