I found this infographic on digital citizenship to be effective for both adults and students. This would be appropriate for students who are in fifth grade and above. The content on this infographic is too challenging for younger students to understand, like first grade. If you have a class of younger students I would not recommend this infographic. It compares citizenship and digital citizenship, which I think is important for students and adults to understand, but it may be confusing for younger students. I really liked how it broke down both citizenship and digital citizenship into nine steps, I can't believe they did it in under ten. The way this infographic compares and contrasts each category is really creative and informative. I think adults and students alike could greatly benefit from this infographic.
I found this infographic very interesting. I have recently become interested in the benefits of coconut oil for skin care. So the information that this infographic provides is very useful. The benefits of using coconut oil include; Stress relief ( I need this big time!), boost immune system, helps infections, is good for your heart, aides in weight loss, helps digestion and improves insulin sensitivity. I love coconut oil, it has so many uses!!
I really like the idea of flipped learning. I say the idea of flipped learning because I don't have that much personal experience with flipped learning. And my specific class does not lend itself easily to flipping a lesson. I have three different grade levels and a variety of ability levels in my SDC class. I also teach in an low income area where I know not all of my students have access to electronic devices other than their parents cell phone. Parent participation is a silent component to flipped learning that I have not really seen or heard addressed yet. Parents have to be a component in a successful flipped learning environment. Parents have to make sure that students are watching these lessons from home and that students are engaging in the lesson, as opposed to watching and zoning out. I don't know many students that go home and complete homework on their own or when asked by their parents if they have completed thier homework, would not answer yes, even if they hadn't.
After reading both articles, I thought there were some really good points made. One example is that flipped learning individualizes learning for students and is learning/student centered as opposed to teacher centered. I thought that was a great plus. One con that the articles brought up was that not all students learn best through watching a screen. This can be said of any learning style though. Overall, these articles gave me a lot to think about and try with my own class. I thought this was a great flipped video. I could definitely see myself using this video with my own class as a science lesson. I think my students would enjoy watching the illustrations come to life and the information presented is an easy to understand format. So this video would peak and hold my students attention while they watched the lesson. I could have my students watch this video at home, then review/discuss what the video was about, and then have them collaborate in class on either writing a paragraph, illustrating a comic strip or come up with their own project on how to present the information they learned. This would be a fun and creative way to hook my students on a science lesson. The lesson I chose was "Safe Mode". I liked this lesson because it is literally 5 minutes. I know I tried to show a digital citizenship lesson to my class and after the first 5 minutes their eyes glazed over and their ears turned off. This lesson is short sweet and to the point. It maintains a format that is user friendly, easy to share and easy to turn into a classroom project of your own. This lesson tells you how to enable safe mode filters, doesn't remove content (it only keeps it hidden), and that it is an "opt-in" setting that has to be chosen. This is how I would see myself using this in my own classroom. The only materials you need are the videos loaded, a projector and individual or small groups for computers.
Twitter: This week I created a twitter account for the first time. I have never really ever thought about creating a twitter account before. I don't have enough time to keep up with facebook or email, so why would I add another thing to my plate. After signing up and participating in a chat on November 29, 2015 at 8pm (#caedtech), I can definitely see its value. I tweeted about a California Missions brainstorming project that I have started with my class. As I said I am new to Twitter so this was only my first post but I can see myself becoming more of a Twitter follower as opposed to a Twitter poster. I hope to get to a place in my career where I can continuously follow people on Twitter that will contribute to my classroom in a relevant way. There is a lot of useful information about teaching in today's world and helpful resources that I can use in my own classroom. PLN: PLN stands for personal learning network. A PLN is a place I can keep the important information such as, educators blogs, educators tweets and resources all in one convenient place. Having a place to be able to add things I find important and relevant makes life so much easier to follow and read blogs. I added to my PLN other educators, colleges, and friends. I think having my own PLN will help me in my career as a teacher, by providing me with a place to store my resources and refer back to them at any time. As a teacher it is our responsibility to never stop learning and striving to be the best teachers we can be. Twitter Chat: The chat I participated in was #caedtech on Sunday November 29, 2015 at 8:00 pm. The topic was "Programing with Elementary Students" teaching students to code. This is something I have little to no experience with, let alone teach it. After hanging back and "lurking" for a bit I decided to jump in with both feet and make a comment to someones reply to a question. I never knew how coding could be utilized in the classroom environment in elementary education. I always thought of coding as something to be utilized in middle school and above, but I was pleasantly surprised. There are lot's of teachers out there in the elementary setting that are incorporating coding into their classrooms. I added quite a few interesting resources to my PLN, for later use. I found my first experience with Twitter chat to be both daunting and surprising. It was daunting at first because of the subject of the chat and my limited knowledge about coding. After "lurking" for a while and then jumping in I found the experience surprising. I say surprising, because of how much I actually enjoyed it. I could see myself participating in another one, when I have time of course, but I think that I will find the time in the future. After this experience I can see the value in Twitter that I didn't see before. Pinterest: I already had a Pinterest account and a board for education. This is my preferred form of PLN. I like to use it to help me find lesson ideas and projects to use in my classroom. I only have two boards, a personal on and an education one. I think Pinterest is a great networking tool because the people I follow pin things that I find useful or relevant to what I am doing in my own classroom. Pinterest is also very easy to use. I can search through fellow educators boards and just pin them to my board, I love it, the easier the better. That's why it is my preferred PLN. I have seen this video several times before, but I always find it interesting. I love the old fashion marker squeaking. Every time I watch this video I am struck by something new. I thought his very first statement that said, "Every country on Earth is reforming their education systems". I thought this was a bold generalization to make, but I won't nit pick this statement. I do agree that trying to anticipate what our global economy will look like in the 21st century is a near impossible task.
How can we predict something that is continually changing and evolving on a daily basis. It's amazing how much we can do in the palm of our hands. We can control what is happening in our homes when we are not at home, we can take care of financial transactions, check on how our children are doing at school, watch our pets at the groomers, get medical health updates about how much fiber we should be eating that day, etc. the list could go on and on. There is not much we can't do from our smart phones or tablets. I thought it was interesting, when he said, " How can we change the future of education by using the same model we have used in the past". This really hit home for me. We have to keep the past in mind, but that doesn't mean we should be using the same model. I think a lot of technology has broken the mold of it's predecessors and maybe education reform needs to do the same, in fact I think they have too, in order to truly prepare our students for the future. |
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