Blog Journal #8

     So far Diigo has been an amazing tool. I can easily annotate any webpage and share it with my peers which will make group assignments much easier. It will also help me immensely with future projects as I can save and annotate webpages so I do not have to keep trying to fund the webpage and also the information I wanted to use from the page. Overall, it is a very helpful tool that I will definitely utilize for many projects and also probably my future career.
     By using PowerPoint, I can hit each aspect of Bloom's Taxonomy for any lesson. An example would be learning about farm animals.  I can construct a PowerPoint that explains what farm animals are and the classifications that come with it. I can make it fun and interactive by asking questions, playing videos and sounds, applying the animals in real world examples such as they all serve a purpose for the farmer and some of those purposes would be providing milk, or meat. I would have the children answer questions, do group work, and in the end create a drawing of their favorite farm animal and present it to the class with an example of a service it provides for the farmer.
     As a teacher it is our responsibility to teach our students about the incoming technology so they are not behind in this very digital day of age. This article has all the new technology being used in the classroom as well as explanations of the applications and how to use said technology. This source is extremely useful as trends change quickly and this keeps the teachers up to date on the latest trends.     https://campustechnology.com/Articles/2018/01/11/7-Ed-Tech-Trends-to-Watch-in-2018.aspx?Page=2