Twitter

What did you learn from using Twitter? Who was the most interesting person or persons you followed and why (provide examples)? Do you think you will continue to use Twitter personally and/or professionally after this course? Why or why not?

Twitter is free professional development. I use it daily and it truly does help you connect yourself with the outside world and gives you an opportunity to collaborate with teachers around the world. While participating in chats on different educational topics you learn so many things in a quick amount of time which is great as an educator. There are so many different chats at different times that you can always find one that fits with your busy schedule! The most interesting person I follow and the most favorite is Ann Feldmann. She is one of the technology coordinators in my district and she is always providing me with professional development and ideas. She is also google certified and has a very large PLN which is very helpful as an educator who has the opportunity to work and learn form her. Below is a few of her tweets from Friday when she was in my classroom and planned with me. 

As you can see she is always introducing me to new aps and giving me new information which is awesome! Another example of why she is the most interesting person I follow is because she is always introducing new multimedia through her tweets like in her tweet below. These come daily and its wonderful having her to introduce me to so many new things. 

Absolutely I will use twitter on a daily basis. This class has brought me to meet new Twitter followers and has increased my PLN. There are so many educational benefits of Twitter and I try to get educators that I know using Twitter as much as possible!

Twitter is a game changer.

Twitter is a game changer. I am constantly amazed at how quickly you can connect with other educators around the world. One of the people you might consider following is Richard Byrne. He is a Google certified teacher and author of the "Free Technology for Teachers" blog at http://www.freetech4teachers.com. Spend some time exploring the posts on his blog and the links that he suggests. What did you discover? What would be useful in your classroom?

I completely agree that Twitter is a game changer. After exploring his site there are so many different posts on different topics that I am interested in. I am lucky enough to teach in a district where our technology coordinators are also google certified and are absolutely amazing. They have completely changed my teaching in these last few years and I am better because of them. I was already using Twitter, but for personal use and after meeting them and learning from them I have changed my use of Twitter to professional use and it truly is amazing. I have had the opportunity to connect with so many educators with the same philosophy and beliefs as me and learned from them. I have been able to collaborate with people around the world!

VoiceThread

Click the link below to see my voice thread or watch below.


https://voicethread.com/share/5626322/

Curriculum Video

Here is my curriculum video. I used this as a review in my class for my students. I used snips of my video lessons from throughout the unit!

Screencasts

I have used screencast on my Mac multiple times and have helped others in my building learn to use screencast as well, but for my students I do not use my computer I actually use my iPad. It is the same thing as a screencast with a blank page and me writing. I have used aps like Doceri, Explain Everything, and iMovie with recordings. I have a flipped classroom so I use a "screencast" using Explain Everything for each of my lessons. I attached one of my videos below. I have also posted a link to my website where I keep all of my videos for my students as well.
hoglund.weebly.com

Animoto

Here is my Animoto project about my classroom. You will see that I have flipped my classroom and am now in the iPad Academy! Lots of new things this year that I am trying and it really is a blast learning new things and seeing how much my students are benefitting from multimedia in the classroom.

Animoto would be a great tool in the classroom to use as an introduction to new topics, review of topics, or even to have your students create one to show what they learned on a topic. Very easy and fun way to put things together. It is very easy to use so students would have no problems. Endless possibilities with a site like this!

http://animoto.com/play/0WsGiY41Zk03Jmf30SyBSA

Article Review

Here is my article review on the article, 10 Reasons to Use Multimedia in the Classroom, by Barbara Schroeder. http://www.globalgridforlearning.com/10-reasons-to-use-multimedia-in-the-classroom

Introduction

Hi. My name is Chelsea Hoglund and I am in my 5th year of teaching high school math. I currently teach at Bellevue East High School in Bellevue, Nebraska. This is my 2nd year at Bellevue East. My first three years of teaching I taught in Lincoln, Nebraska at Lincoln North Star. I have taught Algebra, Geometry, Advanced Algebra (Algebra II) and Algebra Support. I am currently teaching 5 sections of Algebra, two of which are Basic Algebra and one is cotaught Algebra. I also coach basketball and soccer at Bellevue East. I was born and raised in Hastings, Nebraska and went to Hastings College for my undergrad. I played soccer for Hastings. This year I have flipped my classroom so that is a new challenge and is very different from the previous four years of my teaching career. It has a lot of challenges, but also has a lot of rewards. It is a lot of work the first year, but I can see the improvement in my students. This last semester I have also been chosen to participate in the iPad Academy through my district so I have a cart of iPads that I use with one of my Algebra classes. It is so fun to learn and try all new things and I really feel like I am improving as a teacher each and every day!

I am a Mac person always have been and always will be. I am very comfortable with technology and use it on a daily basis in all of my classes. My district has great technology coordinators and I have learned so much in the last two years and have truly changed my teaching. I use twitter, secretive, kidblog, khan academy, iPads, iMovie, and so much more on a regular basis in my classroom.

I decided to pursue my degree at Peru State because I have always wanted to further my education. I truly believe a teacher so be constantly researching and learning and changing their teaching according to the students they have in their classroom. I never want to get too comfortable and I feel that getting my masters is just one step in that direction. After I get my degree I plan on getting another Master's degree in instructional coaching and I look to be an instructional coach in the future in the field of math.