Brandman EDUU-551 Journal samples
M.G.B. EDUU-551 Week 1 Journal
The California Level One Technology Standards for teachers are designed to assure that teachers are knowledgeable about the use of computers in the classroom. There are seven components in standard 11: using technology in the classroom. Technology standard one, four, five and seven; I feel the most confidence on. Technology standard two, three, and six; I feel I still need to work on.
Technology standard one comes easy because I’ve installed three new computers in the past ten years and I know I can handle the basic principles of operating a computer before asking for the support of the IT people. Technology standard four; I know I have mastered because I have had the privilege of using research for multiple papers I’ve written. In addition; I am aware of the multiple sites to help me with lesson plans to make me successful when I get my classroom. Technology standard five; I feel confident because I have been an instructional aide for the past sixteen years and I have worked at schools that use different types of technology to enhance students’ learning. I have been fortunate to be able to use the technology because teachers knew that I was going to school to pursue an educational career. I especially like the school I work in right now because if there is a student that needs a device to facilitate learning our technology department finds the means to provide it for them. Technology standard seven; I feel confident because I am an excellent communicator. I also find community resources to help me accomplish anything that is crucial for me to communicate with students, colleagues and support personnel.
Technology standard two; I need to work on because I need to know what technology I need to prepare every week to make sure students are learning in every way possible. I want to learn how to make technology relevant, effective, and aligned to the common core standards. Technology standard three; I need to work on because I want to be aware of all the possible legal issues I will encounter and this will enable me to be informed. I wouldn't want for my students’ privacy, security, and safety to ever be compromised. Technology standard six; I need to work on because I am responsible for my students to do well in school but I have never used the program to assess student, turn in grades, or to send parent feedback.
I am excited about taking this class and thank you for taking the pressure of thinking this was an extremely tough class. I also would like to teach 5th graders; I just think that’s the age where brain development is at a crucial point and creativity needs to be encouraged. I enjoyed the first class so much and hope to be able to inspire students as you have in the past.
M.G.B. EDUU-551 Week 2 Journal
The Digital Divide in Education
I feel technology is narrowing the gap between the affluent and the disadvantaged because technology is becoming even more affordable and students are able to get access to the Internet in many ways fro example, school computers, parent's smart phones, and the library has been allowing people of low resources to have access at a timed period, which is usually by the hour. I particularly do see a digital divide in your own community or in the school I work in presently but I have in the past in other schools I have worked in. I could see the frustration in students trying to get as much as possible done in a project in school because at home there was only one computer or none at all. Technology that my local school is using and is taking advantage of open educational resources (OER) are for example, smart boards, computers carts for every class (36 in each cart), elmos, and people that is available at all times of the day to help, teach, instruct, or model the technology that any teacher or aide is using. The extent of the the digital divide affecting students' academic success when they do not have Internet access at home is very minimal in our community. There are after school programs with access to laptops, in place, that allow student to finish homework, projects, or assignments that require Internet connection. Also there is a computer lab for those days that a lot of teachers assign assignments that require the use of the Internet. Other digital tools (mobile phones, tablets, and e-book readers) be used in the learning process to help low-income students who do not have equal access to technology outside of the school setting. These tools are very helpful and portable that many parents can take one child to a practice while the other does their homework with the help of any of those devices mentioned.
A possible assignment or activity in my 5th grade Math class that could be done at home with a mobile phone, tablet, or e-reader could be to study probability problems with the help of Khan academy. Sometimes probability can be tricky and sometimes getting a different perspective helps the student retain more information. I feel that digital tools like cell phones, digital cameras, tablets, and e-readers can be used in your own teaching to enhance the learning experience and help students meet academic standards for research and writing because there is an array of ideas not only from the advance search that you showed us but also from sites such as pinterest and websites dedicated to enhance students' education, usually .org sites.
I can assign my 5th grade Math students a five paragraph research paper on a famous mathematician they can use mobile phones, tablets, and e-book readers to do the research, write it, and to even send it using their Google docs. It is so convenient because they might not have all of the named devices but they will have at least one.
http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/03/21/internet-access-for-everyone-a-new-program-targets-low-income-students/
http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/02/28/by-the-numbers-teachers-tech-and-the-digital-divide/
M.G.B. EDUU-551 Week 3 Journal: CTAP Common Core State Standards Technology Integration Instructional Modules
CTAP Common Core State Standards Technology Integration Instructional Modules
Math Module: The Storage Facility-Measurement and data.
The owner of an empty building wants to construct walls to divide the building into individual storage units. All the space in the building will be used for the storage units. Each storage unit will have a door on the outside (perimeter) of the building. The task is called measurement and data.
The owner of an empty building wants to construct walls to divide the building into individual storage units. All the space in the building will be used for the storage units. Each storage unit will have a door on the outside (perimeter) of the building. The task is called measurement and data.
The task description is to first use strategies given to organize the area of rectangles within a given amount of space. The students must use their mathematical abilities to find the volume of the rectangle prisms, the monthly cost and the average per unit. The student will make the deduction that the data provided is not correct, therefore allowing them to make improvements for the task to be successful. As a result, the students will solve the data problem by creating new set of data to address several mathematical questions. The performance tasks that are addressed in this module are an overview of the task, task exploration, and resources that will be needed to achieve success on this task. Part A: Design the Storage Building, Part B: Determine the Monthly Rent, Part C: Recalculating the Monthly Rents, Part D: Total Monthly Rent Collected, and Part E: Customer Advice
The web 2.0 tools that are used in this lesson are Edmodo: Edmodo is a social networking website used for educational purposes. Often used as a Learning Management System (LMS), Edmodo creates an on line environment for teachers and students to stay connected in an educational setting while sharing ideas, files, and assignments through mobile access and messaging. Google Drive: Google Forms Google Forms is a free service from Google through Google Drive. Google Forms allows you to create and administer online surveys, questionnaires, and assessments, and drawing. VoiceThread: VoiceThread is an interactive tool that allows for collaborating, sharing, and commenting. It allows for uploading pictures, narration by the creator and commenting by other viewers. The mobile tools that can be used are: Pages – iPad: Pages is a paid iPad friendly word processing application from Apple,VoiceThread and Edmodo.
The claims that are addressed are First claim 4: to model and Data Analyze - Students can analyze complex, real-world scenarios and can construct and use mathematical models to interpret and solve problems. Second Claim: Claim 1: Conceptual Understanding and Procedural Fluency - Students can explain and apply mathematical concepts and interpret and carry out mathematical procedures with precision and fluency.
The assignment targets for this lesson are:
4 A: Apply mathematics to solve problems arising in everyday life, society, and the workplace. 4 B: Construct, autonomously, chains of reasoning to justify mathematical models used, interpretations made, and solutions proposed for a complex problem. 4 D: Interpret results in the context of a situation. 4 E: Analyze the adequacy of and make improvements to an existing model or develop a mathematical model of a real phenomenon. 1 D: Perform operations with multi-digit whole numbers and with decimals to hundredths. 1 I: Geometric measurement: understand concepts of volume and relate volume to multiplication and to addition. The DOK (Depth of Knowledge) level is 3. This performance task provides sufficient evidence for the claims because it explains in detail what the students will be working on and what it will take to finish the task.
Student work that will be generated is shown above. I will be able to assess student learning according to the Common Core State Standards with standards: 5.OA.3, 5.NBT.7, 5.MD.3, 5.MD.5, 4.OA.5, 4.MD.3, 3.MD.6, 3.MD.7
This lesson is very effective because it is a gradual process to when the actual work looks at the end. I like how it is separated into different parts that can be worked on throughout the week or as long as it is needed to complete a part of a task. One idea that I found in this lesson that I might be able to incorporate in my own teaching is to show a video, pictures, andpowerpoint to the students of how to work on the measurement data task, which is what differentiated instruction is all about. I even found: Target Specific Attributes/Accessibility: Accommodations may be necessary for students with fine-motor-skill challenges and language-processing challenges, which will make the teacher think of ways to help those students with these need to allow them to participate in the assignment.
