Blog Journal 4

    The ELA technology standards for grades nine and ten focus on various ways of implementing various uses of technology into the classroom. The technology standard I choose to further explain is the digital media one. As a teacher I will need to assist students in learning how to strategically use digital media in presentations to enhance the understanding of findings, reasoning, and evidence. This can be done through formats such as Prezi, Creately, and ERIC. With my current skillset I would be comfortable instructing students on how to use Prezi but not the other two platforms. This is because I have used Prezi for various projects in the past and have an understanding of how it works whereas I have no experience with Creately or ERIC. I can become comfortable with teaching more aspects of digital media if I spend time learning how to utilize them.

    In the CPALMS Educator Tool Kit, I selected social studies grades nine through twelve as I plan on becoming a high school history, psychology, and sociology teacher. The '54 Original Student Tutorials Social Studies -U.S. History Grades 9-12' tool provides various lesson enhancers and resources that teachers could use for a variety of history topics. To take a closer look I selected the 'America in the 1920s: A Changing Political Culture' where I found a video attachment, aligned standards, as well as suggested tutorials. As a teacher I would use this to gather ideas of how I can make sure the lesson I am teaching is interesting and gets the attention of all students through various ways of teaching the material. 

    Internet searching is an important skill to have in life no matter what career path one takes. I think it is important to be a proficient internet searcher as a teacher so that I can teach my students how to be proficient internet searchers as well as provide them with appropriate outside sources I find. Of the internet searching skills that were introduced this week, I think I will use the Google Advanced Search the most.  I think this skill will help me throughout college in finding valid and reliable sources as well as when I become a teacher.