Digital Badge #5

      Through the use of information alerts, e-Newsletters, & RSS feeds teachers are able to keep themselves in contact on a regular basis with their students. Making it easier for their classes to stay on track and up to date on anything important that is going on with the class. Things like test dates, project due dates, dates for exam reviews, field trips etc. While all three of these things are important, it is also vital that the teacher let the students know to expect them cause if a student is unaware that the teacher is sending them one of those then the student runs the risk of being misinformed and either failing the class or being left behind.
      Interactive video conferencing, is another way to keep the students up to date on important events. As well as one way for the students to attend class without having to be in the classroom. However, if a student uses videoconferencing instead of attending the actual class, they again run the risk of being misinformed or not understanding the course materials as well as their classmates can. One important factor for teachers to take into consideration when deciding whether to allow video conferencing to their students is that their students may in fact choose that instead of going to the actual classroom on the required days. While admittedly not all that bad, students may end up forgetting important dates for their class and end up missing test days, homework assignments, and any thing else that the teacher may assign to them (that includes due dates for extra credit assignments).
     Educational Websites, are another good way for teachers to help their students understand the lesson or section of a chapter that they are studying. These particular websites have their own awards that are given to them by organizations founded specifically to recognize teachers and other school staff for their hard work and determination to helping their students understand and follow the lesson plans with little or no issues. These particular websites are also useful when students have questions about the lesson plan when the teacher is unavailable to answer.

Digital Badge #4


Lots of teachers are always asking themselves the same question when they first start their jobs as a teacher. "How can I possibly make it as an educator" Well, luckily for them it is a question that thanks to reading all the relevant chapters in this book I have finally found the answer. And it lies within 3 simple questions: "What can I do to help them understand the subject?" "How can I be sure that they'll understand the content?", & "How will I be able to connect with my students?" Worry no more future teachers of America. For I have found the answers to those questions and if you would like to see them, please click on this link below.
https://bubbl.us/?h=21aebf/44750a/22vBaAPPZZRPY&r=1960156004

Learning Strategies

Plenty of people have trouble remembering things that they learned in earlier grades. Which is why some teachers use interactive quizzes to help with remembering names  & events that might be come up in later life or in later classes.
This is one such quiz,
http://flipquiz.me/u/trueirish777/oh-you-didnt-know

Some people claim that online quizzes can be "Too difficult" or "Too hard to figure out". Well the following links should help prove that not all online quizzes are all that difficult.

Quiz 1:
http://goo.gl/7PH7jQ

Quiz 2:
https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/ebd539b4-84bf-4809-96aa-dc5125910f49

Quiz 3:
https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/617bf0f5-309e-4deb-930a-a4e1d709b8b6

Resources:
Maloy, Robert, Verock-O’Loughlin,Ruth-Ellen, Edwards, Sharon A., and Woolf, Beverly Park (2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc.

Interactive Classroom tools.

The following link is a great way for kids in technology based classes to practice with when starting a new history class. It's quick and easy, plus the questions are all multiple choice so they won't have to worry about typing out an entire essay.
http://goo.gl/0bWaWa

Resources:
Maloy, Robert, Verock-O’Loughlin,Ruth-Ellen, Edwards, Sharon A., and Woolf, Beverly Park (2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc.

Becoming a teacher in the 21st Century.

      Every one dreams of doing something with their life. For some people, like myself, they want to become a teacher. They want to help people learn new things or help them reexamine things they've learned in the past. However, while some people think they are able to handle it. They are unaware of three very important concepts that are a must; the fact that we will be teaching the Assistive Technologies, Video Resources, & Student Feedback. 

      The reason why assistive technologies are important is because some of our students won't understand things right away & be able to comprehend what we teach them right away. Which will not only be bad for the student but also bad for us, if they can't understand what we're teaching them, then we're not doing a good job.

       Video resources are an important concept for people who want to be teachers because if a student doesn't know the answer to a question we give them for homework they'll most likely go online to look for the answer. So, the best way to make sure they understand it without their need to immediately look it up like they've grown so accustomed to doing, is to give them a link to a video with their homework. Or at least, show a video at the start of a new section or topic. 

      And of course, student feedback is important because if the other two concepts aren't enough help for the student, then they will run the risk of failing the class or will cheat on a test because they didn't know the answers to questions that they were afraid to ask us. A student's feedback is necessary for us to know we aren't failing the student.