Post #6 Professional Development, Tech Sandbox & ILP "Design" - Prezi

I looked through a number of school websites and was unable to find any teacher class pages. I found a number of other resources like, Booster Association, Athletics, AP Courses, Bus Schedules and Newsletters but nothing from one specific teacher about their classroom content. I was able to read news about the school and all the upcoming events. I also read about AP Courses and lunch meals and how to sign up for sports. Here is a screen shot of Sante Fe High School and some of the resources I found.

http://www.santafecatholic.org/forms/

I envision myself using a wide variety of technology to help me accomplish my professional responsibility more effectively and efficiently. One example is word processing because they are much more capable of creating and editing a document these days. I am able to publish, create and edit graphics, review and reference work with tools and develop web pages. I find this very important because I need to be able to review my students work and place reviews and I also would love to create a newsletter for my classroom.

Another example would be electronic spreadsheets because I am able to organize, edit, input, and produce reports for any admin task that deals with numbers. This could help me create budgets, track grades and collect class information. As the podcast stated, tech has enabled more options and resources for teacher to take advantage of. Blogs are another recourse that I would find beneficial because I am able to share and learn ideas of other teachers and the methods of teachings they use. I could also use this to track my progress of my students like a journal.


Last week, I went to the Tech Sandbox and was able to see the all of the amazing technology that they had to provide. I was able to see the 3-D printer in action and that was so interesting to see a machine create almost anything you program it to do. I also saw the 3-D pen and saw this piece of tech create 3 denominational objects in real time. This was by far my favorite piece of technology in the Tech Sandbox and unfortunately did not get a chance to try it out.

I also had the opportunity to see the Virtual World head set that transports to anywhere you would like to go. I thought this was amazing because I am studying French currently and it would be interesting to take a Virtual trip to the Louvre in Paris. Overall, I thought all of the tech was so innovative and I am excited to hopefully start to see some of this tech become integrated into classrooms.


For my ILP, I chose to try my hand at Prezi and created a presentaion on World War I. My Prezi shows how World War I started, who fought and how WWI ended.
CPALMS:
7th Grade
Social Sciences
SS.6.W.1.1: Use timelines to identify chronological order of historical events.

https://prezi.com/-mhvg0bwoq8s/copy-of-world-war-i/?webgl=0#