Life of Sam

A few skills I learned from working with Diigo was the formatting, editing, and sharing of certain websites on Diigo. I personally would not use this resource in my classroom because I find the commenting and organizing too confusing for teachers and students to communicate and share information. If I would use this resource in my classroom I would have it to show my class the important quotes and sections of articles by using the highlight feature on Diigo. Also using Diigo in my individual professional efforts, I could use this resource while finding quotes from my sources for papers that I write for my college classes.  The first level of Bloom's Taxonomy is to remember; which is to recall facts and basic concepts. So I could use PowerPoint and make a vocabulary lesson; then have a review lesson at the end and have the students calling out the words with fill in the blank. The second level of Bloom's Taxonomy is understand; which is to explain ideas or ...

I have been using Twitter ever since I was in middle school, so using it in this class it came quite easily to me. Since I knew all of the general features of Twitter, it was easy for me to create an account and interact with my fellow classmates. I have learned that on Twitter many teachers create a hashtag to communicate with each other and distribute their ideas. I didn't know that this existed before this class. This is definitely beneficial for teachers because they are able to see what other teachers are successfully doing in their classes and share different ideas. I haven't experienced any issues with Twitter because like I said before I am very familiar with the social media platform. When creating my website I learned how to add a Creative Commons License to a website. This was difficult for me because I didn't know if you just add a photo or what the process was like but then I realized the process wasn't that difficult with some guidance. I honestly l...