One technology tool I use pretty regularly is called Edpuzzle. This tool allows teachers to customize and edit online video content with the option of adding an interactive tool of making students answer questions while watching. This can be useful for short video clips or even longer movies. For science I have used this for Bill Nye episodes, longer movies like hidden figures or national geographic or even short video clips like brainpop. Teachers can use this for pre-teaching by pairing videos with text. It can be for students who might need scaffolding or other types of supports. You are able to use the voice-over feature to add checks to read-aloud videos which can help support struggling readers. You can record yourself teaching a skill or concept and have the kids stop to practice. Edpuzzle uses videos from: youtube, Kahn Academy, Ted Talks and other places and allows you to create a copy of someone else's work and edit it. There's also a way where you can search and choose content from the curriculum library. It has a lot of strengths as listed above, but it also has a few weaknesses. First off, it's sometimes hard when you are searching for a specific video, like bill Nye- Forces, to have to sort through 10 different videos with different question amounts or parts where the editor clipped part of the video. This can be time consuming if there are a lot of options.
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Digital literacy is an important thing for students to learn. Finding ways to incorporate the idea of digital literacy in key to helping prepare students for the future. Teachers have now been able to do things within their classroom using technology that could never have been imagined previously. As technology evolves, it becomes more accessible among schools because it’s affordable and accessible to all students and has created so many opportunities for our students. It's important that we, as teachers, spend the time teaching students digital literacy.
In my classroom, I have found using online simulators to demonstrate science concepts is helpful for students. Also I have found digital labs to be helpful for students to participate in labs without supplies necessary. As students work their way through these online activities they learn different technology skills. The more they are exposed to technology, the more they learn. Clark:
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Digital Citizenship is an important topic for students to learn about. We need to teach our students to be good citizens with this new world of technology. There are many ways that I can incorporate digital citizenship into my classroom and make it personal for my student.
When I think about digital citizenship I remember the acronym: THINK T – is it true? H – is it hurtful? I - is it Illegal? N – is it necessary? K – is it kind? This is something we use at American Canyon High School with our athletes and making sure they think before they post to social media. One activity I could do with my students has to do with this. I could have them take any previous post they made on social media and analyze it with the "THINK" lens. This will get them thinking about what they post and if they are good digital citizens. Another part of digital citizenship is citations. Another activity I could do with students is to have them think about their music library on their devices. Ask them to think about where they got the music and if they paid for the songs or not. According to the ISTE infographic from the last class, "The average teen's media player contains 800 illegally downloaded or shared songs." Most students do not realize this. Finally, one part of digital citizenship that students need to think about is cyberbullying. I could have a google form with questions about if students have ever been bullied online and it could give specific examples so students start thinking about real world scenarios. |
Krista LoperHarvest Middle School Archives
May 2020
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