EME2040

     As a teacher, surveys can be utilized in many ways. I would use them at the beginning of the year to ask my students about them, or to collect data on what they'd like to cover over the year. For instance, if teaching language arts to 5th graders, I'd ask my students in a survey about their preferred genre and what books they'd be interested in reading in the year. Towards the end of the year, I would probably give them a survey that asks them if they enjoyed the class, if they learned something insightful, and most importantly I would ask them what they did and did not like about my teaching qualities.      While reviewing my classmate's blogs, it was interesting to see their perspective in contrast to mine. I liked seeing their different responses to the blog prompts and seeing how they wrote something entirely different than what I wrote about. I also liked seeing the different scopes of the topics chosen for the powerpoint interaction assignments. It was also n

      My education has definitely taken a toll as a distant learner. Thrusted into this lifestyle that I was unprepared for, distant learning was never something I was interested in. I always felt I learned best in the classroom surrounded by other students. Being in a learning environment fed into my want to learn. Now, as a distant learner, my motivation has taken a massive toll and school does not feel like what it used to. Classes I typically would be excited for now feel like a burden. In all honesty, I do not think there is anything that a teacher can do to help my situation. My professors throughout this experience have all been amazing and understanding, but the feeling of school being a burden will never be lifted unless I sit in a classroom again.      Open educational resources are resources that can be accessed at no cost and without a license. They are revolutionary in the way that they provide educational resources to all, especially students that may not have the means o

    While working on the web design assignment, I learned how to incorporate elements and outside links into a website. I also got a better understanding of templates and which ones match a topic versus which ones do not. Being able to play around with the different elements and colors was particularly enjoyable. What I liked most about the assignment was that I had the ability to completely tailor the website to my liking. Knowing how to create a website can be very beneficial for my career because the skill can be used to create a personalized website for my classes based on the grade level and subject.  My website:  http://emely2040.weebly.com/      From working with Diigo, I learned how to search through my bookmarks to quickly find information and how to share websites with entire groups of people. This application can be very beneficial in the classroom, with team members, or as an individual. First, the ability to bookmark articles, books, websites, etc. saves so much time than