Blog Journal 2

Growing up in K-12 I don’t remember using MS word too often.
The internet was newly being used and I don’t believe we even
had a computer in my house until I was in middle school. With that
being said, I used MS word in high school and at FSU for the purposes
of papers and resumes. The most creative I got with it was for my
resume, but I’m well versed at MLA and APA formatting in MS word. 

As a teacher, I think I would struggle in my first year on ensuring I use
copyrighted materials correctly. Knowing myself, I would review all of
the policies and understand the rules so I can allow my students to be
creative in their work and projects. After becoming familiar, a yearly
refresher would probably be necessary while planning for the upcoming
school year. Understanding these protocols would allow me to better
develop teaching materials and would allow the students to explore more
for their education.

For the last prompt, I will be focusing on cyberbullying and decreased
productivitybecause those are two very important things in the
classroom, the workplace, and other areas of life. Starting with
cyberbullying, I would make it known to my students that it is not allowed.
I would hopefully be working in a school that is able to monitor social
platforms and I would give strict punishments for cyberbullying that is
found. That could include missing the next field trip or taking a zero on
the next test, and always a parent call home. In order to help decreased
productivity, I would have a set of rewards that would reinforce productivity.
For instance, I would host a pizza party for the students that reached
their AR reading goal for the week. Once students see that if they
work a little harder and are able to obtain these rewards,
productivity will hopefully increase.

Blog Journal 1

I think each teacher has different reasons for motivating them to use technology in the classroom. For instance, I believe teachers would use technology to make things like grading easier (e.g., teachers can enter all the grades directly into the online gradebook that students can also view like Canvas, rather than entering them on paper and then transitioning to the online system at the end of the semester). I also think teachers would be influenced to use technology to help reward their students for getting answers correct and to reinforce good behavior that teachers want to see more of. When observing a class at Sabal Palms Elementary School, the teacher had a home page of all the students and if a student did something good, she would award them points on the program shown through the projector and the students would get very excited!

            

Being a continual learner is very important to me and would be important to me as an educator. This standard about constantly learning new teaching pedagogies and strategies is important for the best learning for the students. While I believe it is important for teachers to stay up to date with the literature and teaching strategies, I also believe it is important for teachers to learn from their students to allow for an open learning environment, especially for K-12 because that’s when you learn some of the most important stepping stones for future education.

I agree with the label, “digital native,” because that means the natives are fluent in the language of technology and are able to use these technologies very easily. I have seen some differences in how my teachers use technology from how I do, however it’s in small details like how to use the clicker and laser pointer during a lecture and how to set up the projector and monitors. Although there are some differences, they have not played a major part in my learning experience. I do think the opening statement of the article on digital natives is an accurate representation of today’s education system, “Our students have changed radically. Today’s students are no longer the people our education system was designed to teach.” As a future educator, I think the world of technology will develop and change even more, so I will need to be prepared to constantly learn new technology to stay up to date with my students.

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Introduction to who I am!

Hello! My name is Evan Albury and I'm a senior studying Psychology with a minor in Education. After graduation, I plan to work as a research assistant for two years before attending a Ph.D. program in clinical psychology. In my free time I like to do things outside like running, hanging by the pool, or going on the boat! My family is from the Bahamas, so being outside and around water has been my favorite hobby since I can remember.

In an educational setting, I have had a few experiences with technology. I have used Microsoft Office Suite, a smart board, a projector, and data processing systems like SPSS and Dedoose. I feel mostly proficient in this area, but hope that with more practice I will feel more comfortable.

My goal for this class is to be completely fluent in this area of technology, so I can be more confident in my abilities and competency towards technology. I hope to be able to learn how to create excel formulas and apply them as well as how to properly look something up through a google search if I do not readily remember from my undergraduate training. Mastering these goals will allow me to be more capable for future assignments and jobs.