Blog 9

     So far, I have really enjoyed this class. I have had a good experience and I think the way it is set up is really good and organized. I like how everything is on canvas and it is really easy to find everything.  I like the teacher, I think she is really engaging and promotes a positive learning environment. There is nothing I really dislike about the class. Something I can do to help improve the classroom experience for my students is to have really fun and engaging lessons.

    Open educational resources are resources that every teacher can use in their classroom. I think they are really useful for teachers and provide a good resource if they are struggling to find an activity to teach their students. In an article I read about open educational resources, I learned that it has a lot more benefits that I realized, like it saving money. Here is the link to the article: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7676419/ 

    I learned a lot of new skills while doing the powerpoint presentation. I learned how to do animations that make the powerpoint more fun and engaging. I also got more comfortable using microsoft powerpoint because before I have just used google slides. I also learned how to record myself making the powerpoint and it was much simpler than I thought. This project was really fun and I learned a lot more that will be really useful when I am a teacher.

Blog 8

     I definitely learned so much designing my website. I thought it was fun and I will be able to use what I learned in the future to make websites for my classes. One design principle I used when making this website was the title section. I made sure that the background was pretty and the title words were a color that was easy to read. I liked that I was able to be creative with this project and I really enjoyed it. I can't post a link to my website because it won't let me publish it.

    I use AI tools occasionally. I most often use something like chatGPT to help me with writers block. It helps me construct a foundation for a paper ot essay. From there I can build off the ideas provided by chatGPT and branch off of them. Another AI tool I often utilize is Siri. It makes simple tasks like calls and internet searches much quicker. 

    I learned a lot about AI tools. I thought the AI chatbots were really easy to use and connect to and it is a good resource. My perception of AI has changed a little bit. I used to think that AI was just a tool to cheat and it wasn't honest work but now I see so many benefits and I think it has more uses than just to cheat. I will address potential risks with my students using AI chatbots by warning them and making sure they know how it works.

    I think AI tools can definitely enhance productivity. They can help things be accomplished quicker and easier. I think that in the future when I am a teacher I will use AI tools to help give me ideas for lesson plans. I will also use AI to help explain a subject in a different way if my students aren't understanding the subject the way I am explaining it.

Blog 7

     I visited a math teachers website and an english teachers website. I saw very similar information on both. Both of the websites that I visited had a welcome page that introduced themselves and explained what the year would look like. Both teachers also had the resources that the students would be using throughout the year. There were links to everything so that parents and students could easily access them. The math teacher's website also had all the assignments that the students would be doing anf what supplies they would need or how to do the math.

    I will definitely be using technology in my classroom. I just think that technology offers so much and makes teaching a lot easier. A tool that a lot of my teachers have used that I want to use is Canvas. Canvas makes accessing assignments so much easier and puts everything in one place so that I don't have to search for it. When I was in high school we used a different tool that had similar things but I just think Canvas works better and is simpler.

    Overall, I had a good experience working on Assignment 2. I enjoy working in groups and I liked my group, I think that we worked well together. I thought the Canvas group tool was really cool when I figured it out. It took a little bit for me to know how to use and and understand what I was doing but once I did I thought it worked really well and our group was able to make a good Canvas page.