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Blog Journal 10

 I think that data collecting tools are so extremely important in every field in order for the space to run efficiently. What teachers often forget is that no matter how well they believe they understand a concept, everything is for naught if they cannot communicate that process effectively to their students. The subtle hints that we receive from our class is sometimes not enough to properly judge their mastery over the subject at hand. And even when we ask there are two indistinguishable silences: the silence that indicates they got it or the silence that arises from being so confused they do not know how to address it. The best way to understand what your class needs is to give them an anonymous survey or one with a participation grade.  The most interesting topic while reading other blogs was one about learning stem online. What I find so interesting about this is not only have I been pushed in this direction, so have many of my friends. Everyone talks about how it is the future and
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the last of the memes

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new pln

 https://www.linkedin.com/ Linkedin always seemed like the more professional version of facebook in that many of the people you meet will be on Linkedin and that is a designated place to talk about careers. Likely you could make a group on there based on teaching in a certain area or something. 
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class rules

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a meme

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Blog Journal 9

 I know this is not a popular opinion, but I am dreading returning back to in person classes! I find information to be much more clear online and I waste less time due to travel. I do think that distance learning requires independence on the students behalf, which may not be why teachers get into the profession. Many teachers like that personal connection and be an active role model in their students' lives, which is hard when the students are independently following typed instructions. Something that I found interesting from a teacher is posting like these updating vlogs available for their students where they run through local and national news about the pandemic.  I love the concept of open educational resources. I believe this is the future. Collaborating with other educators is such a good idea for getting cool styles of teaching to other parts of the world. And because of the pandemic this is extremely helpful.  https://creativecommons.org/ As for the powerpoint assignments,
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Blog Journal 8

 The Web design assignment was fun because I had never really created a website before. And it was way easier than expected. The most difficult, least fun part of the whole thing was putting a calendar. There are so many things you have to do within google calendars and then copy the code to simply apply the dates to your website. And after all of that I still messed up on some aspect and it didn't upload properly.  http://zachsfirstgrademathclass.weebly.com/ Diigo seems like a good way to share things with other teachers or with a class. Because of this, the environments can be similar to a sub-reddit for teachers, where they could vent or ask for advice or give out helpful links. At the same time, it could be used in a classroom setting as more of a class building tutoring. Helpful videos to study or learn from could be posted by teachers or their fellow classmates.  I believe that as technology becomes more and more of a necessity within our lives, the more educators need to rea
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