What I've learned in Dr. Fragas class

PLN:

"A connected educator is a connected learner"

I think I would use PLN in the future. It's an easy tool where you are able to connect with other educators around the world not just teachers at your local school or district. I feel like this will help me be more open to new ideas on what other educators have to say.Now that I think of it, im kind of already using PLN by following blogs and you tube accounts the connect with my content area.  I encourage everyone to take a look into PLN.

Los Colores - Activity Trailer

Los Colores-Storyboard

WEBQUEST

Web quest is a very interesting and creative. I find that i could use this in my Spanish classroom. I feel that it would make the classroom come alive and the students will enjoy it very much. I like some of the webs quest that other people have made and they have reliable resources where they got their information. I would definitely use this in my Spanish classrooms.

How to introduce yourself in Spanish

UDL Infographic

KAHOOT!

                      https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/9dfeb7e4-0879-46e1-b8a8-2e3840ded4db

The 9 Elements of Digital Citizenship

INFOGRAPHICS

Q:What are the steps she uses to organize your thoughts for creating an infographic? 

Well first off what is an 'infographic', it is a visual representation of information. By creating infographics you are able to educate students by providing a visual of the content. They target all the information you would need to know and by doing this, you will be able to communicate the idea in an engaging way. The steps that Kathy uses to make a infographic are....

1. Select a layer-based imagine editor

2. Have students investigate types of visuals 

3. Conduct research

4. Have students create a rough draft  

5. Teach students about Creative Commons

6. Have students gather and create assets

7. Teach students about the use of color

8. Teach students about the use of font

9. Teach students about layout

Q:What is the LATCH Method?

LATCH METHOD:

Location

Alphabet

Time

Category

Hierarchy

I believe the 'Latch Method' is a way on how to help students or anyone who wants to make an infographics and help them create one by following and adding these steps.

Copyright & Fair use

Copyright I believe is the legal right of a song or movie that belongs to someone. I usually see it a lot on youtube when im watching a video, for example when they have a song they usually put in the description box that its copyright. But I really never heard of "fair use", but I would like to know more about it for future reference. 

Robotics Competition

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCSHyKQcUaY 

Podcast: SWAY & Thinglink

https://soundcloud.com/itsclarazy/podcast-sway-thinglink

Punctuation

I believe that punctuation is important during texting, it helps others understand what you’re talking about and I believe that it benefits you as well. At first I didn’t pay as much attention on my punctuation while I’m texting someone, but now I pay a little bit more attention on what I text. It’s become a habit were I read the text before sending it, making sure it makes sense.

Plagiarism

First time I heard about plagiarism was probably when I first starting to write essays on a computer or on paper, around middle school. We’ve all pretty much heard the consequences of plagiarizing someone else’s work but what is Plagiarism? Plagiarism is when you use someone else’s work as your own, same as cheating right? I felt when I got into college that’s when I felt it was more enforced rather than high school. High school was more as in “don’t cheat off someone test or homework”, but now that I’m in college its more serious, but I totally I understand why. what’s the point of going to school if you’re not going to learn anything just copy off everyone’s work?

Does texting make us bad writers?

Technology has advanced over the past couple of years. For example instead having to write and send a letter to someone, you can just type up an email and with a click of a button they receive an email in their inbox within seconds. But the real question is, "does texting make us bad writers?" In my opinion it does, I feel like the younger generation has become lazy, and depend everything on technology these days. Texting has it pros and cons, a pro being able to contact someone with just a simple message within seconds, and a con being losing interaction with the person you're having a conversation with and also lack of writing/ grammar skills.

UPDATE: After watching the video on TedTalks, John McWhorter "txtin is killing language. JK!!" I then realized, that texting has never been a problem towards us as learners, because it has always been a problem with writing and for some of us, even speaking. Like how McWhorter stated, "texting is its own language". Texting has no rules and no need for punctuation or capital letters.