Payton's ePortfolio

I decided to choose the Videoscribe tech tool to review and become familiar with to possibly use in my future classroom. Videoscribe is a white-board video creator. I am not a very techy person and always try to stay away from tech tool apps I am not familiar with. I started out by going over the tutorials that are there to help give you instructions and teach you how to design certain parts of your white-board. These tutorials gave me a lot of insight on how to navigate this tech tool and design my own white-board. Although I found it quite interesting and neat it was still a bit of a struggle to navigate. Before starting completely blank,  I decided to explore the templates and choose one that I liked.

From this I edited the template of my choice and made it my own. I chose to just start with a template that was already made as I am unfamiliar with this app and needed a bit of a ‘starter’ to get me going. I did have some struggles playing around with this tool and learned it does take quite a bit of time to grasp and understand how it works. I am still learning how to use this tool but I think I got a pretty good grasp on it now but I am hoping to try out the audio feature! 

From screen recording it, I also tried out the tech tool ‘ScreenCastify’ which is a screen recording extension. This tool was pretty easy to navigate and I got to use it to record my white board creation. 

I would use both these tools in the classroom as they seem pretty handy to have. The   videoscribe can be used for so many things such as creating lessons, reviewing previous learning, preparing for a substitute teacher, making posters, etc. I personally think this tech tool reaches different levels of the SAMR model. It has both enhancement and transformations that can be changed and designed however you would like. The screencastify recording extension is always a great tool to be used in the classroom. You can record the slides you may be presenting as well as yourself talking to the class. It can be used to reflect back on or for a student who was absent. 

This link should take you to my white-board creation!

https://app.screencastify.com/driveProxy?fileId=1HTfEi4pkkCyQ0nKMedEYMTdmBnYCH7sY&alt=media&source=downloadUrl&cache_buster=1747696384166&access_token=ya29.a0AW4Xtxj1wuDWcJAxHCYtpF2CsGUbiwUdrfgDchgWTkz_xXz3NRmAkwXrSVYjbeBegkw14HZdP49BqwCSE2dmmOxF1e9_3QuBNM1vl8xFBykMvF5b_50V7obQ4yx4brLQqhWoIktU-R1Tz89XgcQofmYMBKNWbaPCDMBQxkzkaCgYKAQcSARUSFQHGX2MiBamkAZsqFWx6XJZx73FhNg0175

Technology plays a huge role in my daily life. It is always available and I carry it with me everywhere I go right in my pocket. It is very helpful but it can also be very distracting. I do not use it as a time saver or in a wise way but mainly just for leisure and social interaction purposes. When it comes to using technology for academic purposes, I tend to struggle. I do not find that I  use my technology wisely academically. I get distracted and spend more time on leisure apps than academic apps. I can not stay productive on technology as there are so many options you have to distract you while using it. From this class, I have learned of apps that can help you stay focused by blocking certain apps usage on your device. I have always thought of technology as a bad thing due to how distracting it can be but from what I have already learned in this class, technology can be a great asset to you when used wisely.

I have tried to use an app on my phone called “downtime” where it would not allow you on certain apps after a certain time. This did not last long since I got annoyed with it and just would turn it off so I could still go on those apps. These apps would be the ones that reduce my productivity in a day such as Snapchat, Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook. These four apps play a major role in my daily technology use and they are used way more than any academic apps. The only thing to reduce the amount of daily activity on these apps is to stay busy throughout the day off of technology completely. I want to find a better strategy so that I can stay productive while using technology and get done what I need to do. 

I am looking forward to all the tips and tools I will learn throughout this class!

Hi, my name is Payton Pugh and I will be going into my third year of elementary education in the fall semester 2025. I am from Rose Valley, a small town 2 ½ hours north of Regina. I grew up on a farm with my parents, and three brothers. Throughout my high school years I did a lot of babysitting for many families and when I chose to start helping in the Kindergarten classroom, I knew right there that I wanted to be a teacher. 

I do not have much experience with using educational technology. I am not a blogger and have never blogged before but since we have been discussing blogging in class, I have found it quite interesting and am excited to start blogging and see what all I will take away from this experience.