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teacher pages are very important in the make up of a school's website. its important to show how credible a teacher is by putting up their credentials. Another important aspect is what the teacher stands for and what they are about. I say this because it is good to have a general idea about what that teacher likes and focused in. the teacher page I used was dr doug guifrrida of the university of rochester his page is excellent because it shows his crediblity as a proffesor and his studies.  https://www.warner.rochester.edu/facultystaff/who/guiffrida     

                                                     
the way i see myself using technology in a way that can benefit me is by using it in a class to keep myself organized in a manner that can help me get my class prioties in order. another way is by having technology as a source of infomation that can help me.

the technology used yhere can be great in a classroom. for example the 3-d printers could be printed out and show a brain this would be great for a pyshcology class as you can externally see a brain and label the parts as opposed to just seeing it on a screen. and another interesting facet of the technology there would be the tools that can be used to help children code. That is a good tool because coding is going to be a huge part of our technology based future 

My first reaction to using diigo was more so of confusion because I did not exactly know what it was because I never heard of it before. but after being introduced to the subject in class I understand it much better in fact when we did the diigo for the gica I really understood the applications that diigo can have as I can search for articles and then highlight and comment on them so I can keep my thoughts together.

before this class I have never did  a blog I always figured for it to not be my thing  the thought of conveying my thoughts and feelings onto the web. its never really been something I was into but slowly by commenting and reading other peoples blogs it helps to create a nice perspective on what others do and how they feel. I have learned throuhout the process better skills on transfering internal ideas onto paper. 

a nice web 2.0 tool that would be good for teahcing and education would be skype I never really used skype in my elementary or middle school career and in fact I didnt even use it in high school but whenI entered college mainly my senior year zoom was an important aspect of what was needed because with skype I was able to talk to teachers that are online as well as learn and with graduate school interviews skype was the method of choice used for interviews between me and advisors and professors so my review of skype is a high one due to hit being rather easy to use with a solid user interface.

https://www.skype.com/en/

ILP#1 Design-prezi

voicethread

Prezi

overall this project made me think different when looking at how to present my ideas and lessons plans. with a prezi I was able to clearly label my ideas and seperate them into different parts. the infomation in the prezi was in an easy to follow manner and I think that is beneficial for any grade level when presenting a new topic that could be hard. With the prezi however evertything was very simple and fun to do. I would recommend all teachers to try a prezi atleast once. The voice thread is also a nice gadget to use because it articulates your ideas into a voice so if the student can not understand what point your getting at, well with your voice you can present  the topic in a different manner  and have the student understand it that way. I never used or heard of voicethread before this class but now that I know about it if I become a teacher I could see myself using it.

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LAFS.1112.L.3.4   Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiplemeaning words and phrases based on grades 11–12 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies this standard is used to test and provide a baseline for a students skillset in english. This is important because being able to intrepet literature and understand context clues goes a long way espcailly seeing as this is a 11th and 12th grade class meaning mastering these standards will set them on a good path towards college or the immediate work forcce  

the resource that I would use in my classroom would be the 9-12 grade resurces mainly the ones focused on social studies, The CPALMS educator toolkit is a great toolkit because it has many resouces that are helpful in teaching and can branch and form more ideas another great feature  of it is the lesson plans that are also in the CPALMS  this is beneficial as it can give a guideline on how to teach a material.

the skills that I have acquired from the newsletter design are beneficial as well because it challenegd me to use  things that I would normally never use in microsoft word such as creating a banner or page page border. this assigmment has also made me think in a more artful manner. which is something I do struggle with so with assigment it made me a better student by pushing me to think differently