Redefining Instruction With Technology: Five Essential Steps - 5 views
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Just bringing new technology in your classroom and working it into day-to-day routines isn’t enough.
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Craig Nansen on 27 Jan 12What do you think about this premise?
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Here are five lessons I’ve learned about redefining classroom instruction with technology—whether iPads or other tools.
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By setting aside my pre-conceived notions of how my classroom "should" look, sound, and feel, I was able to transform my practice from the ground up.
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When rethinking your curriculum and classroom, identify the goals you have for yourself and your students.
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I created interactive video mini-lessons to increase differentiation.
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I focused on student-creation apps.
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So if you begin to implement a new app in your classroom and it falls flat, react by asking yourself what you’ve learned.
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I saw students become active agents in their own learning—because they now had choices about the methods that worked best for them. Kids who’d professed to hate school were now eager to engage in the classroom.
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One student wrote in her daily reflection, "[iPads] make me want to come to school every day because I know that Ms. Magiera has a lesson just for me."
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