• Develop a Professional Learning Network in person and online.

• Use technology to be sure your classroom is as accessible as possible.

• Address cultural and socioeconomic diversity in the classroom.

• Find ways to differentiate your classroom.

• Ensure the online resources we are using are credible.

• Evaluate and justify the ways you use technology in your classroom.

• Collect useful data from assessments by finding the best tech tools.

I know we are not all parents, but I also know professionals in today’s world are discovering the trials and errors of peers from all over the country and all over our field, just as I did as a flailing parent years ago. Thanks to social media and the plethora of information on the internet, many of us have found ourselves a part of informal professional learning communities that share new successful strategies and offer encouragement in the face of common struggles. We should never attempt to teach or lead in a vacuum, but should regularly seek out the counsel and experiences of schools around us who might have something to share.

instruction for personalized learning experiences" (Warsen, Vandermolen 2020). Link to "When Technology Works: A Case Study Using Instructional Rounds and the SAMR Model" can be found below.

Google Sites and Padlet are two great options for creating a static landing page that offers stakeholders an easy way to access the valuable links and information teachers want to make available. 

Google Sites and Padlet are two great options for creating a static landing page that offers stakeholders an easy way to access the valuable links and information teachers want to make available. 

Solution: Schools need to share their research with families, educate them, and partner with them to help kids be safe! Share this pdf with parents. It's filled with valuable resources, tips, and links.

As a result of my rabbit holes, I am sharing a collection of findings that I believe are helpful to educators.

Our district has to do a better job partnering with parents. The "Kids Online" resource I created includes 8 links to a plethora of possibilities for families to consider as they realize their child is an online citizen. I hope that teachers can share this with parents and be inspired to create parent events where we invite families in to tackle this challenge together.

I discovered Be Internet Awesome and will be implementing in our Advisory (homeroom) time with our 6th graders. There is more to learn about it, but if we could begin this type of serious digital citizenship eduation at 3rd grade, I think it would be of great benefit to our community. Florence Martin's surveys to teachers show that young students are exhibiting behaviors that reveal some of them have very little oversight at home. On one hand, educators feel like they have enough on their plates to teach our students. On the other hand, as teachers we are in a great position to at least share resources with parents.

Meanwhile students aren't accessing their classwork from home and it appears there are some obstacles. Limited internet access, lack of functional laptops, and an inability to keep track of passwords have led to frustration and apathy. Our district could do a number of things to make this a smoother process. One thing that would have a huge impact would be subscribing to Clever - a tool that puts all the resources in one place and only requires one login and password.

Technology continues to change at breakneck speed, so teachers will continue to be flexible and adaptable. In the process, I hope we continue to revisit our pedagogy and how it interacts with the technology we have welcomed into our classrooms.

*Graphic inspired by Okojie, Mabel CPO, Olinzock, Anthony A., Okojie-Boulder, Tinukwa C. (2022). The Pedagogy of Technology Integration. The Journal of Technology Studies, 32(2), 66-71. https://doi.org/10.21061/jots.v32i2.a.1