Blog #10

I think I could use data collection to see how parents and my students are feeling. I can send out surveys at different points in the year to make sure the parents understand what I'm doing, to see how they are feeling about my methods, and even put in an open response part for them to leave comments or concerns. I could also have my students fill out a survey after I taught a section of material or before a test. This way I can see how they are feeling about the material, if I need to cover anything in particular a little extra, or see in the future that I need to change my methods of teaching because they aren't understand something.

I think my favorite part about having to do the blog post, and what I found to be the most interesting part, was seeing all the different opinions and ways my classmates were taking in from the same thing I was looking at. I got to see different sides of a discussion that I hadn't thought of myself. I also really enjoyed being able to see everyones work through screenshots. I was a great way to make it more interactive and personal.

The next technology-related skill I would like to learn is how to master the smart board. This will be the biggest technology based thing I use in my Elementary School classroom. I understand how to do the basics on it, but I know there is so much more to it, and probably secret tricks and tools to help me get the information out to my students in the best way possible. I hope that once I get into more upper level Education classes they might teach this because it is something that almost every classroom has now a days. But if that doesn't happen, once I am hired at a school, I will definitely go to another teacher who has experience or the tech guy of the school and ask for help!