Issues and Trends

I ended up reading a few of the blog posts from this site. I haven't experienced any school or class that does BYOD, so I wonder how that works in schools that do that.

I remember in when I was in high school, if a student would have their phone with them, they would get in trouble. Nowadays, teachers are taking this change in society to their advantage. Teachers that do not work at a 1:1 school are using the BYOD, or bring your own device. I think this website can be used by both teachers and students. I think this because both the students and teachers will be effected by BYOD. I have never seen another website about this topic, but that does not mean there isn't any.

This video shows how social media is used in society and how it can be used in good and bad ways by school staff members. It is important to know how to act appropriately on social media.

Teachers that I have had in the past have used this to show to enhance our political understanding. This website shows what is going on in Congress.

Use social media in the classroom. Students are using social media daily why not use it as a learning tool as well.

I think it is important since social media is implemented in students lives, I think it is necessary to keep up with the trends and use it in the classroom.

I like how this resource explains what the different 21st century skills are. I think this is a good start when thinking about these skills.

I use this website for teaching resources and lesson plans. I hope to keep discovering more aspects of this website to help when I am in the classroom.

I really like how this resource has everything you need for geography: resources of the month, lesson plans, etc

This article talks about the concept of "hyperdocs" which puts everything a student needs for a unit or a learning cycle into one document to streamline the process and make learning more efficient for students.

This was a very interesting article for me because I am not knowledgable of hyperdocs. As I am reading, I am realizing that it is similar to WebQuests. I love the flexibility, the fewer lectures, and privacy of students taking ownership of their own learning. This definitely fits with Voice&Choice! Since I am less knowledgable on this topic, I love how it gave models. You can tell it was made by teachers! This article really lays it out for the reader!

Great resource for teachers to get them started with using hyperdocs. This will be very useful to help me with using hyperdocs in my classroom. I have heard of hyperdocs before and came across the Hyperdoc Handbook before on Amazon. I did not know all the details of what they entailed and this article did a great job of providing a clear explanation, examples, templates, and the benefits of using them. I loved creating webquests for my students years ago, and after reading this article I understand that hyperdocs takes webquests to the next level. I am going to share this article with my colleagues because this would be a great way for us to differentiate and provide choice to students.

I am saving this article to my Diigo library as soon as I am done typing this comment. I can use this article as a teacher and as a parent. There are suggestions in this article for things that parents can do to get their children involved in coding during the summer. There are also resources on the page for starting coding clubs and other articles on coding that I plan to read. The article had an important quote that I want use as I encourage teachers at my school to give coding a try in their classrooms: "Coding is the new literacy. It will not replace foreign languages, but it will be the global vernacular for understanding how technologies work". I then clicked on a link below the article that took me to another article called Teaching Coding: Where Do You Start? Within the article I found another great article on the site about importance of computer science education. This resource will be very helpful to me as I continue on embark on my coding journey. Thank you for sharing it!

This is an article from Kylene Beers, a well known teacher and writer in the English/Language Arts world, about the effectiveness of a whole class novel

I definitely enjoyed this article. I liked reading novels as a whole group, but it was difficult if only half the class did the reading and the other half just messed around. A good resource for teachers to take a look at and consider. I agree that the reflection from all students is necessary, but that could be done without having to read the novel as a whole. If students don't read the book, it's on their own shoulders...

This was very interesting to read. I agreed with many of the point made by the author and I think that this article can help me as I continue to work to engage students in reading. I read aloud a novel to my 6th classes for the to just enjoy listening to. We are also currently doing a whole class novel study of Holes. I agree with the author of the article that there is room for both whole class reading of a novel and choice time. I have my student independently read a book of their choice, and we have a set aside time a few times a week where everyone in the class reads. Currently my 7th grade Literature students are reading a novel of their choice and I am just requiring that they write reading response letters to me and it has been going very well. They are engaged in reading and able to read at their own pace. I gave them a deadline for when they need to have their books finished, but it is on them to decided how much to read each week. Choice and voice are very important. This is a great resource that I can share with teachers in my collaborative teacher team.

The visual at the beginning of this article is something I would use in my classroom. It is simple and easy to follow. I like things like that! I like that this article defines student-centered learning first and then give researched-based strategies. We are so research and data driven that I think it brings comfort to educators to see that these strategies have been tried, tested, and approved!

Scholastic and I have a great relationship and daily starters are part of the reason. I just love how these simple tasks can help a student feel like they accomplished something right away. This is such a great tool for teachers to use if they are needing a little something extra or aren't sure how to manage/start a class routine. I do wish this resource had ideas for each subject because I only teach science/social studies, so it would help teachers that are departmentalized.

I definitely think this could be useful for my classroom. It gives data showing students are engaged in gamification. Teachers could use this journal article as an argument for why gamification can and should in some cases be used in the classroom.

This is a great article and it goes right along with my topic. I really like that is is showing the promotion of student engagement through online discussions. Sometimes it might be easier for a student to engage in an online discussion because they may be less shy on a keyboard.

A Classification Framework for Exploring Technology-Enabled Practice-FrameTEP

I couldn't NOT read this link :) As a former Spanish teacher I could definitely have used these in my classroom! I loved the idea of the Game: Grab My Finger. My students really struggled to actually LISTEN to each other to try to understand. I also loved the card game spoons to play with Spanish vocab. https://martinabex.com/2012/01/24/spoons-for-spanish/

Although, I do not teach Spanish there are some things that I could try in my own classroom if I adapt them to different content. :)

This website talks about information about instructional resources. I really liked what it had to say because it made me really ask myself questions about instructional resources that are used.

I plan to discuss with my 6th grade language arts students how social media has changed our language. I can use this as part of the digital literacy lessons that I plan to do this year and am currently working on creating.

Hi Trina, This article really peaked my interest as I've seen similar behaviors with my students. I think it is especially prevalent with secondary students as they are probably the most invested in social media platforms. I think that this could transition into a great digital literacy lesson talking about the difference between "internet speak" and proper grammar. I would love to see what you come up with based on this topic!

I found this article extremely relevant and something to definitely be shared with students and teachers. It could definitely cause issues in the classroom, but language is always changing so the classroom language will evolve with it. Something to keep in mind with my future classroom!

Engaging uses of instructional technology including resources and tools, 10 techniques including links to delve deeper into uses for technology