Amanda's EME2040 blog

 Last week I got to create a web design for a fake teacher online page. I really enjoyed doing this assignment and imagining what I will put in my future website as a teacher. I learned how to make an calendar where I can put all of the assignments, tests, announcements, etc. for my students to keep themselves organised and also how to make a website overall because I have never made one before. I did not know to create tabs or buttons to manoeuvre to each page. http://msamandakroecker.weebly.com Working with Diigo has been a challenging, yet enlightening experience. It is certainly a site I would have never used if not for this class. It taught me how to create annotations on websites and add sticky notes, although it took me a little while to figure out how it worked. Although I enjoyed learning about this website and how to use it, I can honestly say that it is something I will not be using on my own time in the future. Technology has advanced at an alarming and also impres...

 Teacher Pages are a great way to stay connected with students and parents while also staying organised. I took a look at a teacher named Sandra Brinkman's page for her Marine Science and Honors Biology classes. Her front page has all the information for all assignments and lessons and anything else they will need to know for the week as well as her contact information. There are four tabs that consist of the Welcome Page, Meet the Teacher, Important Documents, and Calendar. It is all very organised and easy to access any information that students or parents may need. https://www.leonschools.net/Page/41217  As far as my own classroom goes I will use a variety of different technology tools. For example I will use any platform my school requires(like canvas or google classroom), google docs, kahoot, brain pop, etc. I will have my own teacher page to make sure that assignment, quizzes, extra study materials, calendars, my contact info as well as the school's and more are eas...

 We have recently started to engage in using Diigo for assignments and class interaction. Personally, throughout this course so far I have enjoyed discovering new technological tools for now and future use, but I have to admit sometimes they are quite hard to navigate and fully understand. This would be one of those websites. It took me a little while to understand how to use it to it's full potential and even now I have a hard time trying to read other posts and worry that I am doing it wrong.   As far as blogging goes, I had no previous experience in the traditional blogging sense where I have an entire website that is solely mine. I do consider twitter a type of blog because I am free to express anything I would like and use the platform to spread information about things I believe in. I think when comparing blogger.com to twitter, it is a little different because with twitter there are less rules and it is more casual, but with blogger it is more professional and ever...