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Summary of Learning

Taking this course, Principles of Instructional Technologies, has really showed me how much effect I can have on my students. I've learned about so many new technology tools that I had never heard of before that could really benefit me in the future. I've also read about important topics related to technology like a Professional Learning Network and about digital citizenship. To show how some of the topics of this course connected I created a graphic on Canva . All of these topics are related and are important in the use of technology. Summary of Learning by Isabel Gabin The biggest thing that I learned from this class is the importance of sharing what you are doing online for the benefit of others. Using a blog, like this one, or Twitter to share what you are doing in your classroom and your ideas about education is so important. It not only benefits other teachers, but it also benefits their students. I think that it's amazing to know that people all over the worl...
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Major Project Summary

As my major project comes to a close I am taking some time to reflect on what I did. Creating a lesson plan was a great experience for me because it was beneficial for me to see what goes into creating one and how I can integrate technology, even for a kindergarten or preschool classroom. I definitely want to keep working on my lesson planning skills as I continue my college education and try to integrate different technology when I create more lesson plans for other classes in the future. Technology is so prevalent today and because kids nowadays are drawn to it, it's important for teachers to integrate it in the classroom to make learning more engaging and hands-on and to help guide them in how to use technology responsibly.  I enjoyed creating a lesson plan for nutrition for a kindergarten class and I can definitely use the items that I made in the future. Doing this major project was very enjoyable and I hope you all enjoyed seeing me progress through it.
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Healthy vs. Unhealthy Foods Activity

Hello everyone. This week I created a Quizlet  to test students' knowledge on the difference between healthy and unhealthy foods. Quizlet is a great website for digital flashcards but I used it for this part of my lesson plan as an online matching game. Check out my teacher blog post here  for more information.
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Healthy vs. Unhealthy Foods

Hello all. This week I created a presentation slide with Visme  to talk about healthy and unhealthy foods after reading The Berenstain Bears and Too Much Junk Food . This website was very easy to use and I could use it in the future for other presentations or have my students use it for a project. Check out my teacher blog post here  to see more about this week's item for my lesson plan.
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Food Groups Activity

Hello everyone. This week I created a coloring page for going over the fruit and vegetable food groups. I used Canva  to create this coloring page and it was very easy to use. I can definitely see myself using this website in the future for other school projects and for my teaching career. You can check out my teacher blog post  here  to see my coloring page.
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Food Groups!

Hello all. This week I created a resource to teach food groups to kids. I found images and used Microsoft Word to create an image to upload to Thinglink . Although the free version of Thinglink is very limiting I worked around it. I used information from the MyPlate teacher resources website  to create my Thinglink. Check out my post on my teacher blog  for more information about how I would use this resource in the classroom.
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Major Project is Underway!

Hello everyone. My major project for my Principles of Instructional Technologies is starting up now. For my project, I'm making a sort of lesson plan about nutrition for kindergartners. I started another blog which will act as a mock of a teacher's blog. On the blog I posted an introduction to parents and posted my first post about my nutrition lesson where I tell the parents how I introduced the topic to the students. For the rest of my project, I will post the resources that I create for teaching the students nutrition and the activities that would be done in class.  I will also try to add additional online resources for parents to use with the students. I'm going to be posting once a week so stay tuned to see more about my major project!
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