Mrs. Melgar's Classroom

3D Printers in the Classroom The use of 3D printers in schools it is a good way of supporting students learning. All students could benefit from it specially visual, tactile learners, just to mention few. It motivates the kids to use thier imagination and curiosity. It could provide team cooperation and great social interaction. I am sure that there is more to 3D printing that education could take advantage from. Thingiverse This site is a great site that has Educators link. The variety of their examples are considerable. As an educator I think it is a tremendous idea that you can read about the item and how you can use it. The option of being able to to see the lesson plan I thought was big. Many visual learner kids would be thrilled to recreate material that they have studied or seen in class. Like the dinosaur T-Rex, Kids would have an unforgettable experience. Very complete! Smithsonian X 3D I have found this site very interesting. I think because I love to learn about Hist...

 TPACK, Net Generation, and Teaching and Technology-Apple. 1.- Would students really retain information from TPACK? 2.- What methods were the teachers using? 3.- Why use technology? 1.- Which technology would be the ideal to support your teaching? 2.- Are we ever going to finish learning? 3.- Would technology ever going to replace teaching? 1.- Is technology dangerous for schools? 2.- Does it help or does it replace? 3.-  Will technology steal human's creativity?  

Google Classroom Reflection As a teacher, implementing this great tool it is a challenge. Specially right now in this time of social distancing. Google Classroom gives you the opportunity to connect with students by using all the features of Google that most teachers already know. You can make videos with your instructions, you can write comments on specific answers, you have the grades right on the screen, you can accommodate your students by giving them their own set of papers. Some of the documents can even be read to you. I think it is a great tool! As a learner it would be a little bit boring just the thought  of  sitting in front of the computer all day, but using fun colorful short activities  would help.  As a parent, I think that this classroom is a great tool for the whole family. Something new to learn even though  it would have to be supervised and time consuming.  A great benefit it is the great knowledge we are getting. Soon ...

Technology Reflection Everyday technology is evolving. We learn something new about technology in daily basis. It would be hard for the world to function without it. Technology is right here in our hands from the moment we wake up to the moment we go to sleep. To some people it is an essential tool for their work and life. Although technology has revolution all areas, to some people it has created less critical thinkers.  People use it as a great resource for many things like teachers and students; especially with this pandemic that the world is living today. Machinery has enormously advanced in medicine; the talking hearing aid that people can even be assistant translating conversations to your language, the vision made audible or what is called OrCam MyEye 2 that help people with dyslexia; the entertainment by sight that is designed to help those with physical disabilities by letting users control devices with their eyes; We Walk, a smart cane that detects objects above ches...

In this blog you will see amazing ways to building up our minds. Using imagination together we will go to many places exploring, investigating, problem solving and teamwork!