Emory Parkins- My Blog

      If I were a teacher I would use the Excel tool for multiple purposes. Excel could be used to layout class assignment due dates, calculate student grades for tests/assignments, take attendance and much more. For example, if I were teaching 2nd grade English I would use excel to make a spreadsheet to lay out the grammar, writing, and other assignments that students would be responsible for knowing the details of. Continually, I would use it to calculate the grades of in-class assignments compared to writing assignments and other activities.       The topics that I found most interesting from reviewing my classmates' blogs was being able to see their perspectives on the different aspects of educational technology. It was very interesting to gain knowledge of my classmates' opinions and ideas for how educational technology can expand in the future, different educational technology platforms, as well as different techniques to use in the classro...

This stop motion video is a remediation of several poems by Rupi Kaur from her book Mik and Honey. I chose to make this video becuause I enjoy reading Rupi's work and thought that it would be interesting to try looking at it in a different medium. To make this video I used an app called "Stop Motion" that allowed me to take a multitude of photos (of illustrations that I drew from Milk and Honey) and combine them into one stop motion video. 

The "flipped classroom" is a different approach to teaching. Specifically, this strategy uses at-home time and homework activities for children to learn and grow and then uses in-class time for students to practice etc. This type of model allows students to utilize their time to learn more on their own time and then apply those concepts in the classroom. The "flipped classroom" model gives students a chance to not only learn on their own, but to gain additional knowledge through their own applications.  Open Educational Resources (OER), is defined as openly licensed texts, media, and other technologies that are helpful for teaching. OER is useful for research and other helpful tools that increase the education of students who use it. It is said that these types of resources can promote the development and enhance the desire of the student to want to learn.  https://library.educause.edu/topics/teaching-and-learning/open-educational-resources-oer This resourc...