Tech Task #2- Organizing yourself online

I believe that organizing yourself online is important in order to survive in the 21st century of technology. There are so many options available to use Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Youtube, Google, and so on and each of these resources require a password. I like the easiness of just going on your iphone and not needing to remember passwords every time you log onto something because the iphone allows you to click the app in which you are already signed onto. Due to the fact that I only use pinterest, google, and Facebook this makes my organization online a little bit easier than someone who uses all the others too. I have really enjoyed having the google classroom set up for this class as it makes things a lot easier to access and view what is happening. I think that this is definitely something that I would use in my own classroom to help students be organized online. Although some people may view being organized online as not really important, it really does help in the end and is a skill that should be taught!

Week 2- Digital Identity

This week we focused on digital identity, and digital dualism and I believe that as an educator we are constantly filtering our digital identity. I know for myself that I only use Facebook as a source of social media and I often think to myself before posting, would someone else who doesn't know me take this not as it is intended? This therefore makes what I do post on Facebook very minimal and mostly consists of posts to do with my family and friends. I realize that some people have cleaned up their Facebook of stuff that they think shouldn't be on there but a realization that I have is that everyone goes through stages right? So therefore during the teen years you may be exploring and figuring out what is the right path to go down, and during your first few years of university you may have not wanted to be a teacher. This all should not affect how we should be viewed as educators in my opinion because people change and often what they have done when they are younger is not what they are doing now and therefore they should not be judged on that by people who barely know them now and definitely didn't know them then. What are your opinions on this? I just think that your social media consist of people who are your friends and family and the events and activities that you do with them should not be a concern of anyone else's if it happened in the past. However I do think that once we become certified teachers we need to watch what we are putting out there as parents may see it differently than it was intended or may affect their view of us.

Week 1- copyrights and education

This week was an interesting one for me as we had a presenter in the class that talked about copyrights for us as future teachers. I was taken back a bit by the information that was given to us because as a physical education teacher we have always been told to incorporate music, or use videos in our teachings to provide students with a better learning opportunity. This was fine, until Thursday when we were told that we are only allowed to do use these resources if they are for educational purposes.  In my opinion though, physical education and music go hand in hand, and music is necessary to help kids move and explore creativity during movement. So therefore, I view music as being educational and necessary for students to learn and grow.
The idea of not being able to use anything that you need a login code for was also an interesting topic, because of the fact that it is preventing students from learning in a world that is so technologically focussed, and yet students are unable to fully use it properly in the educational setting. I struggle with the idea that anything that may be beneficial to our students, is something that we are unable to use unless it relates to the outcomes or topic that we are teaching.
I believe that as long as you have the reasoning as to why you are doing what you are in your classroom, and it relates to the topic that you are teaching, than there should never be any reason to question the way you are teaching. Therefore, I say teach with the resources you have available to you and you will do fine, as long as they are education based. 


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The end is near!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Last week of classes has been so stressful! Between the numerous projects that are due, the test that we wrote, all the busy work assignments given, and planning for Christmas this week has been interesting to say the least!! My ICT course has been a great experience and I have learned a lot of things about the internet that I didn't know existed. I found creating the website on Weebly quite interesting, and creating the video through amino was also quite neat and fun! It is a quick and easy way for someone to put together memories of something in a short 30 second video. I cannot wait to begin teaching and start a career working with kids and having a career I am passionate about. This photo below is a very true quote that explains exactly what is on my mind!! I look forward to the year ahead of learning in all the new classes that I am about to take!

 
 

E-portfolio

My e-portfolio has been my favorite assignment so far. I really enjoyed organizing it and putting it together in a reasonable easy to acces fashion. I am looking forward to finding out how I can make it better and what will get me a job in 2015! I enjoyed using weebly to create my e-portfolio. It was quite easy and will be easy to view online for those looking at it I hope!!!

Presentation

Our presentation is on using apps in the gym. We have chose to us my fitness pal and mapmywalk. These are two apps that are very useful and help students monitor physical activities as well as nutrition. Any of these apps will help with physical education and monitoring a healthy diet.

Here is the my fitness pal link:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/

Allan November

This week I did the Allan November quiz and found out there is still alot to learn about the Internet. I thought that I was alot more skilled with the Internet than the quiz determined. I also completed my portfolio this week which I think looks good. I am looking forward to having a review of it on what I should add or change!