https://padlet.com/parrishf/5kqlkhomn5yyfo3q EDIT 6220 Emerging Technologies Course en-us 2021-05-13 23:32:26 UTC 2025-11-10 13:26:45 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4a1.png parrishf https://padlet.com/parrishf/5kqlkhomn5yyfo3q/wish/1522997783 My experience with adaptive learning in my school has included programs such as IXL, Moby Max, Lexia, and iReady. ]]> 2021-05-13 23:37:06 UTC https://padlet.com/parrishf/5kqlkhomn5yyfo3q/wish/1522997783 parrishf https://padlet.com/parrishf/5kqlkhomn5yyfo3q/wish/1523007331  I really love the simple, straightforward design of IXL. There really isn't any fluff or games, but students respond well to the clear prompts and are motivated to see their time and SmartScore improve. I think it gets at the heart of what students need to understand and helps students build in a sequence that is logical. I have mostly used IXL for math, but have also used it for grammar as well as science. ]]> 2021-05-13 23:42:58 UTC https://padlet.com/parrishf/5kqlkhomn5yyfo3q/wish/1523007331 parrishf https://padlet.com/parrishf/5kqlkhomn5yyfo3q/wish/1523015733 I have found that the lessons on MobyMax are in depth and align with our standards. It was a very useful resource when we transitioned to virtual learning last Spring. I think that the interface could be more attractive though so that it doesn't just feel like test practice to students. ]]> 2021-05-13 23:47:38 UTC https://padlet.com/parrishf/5kqlkhomn5yyfo3q/wish/1523015733 parrishf https://padlet.com/parrishf/5kqlkhomn5yyfo3q/wish/1523046600 I just learned about Lexia this year as a resource that my students in ESOL use. I like how students earn badges for reaching new level and can track their time and goals. It is motivating and I feel that is an effective in supporting my students' fluency and comprehension. ]]> 2021-05-14 00:04:17 UTC https://padlet.com/parrishf/5kqlkhomn5yyfo3q/wish/1523046600 parrishf https://padlet.com/parrishf/5kqlkhomn5yyfo3q/wish/1523059297 My school just adopted this resource. The videos, audio, e-book-like stories, and activities are student-friendly. Even the built in brain breaks during the diagnostic tests are a nice touch. It has a great range of ways for students to interact with the material and really build conceptual knowledge. It is also helpful that students have access to their time spent in the program, scores on previous lessons, and a snapshot of upcoming lessons. This puts the student more in control of her learning. ]]> 2021-05-14 00:10:25 UTC https://padlet.com/parrishf/5kqlkhomn5yyfo3q/wish/1523059297 parrishf https://padlet.com/parrishf/5kqlkhomn5yyfo3q/wish/1537656135 2021-05-18 22:07:16 UTC https://padlet.com/parrishf/5kqlkhomn5yyfo3q/wish/1537656135 parrishf https://padlet.com/parrishf/5kqlkhomn5yyfo3q/wish/1549945448 Opportunities: The greatest benefit of Artifical Intelligence is its efficiency. AI can be used in a number of ways to mitigate the lack of funding. Namely, I think about the position of EIP teachers. Over the past 7 years, I have seen great fluaction in the number and use of EIP teachers at my school. They are needed, but funding is not always there to provide for them. When they are funded, they still are not always available to serve the students that they need to serve because they are the first ones pulled whenever a substitute is needed. It is hard to establish consistency this way. An AI teaching assistant is one that would always be available to provide support. Intensive support is needed to close the gaps in education. I think it is fascinating that X-Prize for Education asserts that children could use AI to teach themselves basic reading, writing, and math within 15 months. If I could level the playing field for my students in these areas, then I could focus on the content at hand rather than spending so much time remediating. Having students make those gains so quickly would go a long way in establishing equitable learning. Finally, I believe the most impressive aspect of AI is it's ablility to differentiate for each learner. AI can target how to educate learners in a way that is meaningful and compatible with their learning styles. Outside of my differentiated small groups, I can ensure that when students are working independently, they are being scaffolded. 

Challenges: The craziest aspect of AI is the issue of macrogovernance and the "Genie in a Bottle" effect where machines just respond to instruction regardless of the conseuences. While AI exceeds the efficiency of humans, there is a danger of the programming have a sigular focus that prioritizes the objective over the people that we seek to educate. If AI considers humans an obstacle to the objective, that is a problem. The greatest flaw of AI is that it isn't designed to "feel" just to act. In that way, it can't replace humans in education. ]]> 2021-05-22 11:05:50 UTC https://padlet.com/parrishf/5kqlkhomn5yyfo3q/wish/1549945448 parrishf https://padlet.com/parrishf/5kqlkhomn5yyfo3q/wish/1560961963 My video focuses on the use of virtual reality, but I think that augmented reality has great potential as well. Considering how it could be used in the same context as I mentioned in the video, it would be awesome to have students read interactive picture books about each explorer where they have access to videos and sounds to enhance the experience. Even if students could do a gallery walk with interactive posters or maps of the expeditions, I think it would help them to gain a deeper understanding of how histroy unfolded. ]]> 2021-05-26 11:12:32 UTC https://padlet.com/parrishf/5kqlkhomn5yyfo3q/wish/1560961963 parrishf https://padlet.com/parrishf/5kqlkhomn5yyfo3q/wish/1562234439 Kami is an application that can be used to annotate and collaborate on documents interactively. I also found that this applies to images which I think is useful. I love launching lessons with a thought-provoking image and I could use Kami as a way to document each students interaction with the image. Students can choose their method of response (freehand, audio, voice typing, video), which  increases their level of autonomy. ]]> 2021-05-26 17:04:46 UTC https://padlet.com/parrishf/5kqlkhomn5yyfo3q/wish/1562234439 parrishf https://padlet.com/parrishf/5kqlkhomn5yyfo3q/wish/1573587623 How Technology Can Impact Future Teaching and Learning ]]> 2021-05-31 13:17:02 UTC https://padlet.com/parrishf/5kqlkhomn5yyfo3q/wish/1573587623 parrishf https://padlet.com/parrishf/5kqlkhomn5yyfo3q/wish/1573618099 2021-05-31 13:30:37 UTC https://padlet.com/parrishf/5kqlkhomn5yyfo3q/wish/1573618099 parrishf https://padlet.com/parrishf/5kqlkhomn5yyfo3q/wish/1573642262 This is a link to Gholdy Muhammad's 4 layers of Culturally Responsive Teaching that I reference in part 2 of my response. ]]> 2021-05-31 13:41:53 UTC https://padlet.com/parrishf/5kqlkhomn5yyfo3q/wish/1573642262 parrishf https://padlet.com/parrishf/5kqlkhomn5yyfo3q/wish/1581025368 The technology that I believe is the most significant to me as a teacher is adaptive learning. While I think that augmented reality, virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and BCI could all be very useful, I think that it will be a while before these are available widely within classrooms. Though we know how essential technology is in education, it has taken some time for students to become 1 to 1 in devices and there are still issues when it comes to that. Technology is moving quickly, but the movement of education reform as well as adopting the proper mechanisms needed to implement that reform happens more slowly. Adapative learning has already made its way into the classroom and is already making an impact on my teaching currently. It was especially helpful during virtual teaching as it gave me an "extra set of hands" that allowed me to ensure that students were working productively while I utilized breakout rooms to work with small groups of students. In the classroom in general, adaptive learning is so beneficial because it allows me to respond a variety of needs at once. Students enter the classroom at a variety of levels in reading and levels of developed problem solving. To go back and individually help students bridge gaps while ensuring that grade level material is taught with fidelity is an enormous task. Adapative learning allows me to help bridge those gaps in an equitable and efficient manner while still focusing on grade level skills. The main challenge that I have seen so far is ensuring that students perform as they are capable of in the diagnostic assessments. At times, students have been assigned a path (in iReady) that seemed to be far below their level of capability and would spend a lot of time working at the wrong level. We were told to adjust levels on the path if we felt this was true for a student, but I am not sure if that is an intention or flaw in the design or something that just can't be overcome by technology. Human motivation and effort remain necessary in learning. I think that for any technology to be succesful, students and adults still have to have the drive to do it well. Overall, having a program that responds to where learners are and scaffolds them step by step to where they need to be is quite useful. ]]> 2021-06-03 00:18:06 UTC https://padlet.com/parrishf/5kqlkhomn5yyfo3q/wish/1581025368