Looking Back
Looking Back
What have I learned this summer?
This summer, I learned to be brave and bold in terms of technology. I learned to tweet for the first time, revisit my face book which I abandoned few years back because of my fear of invasion of my privacy due to ignorance. Although technology was a big part of the class, it was a wow and aha moments for me to see how the use of cell phone as an educational learning tool. My cell phone is basically to call or text my family or emergency gadget because I have an old car. How convenient to share resources using the facebook and tweets. I have used Google share folder before, this time it validated how Google share documents can capture collaboration of ideas. Some of the reading articles may not be new but elaborately described “today’s students, digital natives, were born into media saturated world... “in What Knowledge Is of Most Worth: Teachers Knowledge for 21st Century by Kereluik, Mishra, Fahnoe, and Terry of Michigan State University. This article articulates what we need to know, how we act on that knowledge, and the values we bring to our knowledge and action.
What is new about this experience (if at all)?
What is new about this experience, the pacing of the multiple activities? The first two days, I felt confused, earning the new surface pro 3, and everyone in the class experienced both teaching and learning. The daily activities during the workshop described the connection of past into present: Today’s History made me appreciate the present and with great respect of how the past influence what we are today. The world of wonder is unique activity that showcases individual experiences, research information, and ideas that can come from anywhere. I think the freedom of choice made the world of wonder showcase our curiosity. The quick fire stands for its name. I dislike the tension and being in a hurry to do something, I felt that I produced something that was my best however it was good attention getter. In the classroom, quick fire can be use to uncover lesson, lesson transition, or simple try it activity that will be doable in a quick time. The tech tips were very helpful and I was exposed to different apps. Tagxedo fascinates me because it can be very useful to highlight the key terms in every units and it could be used as word wall. Then other free apps day after day were presented quickly. I tried to learn those apps and they were challenging. I saw how powerful a movie maker can be used to communicate ideas from funny to serious presentation of poverty right here in Chicago. How would it look like to use movie maker to resolve the misconception in physics using the big ideas?
How does this learning experience matter to me (if at all) Why?
All these learning experiences had impacted me to evaluate the degree of technological knowledge I really knew and applied in the classroom. Although I used school website with homework and digital handouts, I felt it is a one way street and static. With MSU-Wipro Urban STEM & Leadership program, its dynamic, knowledge is shared, collaborative exploration, and most of all the knowledge I learned and the learning experience are all transferable into my own classroom. Now, a cell phone has a new meaning for me, instead of being problems that always win the attention of the students, now it will be instructional tools. Repurposing the cell phone and use them intentionally embedded in the classroom activity. I will use the Kahoot apps to provide a quick feedback from survey to daily formative assessment. Students now can use cell phone to document investigations, exploration or experiments during observations and data collections. Use Google document/ spreadsheet/ presentation to collaborate and complete lesson tasks. I am more confident to assign semester long digital portfolio that students can showcase knowledge to know, to act, and value. Personally, I became brave and bold to embrace tweets and facebook because of the knowledge I learned this summer.
What have I learned this summer?
This summer, I learned to be brave and bold in terms of technology. I learned to tweet for the first time, revisit my face book which I abandoned few years back because of my fear of invasion of my privacy due to ignorance. Although technology was a big part of the class, it was a wow and aha moments for me to see how the use of cell phone as an educational learning tool. My cell phone is basically to call or text my family or emergency gadget because I have an old car. How convenient to share resources using the facebook and tweets. I have used Google share folder before, this time it validated how Google share documents can capture collaboration of ideas. Some of the reading articles may not be new but elaborately described “today’s students, digital natives, were born into media saturated world... “in What Knowledge Is of Most Worth: Teachers Knowledge for 21st Century by Kereluik, Mishra, Fahnoe, and Terry of Michigan State University. This article articulates what we need to know, how we act on that knowledge, and the values we bring to our knowledge and action.
What is new about this experience (if at all)?
What is new about this experience, the pacing of the multiple activities? The first two days, I felt confused, earning the new surface pro 3, and everyone in the class experienced both teaching and learning. The daily activities during the workshop described the connection of past into present: Today’s History made me appreciate the present and with great respect of how the past influence what we are today. The world of wonder is unique activity that showcases individual experiences, research information, and ideas that can come from anywhere. I think the freedom of choice made the world of wonder showcase our curiosity. The quick fire stands for its name. I dislike the tension and being in a hurry to do something, I felt that I produced something that was my best however it was good attention getter. In the classroom, quick fire can be use to uncover lesson, lesson transition, or simple try it activity that will be doable in a quick time. The tech tips were very helpful and I was exposed to different apps. Tagxedo fascinates me because it can be very useful to highlight the key terms in every units and it could be used as word wall. Then other free apps day after day were presented quickly. I tried to learn those apps and they were challenging. I saw how powerful a movie maker can be used to communicate ideas from funny to serious presentation of poverty right here in Chicago. How would it look like to use movie maker to resolve the misconception in physics using the big ideas?
How does this learning experience matter to me (if at all) Why?
All these learning experiences had impacted me to evaluate the degree of technological knowledge I really knew and applied in the classroom. Although I used school website with homework and digital handouts, I felt it is a one way street and static. With MSU-Wipro Urban STEM & Leadership program, its dynamic, knowledge is shared, collaborative exploration, and most of all the knowledge I learned and the learning experience are all transferable into my own classroom. Now, a cell phone has a new meaning for me, instead of being problems that always win the attention of the students, now it will be instructional tools. Repurposing the cell phone and use them intentionally embedded in the classroom activity. I will use the Kahoot apps to provide a quick feedback from survey to daily formative assessment. Students now can use cell phone to document investigations, exploration or experiments during observations and data collections. Use Google document/ spreadsheet/ presentation to collaborate and complete lesson tasks. I am more confident to assign semester long digital portfolio that students can showcase knowledge to know, to act, and value. Personally, I became brave and bold to embrace tweets and facebook because of the knowledge I learned this summer.
LOOKING FORWARD
Looking Forward
How do I see this summer’s experience influencing me in future?
This summer’s experience influencing me in the future, it will change the way I plan, deliver, and assess my instructions.
In planning my instruction, I will consider the backward design where in I identify desired results, determine acceptable evidence, and plan learning experience and instruction. In identifying desired result, I need to know the established goals for the unit’s big ideas. For example the big idea: The Interactions of an object with other objects can be described by forces will be under the then Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), HS-PS2-1 . The long-term transfer goal, students will be able to independently use their learning to develop and use model to design, draw and construct a prototype of ramp to simulate motion with and without friction. Then identify what students will understand and what are the essential questions to keep considering; and what knowledge and skills are expected at the end of the unit. The Stage 2-Evidence, I will think of the assessment evidence and evaluative criteria and other evidence. The Stage 3-Learning Plan, I will plan for approximate learning events and instructions to help my students to acquire the targeted knowledge and skills, make meaning of important ideas, and transfer their learning to new situation.
How does this experience change what I think about teaching (if at all)?
I think, my summer experience has changed the way I think of technology especially cell phone. My classroom will have activities to use cellphone document observations and data collections in addition to use as communication tools share document. The demonstrations of TPACK use into the instructions, lesson design to of weave STEM, and use of backward design in planning my instruction are needed to internalize and deeply understand in order to use it effectively in the my classroom.
What am I taking from this experience and how can I use that when I go back to my classroom.
Taking this experience, when I go back to my classroom the first thing I want to do is setting my instructional environment to be technology friendly. I will do inventory of what I had in the classroom and make it accessible for my students. I will be including technology guideline or policy which includes laptops, cellphones, and other technology related materials, Based on what I have, I can design the approximate instructional activities. I will definitely the UbD (backward design) in my instructional planning. The summer reading materials will be used as my reference materials. In the classroom the application of the idea for example the Inquiry based learning. In the classroom, an article analysis will be included as part of my students’ learning experiences. I saw the power of collaborative work which is enhanced with technology. I would like to do the same in the classroom using Google docs or other apps. So making my environment technology friendly, use the backward design, weave STEM and TPACK ideas. I will keep up the website running especially for my students their parents as information, productivity, and communication hub.
How do I see this summer’s experience influencing me in future?
This summer’s experience influencing me in the future, it will change the way I plan, deliver, and assess my instructions.
In planning my instruction, I will consider the backward design where in I identify desired results, determine acceptable evidence, and plan learning experience and instruction. In identifying desired result, I need to know the established goals for the unit’s big ideas. For example the big idea: The Interactions of an object with other objects can be described by forces will be under the then Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), HS-PS2-1 . The long-term transfer goal, students will be able to independently use their learning to develop and use model to design, draw and construct a prototype of ramp to simulate motion with and without friction. Then identify what students will understand and what are the essential questions to keep considering; and what knowledge and skills are expected at the end of the unit. The Stage 2-Evidence, I will think of the assessment evidence and evaluative criteria and other evidence. The Stage 3-Learning Plan, I will plan for approximate learning events and instructions to help my students to acquire the targeted knowledge and skills, make meaning of important ideas, and transfer their learning to new situation.
How does this experience change what I think about teaching (if at all)?
I think, my summer experience has changed the way I think of technology especially cell phone. My classroom will have activities to use cellphone document observations and data collections in addition to use as communication tools share document. The demonstrations of TPACK use into the instructions, lesson design to of weave STEM, and use of backward design in planning my instruction are needed to internalize and deeply understand in order to use it effectively in the my classroom.
What am I taking from this experience and how can I use that when I go back to my classroom.
Taking this experience, when I go back to my classroom the first thing I want to do is setting my instructional environment to be technology friendly. I will do inventory of what I had in the classroom and make it accessible for my students. I will be including technology guideline or policy which includes laptops, cellphones, and other technology related materials, Based on what I have, I can design the approximate instructional activities. I will definitely the UbD (backward design) in my instructional planning. The summer reading materials will be used as my reference materials. In the classroom the application of the idea for example the Inquiry based learning. In the classroom, an article analysis will be included as part of my students’ learning experiences. I saw the power of collaborative work which is enhanced with technology. I would like to do the same in the classroom using Google docs or other apps. So making my environment technology friendly, use the backward design, weave STEM and TPACK ideas. I will keep up the website running especially for my students their parents as information, productivity, and communication hub.
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