Jamauri Denson’s Ed-Tech Blog

Assignment 5 : PowerPoint Interaction was my first time creating an interactive powerpoint. This was my first time creating a game on powerpoint and it taught me alot. I learned how to make disbale the normal navigation buttons. Next time I will make answer slides instead of addding the transitions on the slide. I like the assignment and this is a tool I will use in my future classroom. I can use data collection surveys in multiple ways in my classroom. I can use it to ask my students about themselves or how/ what they want to learn so I know what works best for them. I can use data collection surveys when planning an event for my students. Data collection surveys let me know what instersts the audience I am surveying. In my classmates' blogs I seen that althoough they were online they really enjoyed being able to connect with classmates through group assignments and blog posts. I also enjoyed the way we were able to meet and connect with classmates in a virtual class session. I al...

 I have learned alot in EME2040. My class was asynchronous. The course has taught me how to use educational tools on a computer such as twitter and diigo. This course has introduced me to tools that I have not used in other classrooms but well use in my own. The class is rigorous as it introduces you to tools that one may not know exactly how to use yet the grading process expects you to be a master of the tools. Open educational resourcs are websites and materials that are available to the public for educational uses. These materials can include all of the follwoing forms: lectures, notes, and sylubi. The article I chose opens stating how it is good to save money by providing students with free or low cost textbooks. The writer does not feel that this should be the determining factor on what types of textbooks we use to teach. We should determine which books are used based on the content and quality of the books. The writer stated that they have seen cases where schools get that t...