Student’s World

I was in an asynchronous section of EME2040. I liked that I could work on the assignments relatively at my own pace, as long as I stayed on schedule. It worked well with the rest of my classes and work. Sometimes the Canvas page felt cluttered, and I would have to scroll for a long time to find an article in a sea of information, which I didn't like. When I'm a teacher, I might have a table of contents on my class website so that students can find the unit they're looking for. This way, they can go directly to that unit and have a lot less things to weed through. But of course I do understand the limitations of Canvas! Open educational resources are those that can be accessed and used by everyone. They're often found online, and can be used for free--they can even sometimes be edited and shared. The University of Pittsburgh LibGuides compiled a list of OERs that are available. The list has sites for images, multimedia, complete courses, and more.  From working on the P...

A new skill I learned from working on the Web Design assignment was using the software Weebly to create a website . I had only ever visited Weebly sites in the past, so it was interesting to learn the process of creating one for myself. I also learned how to embed a Google Calendar into a website. There honestly wasn't a part of the assignment I disliked. In my future career, I will try to have my own class website for students and parents to visit.  I learned how to add a sticky note and highlight from working with Diigo. I think the application can be helpful as it gives teachers a space to post websites or articles for their students to read. This could be used as a space for optional readings to be posted. With team members, it makes it easier for each person to find articles, annotate what's important to the topic, and post it to the space so that everybody's on the same page.  One site that could be used to stay informed of technology trends in education is EdTech Mag...