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While learning how to best analyze student learning, I created a Pear Deck presentation that reflects on main takeaways from a few articles, which are listed in the "assessment." Please join Pear Deck and answer the questions embedded within!
app.peardeck.com/student/trkmgadoz Insert Learning (https://insertlearning.com/) Please scroll to the end to access an example artifact I created.
I found this tech tool in a 2018 blog by The Cult of Pedagogy titled “6 Ed Tech Tools to Try in 2018” (https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/6-tech-tools-2018/). This blog has been a great PLN for me. Insert Learning is an interactive website that supports differentiated reading levels with the same content. They allow you to choose material in any content, then you search for the concepts you are teaching. Once you select from with a video, reading or questions, you can create a class and share the activity with your class. Similar to google classroom, you can set due dates, or set the launch date of the assignment. Insert Learning (or CK12) allows you to set discussion board topics for your class. I liked that you can enter your own questions in the reading that better aligns with what you are teaching in your class. This allows students to answer as they read along and guide their thinking in the right direction. When you first go to Insert Learning’s website, it redirects you to ck12.org. I found it difficult to find more information about this transfer and whether or not they are the same organization, or sister organizations. I selected this tech tool because it supports literacy skills in the class, but still offers an interactive component where students, and teachers can collaborate. Since Insert Learning offers topics for all content-areas, I think this would work as an interesting supplemental curriculum that can be tailored to the needs of each class. They also display whether the lessons are at, or above grade level to help differentiate for reading levels. I would recommend this tech tool to 6-12 teachers. I did start to get the feeling that this would be best-suited for high school teachers. When I was creating a lesson/artifact I was having a hard time getting the questions to save before I assigned the lesson, so this is something I would be reaching out to the organization about. I was, however, able to create a note off to the side of the paragraph, instead asking students to respond in their science notebooks (it would be much more effective to give feedback if it worked online!). Insofar as the literature is concerned, Insert Learning allows students to collaborate digitally, but does not allow them to create artifacts. This tech tool would be best delivered as support to direct instruction, or the Explain section of a 5E lesson. This tech tool does allow teachers to creatively tailor lessons to best suit different reading levels, without having to modify their lesson. Artifact https://www.ck12.org/group/661748 Or: https://www.ck12.org/student/ class code: 2dfco Please check out my animated presentation summarizing a few articles on technology's place in UDL (Universal Design for Learning).
www.powtoon.com/c/cTRyqbCfOaz/1/m So far, I have been really impressed with Book Creator as a free tech tool. As a science teacher, I am always looking for unique ways that students can model their understanding. While hand-drawn posters can work to show students' understanding, this digital platform is much more fun, and user-friendly. After working through Book Creator to create an example artifact, I can see that it can be used to satisfy the checkboxes for transformation under the SAMR Model. With students able to redesign the task given to them with this create outlet. Again, while students can create hand-drawn artifacts to model their understanding, Book Creator reads aloud to students, creating a more independent sharing experience for a wide variety of learners. Students can also insert videos of themselves completing a task, with images and text to support their model. As students are able to create a unique artifact, and have control over their design, it also supports student standard 4a under ISTE. I came across this Tech tool while reading through a blog on Ed Tech 4 Beginners, written by Neil Jarrett on March 2, 2018. EdTech4Beginners Link. Please select the link below to see an example I created using Book Creator!
The Structure of Matter (example) After reading through some sources and listening to a podcast on digital collaboration in the classroom, I used Miro to jot my notes down. In the spirit of digital collaboration, it has been left open to edit. Please feel free to clink on the link below to access the resources I looked into, and add notes of your own in Miro!
Thanks! Kylie's Miro on Digital Collaboration I really enjoyed Canva as it gave me a creative outlet to share my takeaways from learning about guiding students as responsible digital citizens. The headlines summarize what I read from three different resources.
My EvaluationI found this tech tool while searching through Common Sense Education: https://www.commonsense.org/education/top-picks/10-best-science-tools-for-middle-school Inq-ITS is a digital platform that offers lab simulations for students with immediate feedback in student-friendly language. This resource is free to try, but comes at a modest price point to fully utilize all features. For teachers that have grand plans for rich inquiry-based lessons but also need to work around habitual abstenteesim, this could work as an at-home alternative for in class labs. Inq-ITS also works to incorporate mathematic practices and clearly lists how each lab aligns to the Next Generation Science standards, making it easier for teachers to use on the fly, to also differentiate to each students needs. The detailed graphs make it easier for students to monitor trends in their data as well as familiarizing them with the scientific methods. The animations and positive sounds act as the familiar "bing" we get when playing video games, providing the instantaneous reward of points for achievements, linking the extrinsic reward to the intrinsic motivation. How does Literature Support Inq-ITS?Allowing students to design their own experiments around certain topics, Inq-Its lends itself as an educational augmentation to the curriculum when following the SAMR model. Students can demonstrate their understanding of topics by creating a digital lab that they will complete. When used as a stand-alone tool, Inq-ITS acts as a digital manipulative in the modern science class. When looking to use this tool to modify students learning, it could be accompanied by a student-lead presentation, providing a demo that other students will then complete, creating a truly digital age, student-led classroom!
When it comes the the TPACK framework, the tool seems to work mainly at the Technological Content Knowledge area, with students designing their own digital lab simulations, which needs some mastery of the content to achieve. According the the ISTE Standards, Inq-ITS helps to develop the innovative designer within students at the most. With daily, or weekly use, this tool works as a knowledge constructor, as students use it as an alternative resource to deepen their scientific understanding. Inq-ITS is a great tool for students to share their learning with their peers and teachers, much like professionals share their products, or information, on the internet. Because this tool works to support students web-presentation skills, I would say it support Teacher Quality Standard 6 which outlines that teachers demonstrate high levels of student academic growth in the skills necessary for postsecondary and workforce readiness, including democratic and civic participation. Teachers demonstrate their ability to utilize multiple data sources and evidence to evaluate their practice, and make adjustments where needed to continually improve attainment of student academic growth. |
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