journal 4 !

     The Florida Department of education has put out resources to help teachers use technology for their specific grade levels. This resource is called ELA technology standards. For first grade, there are three technology standards in place. One of which is knowing how to use various text features such as headings, glossaries, and menus to locate facts or information in a text. Based on my current skill set, I feel I would be able to implement this standard. I have had lots of practice in my own educational experience as a student, and believe I could use it in my own classroom someday as a teacher.

    The resource I have selected from the CPALMS educator tool kit is a first grade english language arts activity. This activity is for a grammar lesson on punctuation. The activity follows a video where the students learn how to use different types of punctuation while playing a virtual soccer game. I would use this resource in my lesson as a fun way for my students to practice using punctuation and become familiar with the different types of punctuation marks. 

    Internet searching is extremely important as a teacher. Teachers need to be able to quickly and safely search up information they may need for a lesson, or just to research in general. It is also important for teachers to understand how to internet search in order for them to properly teach their students how to as well. One skill that I learned in class this week is that order does not matter in an internet search. I have always been super conscious of how I word my internet searches, so I will definitely be using this new technique when I search from now on.