This Digital Story is a brief overview of the inquiry topic that I research this semester surrounding the question, "Can technology be used to support student creativity in primary education?". Please take a few moments to watch my digital story and provide me with feedback.
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Thursday, 3 December 2015
Monday, 30 November 2015
My Take-Away from Current and Emerging Technologies - EDUC 2325
What did you
learn or “take-away” from this course and how has your perspective about
integrating technology into K to 6 education changed/grown throughout the
course?
The
Current and Emerging Technologies course taught me the ways in which digital
technologies can be integrated into classrooms by challenging me to ask
critical questions about the affects of technology on learning, and by asking
me to work with these different technologies myself.
At the beginning
of the course I was unsure about the use of technology in primary education.
However, I have decided that I support the use of technology in K to 6
education. My perspective has grown with the help of my field placement
observations, the exposure I’ve had to use technologies in my courses (i.e.
blogs, YouTube videos, Google Applications, Microsoft Office, and other online
resources), the survey I conducted in relation to my research topic, the
interview help between myself and an expert in the field, collaboration with my
professional learning community, as well as the actual research I conducted
through the Library Database.
How did this
course help you answer your “burning” question about the use of digital
technologies in K to 6 education?
This
course offered me the time and resources that I needed in order to answer my
burning question, “Can technology support student creativity in primary
education?”. Over the course of 10 weeks I was able to conduct research while
at the same time experiment with different technologies for a variety of
assignments. For example, the digital story assignment challenged teacher
candidates to work with a technology to create an animated story. This
assignment allowed me to work with whatever application I desired, allowing me
to learn the different ways that I can be creative to express my knowledge.
This, along with other assignments completed in this course, taught me how to
use different technologies while also challenging my creative abilities.
How did you
contribute to the learning of others? What did you learn from others?
I
contributed to the learning of others by collaborating with my professional
learning community weekly. During these interactions with my peers, I shared
new information that I gathered on my research topic, I allowed them to share
their new knowledge, and we shared our assignments and work. When we shared our
assignments, using Google Docs, Sites, and Slides, I provided my peers with
comments and peer assessments. This was valuable because it got myself and the
other teacher candidates into the habit of providing consistent and
constructive feedback.
Others contributed
to my learning in the same ways. By providing me with constructive feedback and
peer assessments I was challenged to see different perspectives, improve my
work, and dig deeper into my questions surrounding technology in primary
education.
Tuesday, 24 November 2015
Professional Responsibilities and Relationships Using Digital Technologies
Professional Responsibilities and Relationships Using Digital Technologies
"How do you think digital technologies can be used to engage parents and the community in K to 6 elementary schools? How do you think digital technologies can be used to create and enhance partnerships between the community, teachers, parents, and students?"
This video address the above questions in an informal conversation about the ways in which digital technologies can build teacher-parent, teacher-student, and parent-student relationships. In addition, we discussed how it will build and improve school community.
Tuesday, 10 November 2015
Classroom Environment with Digital Technologies
Classroom Environment with Digital Technologies
"How do you think digital technologies can be used to create a safe, respectful, and trusting learning environment for students (e.g. digital citizenship)?"
This video addresses the above question with a short conversation that my colleague, Catherine Vessey, and I engaged in. Within this discussion we touched base on important factors of digital citizenship such as "safe surfing" and cyberbullying.
Tuesday, 3 November 2015
Assessing Learning with Digital Technologies
Assessing Learning with Digital Technologies
"How do you think digital technologies can be used to assess student learning, peer learning, and self learning (e.g. audio, video, digital text assessment)?"
This video describes the various ways in which teachers can use technology when assessing children as well as ways it can help students complete peer-assessments and self-assessments.
Thursday, 29 October 2015
Facilitating Learning with Digital Technologies
Facilitating Learning with Digital Technologies
"How do you think digital technologies can be used to engage students (e.g. SMART Boards and iPads in the classroom)?"
This video addresses the above question with a short discussion on student engagement in relation to the use of technology. I discuss my research topic in this video as well, as it relates to facilitating learning and levels of engagement.
Planning for Learning with Digital Technologies
Planning for Learning with Digital Technologies
"How do you think digital technologies can be used to support or assist teachers in lesson planning?"
This video answers the questions above. This is a very important question because technology allows teachers to communicate and research lessons efficiently. I have shown an example in this video that shows how easy it is as well as provided sources that I find very helpful.
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