Marissa Rangel's Blog

 The skills that were developed during the Website Design assignment were some that I will take with me throughout my teaching career. To start, the first skill I learned was what the content should be in a teacher website; this included things like an "About Me" page as well as what to link in order for parents and students to access different resources. Another thing I learned was how to professionally layout a website. This includes following the "CRAP" rules when designing the website. Lastly, I learned how to creatively place images and other content besides text onto a website so the site will feel more interesting and really be able to capture the audience visiting the sight.  My website:  https://mlr20d.wixsite.com/msrangels-class While working with the platform Diigo, I have learned many new skills. One skill I learned was how to connect Diigo as a Chrome extension as well as edit within the extension. I have never interacted with any website through a Chro...

A teacher website is a very important tool that all teachers should utilize. Websites help easily provide important information to parents and students. Nowadays, I noticed that many higher education schools, such as middle and high schools, only provide the link to Canvas when you try to access a teacher website. It seems that everything is starting to transfer to Canvas instead of using websites to deliver information. However, I did manage to find one teacher website that hasn't been switched to Canvas yet. I enjoyed this website because it had grade appropriate images, like the crocodile, and also gave all of the essential information for the class such as the supplies, the criteria and as well as an introduction. I feel that the teacher perfectly executed their website design and content.  https://www.leonschools.net/Page/10758   A teacher's main goal should be to not only efficiently teach new material but also effectively teach it. To efficiently teach is to do it in a ...

 When I first started to use Diigo I was confused with the layout and interactive component. The website also seemed to be very outdated design wise. It looked to be a website you would see in the late 90's or early 2000's, not so much in 2022. However, I did enjoy the aspect where you could highlight and comment on other websites then automatically share it with your Diigo group. But that also took a number of steps in order to be able to achieve that. Therefore, it was not a horrible website, but I feel that there are better ones out there.  In regard to blogging, Ive actually really enjoyed my experiences with it so far. I feel that it's a great source for seeing other perspectives on the same topics. I like how easy it is to update posts or edit previous ones. The only complaint I would have is that the layout of the blog posts look different on the actual blog compared to when I'm creating it, so I usually have to go back and edit things like the indents. So far Iv...

 I remember my first Twitter experience was in high school when my AP Psychology class required us to create a Twitter account and use the course hashtag to do our weekly discussions. I was only interacting with my classmates and my teacher and we even had a direct message group chat if we needed help with anything. I found this to be beneficial because we were all able to connect through a social media network and see how we can do more educational things through social media, instead of typical teenager thing like post pictures with our friends. I feel that Twitter can be helpful for my future career because it gives me a platform where I can be professional as well as allows me to connect with my colleagues or other teachers and get different perspectives on topics.  The digital divide is defined as the separation between those who have access to technology and those who are limited. Within classrooms, the students who have access to more technology have better educational ...