Olivia Coogle blog

     As we start to close in on the semester, for our blog post of this week we were assigned to talk about our experiences in EME2040; Likes, dislikes etc. Prior to this class I never had any intention of becoming a teacher; I am a public health major and so my interests have always been around nursing or medicine. However, I loved learning about all of the different educational tools, and internet skills; we not only learned and focused on how these things are utilized in the classroom, but also for anyone in any profession or personal use! This class has opened me to the idea of teaching and my interest in possibly connecting a teaching profession to nursing!      One of the big things we explored this semester were OERs, otherwise known as open educational resources. These resources are any teaching, learning, or research content that is created/licensed to be free for anyone to use, share, teach etc. One example of an OER resource actually comes from the OER Commons website! This

    This past week we became familiar with online web design and became more familiar with these platforms, one for example is Weebly. I at first had some technical issues when using Weebly on my personal computer however, eventually, we were able to solve this problem. I think teachers would really enjoy utilizing this in their classroom; similar to me, they may have technical problems which could be an issue especially if you have a lot of students or those who aren't familiar with technology. But I think it was a really great resource and a fun one for teachers to use in their classrooms. Furthermore, the two design principles that I used were CRAP principles as I was designing my website, and I also made sure my website was easy to read but also fun and creative! I included many pictures and subheadings, titles, etc.! Below is a link to my website :)! https://www.weebly.com/editor/main.php#/ (Professor Idam, I could not "publish" it but I still wanted to include the l

 For this week's blog discussion, we were asked to visit a teacher website page that has information about the teacher, their information, etc., that is public to everyone! I went on the school website for Leon County and chose the teacher Ms. Megan Abbott (an elementary, English teacher in Leon County!) On the website, and for all of them they have listed their telephone number, email, and degree and certifications. This is great information for students or parents who want to reach out the teacher ahead of time, or for someone to reach out to that teacher and get more information on the class structure, what to expect, etc. I think this is a great tool for students and parents to have, and it shows that the schools aren't hiding anything and are proud of their teachers.      Furthermore, I envision myself using tools such as the one we learned above and all of the ones we have learned in this class in my future career! While I am not looking towards becoming a teacher (althou