Digital Blog Post #E Chapters 4,7,& 9

First Concept:

The Alphabet Books

This is by far one of the greatest tools I have used in a classroom yet! The alphabet books are very helpful for students, especially for the students pre-K to 1st grade. It is a fun way for children to enhance their reading skills, their vocabulary, as well as pronunciation with letters. The number one reason on why I chose this for an interesting concept was mainly because it allows students to be the stars in their very own digital book. Kids love seeing pictures of them, especially when it is displayed across the computer screens in the classroom. Not to mention parents also enjoy them as much as their child. I have personally used this tool in my classroom, and would recommend it to any teacher wanting to use it as a teaching strategy. 

Second Concept:

Gamification

I found this concept to be very interesting because it's a genius way for kids to study and learn at the same time. This tool for learning has been around for a very long time. The textbook displays a Jeopardy game used for gamification. And funny enough my professor at FAU used that same type of formatted game to help us study for our final. Although the textbook did explain both pros an cons, i believe the pros out ways the cons. Once I officially enter the teaching field, this will be on my to do list for my students.

Third Concept:

Pinnacle Gradebook

Using Electronic Grading Software

The reason why chose this as my third concept is because electronic grading softwares are debated all the time in the school systems. Some of the pros to of having this software is schools: it allows teachers to easily record grades and report the performances of individuals and the entire class. It also allows students and parents to have immediate access to grades, and progress reports. Some of the Cons its not made for all grade levels. For example not all school activities, particularly elementary level translate to a numerical score equaling a letter grade. Although I'm studying to be an elementary teacher, if I were to ever change my major to secondary education, I would most definitely use a electronic grading software.

Resources:

jparr801 (2011) Digital alphabet book. Available at: https://youtu.be/c4cv9bLGGUg (Accessed: 13 June 2016).

(jparr801, 2011)

Maloy, Robert, Verock-O’Loughlin,Ruth-Ellen, Edwards, Sharon A., and Woolf, Beverly Park (2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc.

Pinnacle Gradebook related Keywords & suggestions - pinnacle Gradebook Long Tail Keywords (2016) Available at: http://www.keyword-suggestions.com/cGlubmFjbGUgIGdyYWRlYm9vaw/ (Accessed: 13 June 2016).

(Pinnacle Gradebook related Keywords & suggestions - pinnacle Gradebook Long Tail Keywords, 2016)

Somonchelle (2015) Photo alphabet book. Available at: https://youtu.be/zENpR79A_R4 (Accessed: 13 June 2016).

(Somonchelle, 2015)

TeachHUB.com (2015) TeachHUB video Podcast: Classroom Gamification. Available at: https://youtu.be/uKOfnTVNk3c (Accessed: 13 June 2016).

(TeachHUB.com, 2015)