https://padlet.com/catvondea/2szbve8dinfi Made with the guidance of "Amplify: Digital Teaching and Learning in the K-6 Classroom" en-us 2017-12-13 17:43:40 UTC 2017-12-13 18:40:09 UTC hello@padlet.com catvondea https://padlet.com/catvondea/2szbve8dinfi/wish/215914025 Technology is another "purposeful tool" teachers can use to layer in along the way of teachings kids how to think (p. 4). 

Technology provides additional information during the assessment process for finding what children understand and are able to do. 

However, it can never fully replace the teacher or traditional tools like clipboards and markers. 

Teachers need to maintain a collaborative mindset when adopting technology in order to do so effectively. Creating a dialogue through conferences, webinars, teacher blogs, and social media, will encourage a flexible and collaborative mentality that students will model when they see it in their teachers. ]]> 2017-12-13 18:02:22 UTC https://padlet.com/catvondea/2szbve8dinfi/wish/215914025 catvondea https://padlet.com/catvondea/2szbve8dinfi/wish/215917130 Play- Giving students a few minutes to log in or open the tool and explore with a couple guided questions.

Minilesson- Elicitly modeling the skills needed to get started.

Guided and Independent Practice- Coaching students in starting to use the tool, employing the support methods such as turn-and-talks and conferences.

Debriefing- Gathering students so they can share what they have learned, and capturing their new knowledge on a chart they can refer to for future reference.

Tools- Anything that we use in our instruction to support students, ranging from pencils, sticky notes, colored markers, and clipboards and projectors, tablets, and computers.

Workshop- Predictable instructional model that provides students time in which to interact.

Epicenter Readers- The center points of the change, the catalysts for elevating the reading lives of others by the sheer force of their passion and their ability to share that passion.  ]]> 2017-12-13 18:08:49 UTC https://padlet.com/catvondea/2szbve8dinfi/wish/215917130 catvondea https://padlet.com/catvondea/2szbve8dinfi/wish/215926295 Regarding talk: "Kids like to talk; when we open the door for them to do so, we get a great deal of insight into them as learners, thinkers, communicators, and people" (p. 4). Technology provides more information when attempting to discern what students know and are capable of, and what still needs improvement.

Regarding play: "Play is collaborative, experimental, tactile, and active" (p. 33). Children use play to explore adult life, and the act of play builds critical thinking, communication, problem, and collaboration. Connecting play to technology enhances these opportunities. 


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I wonder how receptive veteran teachers who have been teaching since before the introduction of technology into classrooms will be to the rise of these tools. 

I wonder if technological tools will maintain their prevalence in schools, if they will rise in popularity even more, or recede to the background at any point.

Sometimes, I wonder how teachers ever taught without some of the technological tools I've seen in classrooms today (SeeSaw, Epic, even SmartBoards). ]]> 2017-12-13 18:27:28 UTC https://padlet.com/catvondea/2szbve8dinfi/wish/215926695