Blog Post #4

    While exploring the Florida standards on technology, I thought that the standard for applying foundational computer competency skills was particularly interesting. While looking at the 5th grade applications, this standard manifests as how to use technology and apply it to learning. The specific benchmarks included skills like typing with correct finger placement, putting together slides presentations, understanding keyboard shortcuts, and understanding how computers and their software work and interact. So, this standard deals with the actual implementation of computer skills and the students' ability to use computers for learning. I think I would be able to implement this skill set with the knowledge I already have. I think there are a lot of programs online that offer support for students in how to type and how to use a computer. Google has lots of user-friendly outlets and shortcuts that was easy for me to use as a student and would be easy for my students to understand. 

    I then explored the fifth grade social studies resources on the Educator Toolkit. The standard that I focused on was related to arranging multimedia elements. I found a couple linked activities for creating comic strips that I actually remember doing in elementary school and loved it. By planning the comic, developing the superhero's character, and recognizing the importance of dialogue and setting, the comic would flow like in real comic books. In the lesson plan provided, the students would share their ideas and comics along the way to receive valuable feedback and revise their work accordingly. This website would definitely be useful as a first-time teacher when trying to make interesting lessons that relate to the Florida standards. 

    In the context of internet searching, it is very important for teachers to have internet fluency and utilize internet searching. Being able to find and disseminate information is a teacher's whole job. Out of the internet tools we learning this week, I will probably use the Google Advanced Search the most. I had never heard of that outside of this class. The only fancy search engine that I knew Google had was the Google Scholar. The Advanced Search was really fast and easy. I usually use Google, but for research and papers I usually use Gale Academic OneFile or the FSU Library Resource so that I know the majority of the work that I am being exposed to is reliable. 

    My first thought with AI in a K-12 setting was absolutely not. I would want my students to rely on their own brains first rather than that of an AI generation. However, when we talked about it in class, I realized that AI is already used in a lot of the online platforms that we use on a daily basis, traditional and generative. I think AI could be a good resource to use for ideas and being more concise, but I don't think I will go out of my to use it in the classroom.