EME 2040 Digital Badge #J Laura Guzman Moreno

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Electronic Grading Soft Ware is a virtual record keeping program.It calculates and grades,tests,quizzes,class  assignments, home works and participation just to name a few. this program can be used by teachers in all the school or as personal. this soft ware also keeps track of attendance,support lesson, planning and moreover manages teachers correspondences.This fabulous soft wares can even perform administrative functions. the best thing I like about this software is that teachers can easily find out where her students needs more practice because of the quickness of this software to calculate the grades on all areas in the class and even the homework. Teachers can easily find out what lesson students need to work on more.

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quiz.4teachers is a collaborative learning. Is a  very good website for planning the class. It is more like a blog with many websites to explore depending in what subject we want to use. personally, I am more attracted to math because it's what I do the most in my job. 

so I found a very good website in quiz.4teachers, about math. it is called buzzmath.com. It has a very good variety of different math situations from pre-k to 12 grade to explore.It has many other websites for all subject to explore.

                                          
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     Reference

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.

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      Technology Integration Stages and Issues.

Integration in Technology is a very important factor in today's 21st century learners. As teachers we have to commit our selves to learn the right use of technology. It is kind of hard for us teachers to be, when we as students can't afford to access this kind of technology. If we really want to be successful as teachers we first need to be successful in technology. At my place of work we just started using mobymax.com and the teacher that I assist was very exited today when she was sharing with me that this website was very good because she didn't need to calculate grades because mobymax.com calculate the grades for each student.Our students are practicing vocabulary on mobymax.com. I think that everything has to be with the teacher willingness to navigate and learn how to achieve all these different kinds of websites available for us to better teach our 21st century learners.Transforming Learning with new Technologies mentions, "A technology-using educator can defined as someone who:

makes informed choices                            

Explores technology                                       

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Promotes changes (299)

Making informed choices means that we as teacher need to the best website to help our students to be engage with the daily lesson with out making the class boring or confusing.
Explores technology means that it is well define that we can use technology with our students to write about any issues to critic or to analyse for example politics in our economic class.
Promote changes, I really liked how Transforming learning with new Technology defines it, "promotes change at the classroom ,school building, and system levels. Rather that "change for change's sake," change should be intended to make it possible for every student to reach her or his full learning potential."(299). I had this experience in one of my classes that I assist . The teacher made a change for technology, just for "change's sake"! the change didn't work because he didn't put his effort to fulfill his and the students needs. He didn't under stand how we suppose to play the game and what the lesson was in the game.so he didn't have no choice but to stop the activity and learned by himself the website till he completely engage with the activity so he could explain the students how and what they were learning with that game.
I really enjoined reading about tracking Technology Trends. As a teacher to be I know I need to keep on going navigating the web with new website and programs that we have every year. I just wish I could have more time to navigate all these web pages to learn more about new technologies for teachers and student and in general for all human beings.

                           Textbook Resource:

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.

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chapter nine is very interesting as well as all what I have read in this book. As I was reading Power Point and next-Generation Presentation,I can agree on this subject about power points because the language art  teacher that I assist at work, uses power point with the students and they really enjoy the class while they are practicing their phonetic skills. As Transforming Learning with New Technologies says " Technology educators think about power point in terms of information presentation design-the arrangements of writing and pictorial information so the intended audiences can easily and clearly understand it" (223). I totally agree with this article. L/A teacher teaches the phonetic skills and  while teaching the students, the students are making their own power point with vocabulary, notes and pictures.power point works very well because it is more convenient to   go back to it, in contrast if they do their notes on paper they always misplace it and they can't see their work again.

literacy Learning with Digital Cameras , I haven't had the opportunity to use this method. it sounds interesting and i will keep researching it ,so I can use it with my Ell students. looks like is the same thing as power point but with their own pictures.Concept Books sounds good for my ELL students and is very good. Students remember more when we use picture books with the vocabulary. As Transforming Learning with New Technologies says "As resources for beginning readers and English Language Learners, concept books offer another opportunity for teachers to use digital photography to promote literacy learning" (231).I agree with this comment. students can engage more with the new language when we use this method.

I also read about Next Generation Web 2.0 Presentation Tools. it got my attention the Animoto subject because I remember that my son use it last year in P.E class,he need it to make a video of his own.He was exited about it and did a wonderful job.

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                                                              Textbook Resource:

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.

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I really enjoy reading the Multicultural Education in 21st Century Schools. I don't think their is another way to rephrase what this paragraph expresses on this subject.It made me feel the chills of emotion when I was reading the Multicultural Education. I love what James banks noted, about all the diversity we have in the classroom and how they should have an equal opportunity to learn in school (246).

Revealing Hidden Histories and Untold Stories. I agree with this subject. As Transforming Learning with New Technologies reads,"Diverse students are more interested in and more likely to embrace the study of U.S history when they see that the experiences of their forebears are integrated into the larger historical narrative(Loewen,2005; Takaki,2008)"(246). I have experience this with the Ells eight graders. We are learning about Haiti government and every one is very interested to know and to tell their country's history.

I also agree with Expanding Teaching Methods and approaches.As transforming Learning with New Technologies reads, "psychologist Beverly Daniel Tatum (2003) found that  students seek out members of their own ethnic or racial group or gender as a way to establish and reinforce their own sense of self-identity"(247). Yes! it is true that we as humans tend to do that  every time we are in  public. we always use the same method. while reading this subject I thought of my self . When ever I go to a meeting I always tend to go to the side where I see Spanish speakers.It is also because of the language,sometimes I can  feel ashamed of making a mistake when I speak English. Also I think I do it because I feel more comfortable when I speak Spanish because that is my primary language.

Using Technology with Linguistic. This subject is very familiar with my work and life experience. This programs really help me at work and at home with my daily life. I use online Language Translation Services. My favorite website is Google Translate. I use it every day at work and I even have that app on my cellphone. I speak Spanish but there is always a big word that I might not know the meaning or the pronunciation and Google gives both information. Every year I have at least one students from a different place who doesn't speak English or Spanish and I use Google to communicate with them. At work I have to translate English to Spanish and into Haitian creole too, so Google really helps me communicate with my new students.

 In conclusion Multicultural Education in 21st Century is full of good information to learn from, to become a better teacher and person. As teachers it is very important to learn about all the methods and technological tools to help better our students

                                                              References
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..

Today every classroom has students with learning disability problems that teachers don't know about. As teachers we need to check every movement and every act that the students makes to find out if they qualify to be tested for learning disability. Dyslexia is a disability problem that we can confuse very easily with laziness, impaired hearing or vision, and poor intelligence.Students with Dyslexia can get very frustrated when they can't finish their activity on time. On my experience we have two students that were diagnosed with Dyslexia. At first teachers thought that it was because they were new to this country, it was normal for the student to act indifferent in class. The school system regulations are that foreign students need at least one year to adapt to the new environment, so they can test them  for learning disabilities.  
Dyslexia affect:

• Reading and reading aloud                                

• Writing

• Reading comprehension

• Spelling

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 Dyslexia is a long life challenge, but is not an impediment to have a career in life the good news is that students with Dyslexia can be good readers and writers with the proper help.
The Treatments for Dyslexia are:

• Language processing skills

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• Extra time to complete assignments and tests

• Use computer with spell check for written assignments

• Books with audio tapes                                                                          

• Computer software that reads printed materials aloud

•  Emotional support

Inclusion teachers usually work all subjects with students who has Dyslexia but overall the help we as teachers can give, I think that emotional support is the most important help we can give to our students.

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http://kidshealth.org/teen/school_jobs/school/dyslexia.html#can give.1995-2014 The Nemours Foundation

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    Integrating electronic communications into your teaching,.All this subjects got my attention, Engaging with students and sharing information with families, on my experience I have seen 
how students engage, and feel more confident when teachers and parents meet and exchange phone numbers. I usually am in contact with most of my ESL students and is not because teachers aren't interested on their students ,but because of the language. when teachers need to communicate with parents they usually call me to translate for them, I am the messenger between teacher and parents. Once the student know I can call their parents for good or bad,and that their parents or them can call me for any reason, I can feel more confidence on those students, on the other hand I have students that will say "you can call my parents, but they will not answer you because they are busy", I can see those students flailing on themselves and their parents.we are not using the web we are using the cellphone to talk and to text. I agree  when Transforming Learning with new Technologies says, "Relying solely on electronic communication, may disadvantage families who do not have computers or who are intimidated by school organizations"(191).It is very important for teacher to make always a call home because the students feel supported from the teacher and from the parents.

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     Using Email and Text Messaging as a Teacher, Wow! this is very interesting if we as teachers use Email and texting with students that would be working 24/7! I think that teachers does need to have boundaries with students. Being a teacher is already a big  responsibility in school now, with text messaging it will be worst.  I agree with Transforming Learning with new Technologies when it says "some educators now urge teachers to embrace rather than seek to ban the use of cellphones, seeing text messaging as a way to build "better relationships, meaningful educational experiences, and more cooperative environment"(Nielsen & webb2011,p.2)(195).students wants to have their cellphones with them all the time so they are more careful of what they text or do on their cellphones.

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      Website and Blogs for Teachers and Students. this subject really got my nerves. I know that it is very important for me to learn technology to become a 21st century teacher I have a lot to learn.. At my work we use technology. I can make vocabulary words in spelling city.com but I feel this is nothing compare to what Transforming Learning with new Technologies is teaching us as 21st centuries  teachers. Blogs are interesting to work with I will continue working on learning more about it.