Below is a table of digital and non-digital tools that I think can facilitate the face-to-face interaction I talked about in the last section. All of these can help everyone involved in the PLC or Professional Learning Community work together to create a unique learning environment.
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Digital
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Non-Digital
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Wiki Project
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Weekly Newsletter
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Social Networks
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Reading/Writing Groups
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Blog
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Student/Teacher conference
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E-Pals for students
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Teacher Mentors
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Prezi/PowerPoint
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Team Teaching
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Edmodo
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Development Workshops
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Class Website
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KWL Charts
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The final question I wish to answer is : "How can technology be used by teachers to advance the creative process, inspire ingenuity, and support knowledge construction?" I think that technology can enhance learning by giving students, parents and teachers the chance to continue learning outside of the classroom, and add some more exciting and creative ways for students to express creatively what they have learned in the classroom. By having them create their own blog, for example, and having them reflect on something that was done in class, you can informally assess how that student is progressing.
I forgot to add that the first section comes from the " In your experience" on page 55 and for the table, that comes from answering the Secton T1d question number 5. Sorry I forgot to add these in the original blog.
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I like how you did the digital table it makes it easier to understand. I do agree with you when you talk about how math and science would be easier if teachers used different tools then just the text book as we are finding out in math the text book is not the best way to teacher or learn.
ReplyDeleteAssessment. What a good point you bring up. By having students do their work in a digital setting, it makes it very easy on the teacher to collect and to look over. There is no longer a problem with poor penmanship nor is there the problem of having the dog eat it. Informally teachers can use these but I believe they are even more powerful as formal assessments as well. There is no way to argue a timestamp (if a comment was needed by Sept. 9th and it is published on Sept. 11, there is no way to argue it was turned in on time). I imagine it can help teachers defend their assessments much better as well. Also, students can quickly make changes to improve their work as opposed to starting over.
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