Part I – My
philosophy of education has changed slightly. It did not take me long after
staring this class to decide that I needed to include technology into my
philosophy; this would include what technology I would use and how I would use
it in the classroom in order to enhance students learning and prepare them for
the future.
My understanding of technology integration has shifted from technology to benefit me, as the teacher, to the necessity of using technology to profit students’ learning. Rather than using the SMART Board, document cameras and computers solely for my use, I would open them up and allow my students to use them as resources for learning as well. For example, there are many activities that could be done on a SMART Board as a center or whole group activity. Computers, along with tablets, can also lend themselves to many learning opportunities due to the abundant educational websites available to students. Document cameras can be used by students as well. These may be useful during student presentations and students love using this technology.
My understanding of technology integration has shifted from technology to benefit me, as the teacher, to the necessity of using technology to profit students’ learning. Rather than using the SMART Board, document cameras and computers solely for my use, I would open them up and allow my students to use them as resources for learning as well. For example, there are many activities that could be done on a SMART Board as a center or whole group activity. Computers, along with tablets, can also lend themselves to many learning opportunities due to the abundant educational websites available to students. Document cameras can be used by students as well. These may be useful during student presentations and students love using this technology.
Part II – I will
fulfill Standard 1 by modeling my thinking out loud therefore students will
understand how to do so. I will also encourage students to share their thoughts
and thought processes, even when they are wrong because having wrong answers
help everyone learn! Something that may incorporate in my classroom are current
events, which assigned students will find each day using a digital resource,
which we will have a class discussion about. Students in my classroom may have
a blog in order to express their thinking, planning and creative processes
through writing on a technological platform. A Seesaw may be used for students
to interact with each other and me, the teacher, in a virtual environment.
Standard 2 will be met by some of the activities I have already mentioned. For instance, having students having a blog can meet the requirements of sub-strand one. My classroom, as a whole, will encourage students to supplement their learning and explore different means of learning through the technology I provide them; I hope to do this through tablets in the classroom. There are many educational apps designed to allow students to learn at their own pace and level, which I will most definitely take advantage of! Due to this technology-enriched environment, I will not only assess students on content standards, when completing activities through technology, but also the Arizona technology standards.
Modeling digital-age work and learning, which is Strand 3, should come rather naturally considering the technology rich environment the students will be provided. While I use and present technology, I will model how it should be handled and how to use it with ease. This may include physically showing my students how to use a piece of technology while providing tips and shortcuts. I also think I would like to have a class website in order to keep parents, and the public if they choose to visit the site, informed; this would act as a weekly newsletter for those who decide to utilize it. Anther source of technology I would like to take advantage of is the Remind app for parents. I will use this to send out urgent or important information to parents in order to collaborate and communicate with them on another platform besides the website. This will give parents several resources to refer to and stay informed by.
Although Standard 4 may come fairly naturally as well, there are aspects that will need to be explicitly taught to students. I believe that almost all of the sub-categories of this standard should be explicitly taught. These can be taught as pre-mini lessons to the main, content lesson, such as a research project. These are important aspect to teach and point out though. I will be sure that my students are informed about copy right laws, netiquette and online cultural awareness before they are ever allowed to start research for a project. I will also compile a list acceptable websites for the students to use when conducting research. While teaching all of these aspects of digital citizenship is important, I will also model expectations.
Standard 2 will be met by some of the activities I have already mentioned. For instance, having students having a blog can meet the requirements of sub-strand one. My classroom, as a whole, will encourage students to supplement their learning and explore different means of learning through the technology I provide them; I hope to do this through tablets in the classroom. There are many educational apps designed to allow students to learn at their own pace and level, which I will most definitely take advantage of! Due to this technology-enriched environment, I will not only assess students on content standards, when completing activities through technology, but also the Arizona technology standards.
Modeling digital-age work and learning, which is Strand 3, should come rather naturally considering the technology rich environment the students will be provided. While I use and present technology, I will model how it should be handled and how to use it with ease. This may include physically showing my students how to use a piece of technology while providing tips and shortcuts. I also think I would like to have a class website in order to keep parents, and the public if they choose to visit the site, informed; this would act as a weekly newsletter for those who decide to utilize it. Anther source of technology I would like to take advantage of is the Remind app for parents. I will use this to send out urgent or important information to parents in order to collaborate and communicate with them on another platform besides the website. This will give parents several resources to refer to and stay informed by.
Although Standard 4 may come fairly naturally as well, there are aspects that will need to be explicitly taught to students. I believe that almost all of the sub-categories of this standard should be explicitly taught. These can be taught as pre-mini lessons to the main, content lesson, such as a research project. These are important aspect to teach and point out though. I will be sure that my students are informed about copy right laws, netiquette and online cultural awareness before they are ever allowed to start research for a project. I will also compile a list acceptable websites for the students to use when conducting research. While teaching all of these aspects of digital citizenship is important, I will also model expectations.
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