https://padlet.com/beth_fliehler/w1vs2teggsns March 12-18, 2018 en-us 2018-03-15 15:21:17 UTC 2018-03-21 00:19:19 UTC hello@padlet.com beth_fliehler https://padlet.com/beth_fliehler/w1vs2teggsns/wish/242428516 I think that the key components for making digital literacy interest driven for students is to 1. know the students with whom you are working, 2. provide choice for not just content, but also mode of communication, and 3. provide formal, direct instruction within the framework of these "informal projects."]]> 2018-03-15 15:32:19 UTC https://padlet.com/beth_fliehler/w1vs2teggsns/wish/242428516 beth_fliehler https://padlet.com/beth_fliehler/w1vs2teggsns/wish/242432571 I believe that students continually test social constructs to discern what they will hold on to and what they will release as a part of their developing identity and voice. As an educator, therefore, it is my job to provide students with safe space and multiple learning opportunities for them to discern their individual identity and voice. In order to accomplish this, it is important to establish norms for interaction, a framework for our learning (overarching goals and desired outcomes), and scaffolding in the form of guidance, questions, explicit instruction, and other viewpoints. These processes give students authentic experiences and develop critical thinking skills about those experiences. ]]> 2018-03-15 15:38:22 UTC https://padlet.com/beth_fliehler/w1vs2teggsns/wish/242432571 beth_fliehler https://padlet.com/beth_fliehler/w1vs2teggsns/wish/242439856 During the exploration of this article, I connected to several points. First, I appreciated that the article focused on using authentic writing experiences across different modes of communication. Print, social media, and video were all represented in this article. 
Next,  I interacted with the blogging project. What a great idea to get kids into a habit of writing and responding to each others work. I wondered what kind of pre-teaching of skills went into this before they began. I also wondered what kind of direct teaching the teacher did to address the problems he stated about the touch typing and poor quality of initial blog posts. And what things he would do differently next time.
Next, I identified with the video project as this is what my husband does professionally. I am already planning on having him come in and talk about these roles, tools and processes in my own classroom in the future. It challenged me to think about how to approach story structure (elements of story) in a new and fresh way. 
Finally, I connected with the creation of the teen magazine deeply. In my first teaching experience, our 8th grade Language Arts class did a similar activity by creating a school newspaper. It allowed us to explore the elements of news-writing, purposes, visuals, components, research, etc. It also provided a great platform to learn editing skills and how to choose just the right words, both part of the six trait writing curriculum I was using at the time. ]]> 2018-03-15 15:48:49 UTC https://padlet.com/beth_fliehler/w1vs2teggsns/wish/242439856 beth_fliehler https://padlet.com/beth_fliehler/w1vs2teggsns/wish/242444373 2018-03-15 15:54:56 UTC https://padlet.com/beth_fliehler/w1vs2teggsns/wish/242444373 beth_fliehler https://padlet.com/beth_fliehler/w1vs2teggsns/wish/242450076 As I process how to use padlet, I believe what I learned most is that this is a user-friendly tool. It is not something that takes a lot of work to figure out if the user has basic knowledge of the icons and headings. What really got in the way of my learning on this platform was that I don't think this a good platform for longer responses. I kept wanting to scroll down further, but the program does that for me and it felt as if I was running out of room for my response. I liked the way I could have some choice over background colors and titles, etc. to make it more meaningful (and fun) for me and for others viewing it. I really would love to use this tool as a "writing center" during my reading/writing workshop. I'd love to use it for vocabulary instruction. It lends itself to video for struggling readers, so that is a huge benefit. I can see myself creating categories as I did with this page, listing the word as a heading, and having students interact with the vocabulary instruction on here. ]]> 2018-03-15 16:03:49 UTC https://padlet.com/beth_fliehler/w1vs2teggsns/wish/242450076 Sam_Sohm https://padlet.com/beth_fliehler/w1vs2teggsns/wish/243228082 You have basically said what I thought about this focus question as well when I re-read it after I did my own response. I also liked how you emphasized the authentic knowledge you need to have of your students. That is a basic leadership principle that I think too many people take for granted. One of the things that I contemplated and that neither you nor I talked about was the need to model behavior. This is something I think about a lot and figured I would bring up so that you can as well, if you don't already. Good Job!]]> 2018-03-18 18:18:28 UTC https://padlet.com/beth_fliehler/w1vs2teggsns/wish/243228082 combs_melanie https://padlet.com/beth_fliehler/w1vs2teggsns/wish/243300912 I didn't know that you can make the stickies scroll.  I think that is really neat and it is easier to make the padlet look more uniform.  I was a little confusing for me at first as the scroll bar is not highlighted when I first looked at the stickie.  
I connected with you comment you said about how students will hold onto some of their identities and release other parts. This helped me think more about student identities and the importance of not labeling them as, they are always evolving and growing. ]]> 2018-03-19 02:06:45 UTC https://padlet.com/beth_fliehler/w1vs2teggsns/wish/243300912 ajones021 https://padlet.com/beth_fliehler/w1vs2teggsns/wish/244318349 I am learning that there are different formats in the padlet. This one doesn't have a pink circle with a plus symbol, at least I don't think. There is one circle with a plus symbol underneat each sticky.
I feel it is a little bit easier. ]]> 2018-03-21 00:14:14 UTC https://padlet.com/beth_fliehler/w1vs2teggsns/wish/244318349 ajones021 https://padlet.com/beth_fliehler/w1vs2teggsns/wish/244318981 I like the way you said this:
"As an educator, therefore, it is my job to provide students with safe space and multiple learning opportunities for them to discern their individual identity and voice"
In my school we are really moving towards personalized learning and emphasizing the voice and choice of the students but within parameters making sure the students feel and are safe , and that have different opportunities to learn.]]> 2018-03-21 00:17:32 UTC https://padlet.com/beth_fliehler/w1vs2teggsns/wish/244318981