· Use technology in various forms that promotes communication with students, parents and community.
· Use technology to efficiently and effectively differentiate instruction and evaluate concepts.
· Be proactive in understanding how to effectively implement the use of technology to promote 21st Century skills.
· Promote a sense of how to safely navigate online, both in research and in collaborative or social settings.
Technology must allow students to be able to:
· Efficiently collect, organize and interpret data – in the classroom, in the lab, and in the field (graphing calculators, probeware, spreadsheets, podcasting, databases, etc.)
· Conduct research from authentic sites so students can develop/formulate/collaborate/share ideas
· Empower and Engage in critical thinking
· Provide real-world simulations to promote deeper understanding of concepts (online simulations, NXT robotics, etc.)
These principles are sure to evolve as I become more empowered by becoming a more proficient Web2.0 Teacher!
Hi Lori
ReplyDeleteMany of our guiding principles are similar, however, one that I failed to mention, that you did was safety. What I find somewhat baffling is that although our students are "digital natives" and (usually) have more experience with all of these social networking web tools than some of us do, they are still very naive about its use. You continually hear horrible stories on the news about online predators or scams and yet with all of these stories out there people are still falling victim to this. Why? So as you said, it's important as educators to teach our students to be safe in this "digital world".
Kristian
HI!
ReplyDeleteI like what you said, "Conduct research from authentic sites". There are so many sites these days its sometimes hard to judge just which ones are in fact authentic! This could be an entire learning experience on its own. How to decide whether something is authentic? Learn to ask the same questions we taught kids to use in their middle school essays! Who wrote it? Why did they write it? How did they do it? When did they do it (is it still applicable today)? What is it (is it something they can actually understand or will they just copy it because they think it sounds smart)? These are questions they are familiar with being asked to answer, but I doubt that any of our students have used them to question what they see online!