July's World

 Who remembers sitting at their desk and remembering every single word their teacher was saying? The answer to this question is more than likely that NOBODY remembers much of what they learned in school while they were at their desks listening to their teacher. The reason for this is that we only learn twenty percent of what we hear. But chances are that you remember a specific thing from school if you were engaged in the lesson. I for once remember when I was in ESL class we were in groups and we had to each come up with a story using our words of the week and act out the story. The reason that I remember words from my ESL class and not much from reading class is because I was Actively Learning. Active Learning is a method of instruction that involves actively engaging students with the course material through discussions, problem solving, case studies, role plays and other methods.  An Example of Active Learning  In this blog active learning is shown by challenging students in grad

              In an era where we are always on our phones and we worried we were spending too much time online already,  the pandemic happened and our lives became for the most part 100 percent digital. There are always pros and cons to every new app and there are people who will love it and people who will hate it, it's part of the tech world. Creating a digital map really puts into perspective the applications we are constantly using and the reason why we use those apps. There used to be a time I was using every social media application for a small cafe I used to own. During this time I realized that many apps are really good for businesses as they cost virtually nothing to advertise. What it did cost me was time, so much time.As a small business owner we do everything ourselves including social media management. During this time I learned to use apps to generate income instead of using them for personal use. When I sold the business I realized I hardly use those apps for my pe

EdCamp by July Miranda     As educators we all attend various professional development events throughout the school year and even in the summer. As educators how many of said events can we also say are fun and educational? I am guessing that many will answer that not many of those PD conferences are that exciting and even educational because in most cases the PD conferences involve educators sittin down for most if not all of the event. PD conferences are there to teach and inspire educators but many times we are left in boredom and fatigue.  When we are in regular PD conferences if we are placed in groups, we must remain in those groups. Wouldn't it be better if we can have PD conferences in which we can walk around and "converse" and be able to walk away with no consequences if a conversation about a certain subject does not interest us? I personally enjoy and learn more from things that I have more interest in, for example if I'm in a PD that is referring to things

  Image Source: Personal Photo  As mentioned before I am a special education teacher from grades Pre-K through 12th grade in every subject. I have taught science, English, reading, math, history, etc. in order to be able to teach a variety of subjects in various grades I have had to used different technology methods in different ways. Since the way I used technology changes with each grade level and subject I take it even a step further because each one of my diverse students learns differently therefore, I have to use technology resource to the way they learn.      I have worked with students with severe developmental delays and they are able to use tablets for communication. I can take those same tablets and use them for Kindergartners to practice writing their letters and again take those same tablets to high school students and help them develop a google slide presentation.        By giving all these various examples I believe that best technology that I am using is the TPACK which

 July's World is the World through my eyes! Hi everyone! My name is July Miranda and I am excited to be taking this course with all of you. A bit of my personal life is that I have been married for 21 years, I have a 19 year old son Ricky and a 14 year old daughter Dezeray. I also have 3 dogs, Jacob 9 years old, Bailey 9 years old  and Riley our 2 years old service dog.   I love traveling! by car by plane by boat as long as long as its somewhere new I love going  places. I have been to the most popular cities in the US and Canada. I traveled to Europe by myself the summer of 2019 for three weeks which I consider a great accomplishment because not many people are willing to explore on their own a new place let alone countries abroad. One of my favorite vacations was to Niagara Falls NY and when we went to Yellowstone because on both of those vacations we went camping and there were no distractions, it was just us and nature. Even though I love seeing new places but, I visit Los Ange