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Hello! My name is Shelly Wyman. I am a student in EDCI 505 at Ashland University. I look forward to hearing from my classmates in the upcoming weeks. This week we are tasked with creating a blog. Wish me luck!

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How am I doing it? Designing the learning experience to include digital devices.

Hello! So, as has been my usual with assignments for this class, I am posting to my blog after the due date. I find all of this tech stuff to be very fascinating and confusing. The weekly modules are packed with information, but the problem is, the dates are wrong, drop boxes are not always easy to locate and when I do locate them, I find that they contain student assignments from previous semesters. This makes me think I am turning in assignments in the wrong place. I am however, dedicated to learning to navigate through this Tech Class! I am not bitter. I am however, working full-time as a long-term substitute teacher. This assignment commenced January 2, 2023 and will end when this school year ends. What an amazing opportunity! I love it. I cannot keep up with grading papers for 90 students, creating lesson plans (I was left with none!), and managing the classroom, while also trying to create a rapport with my students. The thing that allows me to somewhat maintai

Ways that PK-12 teachers can use Web 2.0 tools with mobile devices for teaching and learning

How can PK-12 teachers use Web 2.0 tools with mobile devices for teaching and learning? In this modern age of technology, students and teachers alike, have learned to navigate through the many available Web 2.0 tools and utilize them in the classroom. These tools became essential to learning during the pandemic. I was a new permanent substitute teacher with no previous exposure to Google Classroom. It was a crazy time. The students were very helpful in explaining things to basically help me, help them, in terms of helping me understand what they were able to see, what they were able to do, and together, we made it work. As I reflect on this time, I am very thankful for the experience. Fast-forward to today where I am a long-term substitute teacher utilizing Web 2.0 tools in our face-to-face learning environment each day and I can still see how essential these tools are to myself as a teacher, and students alike. As I had mentioned, I utilize Google Classroom every day. If I f

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