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Final Post
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Digital Portfolio
I knew
exactly what I wanted to create for my digital portfolio… a classroom Weebly webpage!
Here is the link for my page,
I created and continue to maintain a digital portfolio using
a Web 2.0 tool that supports and encourages 21st century learning. This
is a work in progress and I continue to change and update on a daily basis.
I have included digitally rich material that demonstrates my
understanding of the 21st century skills, digital citizenship, and
best teaching practice. I wanted to have a place where parents can go and see
what their child is doing in the classroom. My webpage is a place where they
can see pictures of their child using technology, learning and being creative. First grade includes so many “firsts” in fact this is the
first time most students attend school for a full day. This is the first time
most of them complete math problems and this is the first time they read a book
independently. First grade teachers expect so much more than what they do in kindergarten.
We use a lot of strategies and approaches that need to be taught to students.
This is why I thought it would be helpful for parents to have a better idea of
what we do in first grade. I included a section for curriculum so the parents
can see what we are working on in each subject area. I took each part of the
curriculum and broke it down. I will update this monthly so the parents can see
what their child will be learning.
I've included monthly updates on important upcoming events,
information, our specials schedule, a district calendar and photos of exciting events
in our classroom. One of my goals is to have the students blog on the webpage
about open ended questions or questions about a non-fiction text that we’re reading
that week. . I am a partner in every child’s education and in order to see that
this happens I need to make sure the lines of communication are open. Together
parents and teachers need to work together to provide a supportive and positive
educational experience that is why I created this webpage.
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What’s Next…..Post #6
What’s next
for my first grade class? Where do I go from here? We are already using IPads, and
IPods everyday along with computers every day. If I had this class earlier I
would have been able to start the school year off a little differently.
I realize
that I need to teach more about how to be “Mini Citizens with Proper Etiquette”.
My students learned so much after completing the project about creating digital
citizens and the mini virtual field trip to the San Diego Zoo. They learned so
much about how to be safe online. They learned about the power of the internet.
They learned that they should follow safety rules when they travel online, just
as they would if they were traveling in the real world on a real field trip. I
want to continue to do a lesson or two each week about digital citizenship and
the proper etiquette. I realized that that the more I can do at the first grade
level, the more the children will be aware of what’s around them and this will
help my fellow classmates (teachers). I need to start with the foundational
skills now while their young and I’m up to date on the technology. I need to
prepare them for what’s to come in the future.
I found a
website for K-3 students and some videos. It’s very simplistic but that’s what
I need for my students or maybe some of you have young children at home that could benefit from this?
This website
talks about
*Being Kind
*Personal
Info
*Tell and
Adult
*What is the
internet?
This is also a great find:
http://prezi.com/iyhd0n5ph5bw/digital-citizenship-for-elementary-students/
This is also a great find:
http://prezi.com/iyhd0n5ph5bw/digital-citizenship-for-elementary-students/
I started to
read Generation MySpace, Helping your teen survive online adolescence. It’s
geared more towards teens but I’m hoping to find a way to connect it back to my
grade level. I can relate what I’ve read so far to my twelve year old niece. So I guess if I get anything out of this
reading is how to reconnect with her outside of the technology world. I’ve only
read the first couple chapters which talk about how children become addicted to
MySpace, and they discuss the ways and reasons why children make up profiles.
One child sat down with her mother and showed her the account and the mother
was confused because that wasn’t a correct profile of her daughter. She was
portraying herself to be cooler and more hip that she really is. This is a very
interesting read but I’m hoping I can come away with something I can bring back
to my classroom.
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Lol...OMG #5
Lol……..OMG
Reading this book made me think of the night when we Googled
ourselves in class. I wasn’t sure at the time what I would find. I found a few things about myself that were
posted that I wasn’t aware of. I was in shock that all of this information
about me could be found online. I searched all of the sites that were given out
in class. I found some pictures of me but most of the information that I found
was information about where I live. Then I looked up my husband and found so
much information about him. He had the same information about our house and
address plus he had a bunch of pictures and other details about his family.
There was a family tree which listed a few of his family members. I thought this
was pretty scary. Later that night when I got home from class I had to share
this information with my husband and we spend a lot of time online searching
ourselves to see what was out there. He
too was in shock to see his digital foot print.
I looked up a few of my current students to see what or if
any of them had a digital footprint. I couldn’t find one thing on any of my
students. I started looking up some of my students that I had when I taught
fifth grade. The amount of information that I found was endless. I found lots of pictures and all kinds of
information about them. They’re about fourteen or fifteen right now and this is
mindboggling because I feel that they haven’t learned about digital citizenship
and etiquette. If I could go back in
time to the years that I taught fifth grade and teach them about digital citizenship
and etiquette I totally would. curriculum/standards. Would they be making the
same mistakes that I saw online? Would they be more aware of their digital
footprint? Would I have been able to prepare them for the high tech technology
that we have seven years later? Could I
have helped to educate their parents to be more aware of the dangers that are
out there?
I guess my only hope is that their teachers now are doing so!
But I’m scared to think that I didn’t
know what digital citizenship was before this class? I wasn’t aware of the dangers and the
footprint it leaves so how can I expect them or my colleagues to know? I must
continue to teach and pass along my knowledge. We teach young students from the very beginning to not use their real name and then when they get older we expect them to be honest and use their correct information? So which is it?
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Flipping your Classroom #4
Post #4
Flip your
Classroom a must read for everyone! I just finished Flip Your
Classroom, by Jonathan Bergmann and Aaron Sams. I was always so intrigued with
how this process actually works. How do you flip your classroom? I always
thought it was along the same lines as Flip this House? Cleaning and updating
an old house into something spectacular. I would love to redo and paint and
update my classroom.
The idea is to turn the learning around on the students and
allow for student exploration is the key concept here. What is traditionally
done in the classroom is now done at home, and what is traditionally done as
homework is completed in class. Having students watch prerecorded lectures from
home and complete their assignments in class with the teacher. This takes lots
of training in the beginning of the year. How could I do this? Teaching the students how to view the
videos effectively while at home and being prepared for class the next day. I show many video clips and use many interactive websites, is this the same thing?
Flipping the classroom helps both the teacher and the student
in many ways. One reason why flipping
your classroom helps is because there is no need to stand up in front of the
classroom and lecture for thirty to sixty minutes. The learning is all done at
home. Flipping the classroom also helps with technology. It doesn’t help to
create a 21st century classroom it helps students embrace digital
learning. Most students appreciate the flexibility of a flipped classroom.
Flipping the classroom also helps with struggling students, there is more time
for the teachers to walk around and help those who really need it. Another
reason flipping helps students of all abilities to excel. Especially students
with special needs, they can watch the videos as many times as they need
to. The students can pause and rewind
their teacher and process the information being learned so they can be
successful. Flipping changes classroom management because there is no room for
distraction. The class time is used for
students to complete hands on activities or work in small groups so those
students who are typically a distraction have no time for it.
I do believe that the role of the teacher is to be available
for one on one help, answering questions and helping those who really need it
instead of being on stage. Teaching first graders you are on stage most of the time. However this may be able to work. I might be able to show them a video clip in our computer lab and then apply it within the classroom. Is this the same as flipping? The learning is done at school not home.
Bergmann and Sams found that their students had a deeper
understanding of the concept being learned when they were in a flipped
classroom. The second part of this book was about the flipped mastery
classroom. The idea behind the flipped mastery classroom is that students learn
a series of objectives at their own pace instead of working on the same
objective. This concept is done at a much higher level and wouldn't apply to
me.
This book provides the logistics of conducting a flipped classroom,
from all of the equipment needed to help create videos all the way to helping
you create ways to assess students on their learning. Now the big question, how
can I do this with my first grade classroom? Is this possible? Has this ever
been done? I need to do some research to find out how. Some of the potential
problems could be that most of my students do not have access to technology or
the internet at home. On the plus side this would help to inform the parents
what their child is learning in school. If anyone has any ideas or suggestions
about how I could go about this that would very helpful. Thank you.
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Wanted to share this
Just read a great article.......Why should you use clickers in your classroom?
http://edudemic.com/2013/02/why-you-should-use-clickers-in-your-classroom/
What students and parents think about mobile technology
http://edudemic.com/2013/02/students-and-parents/
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Understanding Digital Citizenship: Digital Security
Alicia and I decided to create one element of Digital Citizenship using Piktochart. We decided to explore the topic of Digital Security. Piktochart was rather frustrating and not so easy to use but we went with it. The normal Microsoft commands didn't follow with the Piktochart format. We did however enjoy creating this despite the frustration. I apologize if there's a page missing or it duplicated!
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Leading 21st Century Schools #3
I’ve almost finished reading, Leading 21st
Century Schools: Harnessing Technology, by Lynne M. Schrum and Barbara B. Levin.
What a great read, however I feel this is geared more
towards administrators. This book talks about how we have a tremendous
opportunity and responsibility to help students. It describes how to develop and lead
effective schools to meet the needs of 21st-century learners, integrate new
technology into teaching and learning, and realize measurable performance
improvement. This book touches upon all of the four “C’s” and also includes
some inspiring stories and experiences from some key educators.
Collaborate: Levin and Schrum talked about how to
incorporate technology into your daily lessons. They discuss many different
ways to collaborate with your team.
Communicate: They explain many different ways to introduce
technology into the classroom. They look at how technology and the vision of
schools have changed and how professional and related occupations will be one
of the two fastest growing major occupation groups and will add the most jobs.
Critical Thinking: Will our students have mastered the 21st
Century Skills, which include critical thinking, problem solving, creativity,
and communication before they graduate? Think about who your students are and
who are your teachers? Technology is going to influence both what and how
students learn and how we as teachers teach. This book talks about blogs,
wikis, and podcasts and that these are just some of the Web 2.0 tools that they
introduce.
Creativity: Web 2.0 and what is known as the second
generation of the internet. It’s different from Web 1.0 in many ways and one of
them being that it offers more interactive sites allowing more interaction. When
I went to elementary school I arrived at school with a pencil or two and some
text books. Now students need, web logs, web browsers, emails, avatars, and other
means of presentations. The future looks so different than when I was in
school.
We don’t know what kind of technology, inventions or major disasters will shape the lives of our students many years from now. We will look back and look at Web 2.0 and say, “what were we thinking?” I recommend reading this book!
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Symbaloo
I wanted my first grade students to feel more comfortable going online and using certain websites. The Symbaloo account has greatly impacted my students. They feel more comfortable going on the computers in our classroom because Symbaloo controls what they are able to view. The students are able to go on to many different sites with ease. Symbaloo is a page that you can customize that lets users add their most important links in a format that is super easy to use. There are icons or logos that you create and just with the click of a button you are linked right into that website. You can drag and drop items to organize them in a way that is convenient for you. You can also set this page as your homepage. When my students click on safari, Symbaloo comes up and they're able to choose from a variety of different tiles of websites to visit. For example, my students frequent Starfall.com, I created a tile that they just click on and it brings them directly to the sight. Every computer in our computer lab now has Symbaloo. This allows for us as a class to go to the computer lab twice a week and for the students to access a variety of literacy and math websites.
This online visual bookmark organizer also impacts my teaching. It helps me to be better organized and have all of my resources available to me. There are a couple of tiles that I use within my classroom, like Discover Ed, and Brain pop Jr.. Having Symbaloo on my desktop saves me from typing in websites when I need them and also from saving them into my favorites. All my important sights are there when I need them, no matter my location. It also makes me feel very comfortable knowing that my students know how to access Symbaloo and that they are using 21st Century Skills.
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Do you have Digital Citizenship in your school? #2
Hello there, hope everyone is enjoying an early release? I just finished reading Digital Citizenship in Schools, Section II. This section talked about having a "technology leader", who could be an administrator, technology coordinators, or teacher who is in charge of leading the technology work that needs to be done in the school, or district. I'm not sure who this would be in my district? We have a lot of people who are in charge of our technology for our district. If I have any questions then I send a "Tech Ed Slip" to a department unknown. Then several days later, a nice gentleman shows up to fix my computer. We have a button on our website that only teachers can access for technology help. Other than that, in first grade we don't have a computer teacher that comes into our computer lab to teach to the students. That would be me! My building has a Technology Committee, which is made up of four teachers, K-2. We have Technology Meetings on the first Friday of every month during Breakfast! The Technology Committee took a survey at the beginning of the year and asked the staff to fill out a KWL chart on technology. We used that data to come up with "Hot Topics" to cover during our Technology Meetings. This is an optional meeting, but it's in everyone's best interest to attend because we do serve a yummy breakfast! The meeting is held in the computer lab and usually last about a half hour. During this time we show the staff something that they wanted to know and we are available to answer any questions at this time. I feel these Technology Meetings are very helpful to the staff and especially the teachers who are hesitant about bringing technology into their classroom.
We are hoping that in the budget for next year they will find some money to hire a computer teacher for all K-2 schools. I do bring my classroom to the computer lab twice a week for thirty minutes. During fifteen minutes of this time we work on a program that was purchased by the district, which works on phonics and literacy based activities. The rest of the time we explore math websites, or integrated studies. We had to start with the basics, how to turn on the computer. What is a mouse? How to log on to our website?
I am hopeful that someday we will have a technology leader that is responsible for educating teachers, administrators, parents and the community about the importance of digital citizenship.
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My First Post! #1
I can FINALLY Post!! Whoohoo!! I should've asked one of my first grade students to help me. I feel they know more about technology than I do. I'm sure it wouldn't have been too bad but I just got a new computer, new operating system and lots of new user names and passwords to add to the 1,000 that I already have. I have so much to say so I'm just going to ramble on ..... I have a different situation than most of you. My students are about four feet tall, in the first grade and only about six years old. I do use a large amount of technology in the classroom. Smartboard, IPods, IPads, my projector,(not an overheard projector) and I have two computers. I use the smartboard 95% of the time for all my lessons. Our math program, Math Connects is ALL online, with interactive websites, worksheets and lessons. My students benefit from a lot of hands on, short activities. I provide the technology for my students, they don't bring in phones or IPads. So I don't have to worry about managing and keeping an eye on what they're doing. I'm in control of their technology learning and I manage what apps they use and for how long. Most of my class is free or reduced lunch and most do not own a computer or have internet access at home. They do however have parents who own IPhones, so many of my students know how to download apps and games.
I have struggled with keeping up with the technology and making sure that I'm up-to-date with the latest apps and software for my classroom. There is so much out there and as you all are very well aware, there's not enough time in a day to do everything. We have a new Superintendent this year and he created a twitter account for our district. He encourages the staff and parents to follow him and stay connected to what's going on in the district. He creates updates and posts pictures. This has brought up so much discussion during district meetings because there are so many mixed feelings.
I'm unaware what the digital citizenship is for our district but I intend on looking into this. There is nothing written in our Elementary School Handbook. Should there be? Should an elementary school be concerned about digital citizenship? Should this just be for the staff?
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