Rosa Spring 23 EDIT4300

       This Module was full of fun activities! I love creating digital content so I really enjoyed my mini-podcast quote, youtube captions and screencasting assignments. These are definetely tools and skills we need as educators in today's ever growing digital world. It was fun to revisit Audacity since I had not used it in years! I had forgotten how simple it is to use. It was also good to learn how to fix the youtube closed captioning since I've noticed the automated ones aren't always accurate. And finally I was relieved to learn how to screen record for lessons, something I had yet to learn but was hoping we would do. Though, part of me wishes that we had started some of these assignments closer to the beginning or middle of the semester. Since we only have 2 weeks left and then finals week, so technically 3 weeks to get all the assignments done. I did a count of all the assignments combined for all 4 classes and it's just a little over 20 assignments left. To be...

     Social Media is one of those things I have always been apprehensive about. Ever since Instagram surfaced in 2010 I experienced its addictive nature. I remember scrolling through photos on hours. Sometimes not even being able to sleep at night. I feel the same about Facebook, TikTok, Snapchat, Twitter, Youtube Shorts and any other scroll like social platform. They have a very addictive nature and like you mentioned in the class videos, we as Educators have to be very careful about the way we use them in the classroom. I do believe in order for teachers to stay relevant and connect with students we have to use some of them. That said some of the ways I thought would work pleasantly are the class blog type discussions and instagram photo essays. Sharing school events and photos on social media is also nice because it can work as an incentive for students to participate and be active in school activities.  The presentation part of the Lesson Plan was fun!😃There has...

     Computational Thinking! That was what this module was all about. And what a coincidence because ... that relates so well to the topic I chose for my lesson! Which is: Coding for children. 😁 I must say I am finally starting to understand computational steps and algorithms more clearly after these assignments. It is interesting how this step-by-step problem solving concept is a process that can be applied to both computers and teaching. I think it is a great way to really break down larger ideas or projects and make them more comprehensible and doable.      Finding everyone's favorite color with the Binary Alphabet was fun. I knew that one of the color's that is also a plant was going to be lavender because I loooove lavender and I am obsessed with it so much so that I had my bridesmaids in lavender at my wedding. And I just absoultely love the smell of it, I keep a bag of dry lavender and smell it to relax as odd as that sounds. I also use the lavender...

     I'm going to be honest and say that this was a challenging Module for me. Not only because I have limited experience of lesson planning as a subsitute teacher but also because everything at home just piled up at the same time. I was working well on the lesson plan to turn it on time and then there were about 2 weeks of events and family that would just now allow me to sit down and finish. But I am so glad I got to finishing it up because it was enjoyable, mostly because I imagined teaching the lesson to my son. Thinking of ways to make sure he understands the instruction and concepts. He has just started using Scratch Jr at home and really likes it. I will have to try and teach him all about what programming is, coding, algorithms and sequences, words he is yet to learn. One part about the Lesson Plan assignment that I thought was interesting was the ISTE Standards. It was something I didn't even know existed but what a great resource it is to have to make sure techn...