After
skimming at the Free Visual Tools Wiki,
I made the immediate decision to look at tools that would be applicable in my
classroom. By applicable, I mean things
that the children already can use, are standards related, or supportive of my
instruction.
The first Visualization Site that I went to on the Wiki was in
the comics section. My kids love comics
and I thought immediately that it could be something I could use. I immediately went to the Marvel link because
my students especially love Marvel comics.
But I was disappointed that the link went to an episode of “The Super
Hero Squad Show.” I never could find the
Marvel Comic Creator.
After feeling
defeated on the Marvel Comics Site, the next visualization I went to was the
open clip art. The concept seemed great,
as when I create lessons and center activities to put on Teachers Pay Teachers,
I will sometimes purchase from Scrappin’Doodles. Other times, I’m sorry to say, I do a Google
search for a specific type of clip art and use it, without even checking a
copyright. I found the Clip Art site
very challenging to use. The clip art
wasn’t at a very high standard and it left me disappointed.
The last site I went on was Time Toast
Timelines. At this point, I didn’t feel
as if the search was working very well.
But, after playing around I realized that I really liked this page. It is perfect too, as Social Studies GLCES ask
K-1 students to use tools, such as timelines, to learn and discuss the
past. I had my students make paper
timelines in the past, so I thought this could be a great tool. I really had fun playing around and decided
to use it for my visualization.
I know in
many of my reflections for CEP courses, I have to reflect on my progress so far
in achieving goals. My goal was
simple: use more technology! So I decided to use this concept to track my
progress in achieving my goals. I used a
time progression starting from my switch to first grade until today. The ah-ha moment I had was when I used the visualization tool to analyze the data. As
you can clearly see, the increase in technology use has a positive correlation
with my entrance into the MAET program.
It took putting these things down on Time Toast to realize that yes, I
am making some progress. Check out my time line here!
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