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Liana Di Nuovo
Week 9-Google Earth assignment


Rome, Italy

Many years ago, I went to Italy to visit family. My aunts, uncles, and cousins all live in the southern rural areas of Calabria. Visiting them was good experience because the majority of my family lives there and I got to see them for the first time.
During my family vacation in Calabria, we went to the city of Rome to see sights and attractions. I highly recommend visiting Rome because it has so many beautiful fountains, statues, enchanting churches, delicious Italian restaurants, café’s, and most importantly; the ancient coliseum. Even though I was only six years old when I stood in the center of the infamous coliseum, the experience was unforgettable.


Miami, Florida

Three years ago, I went on vacation to Miami, Florida to celebrate New Year’s. It was my older brother and I, however; my brother, Peter, has a few friends in South Beach who joined us during this wild excursion.
It was an astounding partying city. Every block has overflowing entertainment. Miami is covered with an abundant of interesting bars, fun dancing clubs, and delightful seafood restaurants. The beaches were incredible. Pretty shells and Coral covered the smooth silky sand. Swimming in the ocean was incredible. The color of the ocean water was unlike anything I have ever seen. Swimming in Miami’s crystal blue ocean was a remarkable experience.
NETS.T standards

2. Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessment
a) Design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity.

4. Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsibility
d) Develop and model cultural understanding and global awareness by engaging with colleagues and students of other cultures using digital-age communication and collaboration tools.


Reflection

This assignment meets standard 2a because it incorporates Google Earth as a digital tool for learning different geographical places. It also engages students learning and interests by promoting technology interactions in a creative and fun way which makes learning more enjoyable.
This assignment also reflects standard 4d because Google Earth delivers the ability for students to visually learn different cultures and places around the world. It exposes different places that have diverse cultures and lifestyles. By using Google Earth as a creative digital learning tool, students can expand their knowledge and understand the various cultures around the world while enhancing their technological skills.

My Book Collection

NETS.T standards

1. Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity

B) Engage students in exploring real-world issues and solving authentic problems using digital tools and resources.

C) Promote student reflection using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students' conceptual understanding and thinking, planning, and creative processes.

Reflection

This project meets standard number 1B, engage students in exploring real-world issues and solving authentic problems using digital tools and resources. This project allows students to see how they can use digital tools such as Microsoft Access to organize their school activities, collection, and other data. Microsoft Access can help solve student issues with planning organizing as well as enhances their technical skills.

This project also meets 1C), promote student reflection using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students' conceptual understanding and thinking, planning, and creative processes. . By using Microsoft Access, teachers can organize students’ personal data and student activities digitally. It also aids in planning and organization for daily lessons.

My Book Collection

NET S. T Standards/Reflection

NET S. T Standards

2) Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments

A. Design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity.

B. Develop technology-enriched learning environments that enable all students to pursue their individual curiosities and become active participants in setting their own educational goals, managing their own learning, and assessing their own progress.

4. Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsibility

D. Develop and model cultural understanding and global awareness by engaging with colleagues and students of other cultures using digital-age communication and collaboration tools.

Reflection

The instructional courseware games meet standard number 2A.Design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity. Adapting learning experiences by incorporating digital games can promote students interests in learning. It providing fun learning activities on a computer rather than using a textbook.

Instructional courseware games meet standard number 2B because students can manage their own learning style throughout the whole digital lesson activity. They can proceed to challenging levels and answer questions based on the content at their own pace. Students will practice digital skill which make learning fun and easier for them. Over time, this will establish a technology rich learning environment.

The instructional courseware games meet standard number 4D because students were learning different cultures. For example: playing Photo Hunt in Hawaii provided challenging questions about the geographical area, the kinds of animals, and different places in Hawaii. It would make students realized how exciting it is to digitally learn various cultures and their information by just by playing a computer game.

Reflection/NETS. T Standards

NETS.T Standards

NETS. T standard number 2A: Design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity.
NETS. T standard number 2B: Develop technology-enriched learning environments that enable all students to pursue their individual curiosities and become active participants in setting their own educational goals, managing their own learning, and assessing their own progress.

Reflection

My unit lesson reflects NETS T standard number 2A because it would give my students a creative learning experience. Incorporating a digital tool, power point, would encourage students’ learning because of its entertaining visuals and animation which corresponds to the unit’s material. My unit lesson also reflects NETS T standard number 2B because students would be able to evaluate their progress by completing the assessment at the end of the units. I would have the students use the power point tool to organize their own learning. Having the students engage themselves with power point would create a technology-enriched learning environment.

Website Reflection

I would use these websites as a cosmetology teacher for several reasons. Some of these websites would allow my students o explore different occupations with the field. The students can look up beauty schools, program descriptions, and various locations. Also I would utilize the websites as a guide for lesson planning, designing projects, other activities, and topics for discussions.

Candy is Dandy Summary/Reflection

Candy is Dandy!

Step 1-Hypothesis

I expected to find more brown M&Ms than green. I predicted that each bags had an equal amount of colors. Bag one had the least amount of M&Ms therefore it was the lightest bag. Not all colors were represented equally and some colors were more popular then others.

Step 5- Data Interpretation

According to my data, bag two and three had equal amount of candies. There are dramatic differences in the amount of green M&Ms. For an example: Bag one had 16 green M&Ms where as bag two only had four. I also recognized that bag number three enclosed the least amount of red M&Ms in comparison to bag one and bag two. Another interpretation is that out of all three bags, the average of blue M&M proves that blue is the dominant color. According to my data, all the colors in any given bag vary.

Reflection

I learned how to apply and gather information by using Microsoft Excel along with mathematical operations to see totals and averages. I would use Microsoft Excel in my teaching career to organize my students’ information, assessments, and to observe students academic progress. Utilizing Excel in my future classroom meets the NETS.T standard number two which is Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments. As a cosmetology teacher, I would use Microsoft Excel to digitally record students’ grades and activities. I would monitor students’ evaluations on their academic performances.

I would incorporate Excel into students’ activities and projects to enhance organizing skills. I would design projects or assignments where as students would use Excel to organize information needed for their creative work. Students would also experience self-assessment as they observe their own work over time; they can use excel to see their weakness and strengths in different areas of cosmetology. As they observe their own data, students can visually see where to make improvements.

Example of a project that would indicate standard number two: As a salon owner, research hairstyling products from other countries that you would use in your salon. Chart the product lines, the amount of hairsprays, hair gels, mousse, hair wax, shampoos, conditioners, pomades, pastes, and the cost of products. Organize information on Excel, discuss results among your peers.