Ali's EME Blog

For the second ILP, I used Prezi as my design tool. I created a presentation on Prezi titled "How to be an Effective Teacher". This presentation provides characteristics that effective teachers should obtain. http://prezi.com/bvbcaep56zdc/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy 

For another twitter update,  I have been following the same 4 teachers and here is what they have been tweeting about this week. Vicki Davis tweeted about how students should be listening to podcasts because they are free and very educational. Matt Gomez tweeted about the sports teams at Plano School. Kevin Corbett tweeted about why teachers should join educational associations. Robert J. Marzano tweeted many templates for students to use such as the structure of a well-known argument.

1. I will definitely be using Excel and tools like it when I become a teacher. Before taking this course, I did not understand how to use excel or any of it's functions, because it looks a lot harder than it actually is. After our skill checks and practicing on Excel, I feel confident that I know how to use it much better than I did before. I especially enjoyed learning about how to create a grade book on Excel because it seems very easy and practical for a teacher, and it can calculate averages and final grades for you. 2. I really enjoyed writing my own and reading my classmates blogs this semester. I learned a lot about how different people view different topics on education and it was nice to look at things through a different perspective. I was surprised to read some people's blogs and relate to them, it was surprising to see how much we had in common on different educational topics. 3. A technology related skill that I would like to learn next is much more about Smartbo...

1.A flipped classroom is backwards from traditional learning. In a flipped classroom, students learn online at home and then they have time in the classroom to do homework and ask questions. This saves time at home where children are stuck doing homework that they don't understand. Here is a link to a website with lots of information about a flipped classroom: https://www.knewton.com/infographics/flipped-classroom/ 2. https://sparcopen.org/open-education/ Here is a link to help better understand what an open classroom is and all about it. Basically, open education believes that everyone should have equal opportunities to resources, which is why they are made free online and can be viewed by a wide audience. 3. On the two Powerpoint assignments, I do not think I have really learned anything that I did not know how to do before. I have been creating Powerpoints for a very long time, the only new thing that I have learned in this class is using voice thread. I have never recorde...