I have learned a lot about technology this semester! For starters I think it is important to acknowledge how great tech is and how it has grown in the use of classrooms as well as students lives. There is so much I have learned that I did not know before. Learning how to use the promethean active board has been insanely helpful and enlightening. Also its good to know that there is a sweet spot in learning to use; it highlights both the benefit as well as the negative of evolving technology.
I also really enjoyed learning about all the new classroom tools that are available online. I would never have thought to look for tools like glogster or wordle to incorporate more creativity and fun into the students learning and assignments. I especially loved story bird! I hope I am able to use this in a future class because I think it would promote so much growth in an ESL class.
As for my nets for students and teachers: The one's I chose were
Student Net: 1.Communication and Collaboration
Teacher Net: 2. Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments
I think all the tools that you showed us in the class help to meet these standards within the classroom. Storybird and glogster are great ways to teach kids communication and collaboration. Storybird could be used by having two classes or two students write a story back and forth. Blogster could be used between classes for students to show different things and share multicultural experiences.
All the tools help me as a teacher design and develop digital age learning experiences and assessments because all use some form of language creation which is essentially how I will measure my students success as ESL students.
Thanks for a fun class!
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