Today I will be talking about what my concerns are for this upcoming presentation. I think my biggest concern would have to be whether or not I present adequately. I'm not worried about it being long enough or not having enough information. I'm worried about presenting correctly. Was I enthusiastic enough? Did I have a good attitude? Did I go over all the content correctly?  Did the class enjoy my presentation? Those are my thoughts. But other than I think I will be okay when it comes to presenting.  

My favorite assignment in this class would have to be when we worked on our WebQuests. I liked coming up with our own idea of how to teach our class. My WebQuest was about having my students create a PSA on suicide. I liked this because we could give details on how exactly we wanted them to work on the assignment. Also it was a way for them to learn how to follow instructions through what seemed liked an online assignment. I'll most likely do something like this for my future classes. After all the future is all about children and technology.

Today I will be talking about what makes up a good web 2.0 tool. Anything you find that you feel will help you teach your students better is a good tool you can use. There are hundreds of websites or apps you can use to interact with students, improve learning, and help them and their parents check grades. One of my favorite websites to use is Edmodo, it is used to provide feedback to students and also easy for students to respond to teachers feedback. Fun Brain is also another good tool to use, it is a website where students can play online educational games. Fun Brain helps teachers find games that relate to whatever subject the teacher is teaching. Blogs, we all love blogs right, after all you are reading mine! Here's the fun part, there is also a blog website called Weebly, which provides an easy way for teachers to create a classroom site which is blog and it can be used to communicate with students and parents, and includes a way for kids to easily create sites of their own. And last but not least, one of my very favorites is Kahoot. Kahoot is a user-friendly tool for designing in-class questionnaires and quizzes, which a teacher can use to quiz students on whatever subject her class is working on. Now like I've stated before, there are a ton of other websites you can use for your classroom, these are just some of my favorite which I have fun useful to use in my classroom.

Today I will be talking about what is appropriate to blog about to parents and what isn't appropriate. Let's start off with the "do's" do blog about what students are learning in class as a whole. Do blog about what assignments are coming up and what assignments will also be due. Do blog about how well the class is doing and how parents should feel welcomed to come watch any day. Now lets talk about the inappropriate things to blog about. You should never mentioned a students name when it comes to personal matters on your blog. Never share grades on a post, especially of a specific student. Don't blog about a certain students behavior. Students medical records should never be posted as well. If you see any type of maltreatment, don't post that specific students name or family. Just think about it this way.. what would you like to be shared from a parents point of view? If you wouldn't want someone to know about something about your child, then don't post that information about another child. This pretty much sums up the dos and don'ts for blogs that parents will read.