Classroom online presence has an abundant amount of positive benefits. In my past as a student, I was involved in several online classrooms. My presence in these classrooms involves blogging about topics covered in class and responding to peer’s blogs while learning new things from them. Classroom online presence is important for classrooms of all ages. The role of teachers in the 21st century in the classroom is very important. My thoughts about teachers being up to speed on the types of technology use in the classroom worries me. Teachers have so much on their plate as it is and trying to take classes and seminars outside of class will be a time crunch for teachers to get all of their assignments done. After reading LMS Enhances K12 I felt better about teachers getting up to speed while being provided with the easiest way they can learn. LMS Enhances K12 stated, "A government initiative in partnership with two universities is working to improve access by offering Solvable Challenge 25 free, high-quality continuing professional development courses online" this will make learning for the classroom teachers easier and reachable at all times.
Why Teachers Should Blog states that “creating a classroom blog instead of individual blogs foster an online community for your students to extend the classroom beyond the 4 walls” for my future classroom, this is something that I hope to achieve. In my past, I have had experience in blogging for my profession and for my educational journey. Creating a place where students can interact outside of the classroom is important and is beneficial for students to make friends, receive meaningful feedback, and teach their peers. All of my experiences have been positive, thus far. In one of my classes I used a blog site called Blogger. When using blogger, I would post about things I have learned in the class, if I had a question for my teacher, or wanted to document an activity or something I had learned. I found blogging to be very useful for my education. Before researching about blogging, I thought that having a blog in my future classroom would make my students feel involved in each other’s learning process, and after reading Why Teachers Should Blog I was reassured that using a blog in my future classroom will have a positive impact on my class as a whole. Learning management systems are considered a must for both teachers and students. LMS Enhances K12 Instruction mentioned “without LMS, teachers and students trying to access online education tolls must sign in and out of multiple applications, including open education resources, subscription-based learning programs, and websites that teachers created for their courses. Teachers also need to log into the student information system and administrative applications, such as grade books” and I immediately thought about my past experiences with digital resources that did not have an LMS. Digital resources without LMS, took too much time out of the lesson when having to log into the resource with emails, or pay for the resource as a whole. But adding a LMS would make the process much smoother for students and teachers. I believe that having an online classroom presence is important for teachers to learn new things and to use resources that they would not have access to otherwise. Students would benefit from online classroom presence by providing and receiving feedback from peers, learning new information, and accessing resources at places other than the classroom with 4 walls. I am a firm believer is having an online classroom presence whether it is blogging or having an LMS, the possibilities are endless in learning for both students and teachers.
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