gianmarco

 1. As a teacher, data collection can be very beneficial when trying to understand your students. For example, surveys can be used to see if students understand concepts, assignments, and/or author perspective. Those who have trouble or issues on an assignment can be highlighted through the survey. It can help those students who lack the confidence to ask the teacher themselves for extra help on concepts and assignments. Surveys also can be used to understand the overall perspective of the class by asking them how they prefer to learn certain topics, and have an abundance of choices for them to choose from. Surveys can help students be more comfortable and more open with their teachers considering their answers to a survey comes from their opinions.  2. I believe that the more interesting blog posts were the ones asking students how they felt about distance learning, such as zoom and skype. Considering we are all a year into the pandemic, where education has been completely ch...

 1. Being a distance learner takes some time to get used to. A few things that changed include increased distractions like a television or using the internet in the middle of class. Participation also feels a little awkward during a class because you are essentially talking to a screen hoping the people on the other side can hear and understand you. Few problems like bad wifi connection can be a headache, but if all goes well during class students have the ability to learn through a new medium. There are very few things, if at all, that I like about distance learning, because I would rather physically be in class. If I were a teacher doing distance learning I would assure my students that the learning will be the same and continue to use my knowledge of learning through a digital medium. 2. Open Educational Resources (OER) are course materials like textbooks, modules, and streaming videos that is used to support education. They are public domain meaning anyone can have access to th...

 1. I did not necessarily learn new skills while building the website for our assignment. I have always enjoyed working on websites so this assignment was especially fun for me by editing and creating text boxes and adding photos that are relevant. This assignment can bring out the creativity in students by adding colors, photos, information, and strategically put it all together to look organized. Having knowledge on website building can help my future career by teaching students such a skill or create my own website related to my classes, such as blogs that allow for easy communication between students and teachers.  http://gmarco1997.weebly.com/ 2. I have not used Diigo whatsoever. I still am not entirely sure what the website does or how it can help and it is something I wish I could have taken the time to learn it. It isnt something i am necessarily proud of either as it can affect my assignments if I do not use it. I plan on learning Diigo for the next portfolio check. 3...