Excel Grade

Here are my grades/ excel spreadsheet




Windows Excel is an awesome tool for teachers in the classroom. It is a fast and easy way to keep a grade book.
I love it once I remember how to do the formulas and different things, until I remember I am frustrated.
I've used Excel and its formulas before, but I didn't know just how much you could do with it. During this activity, I learned how to use brackets to weight different parts of a score. I also learned how to use the IF function to assign a letter grade to a numerical grade.
I think this tool will be very useful to me as a teacher.
I will be able to just set up the formulas and plug in the grades, and it will calculate the averages and letter grades for me.


The standard I feet this assignment meets is:
Standard
3. Model Digital-Age Work and Learning
Teachers exhibit knowledge, skills, and work processes representative of an innovative professional in a global and digital society. Teachers:
d. model and facilitate effective use of current and emerging digital tools to locate, analyze, evaluate, and use information
resources to support research and learning
1. Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity
Teachers use their knowledge of subject matter, teaching and learning, and technology to facilitate experiences that advance student
learning, creativity, and innovation in both face-to-face and virtual environments. Teachers:
a. promote, support, and model creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness

Google Calendar

Here is a link to my Calendar.




What I did:
I used the Google docs calendar to create my calendar. It was extremely easy to add events and assignments to the calendar and embed it in my blog.


What I learned:
I learned there are different options when using this calendar by google. You can highlight specific dates and have it show for the whole week.

How can you use the new learning?
You could use this to put up around the room so students can have an idea of what the upcoming month/week has in store.

The standard I feel this assignments meets is:
Standard 3. Model Digital-Age Work and Learning
Teachers exhibit knowledge, skills, and work processes representative of an innovative professional in a global and digital society. Teachers:
c. communicate relevant information and ideas effectively to students, parents, and peers using a variety of digital-age media and formats
b. collaborate with students, peers, parents, and community members using digital tools and resources to support student success
and innovation

Google Spreadsheet

I used Google Doc to create this spread sheet.
I decided to just ask people about how they got to this point in their educational career.
Here are the results.

The standard that I feel This assigned meets is Standard 4c, which states that teachers "promote and model digital etiquette and responsible social interactions related to the use of technology and information." along with NETS standard number 2-Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments.

This could be use to modify different tests, especially tests which are taken often (such as reading). The questions could be typed into the survey form. It sure would reduce the pile of papers.

Tiny URL

I was looking around for what I could shorten...
I saw that someone used where they were going on Vacation, so I tried that out.
Too bad once I got down to the exact place we are staying the URL was not very long at all, so I decided against that.

I decided to use a story fro my my local paper about the Boys and Girls Club which was recently vandalized.. it is a sad story, but the URL is very long, so I chose that.

The Original URL is:
http://newsandsentinel.com/page/content.detail/id/549252/Thieves-hit-Boys-and-Girls-Club.html

The Tiny URL is:
http://tiny.cc/ce9el

The Bitty Link is:
http://lb.vg/8Q2ft


The ISTE NETS standard which this assignment meets is
Standard 3. Model Digital-Age Work and Learning
Teachers exhibit knowledge, skills, and work processes representative of an innovative professional in a global and digital society.
a. demonstrate fluency in technology systems and the transfer of current knowledge to new technologies and situations
and
c. communicate relevant information and ideas effectively to students, parents, and peers using a variety of digital-age media and formats

Reading 4

Here are the answers to Reading #4 questions.

The standard I feel that this assignment meets is:
Standard
1. Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity
Teachers use their knowledge of subject matter, teaching and learning, and technology to facilitate experiences that advance student
learning, creativity, and innovation in both face-to-face and virtual environments. Teachers:
a. promote, support, and model creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness

Online Graphing Tools

Kid Zone Graphs

NAEP

Graphs:

Doc 1: 4th Grade Math

Doc 2: 8th Grade Math


Graphs (charts) are a helpful way to present data, especially to people like me who are very visual. The graphs made with Kidzone can show students the difference between how information looks in a pie graph vs. a bar graph and which type of graph is more appropriate for which type of data.

What I did:
-went to the NAPE websites and look at statistics
-then create graphs to show the statistics.

What I learned:
- how to create a graph using the website provided.

How can you use the new learning?
- show test scores compared to other states, in your classroom, or anything to show comparisons.

The ISTE Standard which the graphing assignment meets is
3. Model Digital-Age Work and Learning
d. model and facilitate effective use of current and emerging digital tools to locate, analyze, evaluate, and use information resources to support research and learning

Zoomerang and Blog Pole Gadget

I created a survey using Zoomerang.

The standard this relates to: ISTE NETS-T Standards
1. Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity
c. promote student reflection using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students' conceptual understanding and thinking, planning, and creative processes.

When it came to the BLOG POLE GADGET

What I did:
-went into my blog and added a gadget .

What I learned:
-I learned what people like the most

How can you use the new learning?
-You can use a blog poll to find plenty of things out such as what is a students favorite way to learn, what they think their learning styles are, etc.

The standard I feel the Blog Pole meets is:
Standard 5. Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership
Teachers continuously improve their professional practice, model lifelong learning, and exhibit leadership in their school and professional
community by promoting and demonstrating the effective use of digital tools and resources. Teachers:
c. evaluate and reflect on current research and professional practice on a regular basis to make effective use of existing and emerging digital
tools and resources in support of student learning
b. exhibit leadership by demonstrating a vision of technology infusion, participating in shared decision making and community
building, and developing the leadership and technology skills of others

Reading 3

Here are my answers to Reading Week 3


The Standard which I think that this reading aligns with is: 1- Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity.Teachers use their knowledge of subject matter, teaching and learning, and technology to facilitate experiences that advance studentlearning, creativity, and innovation in both face-to-face and virtual environments. Teachers: a. promote, support, and model creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness

Word Cloud

Here is my word cloud... It is a quote from "Field of Dreams"

Here is a link to my word cloud.

What I did:
-went to wordle and pasted my words into the box and then it automatically created the word cloud.

What I learned
-I can take any website or any saying and make it into a word cloud.

How can you use the new learning?
-it could be useed for anything. I love that you can take any words/saying/anything and create a Word Cloud.


The Standard(s) that I feel the word cloud relates to are: ISTE-NETS 2. Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments and 3. Model Digital-Age Work and Learning

Jing Screen Shot

Lately I have gone to several different events, so I just found it fitting to do my Jing Video on how to make invitations of Microsoft Word 2007.

Here is my video

For some reason there is volume on it... please turn it off, unless you really want to listen to me type and click the mouse!!!

What I did:
I used the same software that I used for the last assignment (Jing Image/ ScreenShot) I used, on how to use some techniques for Microsoft Word.

What I learned:
-I learned how to do a screencast.

How can you use the new learning?
-This can be used in learning in many ways. You could have this up on a computer for students working on an assignment on the computer.

This relates to almost all of the ISTE NETS standards except maybe number five, engaging in professional growth:
#1 Inspire student learning and creativity
#2 Develop digital-age learning experiences
#3 Model digital-age work and learning
and
#4 Promote digital responsibility

Jing Graphic

I had used JING before in an undergraduate class. I attempted to find my NING site where I had several posts using JING, but since it is a "for-pay" site now, my NING account was gone. I remembered using JING, but it has been a while, however once I downloaded it and started playing around, I remembered what I doing.

Here is a link to my Screen Shot

I googled a graphic whichs shows the counties of WV. I am from Parkersburg, so I used the arrow tool to show which county that was in, then I pointed out Fairmont State, along with where our capital is located. This would be a good tool to use when studying different parts of the state, students could each choose a county and report on it.


I learned that you can capture shots of anything on your computer by using the jing software that stays at the top of the computer.


-You can use this by saving a picture and being able to go back to it and show the students how to do the different steps.

The Standard that JING relates to are 3 and 4 D.
3. Model Digital-Age Work and Learning
Teachers exhibit knowledge, skills, and work processes representative of an innovative professional in a global and digital society. Teachers:
c. communicate relevant information and ideas effectively to students, parents, and peers using a variety of digital-age media and formats
a. demonstrate fluency in technology systems and the transfer of current knowledge to new technologies and situations

Reading #2

Here at the questions

The INSTE-NETS standard that I feel this relates to is Standard
5. Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership
Teachers continuously improve their professional practice, model lifelong learning, and exhibit leadership in their school and professional
community by promoting and demonstrating the effective use of digital tools and resources. Teachers:
a. participate in local and global learning communities to explore creative applications of technology to improve student learning
d. contribute to the effectiveness, vitality, and self-renewal of the teaching profession and of their school and community

diigo site

Here is a link to my Diigo site.

A web browser add on is a program that is integrated into the browser that provides additional functions into your preferred browser. I discovered that I have used several basic add ons before mostly for social networking sites such as Facebook or search engines like Google and they are very convenient for everyday use navigating through the internet. Diigo helps make things more accessible and easily at hand when you want to pull something up, especially occasionally visited sites.

I am addicted to checking the weather, so I have a weather add-on that I am checking constantly to see what should be wearing when I walk out the door.

What I did:
-registered for Diigo and installed it on my computer. Then I started building a library by adding websites.

What I learned:
-that by using this you can have all your most used websites right at hand so its once click away.

How can you use the new learning?
-We can save our most used websites on the computers at school so students can get into the website themselves.


This related to A LOT of standards:

Standard 2A, Digital Age Learning Culture fits the use of Diigo (design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity) also Diigo fits standard 3b collaborate with students, peers, parents, and community members using digital tools and resources to support student success and innovation.

3. Model Digital-Age Work and Learning
Teachers exhibit knowledge, skills, and work processes representative of an innovative professional in a global and digital society. Teachers:
a. demonstrate fluency in technology systems and the transfer of current knowledge to new technologies and situations.

1. Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity
Teachers use their knowledge of subject matter, teaching and learning, and technology to facilitate experiences that advance student
learning, creativity, and innovation in both face-to-face and virtual environments. Teachers:
c. promote student reflection using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students' conceptual understanding and thinking, planning, and creative processes.

Piocasso Head

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This is a really fun sight. It is hard for someone who wants everything to be "perfect" to create an image that is anything but "perfect".
The site was really easy to use, it walked you through everything and then sends you a link for how to view it. After learning about Snip-It tool, i was able to put the image in this post, so that it was by itself and not on the regular website with everyone else picture.

The standard that this blog relates to is NETS-T standard 2. This activity allows students to express themselves nad be very creative. I know that OCD students and students that are perfectionist like me, this will be hard for them, but this is help them "think outside the box" This is not a structured site and allows for a lot exploration and creativity.

Snipping Tool

I love this quote. It is part of my philosophy.
I am a very visual person, and I know that just by telling me something I am going to forget. However, if things are written down I am going to remember what was said to me. Also when I am involved I can remake whatever was shown to me.

What I did:
-I found a quote I love and took a picture of it using the snipping tool.

What I learned:
-I learned that I can use the snipping tool to capture pictures on my computer so I can save something.

How can you use the new learning?
-I never knew I could do this until now.
This is a really neat tool that you could use when giving directions/instructions to students.
You could give step by step directions along with an image for them to understand.

NETS Standard
2. Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments
Teachers design, develop, and evaluate authentic learning experiences and assessments incorporating contemporary tools and resources to
maximize content learning in context and to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes identified in the NETS•S. Teachers:
a. design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity
3. Model Digital-Age Work and Learning
Teachers exhibit knowledge, skills, and work processes representative of an innovative professional in a global and digital society. Teachers:
d. model and facilitate effective use of current and emerging digital tools to locate, analyze, evaluate, and use information
resources to support research and learning

Philosophy

Philosophy

What I did:
After I rewrote a shorter version of my educational philosophy. I published it on Google Docs (link above) I then created an avatar which reads (part of) my philosophy, and embedded it in this post. i actually got the embedding right, i was pretty proud of myself for that one!


What I learned:
-I learned all about a voki and how much fun it was.

How can you use the new learning?
-We could use this in a number of ways.
We could use this is we wanted to create a movie or video and let each student have part in it. We could also let students give speeches using this.


This ISTE Standards that I feel this related to are 2 and 5. 2 is to: Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments, we designed in that we designed an Avatar or digital tool to help us learn. Standard 5 says that: Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership. It also addresses Professional Growth and Leadership, we then had to share our philosophy with others and tell them about why we are teaching/ our goals of teaching.

Also standard:
3. Model Digital-Age Work and Learning
Teachers exhibit knowledge, skills, and work processes representative of an innovative professional in a global and digital society. Teachers:
a. demonstrate fluency in technology systems and the transfer of current knowledge to new technologies and situations
c. communicate relevant information and ideas effectively to students, parents, and peers using a variety of digital-age media and formats