Monday, October 17, 2016

At first I went to the website of my old high school, but found no teacher websites. So instead I went to the one for Leon High. I looked at several websites of teachers, beginning with one from a Spanish teacher. The website was fun and eye catching, with the teacher introducing themselves in Spanish before continuing in Spanish. The sidebar had plenty of extra links to homework, extra credit assignments, announcements, and other things. The teacher fully embraced the requirements and the  time they spent shows.
Another teacher, however, was obviously not happy with the requirements. The only things on her website is the school calendar, which I saw featured on every teacher's website and seems to be updated by the school rather than the individual teachers, and her opening remarks from the beginning of the year. She opens with welcoming the students and parents, and then states that she wants to meet with all the parents in person, by appointment. She says things like "attached, you will find..." which makes me think she printed this and several other things out for students, and then didn't even edit her letter before posting it online. She says that she has been teaching for 26+ years, and seems to be from the generation of teachers that is uncomfortable with technology. 

I like the idea of using Diigo to actually have online conversations with students, I plan on teaching grad school, so using Diigo to have online discussions on important documents, that can then be expounded upon in class. 

I like the idea of using Occulus to go on "field trips" to museums with students. This would have to be a smaller class, and we would have to be viewing a very specific exhibit but I think there is a lot to be said for being able to see something in person, and Occulus would be a good tool to make it half-way. Especially if I teach at a University like FSU, I could make an appointment with the education technology people at my school and get my students to experience a museum in a way they might not be able to otherwise.

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