Jack Painter's eme2040 Blog

      In my personal experience before this class, a lot of the teacher related content I saw on the internet was more of an informal way to find solutions to their issues. For example, a  new teacher might post a video talking about some trouble they ran into during a lesson or in the classroom. Other teachers on the app can comment on the post. They can even respond with another video, if a more visual response would be better.     I got to experience a little bit of both ends of the digital divide in my k-12 education. In elementary school, I grew up in a poorer area, therefore my schools had less technological resources. Most classrooms in my school didn't have smartboards or much technology outside of those classic old school projectors. This led to my elementary education being more hands on, and with more practice of the skills. When I moved to Florida for middle and high school we moved to a more affluent area, and technology was prevalent. Eve...

A big issue when using technology in the classroom is academic dishonesty. Academic dishonestly leads to students not absorbing the information, in turn not truly learning anything. One thing I plan to do to prevent this in my classroom is doing most online assignments in class, as well as minimizing online tests. I think minimizing the amount of graded material students do online would encourage less cheating.    I have learned about copyright in the past, when learning about plagiarism, as well as the commonalities and differences between the two. I plan on primarily using public domain images in my classrooms to avoid any issues with giving improper credit. I also plan to do a quick lesson on plagiarism and copyright, and I plan to deduct points for plagiarism and copyright infringement. It is important for students to do their own work, and when allowed to use others works, they must give proper attribution.   I learned some innovative design skills in canva. I had no...

      Microsoft word is probably the most commonly used educational technology in my k-12 and college experience. I've used word to write papers, write notes, answer homework question, and much more. I have not used any other word processing software because i was introduced and taught how to use Microsoft word first, so I am more comfortable using word than trying to learn a new software. i believe word was more commonly used when/where I was growing up, and nowadays its more of an even mixture.      The ISTE standard that resonated the most with me was the educational leader standard. The ISTE wants educators to seek out opportunities of leadership to support student empowerment/success and to improve teaching and learning. I was unaware that there were/are standards or requirements for teacher educating their students on the digital world. One concern I have is that students do not always have access to these technological tools. Not everyone has a sever...

     In this class, I hope to learn different techniques of explaining information to people through technology. Technology is a very crucial part of our education system, and it is constantly changing/evolving. I wat to learn how to make presentations for enjoyable for my future students. I would like to also find a good balance of keeping them entertained in the information and the students actually absorbing the information. It does not matter how interesting or entertaining an educational presentation is if the students are not able to retain the information.     In my personal experiences, the most commonly used educational technology would be PowerPoint presentations. I have found that at times, PowerPoint presentations can be extremely boring and make it difficult to learn the information. One thing that helped me in schools is when the presentation didn't have the same base slide or design for every slide. PowerPoints are heavily dependent on students st...