Amanda Card's Blog

  Blog Journal 10     I think I will use data collection such as survey tools as a teacher by asking questions about how they feel about class content. Receiving feedback from students is important because if none of the students are connecting with how the teacher is teaching the material then something needs to change from the educators standpoint. For example if I am fourth grade teacher going over a reading comprehension lesson and I decide to have the class popcorn read a book. But I put out a survey asking how the class feels about that and the entire class says that gives them too much anxiety and takes away from the focus of the lesson then I will have to readjust the plan.      I found the topics of distance learning and the experience of creating a website design very interesting because all the different perspectives. Everyone likes and dislikes different things about distance learning and its intriguing to compare and contrast my experience from others. I found it difficult

  Blog Journal 9     My experience as a distance learner is a good one, I do not have many complaints and has been useful with the pandemic. I enjoy the flexibility that comes with distance learning because you can be productive no matter your location. I dislike how little personal connection and personal instruction there is because I like to have someone personally explain lessons step by step. Instead, I find myself teaching myself topics that I would not need to if I was not distance learning. When a teacher, I hope to keep a personal connection with students even with distance learning.      Open educational resources (OER) are  freely accessible, openly licensed text, media, and other digital assets that are useful for teaching, learning, and assessing as well as for research purposes. An example of this is a resource called 20/20 Vision where students can calculate their own eyesight using this program. They learn about technologies to enhance eyesight and how engineers play a

  Blog Journal #8     New skills that I have acquired from working on the Web Design assignment were all those that went into making a website because I have never created a website before. I liked the creative side of the assignment getting to pick the aesthetic of the website that best embodies my personality. I disliked making up information that is not true, but when teaching a class that will no longer be an issue. In the future I hope to create a website that is easy to use for students and parents of my class establishing an open network between the home and classroom.  http://mscardclass.weebly.com/     New skills I learned from working with Diigo are how to save and bookmark websites to share with others. In the classroom this program can be useful to share carefully selected websites with students for the purposes of bringing education to the digital age. Similarly with how it is useful with students, it is useful for team members because of its ability to share reliable webs