Learning Experiences:
This week, the primary focus of the assignments were to create technological, interactive tools that can be used for learning in the classroom. These can be very helpful for students and can account for great success. These tools provide students a fun and unique way of learning as opposed the the traditional pen, paper, and lecture. This week we were asked to complete a group project where we created a Padlet interactive information board and a ThingLink, as well as an individual project where I created a Quizizz assignment and correlating rubric. Project 9: Padlet and ThingLink Although these projects were a group effort there was a lot of individuality that went into them. My group began by creating a general page on Padlet, where we were all able to make posts to the board. These posts consisted of links to resources that could provide aid to students regarding MLA format. I had never used, nor heard of, this online resource before but in using it for this project, I greatly enjoyed it. I feel as if this is a great tool to provide students with additional resources, remediation, or even enhancement of topics in class, and this is definitely a platform I will be utilizing this upcoming year. The second portion of project 9 was to create a ThingLink. My group decided to have each of us create our own ThingLinks since this resources does not allow collaboration using the standard account. I found this part of the project to be fun, however there are some more amenities that I wish it offered. For example, I would have liked for there to be a feature that allows a text to be added to the picture above the buttons so that students can easily know what resource they are looking at without having to click each individual button. Nevertheless, I do think this tool can be utilized in a classroom. My group members all did a wonderful job creating theirs as well. Project 10: Quizizz and Rubric For this weeks individual project, we were asked to create a Quizizz for our lesson as well as a rubric to follow it. Personally, I LOVED making the Quizizz. I think this is such a useful tool to help students with reinforcement on a particular topic and I greatly enjoyed creating questions on this platform. I also enjoyed making the rubric for the writing assignment from our lesson plan as well. Using a platform like Rubistar made it very easy to organize the categories, however, I found myself struggling to come up with descriptions for some of the point breakdowns. All in all, rubrics are very important for showing transparency with students and sharing with them the expectations of how to gain success on each assignment. I felt as if this weeks assignments were very beneficial and I gained a lot of new tools and knowledge that I can take back to my own classroom next school year. Project Links: Project 9: Group Padlet Project 9: ThingLinks (see Google Doc) Project 10: Quizizz Project 10: Rubric
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Eli Morgan
7/11/2021 08:41:09 am
Hi Michaelah! Great work this week on all your projects and I think you brought up some really interesting points in your reflection! I would definitley have to agree, Quizizz is something that I am going to utilize for my upcoming classes; the format was engaging, fun, and possibly more importantly: easy to use. Plus, students want to have fun, and bringing that element of fun to any assignment is always a must. Again, great work this week!
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Sarah Holder
7/11/2021 07:49:30 pm
Hi Michaelah,
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Kimberly Jefferson
7/12/2021 03:09:47 pm
Hey Michaelah,
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