"Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths, Enwrought with gold and silver light, The blue and the dim and the dark cloths Of night and light and the half-light, I would spread the cloths under your feet: But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams." And every day, everywhere, our children spread their dreams beneath our feet. And we should tread softly. -Sir Ken Robinson quoting W. B. Yeats This speaks volumes to me. "So when we look at reforming education and transforming it, it isn't like cloning a system....It's about customizing to your circumstances and personalizing education to the people you're actually teaching. And doing that, I think, is the answer to the future because it's not about scaling a new solution; it's about creating a movement in education in which people develop their own solutions, but with external support based on a personalized curriculum. In this room, there are people who represent extraordinary resources in business, in multimedia, in the Internet. These technologies, combined with the extraordinary talents of teachers, provide an opportunity to revolutionize education." -Sir Ken Robinson These quotes help me to want to further my education so I will be able to better serve my students. I feel with the help of the following technological advances it will help my overall arsenal of teaching fleshes. 1 First case is Plickers. If you are unsure of what plickers are they are that little square that is similar to a upc that you scan. I would guess this would not have been used but within the last maybe 3-5 years. Below is a button to a link of the how one can use this technology in a classroom. I actually have a set and I love checking for understanding like maybe real quick at the end class to see who understands what. I can also use it is formative assessment. This can also save time with grading as it takes about 1-2 mins to upload the students answers and you have instant knowledge of who got what correct. You as the teacher have the opportunity to show the kids names or not. Could I use this in my lessons? Abosulutly, I made mine last week and I have plans to use them next week. (note print out on cardstock) https://plickers.com/ 2 So in my district we have not fully become a google district. In fact I just received a set of classroom computers. I have spent the last week going over classroom procedures and computer etiquette. So, my second case is google classroom. Well more specifically daily journals set up through google classroom. In my english classes I have struggled with keeping tabs of my students writing journals. It is a mess of papers and a constant fight for them to find them/keep tabs on them. So, through google classroom I have found a way to go paperless with their journals. So, this can be used as a "Do Now", you could have various journal set up for them. Anything you wanted them to with paper can be done with this. How will I know that my students are learning? I can check it instantly or at my leisure to see if they have completed their posts and/or make comments to have them redo parts or whatever I feel the papers need. The only real video I could find about these journals does not really apply to English exactly but the concept he talks about can work great. What element does this apply to? I feel it could apply to many from feedback to daily assessment, to practicing a students actual writing/typing ability. My last piece of technology is Class Dojo. I wanted to use it last year but I never got around to setting it up. So I told myself I was going to do it this year. In this case study I have seen how it is used as a great classroom management tool, that positively reinforces the students. If used correctly it will make your students compete with themselves to be on task. The following link is to a blog that speaks to how to be effective with this tool.
Blog post I like to start over fresh with my more "active" students as often as I can. How do I know the students are learning? Well I know that my students look forward and enjoy the management system. They all get quite when they hear the buzzer and perk up when they hear the chimes. I also award extra credit and pizza parties after a certain amount has been met. I feel that this paired with Culturally Responsive Learning can control and shape your classroom environment. I currently use this in my classroom.
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