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T-Pack represents a full understanding of using technology in the classroom. The venn diagrams represent technological content knowledge, pedagogical knowledge, and content area knowledge. My task is to tell you all about a time that I belonged, where an educator used this framework and it work for me as a student. I have always loved school and felt connected with a lot of the content I explored throughout the years. Well, maybe except science. As I progressed through middle school and high school, the technology integration became better and better as technology improved. The example that comes to mind was not in a high school classroom. I think of my sixth grade social studies unit on World War II. A topic that I grew to have a fond interest in and found the technology integration so fascinating. The classroom was set up like a simulation, where students would participate in a "game" and would head to various stations, all of which that hit almost every single mul

In EDU 223, my classmates and I were asked to contact three of our favorite teachers. For me, that task was easy. I had some of the most amazing teachers throughout my schooling experience and I could not be more thankful for the experiences I had in their classes. The first few weeks of the school year is busy and overwhelming for everyone, so I was not expecting immediate responses. After a few days, I got two responses back from some of the most amazing teachers I had at Camden Hills. I was so excited to hear back from my teachers and for them to know how much of an impact that they have had on my life both as an individual and as a future teacher. For this project, we were asked to request some resources related to curriculum, assessment, and instruction, in which I got some amazing professional development tools in return. Last weekend, I got the chance to review the materials that I received over email. All of the materials and advice was truly amazing and I am so excited to

After exploring the Innovation and Success center at Mt. Blue, we were asked to explore various google apps and how to tie them to our units that we are creating. One of the major assignments for the semester is working on a unit from our content areas. After reading and exploring various google applications, I figured out how I could use google draw as a part of my unit.  For our units, we were asked to pick a topic in our concentration areas. I chose to form a unit around the Holocaust for 7th grade social studies students. In many of my classes, I have been learning on how to make a lesson engaging and meaningful.  One of the learning tasks for my unit was to have my students create a blueprint for their own secret annex after listening to Anne Frank over read aloud. After creating the blueprint, the students would then create their team's secret annex using cardboard and other various art materials to create a birds-eye view of their product. Each student would write a shor

Hi, Everyone!  Welcome back to my blog. I haven't posted in the past week, because I have busy working on assignments for my practicum. This week in my EDU 222, I was able to explore the awesome Innovation and Success center at Mt. Blue High School in Farmington. My classmates and I were able to understand how technology plays a even bigger role in the classroom, through productivity and focus.  This week, we were given an assignment on how to connect music to the role of technology in the classroom. Here are the connections I made with the songs I chose:  Forever by Chris Brown: I was able to connect this song to the fact that technology is always changing at such a fast pace. The tools that my classmates and I used when we were in school for technology have improved and changed to become more engaging and advanced. As future educators, we have to be able to keep up with the constant change and implement it into our classrooms. I was able to connect this concept t

Yesterday in EDU 222, we were asked to make blogs and social media accounts and post meaningful content on them. In the past twenty-four hours I have been rethinking how I utilize my social media and how I might improve myself as a professional pre-service teacher. Since then, I created a new instragram which I totally recommend you follow! For homework, we were asked to create IntentionFoundTyPoetry to:      1. Explain the role that we believe technology has in teaching and learning ;      2. Express an important concept from our content area. I had a lot of fun walking around town and campus (I spent lots of time at the library) searching for the correct terms to match my beliefs! Emily

     Welcome to my blog! Over the course of the Fall 2018 semester, I will be posting about my journey as a pre-service teacher. Welcome, for those who already know who I am, and for those who do not, let me introduce myself! My name is Emily Kessel and I am studying Secondary Education Social Studies at the University of Maine at Farmington. I graduated from Camden Hills Regional High School in 2017 and enjoy spending my time in Mid-Coast Maine. Upon graduation from UMF, I am hoping to teach Middle School Social Studies in the State of Maine.       This semester, I will spend time in the local schools learning what teaching is like, where I will get to apply concepts in my methods courses to in-field experiences. I am really excited to go on this journey and will be posting frequently, so all of my followers can keep up with what I am doing.       We have learned so much during the first week and a half of classes. I am here tonight to post about some classroom norms that w