Category: Design Journal

  • Today I am discussing my experience with integrating CSS with my HTML website. My website is a quick overview resource for 8th grade math teachers. It is focused on the concept of rigid transformations which is the foundation for the first two units for 8th grade math in Arkansas. When integrating the CSS into the…

  • Today I’m going to discuss my first experience building a website using HTML. The intended audience for my website is middle school math teachers who are new to 8th grade standards and need help navigating the basics of rigid transformations. Rigid transformations are one of the main geometry standards for 8th grade math and pave…

  • 1. What surprised you? While I have been excited for the opportunity to learn new methods and tools through this course, making technology-based instructional materials more accessible was not a piece I had thought much about. Not because I am not interested in making instructional materials more accessible, but simply because, in education, we often…

  • For my critique of AI alt-text, I used screenshots for navigating the menu of the software tool GoGuardian. This educational tool allows teachers to monitor student’s Chromebook use during instructional time. I prompted the AI tool, Gemini, to write alt-text for each instructional image below and then rewrote and critiqued its reply. Revised alt-text: Screenshot…

  • Today I am exploring Wave, a free accessibility scanner. I chose the website for Illustrative Mathematics 360 (https://accessim.org/) to run through Wave. Illustrative Mathematics 360 is a middle school math curriculum that is used in the district where I teach. This is a website that I use on a daily basis as a 7th and…

  • Hi! I’m Danielle Keeler from Rogers, Arkansas and I am excited to learn and grow this semester. I am currently a middle level math teacher and fell in love with developing curriculum that is engaging and helps learners grow. I am excited for this course to stretch my knowledge and help me discover how to…