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 This week I spent a lot of time with family for the Thanksgiving break and was able to take a much needed break from things like social media and other technological platforms. I was with all of my close family who matter so much to me so instead of spending so much time on my phone or laptop I sat down and had great conversations with family members I had not seen in a while and got to play plenty of board and card games. I enjoyed this technology detox so much as I did not feel the need to look at what others were doing for their break and experienced less "FOMO" (fear of missing out) than I usually would. I was able to really enjoy the moments I got with my family rather than always looking for the next thing. Overall this was a great experience and one I need to repeat more often.

  As a teacher I think that tools like Qualtrics and other data collection survey tolls could be very helpful in my future classroom. I may be able to use it to see where everyone feels they are at as far as understanding certain key concepts being reviewed in the classroom. I could also use these kinds of surveys as a way to administer mini quizzes to see if the students are understanding the content. I personally want to teach middle school art which means I could use these kinds of tools to see if they understand certain drawing techniques or see if they can remember artists and artworks discussed in class. I feel the most interesting topic I found on my classmate’s blogs was regarding the website design in blog 8. It was interesting to see who was struggling with the same issues I was when putting my website together. I also really enjoyed being able to access everyone’s websites and seeing what everyone else did for the assignment. I also had a lot of fun looki

                  

 

 

       This semester I luckily was able to get most of my classes in person and this happens to be my only distance learning class. I appreciate that distance learning like this online class gives you the ability to do the work on your own time throughout the week. However, I am not a big fan of distance learning for the most part. I feel it is much harder for me to focus when I am not in the classroom as well as feel it is difficult when you cannot see your professors in person every week to get clarifications on certain things.        Open education resources (OER) are extremely valuable especially when it comes to teaching at school that may not have the money to access newer textbooks or physical materials. Allowing access to updated lesson plans and projects ideas allows for all students to remain on a more level playing field. One OER that I found especially helpful when I was in school was Khan Academy. This website has so many open resources to any lessons o

  This blog site is a great resource for staying up to date on current shifts and technology in the classroom. This is one of many of their blog posts regarding how to stay up to date on technological trends for teachers. Blogs like this one are the perfect way to stay up to date as they are always being updated as there are shifts in these educational trends. This post goes into detail on some tips and tricks for how to stay up to date. These include how to start small if need be, stay informed, how to get connected, and how to share your own work to help others.    Resource Link: https://blog.edclass.com/staying-date-technology-teacher-integrating-classroom-time/

       After working on the web design assignment, I feel that I learned a lot more than I had expected to as I was working on this assignment. As I have mentioned previously, I am not usually great with technology and seem to struggle with learning new applications when working on school projects. I did like that after this project I have discovered that creating your own website is free and easy to do. Since I am hoping to become an art teacher after graduation, I feel that this new skill well come in handy when creating my teacher website that I can share with students, parents, and faculty.        Over the course of the semester, I have learned a lot through working on Diigo. I do feel that this resource will come in handy in my future classrooms as it provides great ways to share easy to access resources with your students and for them to reciprocate. Being able to annotate, share the link to the resource, and being able to search it easily with key words will