Blog #7: Website Inspiration

 ✰    When looking for inspiration, I went to the Florida State University Schools (aka Florida High) homepage. Last Spring semester (2020), I did field experience at FSUS before the pandemic hit when I was in EDF 1005: Introduction to Education class. It was ~very~ easy to find with all of its information, and it lists everything for departments for parents and teachers and resources for all viewing parties. I like the students and parents section where it lists policies for absences, Testing calendars, Code of Conduct rules, etc. Here is the link for Florida State University Schools website

 ✰    With technology, I want to effectively manage my workload, but also use technology to implement and engage students. For myself, I definitely will be using extensions like Grammarly and Kami, which are chrome extensions that allow grammar and structure for documents. Kami is more for annotation and transfer between documents, where Grammarly is more for helping write out the information. As far as using software for educational purposes, I will definitely be using Microsoft programs like Excel, Word, and PowerPoint, but I will have to search and utilize an effective grading system for my curriculum.

 ✰    I do not really have any experience with using a wiki page other than the assignment that we did. I thought it was okay, however, I do not believe that I will use a wiki page for the classroom. I just do not see the purpose of using a wiki for my classroom, and while it was easy to navigate and edit, I feel that it is not for me. However, if I were to ever utilize it for the K-12 classroom, it would be a resource wiki page that I would update weekly about terms and definitions for students as well as resources for course material.