Maria Sofia 2040 Blog

For this week, I completed my second ILP assignment creating a design project using online resources. I chose Prezi because I really liked its design and its interactive presentations. My presentation explains Plato's Allegory of the Cave, I also provide an interpretation and a possible example of the current day. After that, I created a VoiceThread presentation to explain what is Prezi and how you can use it to create your own educational presentations. If you want to check out any of these presentations use the links below: VoiceThread https://voicethread.com/share/12391807/ Prezi https://prezi.com/view/uxsSApK41QO7eF6d3Yp6/

I loved FlipGrid, it is definitely my favorite resource we have reviewed in this class. Go check out my video on this class Grid! Open Educational Resources are teaching resources that are available to all public who need them on the internet. They range from resources and guides to make lesson plans, to websites where teachers can share their original curriculums. One example of an EOR is the website called Connexions. In this website, you can find educational resources such as books or even classes in the form of modules. Whoever that wants to learn an educational resource but does not want to consume it the conventional format can access Connexions and consume it in a module format. In my opinion, the module format is much more educational than others. If you want to check it out, click the link below: https://cnx.org/ For the last two assignments, I learned how we can use PowerPoint to create an educational presentation. I learned how to research information, format it p...

Learning about Diigo in this class gave me a wider perspective of types of social media that exist. Diigo is a platform that enables you to share content with a group of professionals that are also looking for professional development resources. In my opinion, I think this is the right way of using social media because it is very productive and is feeding the development of many people through sharing. I enjoyed using the internet for sharing growth and development. PowerPoint goes very well with Bloom's Taxonomy. The first step is knowledge: PowerPoint was created to share and present knowledge with other people. The second one is comprehension, this tool is a facilitator to comprehend any information. When using powerpoint you need to apply different knowledge and you can also teach others how to apply knowledge in real life. Then it comes analysis, with this tool you can present an analysis of different topics perfectly. Lastly synthesis and evaluation, Powerpoint lets you do ...

Before this class, I had never used Twitter before. Not, it is the social media I enjoy the most. I like the intellectual and discussion aspect of it. I feel like other social media can be superficial while Twitter enables important discussions about interesting topics between users. My experience so far has been positive. I have interacted with my peers, shared my feelings and thoughts, and read really useful information by other accounts I follow. Now, my experience creating my own website surprised me. It was far more difficult than I thought. However, I am someone who is not very tech savvy. This assignment manages to give me some headaches, but finally, I did my best. I learned that you can use free resources as Weebly to create a webpage that represents you. I think that nowadays this is very important because it can be like your presentation card online. Students with special needs need different kinds of learning. This is why assistive and adaptive technologie...

For this part of the ILP assignment, I decided to create a Voicethread narrating my experience of taking the online course "Becoming a Thought Leader". In this Voicethread I tell you what I learned, what the course offers and what I thought of it. The link of the Voicethread is  https://voicethread.com/share/12222901/

Currently, I am observing a class at The Florida State University School. I decided to go and see the school's page and see what a Theater teacher had written in their website. I found Mrs. Allen Terice, and after reading her introduction I find her so interesting. You can tell that she is passionate about teaching art. I also noticed that she uploaded a calendar with all the classes activities. This calendar is available although you don't have an account in the website. Which I think is really useful for parents that are considering if they should enroll their children in this school. I see myself using technology to accomplish several of my professional responsibilities more efficiently. First of all, I think that the age of technology has facilitated communication between parents, students, and teachers in a whole new way. I think that it will be easy to reach parents via E-mail to schedule a meeting or even let them know about important things that are going on with ...