Grace Piggott EME Blog

  While working on Assignent 5, I learned how to create buttons and turn on nonlinear navigation. These are skills that I didn’t even know were possible on PowerPoint. While doing this assignment, I liked how I had a lot of free range. It allowed me to explore different things and tools on Powerpoint. One thing I did not like was how tedious it was to create a Jeopardy Game. A lot of things came into play when creating all the different buttons. I definitely can improve on the transitions because I just did the same transition for every slide on this assignment.       When teaching lower elementary school, I feel like I would use data collection tools to get to know my students more. A lot of teachers give their students information forms on the first week of school. I think using a data collection tool could be fun for the kids while also still allowing me to see different things about the students i.e how many siblings they have, how many pets they have, etc. ...

       The only time I experienced distance learning was during Covid times. During Covid, we mainly used Zoom and Google Classroom. I honestly really liked Zoom because it allowed me to see my teacher’s face during the lesson. I found out that I learn better when I can actually see the teacher and not just their voice. Other than these two websites, I haven’t really experienced any others. I think there have been a lot of new technologies to come out since Covid. I would like to experience all of these new technologies.       Open Educational Resources are resources that you can find online. “Open” means that everybody can access and use these resources. I think Open Educational Resources are great resources for teachers. One example I found that is an OER is the Merlot Collection. This website gives everybody access to over 35,000 different course materials. This can be helpful for teachers when they need students in their class to read somethin...

  I learned a lot doing the Web Design assignment. I have never made a website before, so everything I did was pretty much learned. When making my website, I made sure I used the CRAP method. One big thing I used was repetition. I made sure that all of my headings and text were in the same font and style on each different page. Overall, I really liked this assignment, but I didn't really like Weebly. There were some things that I wasn’t able to do or edit that would have made my website look better. I think these website design skills will help when working on things other than websites. I think the CRAP rules can help when making presentations, newsletters, and websites. You could use QR codes to send students to a practice quiz that asks questions about the lesson they just learned. This would also be beneficial for the teacher because they would be able to see what the students need more help on. You could also use QR codes to send students to an online classroom library. This w...