Hadley's Blog

 FAQ How do you choose when to put technology into the lesson plan? Technology should come last in the planning process. Backward design tells us to figure out what results you want, then find acceptable evidence before planning activities and tools. If you focus on your goal first you can avoid letting technology do all of the work, that way the tech tools can support the outcome and not drive it (plan the learning experience. How can I make sure that technology in the classroom is more than just fun activities? The ISTE standard stresses on making authentic activities. They focus more on the big ideas. Ask yourself, Does this tool help students to apply their knowledge or authentically demonstrate learning (where's the technology?). How can assessments come into play when using technology? By using backward design you can plan your assessments before your assignments. This makes it so that you know what is being taught so that it also shows up on the assessment. An example of thi...

  This blog post is going to be a reflection. To start, when I get to my first year of teaching an important lesson I would like to remember from this module is technology in the classroom isn’t really a choice (technology in the classroom as a responsibility video). Students now have grown up with technology, but that does not mean that they know how to use it appropriately. They need a teacher to guide them to gain the skills they need to be a part of the digital world. Teaching students how to be responsible online is now a major part of being a teacher. One thing I want to use in my classroom is putting technology into daily instruction, and not just using it as an add on. An example of this would be, if I were to ask students to do some research I can teach them how to properly cite their sources (creative commons).  I also want to incorporate blended learning. That way I am not just adding technology to the classroom but combining the in person and digital tools so that ...

  For this blog post I have chosen the quote “Empowered learner is defined as a student who has significant opportunities, voice, and choice for purposeful engagement in deep, authentic learning.” This quote is from the empowering learners section of module 2 and ISTE standards for students.  This quote stood out to me because it gives you an insight as to what deeper learning is, it’s about giving students the ability to really engage. This shows how it’s not all completely on the teachers, students need to take accountability for their own learning.  I think this will influence my final project in that I can design learning experiences that let kids make choices in how they show what they’ve learned instead of just spewing information in traditional ways. An example of this might be instead of having students do a standard essay students could make a multimedia presentation. This is a way to give students a type of ownership over their work. This connects to the ISTE Ed...