Sofie's EME2040 Blog

I’ve never made any kind of blog before, so this assignment was pretty much my introduction to web design. I think I have a better grasp of the fundamentals of making a website aesthetically pleasing and user-friendly now. Overall, I enjoyed this assignment, and I liked the freedom I had in formatting the website. I’m proud of how mine turned out. I’ll definitely be utilizing these tools to make an online portfolio for my writing. Here's my website . I’m not a super huge fan of Diigo, but I find some aspects of it useful. I think it could be most helpful in the context of a group research project. The annotation function is pretty robust, and I like that you can comment on other people’s annotations. The summary function is also pretty helpful if you’re working with a group. Staying up to date with technology is an important part of professional development as a teacher. Since we are going to be expected to teach many of our future students technological literacy, it’s importan...

  The teacher page that I found, which was listed as an example of a high-quality teacher page on a separate teaching website, has abundant resources that are publicly available. The page includes all relevant class materials parents might want to see, including lesson plans, daily schedules, and worksheets. It also provides links to external resources, including educational websites and apps, sorted into “Just for Kids” and “Just for Parents” sections. Besides its educational resources, this teacher page includes class photos and an “About the Teacher” section. You can find this teacher page here. There are many ways that I could use technology to accomplish my teaching responsibilities more efficiently than I could without using technology. One is through the use of word-processing software like Microsoft Word, which I could use to make class materials like worksheets and newsletters. When editing or commenting on student works (which is an important part of being an English te...

  I have enjoyed using Diigo so far. At first, I had a bit of trouble with highlighting and annotating, and especially with reading and responding to other people’s annotations. Now that I understand how to use these functions, I think that this is a great resource for the classroom. I like the collaborative nature of the site. Blogging has been much easier than I thought it would be. I’ve always seen blogging as this really foreign thing that only really computer-savvy, graphics-savvy people know how to do. However, I’ve found my foray into blogging pretty simple and enjoyable. I will definitely continue blogging in my future career as a writer, now that I know how simple it is. One interesting Web 2.0 tool that I may use when teaching is Prezi . I used Prezi in the classroom throughout my academic career, and I’ve always found it to be a reliable and useful academic tool. Prezi is a website for making slide-based presentations that can then be publicly posted and shared with ...