For this blog post, I chose Kahoot to convey my findings in the chapter, mostly because I have used Kahoot before in classes I have taken and I love it! The segments of chapter four that I chose were Lesson Development with Technology, Approaches to Lesson Planning, and Assessing and Evaluating students.
For the first topic, I chose Lesson Development with Technology which is represented in my Kahoot presentation in numbers one through five. I try to lean towards anything with the name technology in it, to be honest, because not only is it the main focus of the class, but also because I know it is an area where I could use the most information available. I was surprised to see how many technology aids for each topic there were in this segment. What I noticed is, if there is a way to do it on paper, there is a more creative way to do the same thing with technology!
Approaches to Lesson Planning was the second topic covered; I chose this one because I feel like in the future lesson planning might not be my strong suit so I'm trying to learn as much as I can about it now. This segment is represented in my Kahoot in numbers six through nine. This was a relatively short segment but well versed none-the-less!
The third topic covered was Assessing and Evaluating Students. I'm normally interested any time the word "students" is in the title because, of course, that is the main focus of the teacher. I'm aiming to be the best teacher I can, so therefore whatever I can do to assist my future students the best, the better; this segment is represented in my Kahoot in numbers ten through fifteen. This segment of the chapter was a little bit longer but the information provided in it was interesting and very helpful to aspiring teachers.
A big reason I enjoy this class is because I really want to teach upper level schooling. Everyone thinks I'm crazy, but someone has to do it, right? High school students are very hands on and their lives revolve heavily on technology so I learn a great deal about how to incorporate technology they are familiar with into an educational environment; all while eventually making my job a little simpler in the process.
