Luke Zollars' Space

      In the designing process for my website, I made sure to adhere to certain design principals that make a website easier to navigate and more professional. Specifically, I ensured that my pages were somewhat symmetrical while still breaking the text up into blocks to increase readability. I also implemented the use of colors that fit well together and create a comfortable vibe. Overall, I enjoyed the creativity that the assignment evokes, and I am thankful for the opportunity to gain experience in creating websites.     QR codes are something that I have be exposed to for many years in education and public life. I believe they are a very useful tool that can be applied in the classroom. In my own future classrooms, I imagine myself using them in a few ways. One way could simply be a bathroom sign-out page that each student scans before leaving. My high school used this system, and I saw it to be very successful. Additionally, I would provide QR codes on the ...

  Countryside High (hs) / Homepage On this website of the high school I attended, an abundance of information is presented in an orderly manner with tabs that help a parent or student navigate it. Details on all of the school events going on are provided as well as contact information and descriptions of each staff member. Viewers of the site can see the names and emails of every teacher as well as what room they are in and what subject they teach. teachers can also provide as much extra information on top of this as they want, meaning that some teachers have included syllabi or links to set up meetings. In my own teaching in the future, I will most certainly use technology to organize my plans. I will take an idea I have seen several professors using which is the use of the site "calendly" to set up conferences and meetings with parents and students that my need extra help outside of classroom hours. I will also use features that are built into canvas as I assume that this s...

 

      My blogging experience so far has definitely been a learning experience. At first, I saw this as simply an assignment to complete, but now, I see it more as an opportunity to reflect on what I have learned and think critically about how I will use it in teaching. I like how when I am blogging, I am able to gather my thoughts on the course material. I feel that it helps me with remembering it. As for any negative feelings I have towards blogging, I suppose that it can at time feel forced depending on the required material to address.          As I covered in our assignment this week to create a lesson plan, I see a great deal of potential for the use of  Ruttl - Best Design Feedback Tool  in teaching. This tool allows a teacher to assign reading to a class that the students can create public annotations on. This ability to see classmate's annotations promotes collaboration and can help students to understand the reading. I will defi...

      Prior to this class, I never used Pinterest and would typically only use Instagram for conversing with friends. However, now I have realized the potential these platforms have for expanding my teaching personal learning network. On Instagram, I have followed several teachers that frequently post content about their experiences in class as well as their lesson plans. By viewing their content, I can find ideas that I may wish to use as well as see the solutions they came up with to problems in the class that I may face in my future. As for Pinterest, I am still not terribly well versed in its use, but I have discovered that many teachers will post the materials, or slide shows they use in class on boards.     I am very thankful to be able to say that I grew up in technology rich schools. I cannot recall a time in school when there was not a day during the week designated as "computer lab day". Being so exposed to technology in school from a young age definit...

      I chose to focus on the ELA standards for grades 11-12 as these are the grades I would most like to teach in my future as an educator. I specifically took an interest in the  LAFS.1112.W.1.2 standard. This standard focusses on the levels a student must reach in their writing and original composing ability. A student of this grade level must be able to clearly explain or argue a position in a written format as well as be able to handle and comprehend complex material. When teaching my own classes, I am confident in my ability to help students fulfill this standard in my future classes as not only will my education throughout college develop my writing abilities, but the ELA standards from the previous grade levels will also serve as building blocks to prepare each student to meet the requirements of this grade.     The standard I selected from the CPALMS site pertained to a student's ability to u tilize timelines to identify the time sequence of histor...