Padrick's Workplace

Journal 6 The school website that I visited was my old high school's page. However, as I went through the website, I could not find pages for the teachers. There seemed to be something similar to it, but all the pages were blank. The website is broad in terms what it offers, only showing what entices parents to have the school. From what I remember, while I attended, was that there was a separate website where one could view information about the teacher and classes. However, I no longer have access to the website. I checked each grade level to make sure I did not miss anything, but there was nothing to be found. My school (it was PK-12) was called Baldwin School: baldwin-school.org Since technology has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember, I can easily envision myself using it for my professional responsibilities. Not sure sure how it will help me do it more effectively, though. The best thing I can come up with is that I learn the some of the intricacies so...

Journal 5 Diigo was an interesting experience. Mainly because it was such a new thing for me to use (and I had never heard of it before). I thought it would difficult to use at first, but once I began to use it, it became much easier. The best part about it is that it allows for once to highlight important aspects of an article, which helps in understanding longer articles. Also putting comments is a good way to write down ones thoughts or add on to another person's thoughts. Blogging is also a new experience for me. I have never blogged before, but I had heard about it. I had always dismissed as something old fashioned (and I still do, to an extent), and never gave it too much thought. I cannot say that I like blogging, but I also do not dislike it either. I'm split down the middle in that regard. What I have learned from blogging is more about what I learned about other people from their blogs. It was easier to understand their opinions on matters this way, as it allowed ...

Journal 4 - Twitter While I have used Twitter before, this was the first time it was in such a different way. I have have yet to really interact with anyone, there was an instance where I gave a short anecdote on the the impact that Kobe Bryant had and that garnered a short response of just a GIF. Twitter can be useful in the future to get information across at a moments notice. If there is something that one wants to share, they can share it almost instantly. Digital divide is that gap between certain generations and their ability to understand/use technology. The way digital divide affects students is that something new and revolutionary could be introduced and they would have no idea how to use it. There is also the lack of exposure to any kind of technology that can increase that divide greatly. How this could affect me as a teacher would be in how technology could evolve even further and I would not have the knowledge to operate it. The best way I could combat it would be to l...

https://voicethread.com/share/13656332/ In this voice thread is the basics of how to use iMovie. This is Apple's basic video editing software. What is gone over is how to use iMovie itself and the value it has in education. What a completed project could look like:  https://youtu.be/c_G2bZzCBQ0

Journal 3 The grade level I chose to focus on for the ELA Technology Standards is 6-8. The standard that I want to focus on is the first which is integrating visual information with text. What this standard means is that using some type of visual reference when referring to someone that is only text, allows for the information being presented to be retained better. I feel I could implement this skill because it is something that one is exposed to early on. It is also easy to replicate/do because even when one is older, having a visual guide helps to learn something new. The resources in the CPALMS tool kit all seem to focus on different areas in which to teach/learn something. In order to understand anything, one must analyze it to gain more than a surface level understanding. This means being able to understand certain ideas that one is presented with in a more cohesive way. I would implement this by having students tell me what they understood when they read what was assigned to ...