Minds in Full Bloom

  Today's technology can enhance students' learning experience if it is used as an additional reinforcement rather than a replacement for teaching. Education has evolved immensely over the last few decades, and educators and future teachers use digital products to teach students. Technology gives teachers a wider variety of tools to help students learn and retain information and skills in a fun and interactive way. We can all agree that technology can and will enhance the student's learning experience, but there needs to be guidance. Someone who will facilitate and monitor learning to clear up misconceptions and keeps students focused. As a future Early Childhood Teacher, I believe it's important to keep up to date on new information. I will always try to incorporate new innovations into my classroom and modify my approach to find the best ways to relate the material to my future students and keep them engaged. Using technology in the classroom can provide practical, in...

 Before taking this class I had no idea what an LMS was and how to create an online classroom. I decided to use Google Classroom to create my Learning Management System (LMS) for my online classroom.  I had struggled so much, it was my first time creating an LMS. Creating and setting up my Google Classroom was a struggle. I felt very intimated when I started working on the LMS assignment. I would set up my classroom but then delete it because I didn't like how it looked and it was not working how I wanted it to. But after many tries, I was able to do it. I know with future practice I can improve. Within my LMS I added a video from the science website called "Generation Genius," created discussion boards with Google Jamboard,  provided Google Docs where the students can type out their notes and vocabulary words, created a Google form for the students to take their assessment and provided a game that is related to the lesson. I tried my best to use the gradual release model...