Discussion Board #1

The topic that I picked off of the website CPALMS link provided on canvas was music. In total the website cover 5 main topics expressing how music helps students with critical thinking skills, comprehensions, organizational structure, and future skills that will benefit them. I would have to be coach a little implementing music. From past knowledge, I am aware that children enjoy music and it is a good learning tool but I'm not sure how to properly use it.  When using CPALMS educator toolkit, it is able to provide a lesson plan for teachers on different subjects and to that specific age group. The lesson plan that I was most drawn to was "Describing Words: Lessons on Adjectives". this lesson plan has students identify and distinguish different adjectives and words that are similar to the ones provided. By doing this the assignments also asks the student to be their own narrative and create their own real or fiction person using adjectives. This assignment will help the st...

When talking about copyrighting and fair use, it is completely understandable from a teachers perspective why it is frowned upon. By enforcing guidelines and instilling into students what copyrighting is,  ensures that there is respect from the students from the teacher that they are giving them 100% their work and ideas. Not enforcing this can damage a student's likely hood of succeeding as they aren't gaining anything from the course and almost treating it as if it is busy work. When it comes to students creating their own work, giving them a more graphic approach rather than giving essays. I personally haven't learned anything new about copyright due to my previous teachers instilling it into my education early on.  A implemented issue relating to technology in the classroom is students dealing with cyberbullying. A way to prevent this issue is to start the year off with guidelines that bring awareness and prevention of cyberbullying. To heavily enforce to students that ...

 I have personally used MS Word for most of my educational life. I started using the software when i started middle school in 6th grade. We had classes to explain to the students everything about the software to prepare use for when we needed it in high school, but if we had any questions, our teacher wasn't well equipped to properly answer them. As my classmates and I reached high school, we had to rely on our teachers to give us specific instruction on what they were looking for and specific key terms that prepared me for college. Currently being a college student and using MS Word, I do prefer using that over any other software. I have only ever used MS Word and think i would be confused with where everything is if i changed to another software.  When choosing a ISTE Standard for Educators, the standard that stands out to me the most is learner. As a learner, i am able to mainly learn from other when it comes to being educated on a new topic. I have learned that shifts...

For this class, I hope that i will better understand digital communication tools and the impact that they have on education. Specifically, I am interested in acquiring new skills that will help me effectively use technological strategies that will help me in the future. With all that i have learned, I am looking forward to applying these new skills to future experiences weather that is for a class or potential job.  When it comes to my previous use of technology in an educational setting, I have used certain apps like power point, word, excel and other educational apps. For virtual learning, other apps like zoom, Microsoft teams and other digital outlets are very beneficial for me and other student's education. using these outlets has given me a basic foundation for technology but even with that, I feel there is so much more that I need to know.  in terms of my hobbies and new skills, I love to know every detail about what I'm doing. Recently, i have been very into learning th...