
Professional Development

COURSE BADGES
Listed below are each of the 10 technology badges I earned which will assist me in my future classroom. Each badge was used to strengthen my technology skills and many were used in my online lesson plan. Each title contains a link to the activity I created, explains how it is helpful, and how I used it or plan to use it. Every badge contributed to my professional development and has allowed me to expand my horizons when it comes to lesson plan making, networking, and overall becoming a greater educator.
Google Jamboard allows students to collaborate while learning from each other. Educators can use it to gauge students' understanding and engagement with a topic. For this badge, I created a Jamboard that aimed to see students' background knowledge on implicit and explicit information.

Fakebook encourages students to explore their creativity by creating fake pages for any character they desire. Educators can assign projects or use the site to add a unique twist to learning about a character. For this badge, I created a Fakebook as an example for a project where students would create their own based on inferences.

Flippity holds a large variety of activities that can be personalized for whatever teachers need for their lessons. There are many engaging activities that will add fun to any lesson. For this badge, I chose to create a matching game where students had to choose which sentences were inferences and which were not,

Jeopardy is an engaging and fun way for students to review a topic or prepare for an assessment. The activity can be done as a class in teams, or individually at home. Educators can use it to prepare students for tests or as a way to have a fun review. For this badge, I created a Jeopardy to review my lesson on inferences and implicit versus explicit text.

Professional learning networks grants new and seasoned educators to interact with each other and share tips. New educators can seek advice from other teachers and share lesson plans as well. For this badge, I created a Linkedin and followed several education groups in order to grow as a teacher.

Edpuzzles guide students' through informational videos through questions. Educators can create questions or choose an already-made video to ensure students are actively engaging with assigned videos. For this badge, I created a variety of questions for an introduction video on making inferences.

Flipgrid empowers students to use their voices to answer questions or introduce themselves. Teachers can use the site to have students respond to a set of questions or as a collaborative way to have students get to know each other. For this badge, I created a Flipgrid where students reflect on the lesson and explain what they have learned.

Google-Edu is a set of units that teachers educators about digital citizenship and safety. Educators will learn about how to navigate the internet safely and be good internet citizens. I will use this badge to teach my students how to stay safe on the internet and spread kindness. It is especially important in today's age for students to understand how to use the internet productively.

Quizizz is a way for educators to prepare students for a test, or can be an easy way to give an assessment. Students can compete on the leaderboard which can be motivational. For this badge, I created an assessment for students to review before their reflections.

screencasting allows teachers to guide their students through a lesson without having to be live. Educators can record themselves explaining a lesson so that students can learn from home. For this badge, I created a video of myself going through my Google Jamboard and sharing tips on how to create inferences.

Educational Technology Evaluation Chart

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