1. Most of the schools that we are teaching in have one to one Chromebooks. What is different is that my teacher, and English teacher, has Chromebooks in her classroom while the other teachers have to sign up for them. They all use different websites for different things like grades or testing but they all use Canvas for LMS. I believe that the students are getting equitable access to the technology but I think a classroom set for all the classes would be great for the students. That way the teacher can use them whenever he/she desires. In my class, they definitely are getting equitable access.
2. Alpine school district is at about .5 technology to each student while the state is at .84 to each student. I think that my teacher is very fortunate to have a classroom set that she is allowed to use whenever she wants to. Most of their technology is about 3 years old or so which is better but I think overall, I think it's not very equitable when you look at her class next to the rest of the district.
3. I looked at Iron County district and I thought it was interesting that they have about .82 technology to each student which is almost 1 to 1. I noticed that they also had a lot fewer students which makes it easier to make technology available to the students. After looking at another district, I found that my cooperating teacher is even more fortunate to have a classroom set because it seems that not many classes are able to have one.
4. Having more technology and having it be one to one gives the students more opportunities to learn and to become more technologically literate. Having equitable access to technology also helps the teachers think of more activities that can interest the students and help them in their teaching. Overall, I think Utah is getting better when it comes to one to one technology to students and Alpine is also getting better which I think is great!
Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Sunday, September 1, 2019
Course Goals
3 Goals:
1. I want to learn about effective ways to teach with technology in the classroom. This goal is aligned to ISTE Standard for Educators Learner 1C because the standard asks the teacher to stay up to date with research for student learning. I interpret this to mean technology and research through technology.
2. I want to have some fun and new ideas that I can use for my students. This goal is aligned to ISTE Standard for Educators Designer because all three sub-standards ask us to create new experiences for the students. I believe that students have seen the same things with technology use, so I want to change that. I want to make things fun and exciting for my students and I think that a great way to do that is to have some fun, new ideas that I can use to help my students.
3. I want to use technology effectively in my own life so that I can be a good example for my students. This goal is aligned to ISTE Standard for Educators Leader 2A because it asks the teacher to share and be an example to the students. Being an example to your students helps "empower" them and their use of technology.
Step 3: How will you engage your students in setting their own goals and tracking their progress toward those goals?
At the beginning of the semester, I will have students brainstorm what they want to accomplish during that semester. There should be one specific course goal (how to improve at English) and at least one other goal that is course specific. We will write down these goals on the front page of their notebooks and then to help track these goals, we will go back to them at least once a month to see where they are, what they can improve on, and if we need to change their goal. At the end of the semester, we will evaluate our goals and observe how we did and what we could do better. We will then make new goals for the next semester.
1. I want to learn about effective ways to teach with technology in the classroom. This goal is aligned to ISTE Standard for Educators Learner 1C because the standard asks the teacher to stay up to date with research for student learning. I interpret this to mean technology and research through technology.
2. I want to have some fun and new ideas that I can use for my students. This goal is aligned to ISTE Standard for Educators Designer because all three sub-standards ask us to create new experiences for the students. I believe that students have seen the same things with technology use, so I want to change that. I want to make things fun and exciting for my students and I think that a great way to do that is to have some fun, new ideas that I can use to help my students.
3. I want to use technology effectively in my own life so that I can be a good example for my students. This goal is aligned to ISTE Standard for Educators Leader 2A because it asks the teacher to share and be an example to the students. Being an example to your students helps "empower" them and their use of technology.
Step 3: How will you engage your students in setting their own goals and tracking their progress toward those goals?
At the beginning of the semester, I will have students brainstorm what they want to accomplish during that semester. There should be one specific course goal (how to improve at English) and at least one other goal that is course specific. We will write down these goals on the front page of their notebooks and then to help track these goals, we will go back to them at least once a month to see where they are, what they can improve on, and if we need to change their goal. At the end of the semester, we will evaluate our goals and observe how we did and what we could do better. We will then make new goals for the next semester.
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