When choosing assessments, there are often times I try to incorporate the use of technology when it’s appropriate. In the video, this shows a digital assessment that I used during my kindergarten practicum while at Jacksonville State University. I used an app called ShadowPuppetEdu to take pictures of flash cards with sentences, words, and letters. By using these pictures on the application, I was able to show each card to my students on an IPad or Chromebook. While I recorded their answers, I was able to flash through the cards on my device. It was simple and easy! It was such an enjoyable assessment and it was very beneficial to help my students recognize their voice and allow them to see and hear the areas where they struggle and it also allows the teacher to see where the focus needs to be lead during small group. We love digital assessments!
Wednesday, April 22, 2020
Digital Assessment
When choosing assessments, there are often times I try to incorporate the use of technology when it’s appropriate. In the video, this shows a digital assessment that I used during my kindergarten practicum while at Jacksonville State University. I used an app called ShadowPuppetEdu to take pictures of flash cards with sentences, words, and letters. By using these pictures on the application, I was able to show each card to my students on an IPad or Chromebook. While I recorded their answers, I was able to flash through the cards on my device. It was simple and easy! It was such an enjoyable assessment and it was very beneficial to help my students recognize their voice and allow them to see and hear the areas where they struggle and it also allows the teacher to see where the focus needs to be lead during small group. We love digital assessments!
Monday, June 25, 2018
Virtual Field Trips
Virtual Field Trips give teachers the opportunity to take give their students experiences and take them places they have never seen and could never see, if not for technology and virtual field trips. The are several benefits for taking virtual field trips, such as: no permission slips, no need for transportation, no need for chaperones, or need for students to pay. There are many types of virtual software that is accessible to teachers, in my classroom I would love to use Google Earth or Discovery Education. I would love to use this as an opportunity to take my students to the Siberian Tundra in Russia when going over ecosystems and introducing a new ecosystem every day of the week. After touring these virtual field trips, I would place students into groups of three and assign them specific ecosystems and have them create a travel website describing the setting, plants, animals, and temperatures. Virtual field trips are so helpful in the classroom and give students a break from every day pencil -to-paper work. Some of the great advantages of virtual trips are that they can integrate into every curriculum, they can correlate to any standard, and the opportunity to travel and explore is endless.
Websites:
Discovery Kids
Google Earth
National Geographic
Websites:
Discovery Kids
Google Earth
National Geographic
Music in the Classroom
Whole Brain Teaching
Dance/Brain Breaks in the Classroom
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Thursday, June 21, 2018
Student Led Conferences & Digital Portfolio Reflection
I love the idea of students taking ownership of their learning and work during Student Led Conferences. It really put into perspective about the idea of alternative methods for progress reports and report cards. It shows the proof of wasted materials that we use with report cards and how efficient Student Led Conferences and Digital Portfolios could not only be to school systems, but to the earth as well. It is collaborative and includes students, parents, and teachers. This could also be great way to include parents and lets them be aware of how their child is doing in school. It is also an incredible way for parents and teachers to make strong connection and communication. It also gives students the opportunity to track their own progress and monitor their work each week. This is good, especially for students who strive for excellence and for students who struggle to be able to keep a close eye on their work, so they try hard on every activity and paper they do inside the classroom. I would incorporate Student Led Conferences in my classroom to create a place where students, teachers, and parents can come together and see the effort of each students work. I would use Digital Portfolios as an effective alternative of paper reports of progress to students and parents as well.
Websites:
Websites:
Friday, June 8, 2018
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