Using Technology for Professional Development (BP8)
Working with Diigo has opened my eyes to a whole new side of educational technology. I love the features and accessibility to so many different resources. In a classroom, I would love to try to use this for things like writing a paper and needing sources or just as a discussion forum for people to ask questions if they are struggling with certain topics. For personal use, Diigo could be used with groups who are working together on an assignment. I could create a group on the website with my group members and we can share our resources for the project and write a description of the summaries so we can organize everything. I would also like to try to use this resource in my own life right now. If I am writing a research proposal or compiling resources for grad school I can organize them using Diigo by creating different pages for each topic or assignment and write descriptions for each one so I know what each one is without clicking on them.
PowerPoint is infamous for allowing for full creative freedom as a space to create presentations and organize ideas into a visually pleasing format. More specifically, PowerPoint can even be used for all of the levels of Bloom's Taxonomy. With knowledge, you can create slides with content that teach people about something. An example of this would be creating a presentation for a Psychology class. For the comprehension level, you can insert things like shapes, videos, pictures, and more to give examples of the content for better understanding. When it comes to application, you can create practice problems within PowerPoint and add shapes and effects to make the presentation more interactive with the viewers by hiding answers or match things. Analysis is an important part of learning because you need to understand why things are the way they are and how they fit into other things we have learned. To do this through PowerPoint, you are able to insert things like diagrams and charts to visually show the connections between ideas and concepts in an easy to understand format. Synthesis could be a fun formatting in PowerPoint to show the importance of certain aspects into a product. For example, when given a recipe and the learner must turn the recipe into a healthy recipe by exchanging certain ingredients, the instructor can alter the PowerPoint by inserting buttons to other slides that tell the learner whether they made the right or wrong choice. Evaluation, the last level, is a little bit harder to create in PowerPoint due to the free response aspect of it. This is the one feature that PowerPoint does not have as far as I know. This is something to consider for future reference when creating something like a lesson plan within PowerPoint.
As future educators, not only are we taking on the huge role of being in charge of students' success and knowledge, we are also responsible for driving technology innovation in the classroom. In order for us to stay informed on the resources that can be used in education, it is important to have resources that can educate you on these new tools. One source that can be used is the Office of Educational Technology. This website always has up to date information on the latest technology being tested and used in classrooms to benefit learning. It also features stories of people using the technology in their classroom so they can share their benefits and challenges of using the specific technology. Additionally, the website offers a blog for educators to communicate and collaborate to better understand technology in their classrooms or what they should incorporate in to their daily courses. This is a really great resource for educators to stay on top of all of the latest educational technology.
PowerPoint is infamous for allowing for full creative freedom as a space to create presentations and organize ideas into a visually pleasing format. More specifically, PowerPoint can even be used for all of the levels of Bloom's Taxonomy. With knowledge, you can create slides with content that teach people about something. An example of this would be creating a presentation for a Psychology class. For the comprehension level, you can insert things like shapes, videos, pictures, and more to give examples of the content for better understanding. When it comes to application, you can create practice problems within PowerPoint and add shapes and effects to make the presentation more interactive with the viewers by hiding answers or match things. Analysis is an important part of learning because you need to understand why things are the way they are and how they fit into other things we have learned. To do this through PowerPoint, you are able to insert things like diagrams and charts to visually show the connections between ideas and concepts in an easy to understand format. Synthesis could be a fun formatting in PowerPoint to show the importance of certain aspects into a product. For example, when given a recipe and the learner must turn the recipe into a healthy recipe by exchanging certain ingredients, the instructor can alter the PowerPoint by inserting buttons to other slides that tell the learner whether they made the right or wrong choice. Evaluation, the last level, is a little bit harder to create in PowerPoint due to the free response aspect of it. This is the one feature that PowerPoint does not have as far as I know. This is something to consider for future reference when creating something like a lesson plan within PowerPoint.
As future educators, not only are we taking on the huge role of being in charge of students' success and knowledge, we are also responsible for driving technology innovation in the classroom. In order for us to stay informed on the resources that can be used in education, it is important to have resources that can educate you on these new tools. One source that can be used is the Office of Educational Technology. This website always has up to date information on the latest technology being tested and used in classrooms to benefit learning. It also features stories of people using the technology in their classroom so they can share their benefits and challenges of using the specific technology. Additionally, the website offers a blog for educators to communicate and collaborate to better understand technology in their classrooms or what they should incorporate in to their daily courses. This is a really great resource for educators to stay on top of all of the latest educational technology.
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