Erika's Reflection Blog EDU-447

For this lesson, I tried to make it student-centered so that they wouldn't get bored. I chose an easy topic that the majority of my classmates already knew so that we could focus more on the activities and to spend less time explaining the concept. I first explained what a fraction is and the parts of it and I took my classmates right away to an activity where they could participate. In the first activity, I gave them a fraction and they had to do a drawing to represent that fraction, I wanted them to do something different instead of just answering questions. I liked that they could complete the activity the way I wanted and that everyone participated. For the assessment, I used Kahoot. I did not know of this website/game until I saw some of my classmates use it. I love this game because students have fun and at the same time, the teacher is able to make conclusions on the students' learning. I think I could have done better by practicing before presenting so that I can time myself, and to get to know the apps I will use because it was the first time I used these two apps ever and I was nervous thinking it was not going to work.

Global Digital Citizen Blog Post

1. In what learning environments would the technology resource I presented be appropriate?

- Regarding to ReadWriteThink, it would be appropriate for little kids because it has lots of fun interactives were students can be entertained and engaged at the same time. Students are able to work on their chrome books at the same time their teacher is checking on them and viewing the progress. This is a good tool because students can save their work in case they don't have enough time to complete it, so that they don't lose their work. Teachers can see where there students are struggling more and their strengths as well. It is easy to navigate for the teacher and the student.

2. In what learning environments would the technology resource I presented NOT be appropriate?

I think this technology resource may not be appropriate for children to navigate it alone because it may have virus or they may download something they shouldn't. For some of the interactives, flash player needs to be installed and it might not be recommendable. Also, since this is a public website, anyone can post online and students can see other people's comments.

3. How might it be modified to be appropriate?

I highly recommend they modify this website by making it more secure for students and teachers. Also making interactives more easy to download for students to work offline on their own,

ISTE Standards for Educators and Students

For the past two semesters, students and teachers have to meet virtually due to the pandemic. I was able to observe a classroom since this semester started and I realized the importance of technology and how students and teachers take advantage of it. Students are given chrome-books so that they can meet with the teacher and do the activities and I have to say that I was skeptical of this working online since students are very young to understand technology and they need more help from adults, but this class impressed me. The class was given through classroom and google slides and the majority of students had no difficulty on logging in, they all knew what they had to do and where they had to go.

ISTE student standards observed:

Empower Learner- Students were able to complete activities and were active during the lesson to achieve their goal.
Digital Citizen- Like I mentioned before, students knew exactly what they had to do in every situation, for example if they had a question they had to wait until the teacher sees them raising their hands and that's when they can unmute themselves. They cannot talk without permission because they can interrupt the class. Students also know that they are given with time to eat, and little breaks to do their necessities out of lesson time.
Knowledge Constructor- Students learn through the different apps.
Creative Communicator- Students were able to choose their own characters in activities where they had fun and learned at the same time.

One thing the teacher could do to meet more of the standards is letting students to discuss with their classmates about a particular subject. The teacher can do breakout rooms for them to work together so that they can learn from each other and also for them to have a little time to talk freely. This would basically meet the seven standard; global collaborator.

ISTE educator standards:

Designer- The teacher was good at delivering the lesson. He designed his lesson in a way that could be understandable for all students and accessible.
Facilitator- The teacher helps students learn by using technology, and models what students are supposed to do.
Analyst- The teacher uses technology to create summative and formative assessment to make sure students meet their goal. He communicates with students regularly to check on them.
Leader- The teacher gives students equitable access to learning tools so that he can meet every students' needs. He knows how technology works and navigates perfectly through the different sites.

I believe that the teacher does a great job because he has different tools and ways of teaching, his activities are engaging and students are able to learn online. I can say he meets the majority of the standards, the only thing I would do I if I was him, was to teach students how to be a good collaborator. Students did most of their work alone and it would be better if they had the chance to work in groups.

Technology Resource Project

February 02, 2021

For this activity I used the website ReadWriteThink because I have heard of it before and I knew it has a lot of useful resources that teachers can use like lesson plans, videos, etc. It is also designed for students because it has interactives that are helpful for them because they are fun and they practice what they learn.

Here is the link to my presentation and the link for the website can be found there as well:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1xRwpGAgpx9WDPfKeAUjaUEyjNuGdNvgG3hmd7189Pco/edit#slide=id.p