3.7 20% Project Post

How are you using social media to find resources to think about/write about? Are you interacting with others via social media on topics related to your project? Are you commenting on related blogs and asking for comments/feedback on yours?

 

I am using social media for research as well. For instance, on Twitter I can type in anything ‘like technology in schools’ or ‘organizations supporting technology in schools’. The discovery search engine in twitter is used like a google search engine and it will lead me to websites, news articles, books, and more that will help me to find information for my 20% project. It will also lead me to more people interested in technology for students.

I will also use social media to post my thoughts. Posting my thoughts on my page will encourage people to comment on my page about how they can help and what they know about the basis of my 20% project. This will also encourage more interaction and opinions on the subject matter.

I am interacting with people involved in education on my Twitter page. I do not really use Facebook as much. I think there are faster responses on twitter, even though you can only use 140 characters.

The only true interaction that I have with other people is through the blogs from class.

2-28 20% Project Post

 

Students across the United States may benefit from my 20% project. It will also help teachers across the nation. My 20% project will break down barriers and limits that have been put in place because of poverty that the students have no control of. I believe the socioeconomic status of students’ parents should not determine the quality of their education. After all, they have no say in it and they probably had little to do with their parents’ financial state. It is like children are punished for something they did not do, and what is worse is that the students and even some of the parents are unaware of the slack or mediocre education their children are getting.

My 20% project will allow teachers to go above and beyond their teaching standards. With the all-access technology, teachers will be able to help the students to visualize things that they aren’t able to see in actuality. Teachers will then be able to not spend so much time on one subject because students will be able to complete more assignments at home as well.

I will write my blog in informal terms so that students of the middle school and high school age are able to understand it. This way, anyone with at least an elementary school education will be able to understand my 20% project. I will also include pictures and photographs for more of a visual aid so that people are able to visualize my vision for this project.

2-14 20% Project Post

My topic is a little too broad. At first, I wanted to be able to provide virtual field trips for students who want to go to museums and other places, but cannot afford to go. Now, I want to be able to provide technology to the school districts who are unable to provide this technology to their students because of budget cuts and not having enough money to support themselves. I feel like most people strive to get computers in school and do not take time to think about what the students will used outside of the school. It is assumed that students without access to computers in school and at home and without internet access as well. Therefore, I will be looking for organizations that will help to support my cause. I will also be looking into how I will be able to issue out some source of technology so that the students are always able to have internet access.

Once I have figured out how students will have computer and internet access, I will enforce virtual field trips for the unfortunate districts who are unable to finance these kinds of trips. This way, the students will be able to visit other countries and museums from the classroom or from their homes.

Both will be used to benefit the students because it has become nearly impossible for students to complete assignments and projects without computer and internet access. With this program, students will be able to reach endless possibilities in their education.

My Floor Plan

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My floor plan for my classroom includes two rooms. One room will be used during instructional class time while learning new material, taking tests and quizzes, and when completing worksheets given. The second room will be used for interactive purposes. This is where activities will be used and where labs will be practiced so that students will be able to enhance their learning through visual concepts.

The reason I split my classroom into two separate rooms is so that the children will have more of a chance to move around within the rooms and so that learning can be more fun.  Inside of the instructional room, there are long desks around the room so that I will be able to see each of the students equally. With the classroom in this position, I feel like the students will get a sense of personalized learning because I will be able to see what they do and guide them through assignments easier with this structure. My desk sits at the front of the classroom where there are also white boards so that I may teach new material.

The interactive lab is where science experiments, reading time, computer research, etc. will be done in class. Here, students will be able to use visual aids more frequently, which should increase their understanding of the curricula. I believe that this second room will make a huge difference in their learning because it is a form of active learning that forces them to get more involved and engaged in the lesson. This way, students will not only be able to recall facts, but they will also be able to demonstrate techniques as well.