Sophia EME2040 Class Blog

For my first ILP, I completed a Lynda.com tutorial about infographic design and its principles, so for this ILP, I decided to put these principles into practice. I created an infographic on Shakespeare himself and his career as a writer. While designing I picked a blue and green color palette to ease viewers into my graphic and used more graphics than texts to create an easy-viewing experience. This infographic could be used to introduce Shakespeare to students or just show the vastness of his plays. The infographic can be viewed below.

In my future career, I hope to be a first-grade teacher so I will be teaching all general subject areas. That said, I see a plethora of ways that I could use Excel and other reporting tools in the classroom. For example, I could use an Excel spreadsheet to keep a record of grades in a specific subject and track students' progress throughout the year. This would allow me to see if there are certain topics where multiple students are having issues or if a student is not progressing as they should be so I can focus in with these students to work towards improvement. Also, I could keep track of student attendance and see if there are any troubling trends. Although many schools have software that already keeps attendance records, I still think that it will be helpful to do it in my future classroom in case there is ever an error in the system. One could also use spreadsheets to report the captured information to supervisors or parents to help you formulate a plan for the student future ...

The “Flipped Classroom” is a classroom in which the standard lecture during class time and homework activity are flipped. What this means is that the lecture that would normally be given by the teacher during classroom time would be recorded and sent to the students to view as homework. In turn, the classroom time would be spent by having students engage in the material in hands-on activities, with the teacher there to help. This style of learning is very beneficial because it allows a student to spend an entire class asking questions and interacting with the material. With this being the case, students take on more responsibility for their education and develop a better understanding of the material as a result. The responsibility also better prepares the students for higher education, in that a lot of the material delivery in higher education relies solely on the student. This style of delivery is great for student that are sick or have to miss class as well, because the lecture is ...