Eden's EME2040 Spring 25 Blog

I was in 8th grade when Covid hit, so I spent the rest of the year online like everyone else. I had to use Zoom and Canvas to attend class and get work done. I think Zoom is effective because it allows the speaker to screenshare and teach in a kind of face-to-face manner. However, it is very easy for students to get distracted or not pay attention to the speaker because they can turn off their camera and do what they want. Canvas is also a great way to assign work and keep track of grades but it was very challenging for me to learn strictly through instructions on Canvas because sometimes they are unclear or not very detailed.  An open educational resource is one that anyone can use and typically can be shared or edited. I found an article on OER on the  FSU Libraries  website. It explains that there are "5 R" permissions associated with OER: retain, reuse, revise, remix, and redistribute. The website says that OER are extremely helpful to college students because it can ...

For my website design, I did my best to utilize all of the design principles. For example, I made sure to use contrasting colors on all of my backgrounds and text so that it was easy to read. One of my pages had a beige background, so the text I put on it was dark grey. Also, to utilize repetition, I kept the font the same for all headers/paragraphs and the same color text as well. I found aligning my designs to be difficult sometimes because of the way the website has you put certain things in certain areas and it was frustrating at the beginning, but once I got the hang of it I was able to utilize the alignment principle well. Overall, I liked this assignment because it allowed me to act as if I was a teacher and I think it will prepare me for the future. One thing that I disliked however is that Weebly does not have an undo button, so if you delete something there is no way of recovering it. This made me nervous while I was designing my website because I did not want to accidentally...

The website I chose to examine is my old elementary school's page. They have a separate page for each grade level which contains contact information, a weekly or monthly newsletter, and any other information that the teachers found important to include. Some of the newsletters were more looking at the year as a whole with some specific information for the current month and others are strictly updated weekly. I found it interesting that the teachers do not have their own individual pages but rather they work as a team to produce a newsletter for the entire grade. I think this has both pros and cons because it allows all of the students to be on the same level across the grade but it also does not allow for flexibility should a teacher feel that their students need more time on a certain subject. However, the teachers might have their own individual newsletter and I just do not have access to it.  link to school website I think I will use technology very often in my teaching career. ...

I truly never thought that blogging would be something that I enjoy because I hate writing and I consider it one of my weaknesses. However, I have enjoyed blogging for this class. I think it is a great way to reflect on the week and what I learned. It also allows me to go back and see my growth from the beginning of the semester to where I am now. Because of this, I think that blogging will be something that I do once I am a teacher so that I can sit down at the end of each week and reflect. This will help immensely with the mental health aspect of teaching but I also may be able to reach other teachers as well who might need to get some advice or see that someone is dealing with similar obstacles that they are.  I tried to use Generative AI to create a meme that showed a student procrastinating and waking up from a long nap to realize their assignment is due in an hour. I had a lot of trouble using the Generative AI to create this. It was difficult to create the perfect prompt to ...

I think it is very tricky to decide how AI can be used in a K-12 setting. It is a great resource to use to brainstorm ideas for teachers and students. Teachers can use it to help make lesson plans and students can use it to find topics for research and many other things. However, there are obviously some cons to it. Students can use AI to write essays for them, get answers to tests, etc. This can lead to academic dishonesty problems and can affect a student's education because if they are using AI to complete assignments and/or tests, they are not learning the content for themselves. Also, it is important to decide if using AI is age-appropriate or not. For example, I think it is more useful to high school students rather than kindergarten students because they are not doing writing assignments and they might not understand how to use it responsibly. I like to use Instagram and TikTok to get inspiration for my future classroom. I have saved videos in the past that provide ideas for...

The standard I chose is  SC.K.HS.2.2 and it highlights how to address balancing time between electronics and physical activity. The purpose of this standard is to promote a healthy lifestyle in our youth. This standard is geared toward kindergarten students in particular. That being said, I do feel prepared to implement this standard to an extent. I think I can explain why a healthy balance between screentime and exercise is important, but I might need some advice on how to explain that to kindergarten students. I want to ensure tha t I can effectively explain this to my students so that it sets up a healthy lifestyle that they can pursue for the rest of their l ives.  The Educator Toolkit that I selected was kindergarten mathematics. I think these resources will be extremely helpful as a teacher because if I am needing some inspiration for lesson plans or resources to aid my lesson plan, they are listed here. Because the resources here are reviewed and approved, it will help ...