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  WEB TOOL SMACKDOWN The web tool I selected to do my presentation on was Kahoot! While in high school I felt it was utilized quite often and can still remember the excitement on the days the teachers would tell us to take out our phones because we were doing a review on Kahoot. Learning should be fun and engaging and I feel this is a great tool to have in your pocket as an educator. This would apply to many students learning styles and also allows the more shy students to feel more comfortable or at ease participating in large group activities.  I feel Kahoot is an amazing resource for teachers to use to test various topics and subjects within their classrooms. As shown in the video with the free version of Kahoot there a various pre-made games made that could possibly relate to you topic or standards you may be responsible for facilitating that week. There is also the flexibility for you to create and customize your own Kahoot! You can add in pictures of the things your stud...

                                                  Using Tools to Support Connected Learning      After reading Chapter 5 in The Connected Educator I really enjoyed this chapter personally. I really enjoyed the various tools that were presented through the chapter and after doing slight research on them all I could see them all being extremely useful in my daily life. With the usage of websites like delicious (I found this name hysterical) and diigo they make for such easy and accessible resources to keep you and your website usage organized.      As an education major having the accessibility to google docs and things like classroom 2.0 are essential. I liked the idea of Classroom 2.0 being a tool for educators world wide. It allows people to connect and share new resource...

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Video Pt 1 Video Pt 2 Source: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/     The app I chose for my smackdown presentation was TeacherPayTeachers. This app is a resource for teachers all over the globe. Within the app there are various tabs with different subjects you will be teaching within your classroom. Within these tabs you are able to select grades from Pre K to High school for supplemental activities and resources you can use or share within your classroom.      I hold this resource very near and dear to my heart and have used it various times in my 10 years I've worked with kiddos. You can find anywhere from classroom decor, addition and subtraction activities and even games for your students in any subject. When you purchase or download these resources you're supporting another educator like yourself and creating a connected community just like in the chapter six reading. This site allows teachers to build each other up and support one another while gai...

    After reading Chapter 6 in The Connected Educator it heavily focused on the idea of creating a good connected community. It explained early on how they were formed and even how to evolve. I think the more important topics that were discussed within chapter six were providing roles and responsibilities, selecting a passionate leader to lead the community, and simply just building trust within each other.  Source: https://action4connection.org/     David Lee created something called the "4L model" which focused on how people of the community "self selected" their roles by the ways they chose to participate. The 4L's were Linking, Lurking, Learning, and Leading. The linkers were focused on working together and joining forces with others while the lurkers took more of a back seat and hesitated on sharing their ideas. The learners were always getting involved and loved to add to the community as much as possible just alike the leaders. Being a leader takes a...