Journal #4

 For this I chose grade K-2. One of the standards that are described are "Communication and collaboration". This can include anything from communicating with classmates and teachers through online platforms, in a varitey of learning games, or even doing homework with fellow students online. Some other things that this topic can include would be identifying useful resources available to them while searching the internet. This can be in the form of a digital calculator, or math learning games! I do feel prepared to implement this into my classroom in the future. I believe this because I am really good with computers, and believe that if I have to learn something relating to technology, that it will come easy to me and my students will really enjoy the online learning. They will enjoy it because along with online learning, comes more fun opportunities and ways to make the kids enthusiastic about material. 

CPALMS Educator Toolkit is a great resource available to teachers with many lesson plans, and other resrouces available to them. When I went around and played with this website, I clicked on third grade science. I found many different lesson plans and resources that are all reviewed & approved by educators & subject experts. Even though I was not able to see the actual lesson plan beecause I couldn't login to the site, I was able to see relevant information about what the topic was about and what componenets it came with. This is a good resrouce for teachers to know that they have. 

It is so important to be a proficient Internet searcher as a teacher because you are relaying information back to students who are trusting that you are giving the correct information to them. This week we learned that a snippet is a recommended answer, in order to be a proficient searcher, you may have to dive deeper than that to find the truth. I will use the tool of advanced search more because it can allow you to look for more specific things. If I'm being honest, many of the tools that I use whn internet searching are snippets, whether that be reading the first article that pops up, or the box that gives me an answer right away. Ultimately, I know that if I'm going to become a teacher, I have to get much better at diving deeper into my sources and making sure that they are completely accurate and factual. 

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