Goodbye EDU 560

I believe my beliefs have changed dramatically since taking this technology course. I say this simply because I understand the need and importance of integrating technology in curriculum. For example, current students have readily accessibility to technology and it improves their engagement levels during instructions. This course has taught me so much in a short period of time. I have learned about technology tools such as Lino, Popplet, Audioboo, Blabberize and Wordle. Some takeaways from this class are that I am more motivated to use technology tools with students and in my future endeavors in education. Also, I will continue to utilize Goggle Drive, Glogster, Blogger, Twitter, and promote my professional website after completing the MAEA program. Lastly, I wholeheartedly believe that technology is not going away and it is critical as educators to become familiarize with technology in order to enhance instructional learning in education.

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My First Audioboo

 I actually accomplish this after a couple attempts. I am really amaze the process did not take as much time as I thought. I am officially on my way to being a digital master video or audio producer. :)

listen to ‘Introduction to Embracing Self-Esteem’ on Audioboo

Social - Emotional Corner Newsletter

Glogster EDU is a great technology tool to use in various facets of education. I enjoyed the many layouts that were available. I did not like inputting texts onto the page. It was very difficult to do and it took many attempts to get it right. I am looking forward to using this tool as my monthly newsletter.

The Social - Emotional Corner is a newsletter for social workers. The social worker can discuss topics to address social-emotional and behaviors that will help improve students' success. The goal of this newsletter is to discuss appropriate and inappropriate attire for students to wear at interviews or employment. This newsletter provides visual examples and gives some insight on what employers are seeking.

http://lorine.edu.glogster.com/#.UbZnfMyWkBs.google

Bullying in Schools: Is it Justified?

Thinglink is a great tool to promote awareness, resources, lessons, and provoke emotions in people. I enjoy working with this technology tool. I did have a little trouble with embedding the video. Lastly, I will definitely recommend this tool to others. 

Bullying in Schools: Is it Justified?

- Some students will argue that bullying and/or fighting is okay.

- This Thinglink looks at the bully, bystanders, and victim.

- Everyone has a role in bullying and consequences for their actions.

This Thinglink provides resources to help all those involved to stand up against bullying.

https://www.thinglink.com/scene/396874636471566336#tlsite

Professional Learning Networks (PLN) – Mental Health

            First, I would like to applaud the blog on Better Mental Health = More Successful Students. Kristen Pekarek did a great job of conveying the importance of addressing mental health in our students to the education community. As a social worker, this is one of my many tasks and it is difficult to meet these students’ needs. Unfortunately, Ms. Pekarek is correct about the lack of follow through when students are recommended for mental health services. I am very glad this issue is gaining national attention and I look forward to the results.

            This blog did a great job of providing current and past resources and examples on the topic of mental health. As I move forward, I will spend time reading the recent report and learning about the lessons given by the 11 states. I will examine the 56 pages of how schools have implemented, encouraged sustainability and addressed schools climate. The blog provide a website to learn more about an organization working directly with health care in schools.  Thereon, I will book mark this website in order to review and hopefully implement relevant strategies from the website in my daily practices working with my students. Here is the link to view the blog and learn more on mental health in students. http://t.co/Y7Je3bEiUS 

Digital Storytelling - Embrace Creativity & Style!

One step closer......

Initially, I was very frustrated and confused with embedding medias on websites. It  did not help matter that I refused to give up until I fully got the concept and become comfortable with the process. After several attempts, I can honestly say I am feeling less overwhelmed. I did a great job of embedding my Prezi presentation along with links to websites and books on the class’ wikipage. I feel really good about this accomplishment. Now, I just need to figure how to embed links on my website. J

Wordle on Depression

In my opinion, Wordle consists of trial and error. It was a simple template with no instructions on how to work the features. I did not know the Wordle could be saved under my name. I did face problems with the color schemes due to certain colors not flowing well together. Overall, I will use this technology in the future. 

Here is an activity to spark dialog among students to gain awareness, and understanding of how people may feel suffering from depression.

DEPRESSION

1). GOALS

- Create awareness about Depression.

- Help students to understand feelings associated with Depression.

- Promote discussions among students on the topic.

- Share testimonies. Students relate better to other peers' stories.



http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/6763510/Depression

http://prezi.com/yohedhtjzc4b/universal-design-for-learning/?kw=view-yohedhtjzc4b&rc=ref-17984378

Digital Footprints

I am always amazed with the results of searching my name on Google. Typically, I try to keep things very limited on the Internet and in the “cloud” if you will. I found a couple of pictures of myself, which was a little annoying. I discovered information about me pertaining to pass donations, networking sites and former employments. I do not recall the passwords for the networking sites so I have not gotten around to removing them. In reality, I will definitely do so because I can be a little neurotic about things. Although, it is interesting to see that my first and last name is very popular where there are several hits for other people. Therefore, it should not come a surprise that I use an alias to avoid all the confusion. J Honestly, after this class, I will return to having majority of my information private or allow limit restrictions. I believe this is a great activity to use with adolescent to show how putting information on the Internet can always follow the person regardless of how hard the person tries to remove the information.