Friday 29 May 2020

Some new tools!

Over the past months, technology has been a friend and a foe. The days have been long stretching way into the night with researching, designing implementing lessons/activities to keep my little ones learning and engaged. Within my own classroom this is seemed to be seamless but remotely I feel challenged. I am one of the fortunate ones as during this remote period I have engaged in useful and immediately relevant PD. Which to be frank is not always the case with PD. I am taking my Part 2 of Integration of Information and Computer Technology in Instruction (signed up for my Specialist at the end of June!), and our board has provided free access to a variety of webinars through Ed Tech Canada. I feel like I am getting there....things are not as ominous as they once were. I am gaining a different perspective of tools that I had used in the past but not in my classroom. One such tool is Google Forms. I was used to using and completing these forms during PD sessions, community surveys and hockey meetings. After participating in an Ed Tech Webinar, I realize that these forms can be utilized within my primary classroom. To be honest I had never thought of using pictures as a choice option within Google Forms. I have now used them twice within my remote program and the kids love them. The second tool is Jamboard. I have only used it once with my class so far but I can see endless possibilities. I was introduced to this tool within my IICT course and during an EdTech Webinar. My students are doing presentations next week for their final plants and animals projects so I am looking forward to using it for peer feedback. Below you will find some other examples for using Jamboard, not only for feedback but in math etc, to record student understanding. https://jamboard.google.com/d/1RbNvRMCrRJB6pn1iSrejqkXnuujaJiWnvtWIohouZSM/viewer

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