Instructional technology has intrigued me since my first instructional technology course in 2015. Ever since then, I have thoroughly enjoyed testing, evaluating, and integrating technology or assisting peers with their own technology needs. I appreciate that instructional technology is constantly involving and improving, and in 2016 to 2018, I volunteered to write weekly technology tips and reviews in the Wolf Weekly staff newsletters. Along with my reviews, I would often include how a variety of content teachers could use the platform in my writeup.
I am quick to test technology, thorough in evaluating it, and purposeful in my selection and integration.
I am quick to test technology, thorough in evaluating it, and purposeful in my selection and integration.
Flipped Instruction, 2016
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To the left is how I introduced my students to flipped instruction at the start of the 2016-2017 school year.
After conducting action research in 2016 that allowed me to evaluate multiple pedagogies, I knew I wanted to implement flipped classroom activities for my classes in the 2016-2017 school year. I continue to use some flipped classroom approaches, but I make my approach more student-paced and student-directed opposed to them watching videos of me explaining a concept or skill. |
Student-Paced Interactive Learning
When introducing new concepts, I often like for my students to work through the discovery process at their own pace. After learning Pear Deck in 2017, I have regularly utilized it in my classes to replace traditional note taking. This allows the students to engage with the new information, for me to immediately assess learning or application of knowledge and skills, and to increase student engagement in the process of learning.
The button to the right will take you to notes my students completed recently in order to be introduced to the ideas and literature of Transcendentalism. This activity was completed on a remote school day, and while they worked, I monitored their progress and responded to their answers. Below the button is screenshot of the teacher dashboard, which I use while my students are working. When I have done activities like this in the past, I used my phone, iPad, or Chromebook to assess learning and walk around the classroom to engage with students. |
Technology in Remote/Hybrid Learning
Additional Technologies
In addition to what is shared above, I also have experience with the following EdTech or pedagogies:
- Albert.io
- Blogs for Students
- BrainPOP
- Canva
- ClassDojo
- CommonLit
- Edji
- EdPuzzle
- Epic
- FlipGrid
- Gamification (Escape Rooms, Question Trails)
- Green Screen by Do Ink
- Google Apps (Forms, Slides, Jamboard, Classroom, Sites, Meet)
- Hoopla
- Libby
- LibGuides
- Newsela
- Open eBooks
- Pocket Points
- Pear Deck Vocabulary
- Prezi
- Quizlet
- Quizzizz
- ScreenCastify
- Virtual Field Trips
- Weebly