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Seminar 1: Prep Reading Response

After reading Aaron Hogans article on //An Educator’s Social Media Guide//, there were multiple takeaways for both fellow colleagues and for future personal professional conduct. The article offered knowledge that Tweeter is a great place to network with other instructors and with advocates of education. This new networking will enhance lesson plans, pedagogical connections, and aid in becoming a personal collaborator in revolutionizing education. The networking will also help all educators because of the new ideas and thoughts that arise on Tweeter that could shape their personal growth. In addition, Hogan states "if what you know or have can help educators, you have a moral imperative to get good at sharing it.” Hearing this statement, personally, raised the excitement level for being a educator. We, as educators, can not only make significant strides in our own classroom but also make new strides in helping other educators reach all students with the power of education. Hogan's article also offered personal advise on using Tweeter to be proficient instructor. The article advised educators to be confident on collaborating in chats, observe other people's Liked Lists to surround yourself with like minded people, and information on Tweet Apps that help mange chats. Personally, the most significant advise "observe other people's Liked Lists" is already a practice performed daily. Nevertheless, Hogan's article will help in shaping the importance of participating on Tweeter for all educators and in personal professional conduct.

In the USA Today, Todd Plitt reported on a school that was using technology to the fullest. In //Social Media Find Place in Classroom//, the article reported how a New Jersey school was using Facebook and YouTube to aid in day to day instruction. The principal was having instructors utilizing it to have their students become more internet responsible, increase communication, and increase respectfulness of other school wide. Personally, incorporating Social Media into the academic world in needed. Instructors can use it for multiple ways, like increasing immediate response rate to students thoughts and to keep parents connected other than email or a school website. Increasing the use of Social Media in the classroom, personally, is going to be a obstacle that needs to be overcome. Once it is incorporated, as the right instructional tool, students will become more engaged with the content material which will increase the pedagogical connections to the content. However, by incorporating Social Media and correctly instructing student conduct with increase trust in the student, it will open new pathways for more students to become involved and excited about their learning.

Once class was over last week, the main takeaway from the class activity that aligned with my professional identity was that I am in need of having an online professional identity. Having an online professional identity is another key for success. This new key will help open up new doors because when employers are searching for new educators they tend to turn to online resources for an identity of the new hire. However, once the individual is aware of this, that individual can be proactive and create a professional online identity to help show future employers that they are also committed to education online. In addition to having a professional online identity, an individual is given a lot of control of their identity than in the real world. For example, a person in NC is only allowed to categorize themselves a certain political affiliation at the DMV while online, the same person could be affiliated with multiple different political groups. However one looks at having an online personal identity, one needs to realize that the emerging 21th century online services will be another great way to promote myself as an educator and a educator that is connected with the possibilities of the internet.

__**Online Professional Identity Presentation**__ https://youtu.be/LQzTHya4IHs

I think you did a good job pulling out the idea that not only, is Twitter to help students engage with content, but it can also be an impactful tool in sharing and collaborating with other educators. I think a lot of time we think about technology in terms of students use (which we definitely should), but we forget how many tools and opportunities there are out there to help us succeed as educators. During student teaching you have your cooperating teacher, but it's important to seek out ways to collaborate for your first year teaching as well when that safety net is taken away. As far as your online identity, I think it's awesome that you are starting to think about steps you can take to shape yourself online in ways that are going to play out to your advantage when moving onto the job market. There are so many opportunities to share all that you can offer a school and your students online. Looking forward to seeing what you'll do with it!

Digital Video Reflection - 9/25
Upon finishing the readings for the weeks, the biggest take away from all three reading was the importance of incorporating Digital Video(DV) in to the classroom. This important take away was made clear in the Shaffner article. Within the article, Shaffner reported fully on how the incorporation of DV has it's up's and downs in the classroom. For example, "learning can occur with a book and good discussion - but such a rationale is too simplistic for the complex world we inhabit today" (Shaffner). This statement personally influences personal opinions of the importance of incorporating DV by raising awareness to become more creative in learning DV resources and applying them into the classroom. The knowledge gained regarding the importance of DV incorporation lead personal beliefs in agreeing that using a DV would be an excellent way to enhance a discussion. Students would be able to create the DV presentation and expand on the discussion thoughts, maybe in a song or in a theoretical performance. Once finishing the Shaffner article, there was one question arise. The question that surfaced up was "what would be a effective way to record data to show if a DV is being appropriate in the classroom?"

As for the second article, written by Hannah Hudson, explain 10 instructional strategies for incorporating Instagram into an English classroom. The whole article was beneficial to gain the knowledge on instructional strategies. From personal based experiences, Instagram was a way to express one self in a personal way. However, the tables have turned and, according to the article, it can be used for EVERYTHING in a ELA classroom. In addition, the strategies in the article will be useful and benefit all students at different comfort levels in communication and in presenting themselves in a large crowd. Also, from the article, instructional knowledge was gain on using Instagram to help students understand a particular theme from a novel. Students could post a number of photos that represent a particular theme in a novel and present to the class how those photos represent that theme. Lastly, there was one question that surfaced after reading the article, "how to get parents on board with using Instagram and it's security features as a way to present their child's work on the internet?"

For the last article for this reflection, the major piece of knowledge that was gained was the knowledge that films are used to teach analytical skills within the classroom. Films and there many forms, could assist a student in becoming more proficient in analyzing major aspects in a book, concept, or even life. It would be a great service for an ELA instructor to incorporate films, not for the simple fact that it strengthens analytical skills, but it also play on the student strength in communicating effectively. Stated in the article, Editorial: Enhancing English Language Arts Education With Digital Video, students struggle with writing because their thinking aligns with visual techniques of representations, Having stated this, an instructor could use DV by having students have an option for all major assignments to create a DV presentation or written report. Lastly, the only questioned that surfaced from the article was "where does an instructor acquire additional training in incorporating DV into the classroom?" "Will the school system provide the training, or does the instructor need to take matters into their own hands and reach out to tech support networks for training?"

Interesting thoughts, Philip! In terms of your first question from Shaffner's article, what do you mean record data to show if it's being appropriate? Do you mean pre-screening material before you show it to the class? For the second article's question, I think that's an important thing to consider in advance when you use technology, especially social media. While I think most students are already on Instagram, there could definitely be students who have more restrictive parents. It makes me wonder if for classes with students like that if you could use a class account instead of having individual student accounts. That way you could monitor everything in the account. For your third question, I think that asking your administration about training when you get into school is a great idea. It would certainly show initiative on your part. And you can always reach out to professors you've had :)

Electronic Portfolio or Teaching Toolkit? In deciding which of the two I would like to create, I would have to chose the Teaching ToolKit. A Teaching ToolKit would help benefit my future classroom instruction, especially in the first year of the profession. The Teaching ToolKit would also assist in my professional growth by broadening the horizons of knowledge within digital pedagogy instruction and appeal to multiple audiences within the classroom. Lastly, the main purpose for creating a Teaching ToolKit would be aligning my instructional practices of the mordern 21st century. In the past, educators were unsure how learning actually occurs. However, now, we have the tools, knowledge, research, and inspiration to align the instruction to learning needs to increase success in the classroom and close the achievement gap. The Teaching ToolKit assist in increasing deeper learning and use culture to center that learning. The intended audience for my Future Teaching ToolKit would be focused at all learners. The Teaching ToolKit would appeal to my future students from all cultures and the multiple stages of an individual with learning needs. The ToolKit would aslo appeal to the parents to give them additional curriculum assistance to help their student at home, giving the ToolKit a feeling of total Inclusion! As for the categories, I would like to incorporate the following catergories: Reading strategies, games, checks for understanding, parent/student team work, videos, great books!, and categories that align with any time period that will be instructed in future classrooms.

Awesome. Thanks for adding this, Philip!

Action Portfolio After the class discussion and completing the readings for this week I believe that creating a Teacher Toolkit would benefit my future instructional practice more. It would be more beneficial because I will gain experience and knowledge in making a website that meets all needs in the school community and assistance my learning in becoming a Digital Leader in the classroom. I have thought twice about making an EP but I have already put time and effort into one that already exist. However, I will store the knowledge I have gained regarding EP's and apply them to the one I have already started to create. Listed below are three takeaways that I am packing away after the seminar readings. These takeaways will be applied to the future creation of a Teacher Toolkit and will also apply to the EP that I have already created. 1. Availability is needed on the front page or homepage and it is obvious categories within the Teacher Toolkit. 2. There is a need to make navigation simple, easy, and mutually exclusive between each category in the Toolkit. 3. For parents, they should have a clear way to give feedback to the teacher, ask a question, or contact the teacher for further information. Easiest way to accomplish this is to have them contact the teacher via email and the email should be easily able to find it on every page.

I think you're super right that your already existing EP can inform your Teaching Toolkit. I also think it's super awesome that you're going out on a limb and trying something new, especially considering how much you talk about being tech illiterate! Very cool of you. I think your takeaways are spot on. Navigation is super important for a website. If it is not easy to get around, you won't want to use it and neither will anybody else. Definitely a less is more type of situation. I love your idea of having a place where parents can give feedback to the teacher. This communication is super important. Nice work, Philip!

Teacher Toolkit for Middle Grades Education [|Mr. Hack's Classroom Site]

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 * EP/TT Status Report: #1**
 * While deciding what I would be creating, I decided to create a Teacher's Tool for my future classrooms. I wanted to make this Teacher Tool to demonstrate and provide a digital pathway for students to connect with the classroom inside and outside of the class. The working theme throughout my Teacher Tool is Motivation. I decided to direct the theme to motivation because everyone needs a little motivation every once in a while and when students are navigating through the site, students will be motivated by the inspirational messages. I will be working on incorporating many inspirational messages throughout the site that are created by others and myself. In addition, I will be adding categories that showcase who I am as an individual, a area where students can find additional classroom resources, a classroom agenda area, and additional online resources. Lastly, I decided to make my Teacher Toolkit from the website Wix - Website creator.**
 * EP/TT Status Report: #2**
 * After starting to create my Teacher Toolkit, I decided to include a section about the working theme of motivation. This section is on the home page of the site and it includes two inspirational quotes and a section that highlights my past collegiate life. Working through the home page, the second page, About Me, includes two of my favorite past time activities and a glimpse into what makes me happy. In addition, the first page of the site, I have included the working theme of motivation and present an inspirational quote. Next, I continued to work on the third page of the site. The third page of my site is to highlight an area for students and future work they might encountered one day. The third is where I will be including artifacts that I have created in the past and present and hopefully one day, the third page will be the area where students can find their homework and any additional resources for classroom preparations.**

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 * Philip's "A Long Walk To Walk Water" instructional video**

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 * Philip's Flipped Classroom - WWII and Propaganda**