By working on Assignment 5, I was able to use some old skills and some new skills to create my Jeopardy powerpoint. I have created many powerpoints like this before so I knew exactly how to set up my interactive game so that the slides did not navigate linearly. But this assignment came with some extra requirements I was unsure how to do. I did not like how the slides required a navigation button because I was able to make my powerpoint interactive without including them but that did not count. I liked how we could chose the topic and style of our powerpoint. Here is a picture of mine below!
Data collection tools are extremely useful for teachers. As an aspiring elementary teacher, I could use Excel to track student progress by charting each test score they recieve. This would show me improvement or a decline in test scores which I could share with the students' parents. I could survey my class and see if they like certain assignments or projects. This would be useful to see if I should do an activity with my students again or if it did not work.
I enjoyed reviewing my peers' blogs to see what they talked about and included in their posts. I think my peers are very creative and it is nice when they include pictures or videos with their posts. Some of my peers went above and beyond and included more in their blog posts than necessary. I enjoyed when my peers discussed new technology they learned because then I can use that information to explore more technology.
I thought the tech-flex and badge assignments were fun and straightforward. My two favorite ones included the teacher bitmoji and the pinterest vision board. I always wondered how teachers made their bitmojis on presentations and emails and now I know. Additionally, I personally already had Pinterest boards for my future classroom so I thought it was cool that other people could explore Pinterest too.
The technology skill I would like to learn next is something to do with email and how to craft a good email. As a future teacher, I want to remain professional with my students' parents over email while making my email informative and creative. I think watching videos and reading examples could be a good way to learn how to send an email. I could also explore different email platforms to see which is the best.
