Dash by https://padlet.com/scramer8/5d56gkj8crbh This is our Dash 2 for CIED 441 with Stephanie, Erica, and Kennedi en-us 2018-09-04 19:52:49 UTC 2018-10-31 02:16:30 UTC hello@padlet.com Padlet Discussion 1 - Stephanie Cramer scramer8 https://padlet.com/scramer8/5d56gkj8crbh/wish/283558700
 For our technology project, we are using Dash. Dash has different kinds of Apps that can be helpful for students in the classroom. Dash has the Wonder App, Blockly App, Path App, Go App, and Xylo App. For our project, we plan on using either Wonder, Blockly or the Path App to assist students in drawing shapes. We might use all three depending on the level of difficulty that some students might need if they find our activity too easy.
 Our exercise will be directed towards the first grade level. The idea is that the students will be able to use Dash and draw the shapes that we tell them to draw. This will be helpful for the students who struggle with draw shapes such as Triangles, Squares, etc. Dash will draw the shape or the students can make Dash draw the shapes. The students who struggle with drawing the shapes will be able to visually see the shapes and show the teacher that they understand what each shape is. 
 This project will cover content in shapes and patterns, cover technology because students will have to use iPads to access the Dash app, and this project will cover pedagogy in the sense that all students will be learning. It will be hands on for the students who like to be active. This project will help our visual learners and our students who struggle with writing. For the more advanced students, we can create patterns using Path so the students are using critical thinking while drawing shapes.  
 Our activity will encourage worthwhile tasks. It will cover the problematic task of having students use an app to draw shapes that they have been covering in their geometry unit. The activity will make this math interesting because the students will be using something other than pencils and paper to draw shapes. They key concepts will be using problem solving to draw shapes. The students will be able to experience this using codes and patterns to make the path of the shape. Our activity will be able to have students organize a plan to create shapes. There will be multiple entry point for our activity as well. Students can use the knobs on the Wonder app to make shapes or students can use the Path or Blockly app and use patterns to create shapes. For our assessment, we will be able to see if students can understand shapes by seeing how the made them and if they named them correctly. When our activity is over, we will have the students explain the shapes they made and what way they made it. This will be the way the teacher will be able to gather the students understanding of the concept. 
Our activity will support productive struggle because the students will be able to create their own plan to create shapes and find their answer. If students struggle with finding a way to use their apps, it will help them grow as a student. The students will be able use practices like think, pair, share, if they need help. We will stress that there is no right or wrong way to make shapes using Dash. The idea is to see what the students can come up with to create these shapes that they learned in their geometry unit at school.
 ]]> 2018-09-19 17:32:06 UTC https://padlet.com/scramer8/5d56gkj8crbh/wish/283558700 Padlet Discussion 2 - Erica Cox. ercox https://padlet.com/scramer8/5d56gkj8crbh/wish/290844748 Since the last Padlet discussion, we have narrowed down our list of apps that we intend to use to just either the blocky app or the path app. We chose to eliminate the Wonder app from the running for two reasons. Firstly, although it is created by the same creator as the Dash robot and it is the "official" dash app, it did not give much freedom with what commands it generated for dash and therefor would be more difficult to work with keeping our goal of a shape based lesson in mind. The second reason being that the Wonder app. was a larger file that would not work with everyone's phones within the group and therefore if we were to use it we would be hindered in that aspect
We are still testing the other two apps we have chosen as both seem to be slightly glitchy as well, however much less than the Wonder app. The apps themselves are not to blame but rather the phone that the group member has.
The general idea of the group that was stated before is still that we intend to use the Dash robot to help teach about shapes that the students will encounter, such as hexagon, pentagon, heptagon...ect. However we have also decided to incorporate a fractional component as well. A few examples of ideas we have been throwing around include:
* Using Dash to draw shapes and then having the students name the shape we have created as well as giving information regarding what defining features that shape has. This corresponds to the common core math standard CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.G.A.1 which is expected of first grade students.
*  Using Dash to draw a shape and then having the students demonstrate an understanding of composite shapes by having them draw those composite shapes (and labeling them) at their own desks. Then we will have the students create a new shape using the original shape that Dash demonstrated and the new composite shape the student has drawn to help students further understand how shapes are interconnected. This corresponds to the common core math standard CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.G.A.2.
* we have also discussed using Dash to work both on geometry as well as fractions within a lesson. To do this, we will have Dash draw a shape that the class is working on that segment (hexagon, pentagon, heptagon..ect.). The students would then name the shape and correctly draw it upon their own papers. From there, the students would be asked to separate and label their drawings into 1/2, 1/4, 1/8...ect. pieces to represent fractions of that shape to further enhance the understanding that fractions are part of a whole object. This corresponds to the common core math standard  CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.G.A.3.
Each of these ideas incorporate visual, hands on and and writing learners in turn. The students who work best within a visual environment will learn by visualizing the shape drawn as well as seeing the shapes being segmented into their fractions. The students who learn best from an activity will benefit from copying the shapes that Dash creates as well as helping create the shapes with Dash. The students who learn by writing will benefit as well from copying the shapes and visualizing how the fractions come together on paper.
These activities encourage students to think outside the box as they are able to use dash to create shapes that have been covered within their unit as well as collaborate with other students in a think-pair-share style discussion as they discover questions to ask each other and answer.
Each of these possible lesson ideas will be accompanied by a power point and example of some sort as well as the teacher will be monitoring the students to ensure that they are remaining on task and using the Dash robot appropriately. Each student will also be given a worksheet to fill out to help them understand the objectives of the lesson and stay on task.
]]> 2018-10-09 16:14:54 UTC https://padlet.com/scramer8/5d56gkj8crbh/wish/290844748 Padlet Discussion 2- Kennedi Whitworth kwhitwo https://padlet.com/scramer8/5d56gkj8crbh/wish/298795586 We have now concluded that our project will be intended for third grade, this will cone-side with their unit on geometry. They will create their shapes using Dash followed by breaking the shapes up into specific fractions that we will assign. They will do this using the blockly app, we chose this app because it allows the student to use dash freely instead of following specific instruction it gives. In groups the students will be given a copy of the code we would like them to program dash to due. After this is completed they will be labeling the different aspects of each shape, for visual learners this will be a good opportunity to see them up close along with learning from their peers. During the group rotations they will visit 4 center, 3 will consist of coding dash to draw different shapes, while the fourth will include categorizing the shapes that have been drawn. They can be grouped by number of sides, type of shape, etc..
Our extension activity will include the students using what we learned in class to identify the different types of shapes in their own homes. Not only will this give them an opportunity to practice these skills at home but they will be able to use the information taught in class in a real life situation.]]> 2018-10-31 00:27:59 UTC https://padlet.com/scramer8/5d56gkj8crbh/wish/298795586