Digital Blog Post H

Powerpoint was always the easiest learning tool my teachers used, the program was easy for educators to relay information and easy for students to get the information. For me, sitting in a seat and solely listening to my teacher or professor talk at me was very difficult. I always needed a visual to help me understand or to stay connected with what was being taught. I will also never forget when powerpoint was first introduced to me back in elementary school. I had to learn its tricks and different themes to show that I was proficient in the program. Since then, Powerpoint was all that I used for any presentation. Recently I've become aware of Google Slides (similar to Powerpoint), and since it is a free program to those with Google accounts, Slides has become my best friend!

In class what do you prefer your teachers using? What's better for your learning style? click the link below and answer the poll!
Powerpoint?

In my senior year of high school I took a class called TV Production. I enjoyed this class so much it made me wish I had taken the class all four years of high school. In this class, I was required to make different videos such as Public Service Announcements, Informercials, Music Videos, Documentaries, or Intros for the School News. I absolutely enjoyed filming and editing all of these videos. The best part of my digital videos was getting to show off what a great product I had done all by myself. I enjoyed digital storytelling so much that I considered going to Film School. I learned so much by making all of my videos. My final for the class was to make a music video and out of all the videos I made that year, this one is the one I had the most fun making!

Sometimes, if I didn't understand something I would try to listen to podcasts to help me learn or comprehend better. Listening to podcasts never helped me at all. Soon enough, I realized that I was a visual learner and that I needed those visual aides to help me and to hook me into the content. Only listening was very hard for me because I just cannot learn through audio. Some students are able learn on just listening and others...not so much. That is why it is aways important to acknowledge every student's learning type!

Cabrera, M. (2016, May). Pizzagraph Retrieved from

Kahoot! | play this quiz now! (2016, October 22). Retrieved October 22, 2016, from Kahoot it, https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/1fb14137-bfe0-4c7c-b63e-9f9efe520e1
 Learning Styles. Retrieved October 22, 2016, from http://leadingedgetutors.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Learning-Styles-243x300.jpg    
Maloy, Robert, Verock-O’Loughlin,Ruth-Ellen, Edwards, Sharon A., and Woolf, Beverly Park (2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc. 

Digital Blog Post H

Powerpoint was always the easiest learning tool my teachers used, the program was easy for educators to relay information and easy for students to get the information. For me, sitting in a seat and solely listening to my teacher or professor talk at me was very difficult. I always needed a visual to help me understand or to stay connected with what was being taught. I will also never forget when powerpoint was first introduced to me back in elementary school. I had to learn its tricks and different themes to show that I was proficient in the program. Since then, Powerpoint was all that I used for any presentation. Recently I've become aware of Google Slides (similar to Powerpoint), and since it is a free program to those with Google accounts, Slides has become my best friend!

In class what do you prefer your teachers using? What's better for your learning style? click the link below and answer the poll!
Powerpoint?

In my senior year of high school I took a class called TV Production. I enjoyed this class so much it made me wish I had taken the class all four years of high school. In this class, I was required to make different videos such as Public Service Announcements, Informercials, Music Videos, Documentaries, or Intros for the School News. I absolutely enjoyed filming and editing all of these videos. The best part of my digital videos was getting to show off what a great product I had done all by myself. I enjoyed digital storytelling so much that I considered going to Film School. I learned so much by making all of my videos. My final for the class was to make a music video and out of all the videos I made that year, this one is the one I had the most fun making!

Sometimes, if I didn't understand something I would try to listen to podcasts to help me learn or comprehend better. Listening to podcasts never helped me at all. Soon enough, I realized that I was a visual learner and that I needed those visual aides to help me and to hook me into the content. Only listening was very hard for me because I just cannot learn through audio. Some students are able learn on just listening and others...not so much. That is why it is aways important to acknowledge every student's learning type!

Cabrera, M. (2016, May). Pizzagraph Retrieved from

Kahoot! | play this quiz now! (2016, October 22). Retrieved October 22, 2016, from Kahoot it, https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/1fb14137-bfe0-4c7c-b63e-9f9efe520e1
 Learning Styles. Retrieved October 22, 2016, from http://leadingedgetutors.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Learning-Styles-243x300.jpg    

Digital Blog Post G

The textbook shows a scenario of a teacher who is struggling to meet the individual needs of his students. The book shows a great example of teachers who just want to move on to whatever is next for time's sake. I know many times as a student I would get frustrated because my teachers moved on quickly. I never understood the information or digested it as easily as others did, so naturally I failed some tests and quizzes. One thing educators need to think of when suggesting one on one time is that some students are very intimidated by their teachers. Teachers I believe, should be somewhat of a safe place to students. Students should feel okay to ask the teacher for help and one on one time, instead of silently struggling. Teachers should show a friendly attitude and helping attributes to help the student feel safe in asking questions. For the teacher and students' time together, they should feel comfortable enough to have that needed one on one time.

One thing most people don't realize is that, teachers learn from their students as well. There are often situations where teachers have had to learn a couple of words in a different language to talk to some of their students. It is not always students learning from their teachers but we as well can learn from out students. One time in the fourth grade, my teacher learned a couple of words in Creole to speak to one of my classmates. I always thought it was so cool that my Cuban teacher knew some words in Creole. In most cases teachers use different online resources to help them learn the new language.

My fourth grade teacher often times told my Haitian classmate to calm down and to "chita". Took me a while to figure out what it meant BUT google translate did help me. Click the link below to help  you figure out what chita means!

chita!

Assistive technology varies in it's forms. One specific form I would love to talk about are little machines that help verbally impaired students and or people in general. These machines are very useful when the person would love to communicate or get their point across. In the video below, the machine used is called "DynoVox", which helps her communicate to her family and others around her. In some of the special classes that I have volunteered in, some students use an iPad or Tablet, which served the same purpose. The student chooses and presses on what they want to say and the machine says it for them. I have always loved the idea of this form of assistive technology only because I would hate to think so much all the time and not be able to say what I want.

Assistive Technology in Action - Meet Elle. (2012, September 28). Retrieved October 16, 2016, from https://youtu.be/g95TO20hnmo

Cabrera, M. J. (2016, October 16). Teacher & Student [Photograph].

Maloy, Robert, Verock-O’Loughlin,Ruth-Ellen, Edwards, Sharon A., and Woolf, Beverly Park (2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc.