Visiting the class pages of the seventh graders at Our Lady
of the Snows Catholic Academy, I can view teacher names and homework assignments.
There are also reminders about tests and what the dress code is on certain
days. Teachers also leave messages to their students. The emails of the
teachers are posted as well.
I see
myself using Word a lot in accomplishing my professional responsibilities more
effectively. I can use it to create newsletters for students that I can email
so as for them not to get crumpled in a backpack and forgotten. Taking notes on
what I need to do can be organized in either Word or in an electronic spreadsheet.
Diigo can help me with organizing websites. Databases provide the ease of
finding formal articles to use for teaching. Prezi is amazing for creating presentations
that keep the audiences’ attention.
I think virtual reality has a lot
of potential for a classroom. It can greatly affect the learning experience by
making it more interactive and hopefully limiting students zoning out and
falling asleep during class. If a teacher is teaching about a specific country,
with virtual reality, students can then take a field trip to that country. This
will increase memorization of facts from a lesson. Students can explore
different animals, like how I experienced what it felt like to be up close to a
dinosaur. It was terrifying as it felt so real. Students can explore the ocean
floor in marine biology, and in literature class, students can step inside of
books.
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