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Lopez 8.3 Google Apps Blog

Of course first and foremost google apps should be used for the classroom because it offers safety and security for data used by instructors and students.  Your data is controlled by you including who you share it with what access you give them.  Google apps can bring teachers, students and teams together to be creative in real time editing and sharing controls. 

Using Google Docs each team member can add their portion to…

     I reviewed 2 courses one that could be used for younger students or adults who are trying to learn the English Language.  I also looked an Algebra class that was geared for 5^th grade.  I completed a few units of both but was unable to complete either course due to time constraints. 

     The first course I signed up for was American English Speech which had 4 units with different modules within each unit.  The objective was to click on a word and the student would…

     Before the research I completed this week I really had not thought of virtual reality in the classroom.  Although, I am working with a consortium of partners in higher education for the idea of putting health education on-line it just did not dawn on me that it was connected to virtual reality.  I did not realize the benefits it can give students until I saw for my- self the use of simulation labs and how it can enhance their understanding of real life situations.

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I have just begun to understand about social networking and digital citizenship for instructors and students.  There is so much information to try and understand that I have realized the importance of collaborating with other professionals in the field.  I have thought of more questions than I have clarified and plan to connect to a couple of sites so I do not become overwhelmed with information.  I also hope to become well organized as I learn to develop ways of using social media and…

JoAnn Lopez

EDTC 601

Reflection Acceptable Use Policy

According to The National Education Association an effective Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) contains the following six elements:

• A preamble
• A definition section
• An acceptable uses section
• An unacceptable uses section, and
• A violations/sanctions section

As we create and add to our own group project AUP I am developing a…

A letter is sent to parents with the AUP explaining two very important points:

1.  Each students in your care must have your explicit permission to use computers and the Internet for their studies.  You and your student must agree to and sign the attached District’s Acceptable Use Agreement.   
2. To prepare students for future success, Pueblo City Schools will be providing them with additional technologies” a set of secure, web-based applications called Google Apps for…

           As a future instructor and current administrator having a better understanding of both Bloom’s taxonomy and Marzano’s strategies will help me to connect the strategies needed to obtain the level of thinking that I want the student to achieve.  It will help me to understand what techniques or applications are better suited for a certain subject or situation.  It will help me to map out where I need to start and what outcomes I need students to achieve.  Today with…