https://padlet.com/anniesmith2197/dkv6jh63ygn814pd en-us 2023-02-24 13:38:54 UTC 2023-03-04 04:55:07 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4bb.png anniesmith2197 https://padlet.com/anniesmith2197/dkv6jh63ygn814pd/wish/2493878841 Were you aware of these resources?
There are a lot of resources the state of Indiana offers when it comes to technological performance standards.  I was aware of a few of the resources we use at our school, like Girls Who Code and Project Lead the Way, but I wasn't aware how many more there were available to educators!
How do you (or might you) implement one of these resources in your classroom?
At the school I work at, one of the options for students to do when they finish early in Scratch Jr. The students love using this coding program because they are able to be creative and make their own stories/characters while still getting that education aspect of coding. While I think this is a great program, I feel like our school could be utilizing this more! Seeing as it is really only reserved for early finishers, some students don't get to participate in Scratch Jr. because they take the time they need. I believe it would be very beneficial to implement this program into curriculum. I would like to tie this program into our writing unit by having students write a fictional narrative piece and then having it come to life by using Scratch Jr. to create a moving story.
This is not the only way to implement computers, digital devices, and/or new media in the ELED classroom. But why is it being prioritized? And what funding has been made available to support the initiative and mandates to teach computer science?
I believe this type of implementation is being prioritized because it can be used in the everyday curriculum we are already using in our schools. In the school district I work in, we began receiving grants that allowed our school to provide the necessary technology for students to have these technological educational tools. We also received a grant to implement Project Lead the Way into our regular curriculum. ]]> 2023-02-24 13:40:23 UTC https://padlet.com/anniesmith2197/dkv6jh63ygn814pd/wish/2493878841 anniesmith2197 https://padlet.com/anniesmith2197/dkv6jh63ygn814pd/wish/2493885136 Math is a great area where you can implement technological educational tools. In kindergarten, we put a big emphasis on numbers. One of the apps that can be very beneficial for kindergarteners is Beyond Cats! Kindergarten Math. This app is something that can be used throughout the entire school year to teach numbers and even teach geometry to kindergarteners. The format of this app is outstanding! Students go through “lessons” that teach them different number strategies, while also integrating geometry by having students recognize shapes. It also includes a variety of question forms with a multitude of ways for students to provide answers. What I love about this app is that not only is it teaching basic counting skills to kindergarteners, but it’s also going a step further by implementing those geometry baselines. If I taught kindergarten, I would love to use this app as a supplemental resource to my own teaching. In my classroom, this would look something along the lines of me teaching a lesson about, let's say, skip counting. Once I have given my lesson, students would then be able to get on this app and extend their learning by doing assigned lessons and “quizzes”. I believe this app is a great tool for me as an educator and also for students because it is a way for me to differentiate my teaching style and it is a way for students to extend their own learning through educational technological tools. By integrating this app into our everyday math curriculum, it will give students more opportunities to get used to their digital devices and it gives them the opportunity to expand their learning horizons. ]]> 2023-02-24 13:46:22 UTC https://padlet.com/anniesmith2197/dkv6jh63ygn814pd/wish/2493885136 anniesmith2197 https://padlet.com/anniesmith2197/dkv6jh63ygn814pd/wish/2493886193 As I was scrolling through the list of the 350 plus online learning resources, one that stuck out to me was Mystery Science. This stuck out to me because, at my school, there isn't a lot of room in the curriculum for science. For example, in the classroom I student taught in, it was only taught once a week on Fridays. After exploring the mystery science website and learning about this incredible online resource. I feel like this would be such a useful tool to integrate science into our every day curriculum. I think this online tool would be great to use every day! Students would get one lesson per day where they would watch the video and do the digital handout. This can even be done in partners or groups. I think by doing this every day, students will gain so much more knowledge in an area that is not necessarily prioritized in the classrooms. I also love that this is standard algined! ]]> 2023-02-24 13:47:25 UTC https://padlet.com/anniesmith2197/dkv6jh63ygn814pd/wish/2493886193 anniesmith2197 https://padlet.com/anniesmith2197/dkv6jh63ygn814pd/wish/2493888808 One of the other online learning resources that stuck out to me was KidCitizen. so kids citizen is a digital social studies learning tool for elementary students funded by the Library of Congress and offers interactive episodes designed for OK through 5th grade to engage in age appropriate historical inquiry. Again, social studies is one of those things that is not necessarily prioritized in my school, students only have one day per week of social studies. That is why this stood out to me because this is something I definitely want to implement more than just one day a week into my classroom. I think kids citizen is a great way to get accurate historical information two kids on a really fun platform. I believe my students would absolutely love doing these interactive episodes and it would be a unique and creative way to implement social studies into my everyday curriculum.]]> 2023-02-24 13:49:13 UTC https://padlet.com/anniesmith2197/dkv6jh63ygn814pd/wish/2493888808