1. I think that excel is a really great tool to be used in the classroom. Although as with anything there are both pros and cons to having it. I do think that it takes a lot of time to input the data information and figure out exactly how to get it to look the desired way. I think there are many ways it could be used in a classroom, this is applicable to any grade / subject. It could be used to input grades - most teachers use pen and a gradebook but teachers are humans so they make mistakes and putting white out on all the grades is more work than just changing a number online. You could also use excel as a teacher to keep track of each students fundraising for an event. In my middle school we did something called Boosterthon and we tried to fundraise to get cool prizes. Using a spreadsheet would be a really easy way to keep this organized for each student.
2. The flipped classroom is a way to take all the outside school work and put it inside the classroom, and all the main learning done outside of the classroom. Basically take all the learning / work that is done outside of the classroom and put it inside the classroom and then all the work and learning that is done inside the classroom and put it on the outside. The flipped classroom is exactly what it sounds like, take everything you do during the school day and make it done after school hours.
3. I know a decent bit about this given the quick rise in having to use it a lot, but the tool Zoom. Zoom is a really cool video chat tool that pretty much all universities and schools are using to hold class. From messing around with it I know how to use the general gist of it but I would love to learn more about it from a teacher's perspective and how they are going to use it to teach their classroom. I am going to ask some of my friends who are teachers and try and see if they could connect me in on some of the lessons they are teaching to students so I can have a general idea of what it looks like from a teacher perspective.
4. I came across the topic in post six where we had to find classrooms that had a class page. I found this pretty interesting that many people were able to find classrooms who did this because I had never heard of this. I also thought it was cool that some teachers pages had more advanced class websites. Some of them were embedded with cool tools that were quickly accessible to all the students or parents. Another thing that I found really cool was the lesson plans that everyone shared. I am definitely going to keep those websites for future reference. Many people found different types of lesson plans and for different grade levels which I thought was pretty cool. Definitely will be using those in the future!
I commented on Morgan's & Hayley's blog.
I like the ways you've thought about using Excel as a teacher.It's definitely common for teachers to need it for grades. And using it for student fundraising is a smart idea! Also, I love that you're going to use your connections with teachers to learn more about the teacher-side of Zoom!
ReplyDeleteI talked about Zoom in my post as well! I'm glad we can both see the benefits and questions that come with it. Great post!
ReplyDeleteGreat post! I have not had to use zoom for any of my classes, but it seems really cool. I like how you mentioned the many ways you can use Excel! It gives me ideas for my own class. It is true, humans do make errors, we are only human! LOL. Spreadsheets can be awesome for teachers.
ReplyDeleteGreat post Olivia! I really liked how you talked about learning to use Zoom. One thing that a lot of K-12 teachers don't know about Zoom is that it is not a tool meant to be used with minors and the logistics of privacy rules when students are tuning in via video chat are very complicated. I think teachers need to understand these intricacies but also deserve to be provided appropriate software and training from their institutions.
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