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Course Reflection

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  Course Reflection Video      Upon reflecting on everything I have learned, accomplished, and experienced throughout this course I have realized how many new tools and resources I have been exposed to that I will use in my classroom in the future. Of all the courses I have taken throughout my time at Peru State, I believe that I have learned the most new information from this course specifically. Not only was I introduced to a wide, wide, variety of resources, tools, and websites, I was also challenged to dive right in and put them to use! Using technology and  navigating social media has never been my strong suit so I was honestly very intimidated by this course in the beginning. However, I feel that I am leaving this course with a whole new level of confidence, comfortability, curiosity and determination to grow my skills and knowledge in this area. A few of the Educator ISTE goals that I feel I have met throughout this course are:      2.1 Lea...

Curriculum Video

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Curriculum Video

Free Tech for Teachers - Blog Resources

Looking through the Free Tech for Teachers blog was super interesting. Although not all resources mentioned on this blog would be good for my students, I stumbled upon a couple of really great ones! Flip was by far my favorite of the resources I found and it is something that I have never even heard of before so I am pretty interested in trying it out in my classroom.   https://info.flip.com/en-us.html Flip is an application that teachers can set up for their students to use at school on their iPads for free. The Flip app is used by students and teachers to communicate, share ideas, and interact with one another on a safe platform. The thing I love the most about Flip is that it can be easily adapted for younger student use considering there are options to communicate via short video, text and audio messages which all of my first grade students will be able to do. I also found resources providing easy ways to make presentations in both Canva as well as Google Slides. https://www.fr...

Screencast - How to Access Epic! for Educators

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How to Access Epic! I plan to use this specific screencast to teach new hires on my first grade team how to access Epic!, an educational resource that we often use in our classrooms. Now that I am comfortable with screencasting, I feel that I will create many more for both professional development purposes within my team and school, as well as for my students and their families use. I could see myself making a screen cast to explain an assignment, show colleagues and families how to access a school resource, or even to teach a mini lesson using online resources. The possibilities are endless!