All About Me

My name is Alyssa Zimmer and I am from Erie originally.  I attended McDowellHigh School and I am now a Junior here at Edinboro.  I just recently switched my major from Forensic Chemistry to Secondary Education in Chemistry.   I have a big loud family and a bunny named Clyde who might possibly be the cutest thing to ever exist.  I love painting, running, snowboarding, music festivals, my car Penelope, and especially my friends.

I think that technology is a very important aspect of teaching, however, often times I believe that teachers don't take full advantage of all the technologies that are available. I have learned more about technology in this class over the course of the last couple of weeks than I have learned in the previous fifteen years of my educational career.  I am very excited to embark on my new teaching career path and I will be sure to integrate current technology in to my daily teaching techniques.

Twitter and Me

At first, I hated using twitter.  I thought it was extremely confusing and I couldn't follow what anyone was saying.  Last class I created a tweetdeck which is much more readable and enjoyable to use.  I really liked the activity we did in class on tuesday when we completed the quiz.  I thought it was a very resourceful way to get us to work together on a quiz in a group of three, but also as a class through posting on the feed.  I think that twitter is an excellent way to expand classroom learning.  It could help students question the teacher about things they are confused on or it could aid administrators in communicating with teachers and parents of students.  The possibilities for using twitter as an educational tool are endless.  

Here is an example of some of the quiz posts:

 I'm excited to see what other ways we will use twitter through the duration of this class!

The Final Frontier

This assignment's goal was to familiarize us with an online powerpoint sharing program.  I worked with three other students in the class to collaborate on this assignment.  The article was predominately about changing teachers' perspectives on technology use in the classroom.  It reflected on the fact that a lot of teachers are too stuck on old teaching methods and not willing to integrate new technology in to their teaching styles.  


Collaborating on this assignment proved to be very successful.  We each worked very well together and the outcome was a fantastic and informative powerpoint.  Here is the presentation to prove it...