Issues and Trends

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.

This page on Kathy Schrock's site has links to different resources for coding and programming in the classrom. I plan to add some of these resources to our Google Site for my team's project and additionally will use them to build a coding curriculum in my classroom.

"What's the Weather Like Today?": A computer game to develop algorithmic thinking and problem solving skills of primary school pupils

Hello Cassidy! This seems like a great tool for student use. I love providing games on the computers for my students to use. They are learning and being engaged at the same time. Very effective and something I can use. Thanks!

This looks like a fun tool for your classroom. As for my classroom I do not think I will be using it as it is meant for younger students and does not fit into my content area. This is a good resource for teachers to read and in turn benefit the students in their classroom. Students will enjoy the game mechanics that are presented.

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.

This article gives great advice for non-tech fluent adults for dealing with students and Social Media.

Social Media

I really agree some of the things they say in the article. No difference between real life and what they post. I think many people forget about the impact of their actions on social media. Digital Footprint... it can be a big deal. I don't think students are fully aware of how their actions can impact them.

This is a great resource for adapting how grading is done in the classroom and putting more focus on what is important

This is an interesting article. Now that I have converted to competency-based grading, I find rubrics to be the most difficult thing for me. This is another great tool for teachers because of the ease. I can see myself incorporating this in my grading.

This is a very interesting concept, I think my students would like the simple format of this style of rubric. This resource is great for teachers, and would especially be good for standard based grading with the various feedback aspects of the rubric. Thanks for sharing.

Important aspect of 21st Century learning that could help starting conversations for including SEL in advisement or other school settings

21st Century Learning

I loved this article! It reminded me a lot of the Horizon report on what is trending. Many of these we are already incorporating at my school and in my library like the coding, augmented reality, robotics and makerspaces. I also liked that they included student privacy as a trend. This is something many people overlook at the elementary level, but it is still extremely important!

This was an awesome article. Like Staci said, it reminded me of the Horizon Report. Knowing what the current trends are now will definitely influence my future classrooms. Also, I am working on figuring out how to use virtual reality and augmented reality in my current Earth Science classrooms. I feel like this article was mainly written for teachers, and not students. The Horizon Report is very similar to this, in fact it was even mentioned in this article.

This was a very informational article. It did a nice job of discussing the current trends in education and technology. I try to stay current on the hot topics in both education and technology by attending conferences and reading researched based articles like this. It often becomes overwhelming trying to decide which practices will benefit my classroom and students the most at a current time.

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.

Blog to follow for ideas to incorporate more and improve practice.

Techissues

Interesting article about how to improve digital literacy and prepare students for the future

Home base for tech and library trends.