How To Embed Video On My Blog

Reflection From Today:

For me the move to a digital classroom is very scary and exciting.  I am having to learn a whole new way of presenting my teaching.  I have found that I am still able to work alongside my students rather than just presenting.  It will be a long road of learning for me but As Dorothy said 'we are not throwing out the baby with the bath water' and what has previously worked and been successful in my class teaching can be adapted digitally and still be a winner.  

I really liked the example that Dorothy used about teaching the Treaty of Waitangi because it did show how effective technology can be in the classroom.  I also felt like I am not completely failing with the digital classroom as I did have some great videos and links that I used specifically for teaching the Treaty of Waitangi and other curriculum areas.  I am a work in process and am learning how to be more effective in my practice.  

Once again it was a full on day of leaning and have found many things useful.  I really liked the deep dive around cleaning up tabs and making folders.  I am not completely confident I know how to do everything I want but having the slides to go back and look through is a bonus for me as I am a person who likes to follow written instructions.  I must admit I sometimes jump ahead and think I know what I am doing but often that isn't the case.  This has made me think about some of students in my class who do the the same thing. 

I like  when others can share their tips and tricks as I often can pick up a shortcut that I did not know about and oh how this makes the digital world easier for me! 

Blogging is very new to me and I will  have a professional blog set up shortly for my school.  My students also have blogs that they share work and learning on.  I am hoping blogging will make more sense as time goes on.  I liked the tip of being able to have your student blogs in a folder pinned to your tab to make these blogs more accessible.

I can see attending this Digital Fluency Intensive will help me become a more effective educator in the classroom and in my practice.