EME2040 - Rylee Price's Blog

      For this last blog, I'm going to start out by discussing data collection surveys, and how they can be used in class. As a future educator, I often find myself wanting to be in a younger classroom - elementary school, 1st through 5th grade ideally. These data collection tools can be very helpful for younger students, specifically to get an idea of how they learn well, and what types of lessons they like the most. The students will be interested to answer the questions if they know it will affect the classroom and how they learn, and I think it's very important to design lessons around the students. It's impossible to do that without survey tools.     While reading my classmate's blogs, what I found most interesting was everyone's different experiences with distance learning and COVID-19! Everyone has their own unique experience regarding distance learning, and it was really interesting to read about the different technologies that schools used and different...

      Distance learning has become an integral part of my life, along with many other students my age, and almost anyone who was in the field of education during the pandemic. I graduated high school in 2020, and when the pandemic started around March, school was cancelled for a few weeks at a time, until there was no more school at all. How were we supposed to finish our senior year and graduate? Would I be able to go to college? All of these questions were on my mind, and everyone else's. Luckily, my county switched over to Canvas pretty seamlessly, and I was able to finish out my school year on there. We still use Canvas here at FSU, so I have had an easy transition as a distance learner! Even going to in-person classes now, we still use Canvas as the main hub of information, which has been quite useful to me. As a teacher, I would do everything I could to keep distance learners engaged. I had trouble finding motivation and support for schoolwork during the time t...

      This week, we talked about using assistive technology in the classroom, and different resources that teachers have both here at FSU and in general. Our wonderful classmate Re also was kind enough to share about their own experience with assistive technology. What I took away from the assistive technology topic most is that there are often many resources for those who need them, but they are often not well-advertised, which can make it difficult for students to know they exist. Even here at FSU, there are many resources a student can use, but I for one had no idea that some of them were there until I found out through my classwork. In my own classroom, I hope to have assistive technology as best as I can to help differently-abled students adapt. The goal is to help every child learn, not just a few.     Diigo is a very useful tool, especially in the classroom. I would compare it to other instructional tools that I like, such as Edmodo; because you can post ...