MS Classroom Tech by Julianna Sciolino https://padlet.com/jsciolino1/mstech Made with a taste for adventure en-us 2016-11-02 15:46:52 UTC 2016-11-28 14:31:38 UTC hello@padlet.com click anywhere to add jsciolino1 https://padlet.com/jsciolino1/mstech/wish/135652510 2016-11-07 00:36:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jsciolino1/mstech/wish/135652510 https://padlet.com/jsciolino1/mstech/wish/135655138 iPads are definitely needed. The science program is designed to use them and 5th grade has none. ]]> 2016-11-07 01:11:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jsciolino1/mstech/wish/135655138 https://padlet.com/jsciolino1/mstech/wish/135655333 Teacher iPads are also very beneficial. I had one last year in the elementary and it was very useful]]> 2016-11-07 01:13:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jsciolino1/mstech/wish/135655333 iPads/ Laptops are a must for our classrooms!  It's a struggle to effectively prepare our students to live in a technological world when they have virtually no access to technology! https://padlet.com/jsciolino1/mstech/wish/135738296 2016-11-07 12:44:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jsciolino1/mstech/wish/135738296 Classrooms with laptops and/or ipads. https://padlet.com/jsciolino1/mstech/wish/135854937 2016-11-07 17:15:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jsciolino1/mstech/wish/135854937 Teachers should all have their own computer in their classrooms. if they share a room there should be 2 https://padlet.com/jsciolino1/mstech/wish/135855128 2016-11-07 17:15:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jsciolino1/mstech/wish/135855128 Students and teachers should have WiFi access.  This way, one-to-one technology is easier to access and navigate. https://padlet.com/jsciolino1/mstech/wish/135959772 2016-11-07 22:34:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jsciolino1/mstech/wish/135959772 Typing programs or software need to be purchased.  Students do not know how to type yet, and that is integral for using computers. https://padlet.com/jsciolino1/mstech/wish/135959842 2016-11-07 22:35:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jsciolino1/mstech/wish/135959842 We need to continue to have software and programs for teaching reading skills, encouraging independent reading, and for testing reading levels at all middle school grade levels.  The Scholastic Programs including Read 180, Scholastic Reading Counts, and Scholastic Reading Inventory are still used by students at all of the middle schools, and they should be available to students in Grade 8, too.   https://padlet.com/jsciolino1/mstech/wish/135959985 2016-11-07 22:36:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jsciolino1/mstech/wish/135959985 Software programs for accurately diagnosing reading problems for students would also be very helpful. https://padlet.com/jsciolino1/mstech/wish/135960196 2016-11-07 22:38:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jsciolino1/mstech/wish/135960196 We also need to seriously reconsider our "no cell phone  policy" in middle school.  Students have phones, and that is not going to change anytime soon.  We need to help them use smart phones appropriately and responsibly in school.   https://padlet.com/jsciolino1/mstech/wish/135960257 2016-11-07 22:39:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jsciolino1/mstech/wish/135960257 21st century technology https://padlet.com/jsciolino1/mstech/wish/137496291 iPads or tablets or whatever the platform is; have them available to every student. We have so much capabilities but no way to impliment them in science.]]> 2016-11-14 18:38:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jsciolino1/mstech/wish/137496291 1:1 in 5th grade https://padlet.com/jsciolino1/mstech/wish/139441354 Our students need to be able to have access to technology (preferably an iPad) in 5th grade. We cannot end the access to technology when the students leave elementary school. Having access to these can truly allow us to differentiate material. ]]> 2016-11-22 18:36:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jsciolino1/mstech/wish/139441354 1:1 isn't necessary if there are enough carts. Seems like a much better solution economically. https://padlet.com/jsciolino1/mstech/wish/139449316 2016-11-22 19:02:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jsciolino1/mstech/wish/139449316 The lack of a place to work and a computer to use when I arrive keeps me at my morning school longer and does not give me extra exposure and time in my afternoon school. Three of us share a classroom and therefore a computer. It would be nice if traveling teachers were provided with laptops to help alleviate the technology issues. https://padlet.com/jsciolino1/mstech/wish/139450902 2016-11-22 19:08:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jsciolino1/mstech/wish/139450902 Having class sets of working laptops and /or IPads is necessary in today's educational situations. The laptop carts and IPad carts do not accommodate the building. The students are coming from elem. school where they are readily accessible. It need to continue into the middle school. https://padlet.com/jsciolino1/mstech/wish/139454531 There also needs to be enough licences for programs like Fastt Math so all students can access it as a resource- not shared by district.]]> 2016-11-22 19:21:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jsciolino1/mstech/wish/139454531 SMI - It would be very helpful if every middle school student had a license for the Scholastic Math Inventory. Sharing the licenses between the middle schools and high schools makes it more difficult for the math teachers to schedule times to give the SMI, and to gather data when needed. https://padlet.com/jsciolino1/mstech/wish/139459481 2016-11-22 19:42:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jsciolino1/mstech/wish/139459481 I am unable to take some of my classes to the computer center because the only periods I am at one school are the periods the extra computer teacher is there teaching in the lab, and others usually have the 2nd lab signed out. https://padlet.com/jsciolino1/mstech/wish/139472916 2016-11-22 20:47:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jsciolino1/mstech/wish/139472916 We need more working clickers and training on how to use them https://padlet.com/jsciolino1/mstech/wish/139578151 2016-11-23 13:02:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jsciolino1/mstech/wish/139578151 Students should not have a gap in middle school where no computer class takes place in 7th or 8th grade https://padlet.com/jsciolino1/mstech/wish/139633497 2016-11-23 17:31:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jsciolino1/mstech/wish/139633497 IPads do not replace computers. Typically, the business world uses desktops or laptops with a Microsoft Office platform, not IPads. If we are preparing students to be career ready, we should follow the business model. https://padlet.com/jsciolino1/mstech/wish/140179842 2016-11-28 14:27:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jsciolino1/mstech/wish/140179842