Johanna+Diaz

=Click here for: Final Portfolio= = = = = =__**My Mini Biography**__= Hi, My name is Johanna Diaz and this is my 3rd class here at Fordham University and my very 1st online class ever, yes you can call me a dinosaur, but I am use to being in the classroom with the professor and other students. I am excited to try something new and learn many things I can put into practice in the classroom.

I am originally from Massachusetts and decided to make a change about 3 years ago when I moved here to New York City with my daughter, Tamia to explore new opportunities. I work at Cristo Rey New York High School where I help run a work study program for 380 students, I am in charge of the curriculum for the program(Corporate Work Study Program). While working in this school I have been exposed to both the world of business and the world of education and have decided to completely devote myself to education. Much like the way I grew up my students all come from difficult backgrounds, many live in single family homes, and struggle financially. I love to work in urban communities because I know the students can relate to me and I feel like that helps me educate and mentor them.

I hope to learn all I need in my graduate education to be an exceptional teacher to my students and a great role model for my 7 year old daughter.

Look forward to working together with you this semester!

__**My Life as a Technology User**__
Thinking back on my life and how technology has changed everything I can say that although we don't realize it technology has been making advancements since before we can remember. Whether its a calculator, thermometer, refrigerator, microphone, the remote control, or more advanced methods such as the computer, laptop, smart phone, a tablet the truth is everything around us has become easier because of technology. This being said I think it is all pretty cool, but we don't always appreciate those historical inventions, the one that became super important for me since day 1 was the cell phone. Before we had the cell phone unless you knew where someone was going to be there was no way you could contact them, but now they could be anywhere and you can reach them. I still remember the day I got my first phone, the new star-tec motorola! I was a sophomore in high school and yes I was the first one out of all my friends to get a phone, so I was pretty cool! The sad part about it was that although I could now call anyone I wanted at any time and they could call me, I was getting one too many phone calls from my mother. This just made me think, was this a good idea? Now my mom was tracking me down even when I was walking home from school, I would be like, "mom I am 1 minute away can you just wait till I get home to tell me that I need to wash the dishes." I was also responsible for paying the bill and the plans were never unlimited so it would get pretty high, there goes my (already small) paycheck. Above all I had to learn how to reduce the amount of time I was on my phone and eventually more of my friends got one and now I was getting phone calls from other people aside from my mother. All in all this is by far the most awesome invention ever! My cell phone and me are currently married and it is also responsible for memorizing all my phone numbers which I would never be able to do.

Click on the pdf. link below to view my technology timeline: (I used graphic map, [])

__**My Personal Use Project**__
My personal use project will be on twitter and how to use it for educational purposes, follow my progress on my blog page: []

__**Learning Goals**__
Goal: Expand my knowledge on the different on-line tools I can use that are out there so I can share them with my students and put them into practice to make the classroom more interesting for students. By presenting material using innovative technology I may spark interest in some students that may be loosing interest in the class.
 * 1. Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity: **

Goal: Engage students and encourage them to learn virtually and collaborative, teach them how to participate in the classroom and with each other using Twitter.

Goal: Find on-line tools that I could use to create assessments for my students.
 * 2. Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments: **

Goal: Be able to have assignments in the classroom that involve different technologies in order to teach students that learn in different ways. (Ex. Recordings, pictures, videos, etc)

Goal: Fluently use the technologies I am currently familiar with, such as the Smart-board, Face book, Twitter, etc.
 * 3. Model Digital-Age Work and Learning: **

Goal: Create a digital way to communicate with my students.

Goal: Create an on-line guide for students and review it at the beginning of the year so that we are all on the same page as to what is good use of the Internet and the digital world. Have a set of rules that apply on-line as well.
 * 4. Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsibility: **

Goal: Learn and become fluent in Twitter and blogging.
 * 5. ** ** Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership: **

Goal: Share what I know to improve my students knowledge on how to use social media for education.

=**__Copyright Clarity__**= Please click on this: [|Poster on Copyright Clarity] to view a poster that will help my students understand what they can and cant do when it comes to copyright.

=__Statement on Digital Literacy__= ** Ms. Diaz ** ** School Year 2012-13 ** ** Statement on Digital Literacy **

Welcome, this year I plan to ensure that students in my classroom will develop the digital skills required to be successful in today’s world.


 * Digital Skills Needed to Succeed in School and Beyond: **
 * Parent, Teacher, and Student Guide **

1-Have an active email account and ensure they read their emails and respond in a timely fashion. 2-Students must be able to utilize the search engine on their computer. 3-Students should be able to complete presentations on Microsoft Power Point.
 * Basic Skills**
 * (We will work on these skills the first weeks of class)**


 * Advanced Skills for current day America**
 * (All skills noted below will be taught in class and students will master them by the end of the school year)**

1- Students will learn to search the internet properly -Learn to filter information -Be able to tell what is fact and what is fiction -Stay away from inappropriate/harmful sites

2-Utilize other forms of presentations for class projects -Prezi -YouTube Video -Voicethread

3-Be able to collaborate with classmates on-line on assignments, this can be done by: -using a Google doc -Google hangout -video chat -Slideshare

4-Students should be able to use a blog to post responses to readings in the class, ask questions about assignments, and answer questions I may post to the blog

5-Students should create a wiki page to house assignments in a form of a portfolio

6-Students should all open a free account with Dropbox to save important documents for the class that can be accessed from any computer

7-Students should utilize social networks in a productive manner and for educational purposes

8-Students should be able to use debate forums online

9-Students should be open minded when completing assignments and continue to find new tools they can use, each student should use at least 1 tool in class not introduced by other students

10- Students will be able to use the internet to do research, find materials suitable for current topics in the class by: -using podcasts -Google news -other credible sources found online


 * Sources:**

Richardson, W. (2010). //Blogs, wikis, podcasts, and other powerful web tools for classrooms. Third Edition//. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur foundation. (2012). Retrieved from: http://www.macfound.org/site/c.lkLXJ8MQKrH/b.946881/k.B85/Domestic_Grantmaking__Digital_Media__Learning.htm

//International society for technology in education//. (2011). Retrieved from: http://www.iste.org/standards.aspx

Hobbs, R. (2010). //Digital and media literacy: a plan of action. The Dupon Institute//. Washington, D.C.

Class Blog and Wiki

= __**Additional Artifacts**__ =

**Digital Learning Day 2/1/2012**: Everyone was reminded of this day when I tweeted to the world, follow me on Twitter:
[|https://twitter.com/#!/Jo_Tami]

====**Moodle Jan.-Feb 2012:** I had never utilized blogging before taking this course, but I have noticed how beneficial this is to our students. They can share their views and comment on other students views and this can be used for discussion in the classroom.====

I started a Personal Leadership class for my 12th grade students thanks to some great professors from Columbia University that offered to lead the course.
====The workshop consists of 6 sessions and its all about getting to know our "inner" selves and becoming leaders for ourselves. We started with the questions Who am I? and had all the senior students blog about this using Moodle (an online course management system). Click on this link to learn more about it:==== []

Some student Blogs posted below for your entertainment:

I am confident. I am honest. I am an intelligent young adult. I am Giovani. A student from Cristo Rey New York High School. Who loves to entertain others. Who loves to help others. Who sees Everything!**.** Who dreams of going to college and becoming a engineer. Resident of New York City!! I am who I am, a person with high hopes and dreams.

I am **c** **o** **l** **o** **r** **f** **u** **l**, I am loving , I am **playful** , I am ** SPECIAL. ** I am **funny**, I am **caring** , I am ** outgoing, I am **__greatful**,**__ I am **// NOT AFRAID //** to walk in this world** //ALONE// ** I am ** //STRONG// **, I am ** //BEAUTIFUL// **, I am ** HAPPY ! ** ** AM ** ** __C____H__ __E__ __L__ __S__ __E__ __A__ __♥__ **
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Who am I? I’m pink. One who’s separated from the troubles and everything that just stinks. Who am I?  U n s u r e … Unaware of what the future holds, but ready for the grand tour. Who am I? Completely incom plete. Not a part of the world, but trapped in hopeless romantic dreams. Who am I?  Grateful of NATURE. I love the grass and trees...living to one day change my community. Who am I?  Scared to SUCCEED. I hide from my own light in fear of where it might lead. Who am I? I am Kimberly. Still in the making….

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For English teachers, here is a great podcast site for grammar: http://www.podcast.com/Education/Language-Courses/S-273.htm