Payton's Blog

      Distance learning was something that was very pivotal for me during my education in middle school and high school as covid started at the end of my 8th grade year and they had to move everything to zoom and online learning. My freshman year I spent the whole year online as we were waiting for covid conditions to get better. This made me very familiar with online resources and how to do work on a laptop as that was my means of school for a year and a half. I think distance learning can be useful if really needed but at the end of the day face to face is perfect because I think students need the social interaction that schools offer.     OER's can be very useful and helpful as they give teachers a resource as they are free and can be distributed to the class how ever the teacher see's fit to get the class ready for success. OER is a online resource a teacher can find and since they are open to anyone the teacher gets of for free and makes making lessons a lo...

      While working on the web design assignment I learned that actually creating your own website is not that hard and that is something that can be very useful as an educator down the road. I used many features such as hyperlinks and certain features such as spacers and headers to make my website user friendly and keep it looking good. Weebly offers plenty of resources that makes making the website super easy and not long to do or learn. Overall I learned a lot from that assignment and I can comfortably say I can make a website when I need to as a teacher.         QR codes offer many forms of ways that people can get information and have it on there device. This is something that I could implement in my classroom in multiple ways weather it be a survey, game or way for my students to gain access to an online reading. Qr codes are a quick and easy way that people can scan and get to what ever website on there phone. Im sure there are plenty of ot...

      Teacher pages on school websites can be very helpful as they can be a way for the teacher to relay information to students and parents in a quick manner. Most of the information that can be seen publicly is how to get into contact with the teacher and maybe books and novels or things that would be useful to be successful in the class. I think that teacher websites are a good way to keep everyone in the loop and parents a way to stay involved. They can also be helpful because students can go to them and that can give them a resource if they need help with anything. https://www.leonschools.net/Page/10301     I think that I will use technology like canvas and learning how to build a website everyday when in class as it can make my life easier when trying to do work but it can also make students and parents lives easier as technology is quick. I will use tools like canvas for grading and putting work but will use websites like Word, and even padlet when I want...