Journal 7

     I have really enjoyed using Twitter for EME2040. Using this resource for classroom purposes has allowed me to learn how I could someday implement Twitter in my very own classroom. My favorite thing about using this website for educational purposes has been that it allows me to keep myself updated with educatinal news. By following educational accounts such as EdTech K-12 Magazine and U.S. News Education, I constantly see their posts on my timeline and get to know what is currently happening in the field of educaiton. These are only a few of the benefits of using Twitter. Personally, the greatest benefit has been communicating with my classmates online. I really like that this allows us to collaborate and learn together. Since I was very familiar with Twitter prior to using it for class, I haven't experienced any issues with it. However, I could see how students who are unfamilar with it would experience issues. Understanding concepts such as "hashtag" can be very difficult to understand at first.

     Prior to this assignment, I had never created a website before. Therefore, I aquired several new skills by working on this assignment. Among these are creating a website domain, creating buttons on a website, and designing a website neatly. I thought that designing the website was fun. Once I become a teacher, I could see myself creating a classroom website and making it creative in order to engage students. Since I am new to all of this, I didn't like when I struggled with editing the website. However, I am sure that over time you can perfect those skills and make creating a website almost effortless. Next time, maybe I can try creating my website without a preset template. I am sure that this would be much more difficult but could make your website very unique when compared to others. It may be helpful to link district or county resources to my website next time. I know that the knowledge I gained from completing this assignment will help me very much once I become a teacher. Since I will already know how to create a website, I will not have to struggle with learning how to do so on top of everything else that will be going on.

Check out my class website for yourself: https://msgarciaskindergarten.weebly.com

     Prior to using Diigo, I rarely bookmarked websites. However, after using it in class, I realized how useful it could be in the classroom setting. A few of the new skills I have learned on Diigo include highlighting websites and attaching sticky notes to specific passages. I have also learned how to post comments on my classmates' notes in order to discuss different topics or websites. Just like we've used Diigo in EME2040, I can see myself using it in my own classroom someday. My students could evaluate and discuss classroom resources through the use of Diigo. I could see Diigo being most useful to share lesson plans with other educators. As a teacher, I could see myself benefitting from this. Together, we would be able to revise or add on to each other's work. 

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