Blog Journal 3: February 7, 2019

          I think the ELA technology standard I would feel most comfortable teaching right now would be LAFS.4.RI.3.7. In this standard, students must "interpret information presented visually, orally, or quantitatively." I am familiar with this standard because I presented it to the class and researched different resources that teach this standard. Also, I feel like I personally interpret and analyze media frequently for my courses, so I feel equipped to teach someone else. Additionally, I think I could teach LAFS.4.RL.3.7, the standard in which students compare a written work to a presentation of the same work. To teach this standard, I would have students get in groups to create videos of a scene from a story we read in class. Then, I would have students watch each other's videos and analyze how they compared to the original written work. However, I would need to prepare more to teach the LAFS.K.W.2.6 standard. While the standards I feel comfortable teaching are for fourth grade, this standard is for kindergarten. Students must use technology to publish writing. I am not as good with handling groups of small children, and I would be unsure of what level of technology and writing would be appropriate for them. I would also struggle teaching LAFS.910.RH.3.7. In this standard, ninth and tenth graders must "integrate quantitative and qualitative analyses" and use programs such as Excel. I am not proficient in Excel or making spreadsheets online, so I would have to become better at this before teaching it.
          A resource from CPALMS that teaches the LAFS.4.RI.3.7 standard is an audio interview about net fishing in Florida. Students listen to the audio recording and then complete a Sound Recording Analysis Sheet. On the worksheet, students pick out the important ideas of the interview and describe the content. I would use it in my classroom because I think it is important for students to practice their listening skills and think critically about what they hear. I also think the topic of the interview is interesting because it is not something students usually learn about in class, and it is relevant to Florida.
         The Newsletter Design taught me many new skills in Word that I will carry with me throughout my education and into my career. I learned how to create page breaks in order to switch from one column to two and back again. I also learned how to include an email link and shade text boxes. I think the content of my articles is strong, but the design did not turn out as professionally as I would have liked it. The formatting frustrated me because I could not get the graphics and text boxes to line up evenly. Next time, I will definitely give myself more time to complete the assignment. I underestimated how long it would take me, and I ended up rushing to turn it in. In my career, I can use the skills I learned from this assignment to add email links to documents and use URL shorteners to get rid of very long links. I can create a header for any flyers or office documents I create.