The English Language Arts standards require students to learn to read, write, speak, listen, and use language effectively in a variety of content areas. More specifically, the technology standards prepare students of the 21st century by using more technology tools in education. I am interested in teaching 2nd grade, and a lot of the technology standards have to do with making things like books, posters, and comic strips through website creator tools. I have had a lot of practice with different applications and websites that help you build these types of things. I also have existing knowledge on teaching tools such as the Smart Board from when I was in elementary school. Something in the technology standards that I would require more learning from is an effective way to teach students to create a blog.
One of the resources in the CPALMS Educator Toolkits are lesson plans for each specific subject. In each Toolkit there are interactive lesson plan suggestions that are appropriate for a particular age level and informative on a specific subject. This resource allows teachers to experiment with different lesson plans to see what works best with their student. They are also unique and most are interactive which allows for fun yet informative activities that will help students relate what their learning to a certain task. I would use this tool for my classroom because it would allow me to get more creative with my teaching. I like that these lessons aren’t just cut and dry, but incorporate educational subjects such as math and science with everyday things such as gardening, sports, and even grocery shopping.
While working on the Newsletter Design assignment, I was able to practice incorporating a lot of the tools we have learned to use on Microsoft Word. I also enjoy putting my own style and color coordination on things, and this assignment allowed me to find what worked best for me with Word. I am typically not very creative, but I enjoy organizing things and making it look visually appealing. Something I did not life about the assignment was figuring out how to place everything in word so it fit properly and didn’t overlap. Something I would improve was the fact that my newsletter did not save how I wanted it to with the spacing and fonts even though I saved it as a PDF. I actually learned through this assignment how useful a newsletter for parents and students could be for my class, and will definitely be something that I will utilize in the future. The images attached below is my Newsletter Design assignment.
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I agree that CPALMs is great for tying real world interactions to education. It makes me think of Montessori schools where they have tiny kitchens to teach students in a real world setting for "small people". I think it teaches responsibility.
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