I have to admit, that before beginning this Master’s program, I did not think I could make use of or incorporate Google Forms and other technology into my classroom, since I don’t really have a regular classroom. Yet, as I have been introduced to many things that I had not used before, I realize that there are many ways in which I could potentially use these in my groups.
I could make use of the google surveys to survey the classroom teachers whom my students come from in order to acquire more information about the students we share. I could also use Google Forms to create quizzes for my students to take. Flubaroo is an ad-on that could prove to be quite useful in grading these quizzes and saving me time in doing so. I could also survey my students (and teachers, as I already did) to collect data as to their preferences when it comes to reading and the reading curriculum we are utilizing during my guided reading groups. Google Forms can also be utilized for my Touro action research/capstone project. I can use it to create a lesson plan for guided reading, I am also thinking of creating a survey for the users, in order to gauge how useful and easy to navigate my website is. Linking the Google Forms I used during my research last semester, is also a possibility. I am still not completely clear as to what my end project will be, but I am sure that there are many more ways in which I will be able to incorporate Google Forms.
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When looking to use social media as an avenue in ones’ classroom, it is important to consider your end result; what do you want out of using social media. Only then can you choose what social media is appropriate to use. To be honest, before this class I viewed social media as having more of a personal use for me; I did not really see it as something I can use with my students; on the contrary, I have actually declined student requests on Instagram and Facebook. Yet, this class is allowing me to see how I can effectively incorporate social media use with my students. I am realizing that as professionals we can use Instagram and Facebook among other social media to post homework assignments and class discussions. In the past I have communicated with my colleagues mostly through e-mail or text, and a few times I have had the opportunity to collaborate them through the use of Google docs and surveys. Yet this class has opened my eyes to how social media can help me develop, collaborate and communicate through social media with my colleagues and many other professionals in education. Pinterest and twitter are a couple that I am currently exploring for development, collaborating and communication with other educators. As I explore, a bit more, the use of social media I have come to realize that there are so many connections that I have yet to make and that my networking possibilities are endless…Now if only I was better with this Twitter thing; handles and hashtags, oh my!
If I were to come across an inappropriate post made by one of my students outside of school, I would definitely address the issue at hand. Depending on the severity of the post, I would involve administration and the parents. I would also speak directly with the student in order to communicate the importance and severity of his or her actions. I would not make it a discipline matter, instead I would use it in the classroom as a teachable moment. I would not use the student’s name, but I would still let the students know that it was a post I came across, so that they feel the authenticity of the experience. I would use this time to teach about digital footprint and how even though we might think it is private, it is public information. I would also use examples that I have read about where Universities have declined a student even though they were a great candidate. Something that they think is a simple post can affect them in the future in an extremely powerful manner and I would like for them to understand that. |
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