Blog Post #7

     The teacher pages I decided to look up are from Tallahassee's own Canopy Oaks Elementary School in Leon County. Canopy Oaks Elementary gives a list of teachers from each grade (Pre-K through 5th Grade) that have a teacher page. I noticed that these are limited to 1-3 teachers per grade (at least publicly). There are also teacher pages for Special Education, Special Area, and E.D.E.P. A few teacher pages that I clicked on were not popping up, but they included "Welcome" and "Meet the Teacher" tabs. I was able to see Ms. Alexander's Kindergarten class page. Her "Welcome" tab included an animated classroom image with her Bitmoji avatar standing at the teacher's desk. This makes the page inviting and vibrant. Her "Meet the Teacher" tab included a headshot and short autobiography. https://www.leonschools.net/domain/1574 

    I envision myself using technology to reinforce skills and understanding for both myself and my students. One teacher productivity tool that I plan to use as a future educator is Kahoot! Kahoot! is an online source that allows users to create a quiz that is turned into a whole group game. When ready, the students join the quiz game via code. Kahoot! keeps track of each player's correct answer streak and points as well as the top players. Throughout all my years of school, Kahoot! was always one of the most exciting games to play and got us all engaged. Kahoot! is an especially good tool to use for lesson review. 

    Working on Assignment 2 with the Canvas group proved to be a bit of a challenge at first as I had never used that Canvas feature before. My group mates and I had to work together to figure out how to navigate the Groups and Pages. Something I liked about the group feature was how all the pages could be linked to the front page. It is cool to see the links of the other pages we made on the main page. This allows viewers who start on the front page quick and easy access to the other pages that we want them to view. The only thing I did not like about the Canvas group is just how long it took to decipher how to use the feature; but once we figured it out the first time, it was simple and easy to remember.

    

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