Blog Journal #4

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 ELA standards are the guiding ideals that teachers should implement in their classroom. Along with these standards comes the technological aspect that teachers are expected to incorporate into their lessons. For instance, the first grade standard, "LAFS.1.SL.1.2", states that the students should be able to ask and answer questions about key details in a text, whether orally or through other forms of media. The standard then suggests that the teacher should use websites like StoryBoard or recording devices to read the stories to the students. If I were the teacher, I would be able to record and playback the stories through my smartphone, but I would have to make myself more familiar with the online resource StoryBoard, because I have never used it before. 

CPALMS is a resource that stands for Collaborate, Plan, Align, Learn, Motivate, and Share. This resource lays out the standards for every grade level in Florida. It is a very useful website that also includes example lesson plans to go along with all of the standards that the teachers must follow. On the website, I found a standard for first grade english language arts, or ELA. The standard, "ELA.1.C.1.1.", says that the students should be able to print uppercase and lowercase letters. The resources that are provided with this standard include things such as links to worksheets that can assist the students in writing their letters, as well as provide good practice with the motor skills involved by tracing the letters. It also has videos that the teacher can play for the students that shows them how to write upper and lower case letters. These resources can help make it easier for the students to understand the principles of writing upper and lower case letters. 

 Internet searching is a necessary skill for all teachers. In today's world the Internet is as common as a piece of paper or a pencil, so it is encouraged for teachers to be proficient Internet searcher as a teacher so they can get more student engagement with their lessons, as well as be able to find helpful resources. I feel that the skill I will use the most going forward is the skill of putting a dash in front of a word to eliminate it from a search. As a teacher, you may have to do searches on the spot on a large projector and if you need to search something like, "social network" but do not want your students to see the movie come up in the search, because they may be too young to know about it, then you can simply use the dash to avoid any inappropriate search results. One Internet trick that was not mentioned in class is, like mentioned before, if you do not want your students to see your previous searches on the projector then you can always put your search engine, at least Safari, on "privacy mode" where it does not show any previous searches as well as protects you from possible network threats from insecure Wifi networks. 

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