After watching all the video and reading the articles, I feel a little more at ease. Integrating technology into my classroom is very overwhelming considering that I don’t view myself as a ‘tech’ person. I realized that I have a lot of the tools already needed to be a 21st century teacher. I am using Goggle classroom mainly as a way to assign writing assignments where students can learn how to copy documents and create their own. I know that it may seem like a ‘stage 3 Adaptation’ assignment but it’s really more than that. My 8-year-old students are just learning how to type and navigate through Google Drive. They need to know the basics so that they can use these skills when they are older. Now I need to venture out and try to use more technology within my Google classroom. I would love to see how an elementary teacher uses this virtual classroom as a way to teach or provide structure for collaboration or group work.
One thing that I heard or read multiple times was virtual field trips. For me this is something new that I could see integrating it into my Google classroom for each unit of study. What a great way to use technology, allow student experiences outside of the classroom, all while starting to become an innovative learner. I guess my question is, how does it work? Where do I go? How do I start? My personal goal is to try and master this one technology piece this year to help bring life back into teaching. I want my students to be excited to learn and technology along with new experienced is my tickets to get there, so I think. Only time will tell. Mishra and Koehler say you must have lots of ideas to find the one that works. That describes my journey this year, try, try, and try more.
3 Comments
After completing the IRB course I realize why it has been created. I am glad that subject rights are being protected, but I now feel that I have even more questions about the process. First, I need to clarify what my driving question is so that I can start laying out my plan. As I have previously stated on my 790 page, I would really like to look at different ways to improve reading comprehension for students who are below grade level. Engagement for struggling readers is important and might be the key factor in why other interventions have not worked in the past. In order to measure their growth, I will look at beginning of the year and end of the trimester assessments. The goal being 0.3+ growth in order to make more than a year’s growth. I would also like to compare their view of reading both before and after the study. Hopefully with the end result being that their reading level improves as their engagement and motivation improves. |
Blog Posts
July 2018
Categories |