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#1: Something that stuck out to me was with a blended classroom and learning environment there are some perks to this. I find it interesting that if a hybrid option is available this would still allow students to complete tasks with having a blended learning environment such as hybrid classroom or traditional classroom, having a hybrid has some perks. With having a hybrid classroom, this enables and allows students to have access to their assignments, if a snow day, lack of staffing, or a sick day. This will help the child to have their assignments on Google classroom and submit assignments so they don't get behind. Personally, I have witnessed this because when COVId hit our house hold with sickness my son was still able to complete his assignments. A child's education is essential and important for a successful and well rounded student.

#2: I thought Blended learning can mean a step forward and towards something great.  From this article think it's interesting how it will allow students to take more responsibility on the level they are learning. I agree and know that this type of learning will allow the student to learn but that is dependent on the direction chosen by the teacher. Students don't really go through the choice of technology or even blended learning but student's acquire it when teachers create the conditions under which agency can flourish. This allows and makes the child engage and give the students the choice to create their own vision and learn. This is important in learning the expectations in education.

#3: I think These students benefit from this type of experience because the student is going at their own pace and how comfortable they are with how they are learning. There is guidance from a teacher, this also allows the student to not feel pressure and to allow themselves to succeed by their learning level. According to the article, "Last year they interviewed three instructional coaches." "Ann Feldmann described how teachers might harness the power of Screen casting to read and explain text." With Screen casting, this allowed students to choose at what pace they feel comfortable going and experiencing the new content and information being addressed. Ann did explain in her Kindergarten class that they not only learned how to work independently but also leveraged videos to help them decipher directions and actually understand and comprehend the material.

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Instead of a teachers desk getting worksheets turned in or assignments due, students now turn these forms in and do this exact procedure but online. Student's get their information and assignments online versus on the homework assignment on the board. I think having the physical copy instead of being virtual online holds the child more accountable. I am a visual learner, and at times if I don't have a physical copy it get confused. This happens because the assignment is right in front of me. My buddy, my son has to also have a physical copy because it keeps him more aware of assignments he has. True blended learning gives the student an opportunity to not only have online instruction, but traditional classrooms but also gives am element of authority over this process and gives the students an option to be "free" or rather opportunities for not being so confined in the traditional classroom. This helps the student by breaking up the day of traditional classroom setting, but also sets the pace of the structure of the school day, more personalized for each student, and for a child to be active with their leaning experience. This will help the child gain more information by engaging and being active.

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I wonder if with COVID hitting, if blended learning will be a way if schools will still continue with blended learning?

References

Beth Holland (February 22, 2017) Are we Innovating or Just Digitizing Traditional Teaching?

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#1: When reading this information something that stuck out to me was allowing a student to be creative in the real world will allow them to reflect their understanding of both content and process. Learning the process takes time to understand and gain the knowledge. According to the article, "These are equally important." When student's are learning its not about what tool they are using and what was used to solve the task but to understand with the process of HOW and what information they are learning. What the product is that they are creating, and along the way learning about. This will help their creativity on many different levels, help them evaluate and learn the information, and succeed while doing so.

#2: Most students and teachers engage and help each other within the classroom, and out of the classroom by communication. I find it awesome and aware to know that student's that require new strategies, energy or more one on one time required time because they are on a different level where the student doesn't understand something. This requires the teacher to give special attention to the certain individual to help their brain and understand the methods of learning. Teachers continue to help children grow and learn, but also to involve technology. Honestly, I didn't realize how much technology was around until this class and experiencing in the classroom.

#3: I want to know more on this information... Computers, iPods, iPads, and phones are all tools that students use sometimes on a daily basis.  Kids, I do feel the need to be entertained if there isn't a device of some sort handy to play with. According to the article, "This isn't preparing kids for the world they are graduating into." I agree with this because there is much more to life than technology. Technology can be a great resource, but it isn't real life because then students lack social skills, emotional skills, and only using electronic devices, before, during and after school in some way. If  the technology device is monitored, limited and learned how to use appropriately this will help the child in a different level.

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The pro of using technology is when using digital learner as a student/educator you do receive quick sources from the media, and multiple sources at that. Student's that are working independently and networking will also allow students to become more independent and learn new information on their own. Having this as a resource for online learning will also allow students to gain their own knowledge and learn information. This will help build their understanding, and become more self sufficient.  The con of 21st Century Learning is children are going to be learning new information everyday. Too much digital learning will learn different teaching ways and depend on the electronic device to do this. Having readily available access (myself included) I rely a lot on the electronics for my education that it draws me in, as well as my 9 year old son.  This isn't good because we also need to be able to think for ourselves and not just instantly learning the information without using on prior knowledge to gain even more information from technology. Technology is a good resource to learn information IF used properly. So if technology is properly used, and expectations are know, having learning of the new Century is A-O-K!

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I wonder...If you were a parent, teacher, student, what kind of electronic resources would you make readily available for a student, and why? What would you avoid?

References

21st Century Fluency Project (21st century) Understanding the Digital Generation

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#1: What stuck out the most to me is the student's focus could and on a device in order to help them succeed, or if a child is struggling because the child is disabled, there is a device to help the child communicate and learn words. When the student is using the device and there are unfamiliar words the student is having a hard time following, these types of words can be highlighted, reviewed and continue to progress and help the child work on how they are going to help their academics by achieving these obstacles from the device they are using. I have experienced this in the classroom and have watched at how much of a difference it helps a child that needs support.

#2: I feel with technology has a significant way in effective tools to help students with disabilities and help them meet their goals with this type of technology. Students can learn how to complete the task where it is difficult for them. They have the technology to do this with the 21st Century.

#3:  What's interesting to think about is the focus, where is the focus? On the students of course! Focus should be, for example on a computer as a device to help the student succeed. When the student is using the device and there are unfamiliar words the student is having a hard time following, these types of words can be highlighted, reviewed and continue to progress and help the child work on how they are going to help their academics by achieving these obstacles from the device they are using.

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The positive thing about having these types of devices such as laptops, tables or computers are helpful and beneficial because they are lightweight and portable to be taken anywhere. With children that could have difficulty with handwriting can take a tablet device and use this tool to help them take notes on this device while listening to instruction. This can help the student engage more with the teacher instead of worrying about writing the notes because the student has difficulty writing. This will allow more flexibility with the child, help the feel more comfortable to take notes and succeed. A negative thing about having a device is becoming, or the student becoming dependent of the device for everything and lack the social skills. There isn't classroom discussion, nor involvement because of the device. I however looking at the pros and cons, I think it is beneficial for devices to be around to help children.

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I want to know with how advance and how fast technology grow and this in mind I wonder how student with disabilities is this going to help, what do you think the learning curve and outcome is going to be with technology with students and their disabilities, and how their success with education will benefit?

References

Gabrielle Young, Ph.D., Assistant Professor(2004)Assistive Technology for Students with Learning Disabilities

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Blog #5: Digital Citizenship in the Curriculum

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Blog #5: Digital Citizenship in the Curriculum

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#1: As an educator and learning about students, having alot of digital options, in this article something that stuck out is being a teacher in the making, I need to expect whether I am ready for it or not, the younger generation spend a significant amount of time on social media platforms and are on this. It's very digital whether we want it to be or not.

#2: Something that really stuck out to me is according to the article, "researchers have found that students from middle school to college often trust sites lacking credibility." This surprised me because with the knowledge as educators have to have the young adolescents aware, really surprises me that middle schoolers trust search engines to accurately. Makes me wonder if the search engine they are using is accurate.

#3: Conversations happen, yes, educators must ensure these citizens have the social media platform inclusive, that is really hard to do. I think that sometime when you have a search platform sometimes they are biased information, however that is what is interesting. The search engine results needs to now be biased. Is that possible when you're researching. Yes! It can be because the site and information should be non-biased and people have exposure and information from different point of views. I find that interesting because not all information is non-biased if you aren't careful what search engine you are using and have knowledge behind the social media search.

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While there are different sides and opinions to how everyone feels, I think as educators we should be getting used to have the 3 different citizenships and the visions behind them whether we like it or not. The pro about having social media platforms, is it's allowing the students to become more independent and using the search engine with appropriate knowledge to understand the research they are using. On the negative side of this, if the social media platform is biased, the information is going to be one sided and that is not good. Instead the information being looked up needs to be non-biased and raised awareness of what is appropriate information.

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I wonder if these social media platforms will take over and the young citizens will continue to participate in the hashtag symbol over big discussions that are accurate?

References

Daniel G. Krutka and Jeffrey P. Carpenter (2017) Educational Leadership, Digital Citizenship in the Curriculum.

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Blog #1 : Digital Natives, Digital Immigrant

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Blog #1 : Digital Natives, Digital Immigrant

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#1: According to Prensky, "Digital Immigrants can't understand why students can learn successfully while watching tv, listening to music, or even video games." This is because digital immigrants didn't grow up this way, and have their upbringing  on electronics. This type of generation doesn't think it is an effective way for children to learn using electronics.

#2: Something that really got me thinking is as an educator, we need to initiate ideas of how to teach students about the past and the present. This is known as the legacy and future. This is how teacher's today communicate with language of style for students. Legacy is content that has reading, writing and arithmetic in the "old" school tradition curriculum. Whereas future, is geared towards software learning such as computers and educators are needed to teach this to a student. We need to think about the transitions, the languages that are spoken with the legacy, and how future is  different. However, as educators teaching students and learning these new things,  adaptations can be made, and need to be made. I agree, as educators, we need to make adaptations, be aware and help these student learn different things so we can make a difference.

#3: According Prensky, "Students K-College spend on average less than 5,000 hours of reading, but over 10,000 hours of playing video games." Not to mention 20,000 hours watching tv. This also includes other technology such as internet, cellphones, and instant messaging. When looking at this research this astonishes me, and am unwary that we spend so much time on technology. I think this is crazy and I really have to step back and wonder, wow we spend a lot of time watching tv or on technology.

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When looking at the pro fo (CAD), needing to develop different methods for technology for teaching to help learn for ALL subjects, at ALL levels to allow and help to guide children to learn and become successful.  According to Prensky, "The process has already begun- college professors inventing games for teaching subjects ranging from math to engineering to the Spanish Inquisition." The con of technology is in geography can be ignored these days because there is no reason that a generation that can memorize over 100 Pokemon characters with all their characteristics, history. According to Prensky,"However evolution can't learn and the names, population, capitals and relationships of all the 101 nations in the world. " This also is fascinating because if students have an interest in something they learn and see. If not, they don't. The example is Pokemon to learn information and learning about different capitals is important. However, certain subjects aren't being learned such as geography. It is important to learn this as you get older.

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I wonder if If Digital Natives, and Digital Immigrants are different, how can we take today's educators and students they will have to change. It's a generation that you "just have to do it." The students will succeed in the long run and the successors, students and teachers will help support them to help them in the future. How do we get these two different types of "Digital" to collaborate to make the student successful?

References

Marc Prensky (2001) Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants