Tech Smackdown day was another awesome highlight to this week. We sat (with mexican food) and shared our favorite tech tools that could be beneficial in our future classroom. One of the tools I researched was Formative, a tool for formative assessment that allows you to see your students screen as they work. I really like this tool because you can identify students who are struggling immediately and you can also keep students accountable because you know if they are working or not. I will definitely use this tool in my future classroom along with several of the other tools shared. This connects to NCPTS in so many ways! Standard 4H teachers use a variety of methods to assess what each student has learned, because this a unique way to formatively assess your students prior to a big assessment. It also connects to Standard 5A teachers analyze student learning, because as you watch students respond you can get a glimpse of their thinking process while answering their question then you can see how to intervene if the student is struggling.
Thursday, February 23, 2017
Week 7 Already!?
I cannot believe this is the last blog of February! This semester has flown by! This week we went to Washington Elementary and had a Tech Smackdown day. My experience of Washington has been priceless, it gives me the opportunity to see an experienced teacher in the classroom and see how they teach. Each week I develop more and more of how I want to do things in my own classroom. Then today I attended my 2nd graders George Washington program. It was awesome to see the kids so excited to sing about what they had learned about George Washington!
Tech Smackdown day was another awesome highlight to this week. We sat (with mexican food) and shared our favorite tech tools that could be beneficial in our future classroom. One of the tools I researched was Formative, a tool for formative assessment that allows you to see your students screen as they work. I really like this tool because you can identify students who are struggling immediately and you can also keep students accountable because you know if they are working or not. I will definitely use this tool in my future classroom along with several of the other tools shared. This connects to NCPTS in so many ways! Standard 4H teachers use a variety of methods to assess what each student has learned, because this a unique way to formatively assess your students prior to a big assessment. It also connects to Standard 5A teachers analyze student learning, because as you watch students respond you can get a glimpse of their thinking process while answering their question then you can see how to intervene if the student is struggling.
Tech Smackdown day was another awesome highlight to this week. We sat (with mexican food) and shared our favorite tech tools that could be beneficial in our future classroom. One of the tools I researched was Formative, a tool for formative assessment that allows you to see your students screen as they work. I really like this tool because you can identify students who are struggling immediately and you can also keep students accountable because you know if they are working or not. I will definitely use this tool in my future classroom along with several of the other tools shared. This connects to NCPTS in so many ways! Standard 4H teachers use a variety of methods to assess what each student has learned, because this a unique way to formatively assess your students prior to a big assessment. It also connects to Standard 5A teachers analyze student learning, because as you watch students respond you can get a glimpse of their thinking process while answering their question then you can see how to intervene if the student is struggling.
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Colleen,
ReplyDeleteThe tech smackdown was a wonderful program at Gardner- Webb, and the Mexican food made it even better. It was a wonderful way to get a lot of technology ideas quickly. I am so glad that you liked Formative as much as I did. The way it allows a teacher to see student work in real time is amazing. Can't wait to use it in my own classroom. Hope you feel better, Colleen.
Colleen,
ReplyDeleteI agree the entire idea of the tech smackdown (including the Mexican food) was wonderful!!! I learned so many new resources that I know I will use in my classroom one day! Also, I couldn't agree more that the experience at Washington has been wonderful! Being in the classrooms with the students makes all the difference! I have loved how welcoming the teachers have been and the opportunities we have been given to see real students in a real setting!
I am glad you enjoyed Digital Learning Day - how can we make it better next year?
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed Digital learning day too Colleen. Everyone gave good tools and it really helped out a lot being able to get different ideas of tech tools we can use in our future classrooms! I enjoyed yours also.
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