My Experiences with Diigo, Web 2.0, & Blogging!

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 Hi everyone!!

Welcome back to my blog! This week, we talked more about Diigo and Web 2.0.

    To be honest, Diigo was a little confusing to me. I don't normally use websites like Diigo, so I really had to pay attention to the tutorial videos to get it. The layout of Diigo and how it had to be used was a bit overwhelming to me, just because the layout had a lot of different colors highlighting different links and tab, as well as just having a lot going on all around the website. The font itself was also just really small and it was just kind of hard for me to use... I do really like the concept of it though. It does seem to be a really helpful tool for educators to share their tools and resources for their colleagues to use in their classrooms. Personally, I don't really know if I will really be using this that much, just because it has a bit of an overwhelming layout and interface.

    Now onto my experience with blogging: I really like it! I really like to do assignments that reflect on what I've learned since it really helps me reinforce the new information. Blogging to me is also really fun because it feels like a conversation I get to have with whoever is reading it. I really like to be personable and friendly, but I also have anxiety and get nervous talking to people, so blogging is like the best of both worlds! (Lol) I get to talk to people without really having to talk to people. This is just from a student point of view needing to do this for an assignment, but I think as an educator blogging would also be really helpful to see what exactly your students are thinking and how much information they are retaining. Its an interactive way to get honest, thorough feedback from your students, and probably to many, a fun and creative outlet as well!

    For Web 2.0, I cam across a couple of tools that I found to be really fun. Now, just because of the kind of person I am and the kind of teacher I want to be, I naturally gravitate towards cute, fun resources. I found one resource called Baamboozle which provides a huge assortment of learning games. I thought this was really fun because it allows teachers to reinforce student learning with interactive games, allowing not only the teacher to see how much progress they have made in their learning, but also the students are able to see what they need to work on as well. I also came across another resource called Floop which allows teachers to give feedback on their students' work in real-time. This application works by having students upload their work to the app, and their teachers go in and give them their feedback, and students can respond right away, asking for help or commenting back on their teachers' feedback. I think this had a lot of cool features because especially considering today's educational climate, learning can be difficult having to do it online, so getting feedback from your teacher is definitely not as easy as it used to be. It's harder to get one-on-one conversations since it's so easy to get distracted and leave class the second it ends. I think this is a really good resource to ensure that students can get their feedback and get thorough, personalized help as soon as possible.

    While I am not sure if this is considered a Web 2.0 resource, I also wanted to mention another resource I've known about for a while now, Minecraft Education Edition. I've seen a lot of people talking about it on TikTok, since a lot of teachers have been using it for it's virtual classroom feature, as well as many more. I think this is super cute, especially for elementary school grades, since this really caters exactly to that age group. The game itself is incredibly adorable, and I think it's amazing that such a popular game like Minecraft has transformed itself into an educational resource. It's a really good way to allow kids to play what might be their favorite game and still be allowed to use it for school. Minecraft Education Edition provides so many different lesson plans for so many core subjects that even coordinate with common core state standards, which I thought was super interesting too. I had no idea how in depth and how much of an actual resource Minecraft had become through this, so this really made me excited to see. For sure, if I do become an elementary school teacher, I will be finding a way to definitely incorporate this into my learning curriculum in my classroom!!

Thank you for reading my blog! I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it! 

See ya in a while, crocodile!

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