ILP "Design" - Glogster

I designed a poster on the website called "Glogster". Glogster provides templates for different types of posters that can be customized for personal or classroom use. I created a Glog that I could potentially use in the classroom in the future. It specifies a "Classroom Star of the Week" and describes the good accomplishments of the student that is chosen. Here is a link to my Glog!

ILP "Participation" - Lynda Tutorial on Visual Thinking Strategies

1) Activity Log
Visual Thinking Strategies
- 4:41 started tutorial
-4:42 Gives an overview of visual thinking strategies
-4:43 shows how an image can be used as starting point for a discussion
-4:44 says it encourages kids to answer questions in multiple subjects
-4:45 Yenawine talked to cognitive developmental scientist to collaborate
-4:46 breaks down the steps to using Visual Thinking Strategies in the classroom
-4:46 fosters credibility and self confidence bc there are no "wrong answers"
-4:48 seeing where the student is coming from helps create natural links and disagree without frustration
- 4:50 VTS is about reflection and looking inside 'teacher quote'
-4:50 teachers say how they doubted it at first but then grew to love it
-4:52 helps teachers grow and do better in other areas too
-4:52 principal talks about VTS in his school
-4:53 Yenawine talks about vts fostering ongoing learning
- 4:54 interview of Philip Yenawine starts
-4:56 talks about process of looking and needing to learn those skills
-4:58 discusses trends of museum goers
-4:59 Discusses the basics and the creation of VTS
-5:01 everyone participates in VTS in the classroom
-5:02 talks about how it supports and encourages students at a disadvantage (EL, LD) to answer and give ideas
-5:03 gives example of a teacher implementing VTS when she needed it most
-5:04 tutorial ends



2) By watching this tutorial, I learned about Visual Thinking strategies and how they are used in the classroom. I learned that this can be an effective method to use with all students, but especially with students that may not have the confidence to answer questions in a normal lesson, such as students with learning disabilities or English language learners. I learned the basic steps of how to use Visual Thinking strategies in the most effective way, and also how it actually ends up helping students in all subject areas.

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Blog Post #10

I think I will use Data Collection tools to interact with both parents and students. I plan on teaching first grade, and I think it will be helpful to use Qualtrics surveys to get info from parents. I could use a survey to see how effective parents think their students are understanding topics and learning in my classroom. I could also use a simpler version of these surveys to ask students about their experience in the classroom and find out what they like and don't like.

The topic I found most interesting from reviewing my classmates blogs was how they want to use technology in their classrooms in the future. Some of them had really cool ideas on how to implement technology we have learned about in a classroom setting. It was also a good way to check out their assignments and see how creative everyone else in the class is.

The next technology-related skill I would like to learn is how to use Photoshop. My knowledge about Photoshop is pretty limited. I think it would be helpful to learn how to use Photoshop so that I can make posters and cool pictures to hang up around my classroom.

I think I will achieve my future educational technology related goals by practicing the skills I already have learned and learning new skills as my education progresses. I will implement technology and lessons on how to use the technology in the classroom.