ETTC6433
ISTE 1 - Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity
MODULE 1 -- How can I incorporate technology to improve speech and listening skills of my students?
My trigger question was “How can I incorporate technology to give my students authentic experiences to improve their their speech and listening skills as well as with their non-fictional reading?” I then narrowed it down to just the first part about improving students speech and listening skills. I choose this topic because we recently looked at our school’s data for SBAC scores and noticed that our students overall have lower scores in the section about speech and listening skills. Below is a copy of the standards for ELA 6th and 7th grade.
I then read the article “Digital Storytelling: A Powerful Technology Tool for the 21st Century Classroom”. It discussed how digital stories are easily accessible for use in the classroom on a variety of topics. Therefore, it is an easy way to introduce technology into the classroom that enhances the learning experience yet doesn’t take a lot time to learn and is inexpensive. It also can provide an authentic learning opportunity for students to learn more about a subject that we are already studying in class. This would take care of the listening portion, but I also want to improve my student’s speech skills as well.
s I was listening to the presentation of the SAMR model this fit in perfectly as it would also move my students from the Substitution and Augmentation phase to the Modification phase. Other people’s post also gave me some tools and ideas as well. For instance, the article posted by David “Check Out These Online Tools to Improve Writing Skills” might be useful to help me guide my students through the writing process in order to create their own digital stories. Also, Erin’s reply to my post made me I started to think how I have my students create digital stories of their own as an option when working on projects. Some tools I thought I could use are Jing, voicethreads.com as well as borrowing ipads that we have for teachers to film with.
Overall, I think that using digital stories in my classroom will increase my students listening and speaking abilities and I look forward to trying this out.
Debroy, A. (2017, July 30). Check Out These Online Tools to Improve Writing Skills. Retrieved October 05, 2017, from http://edtechreview.in/news/2875-online-tools-to-improve-writing-skills
Robin, B.R. (2008) Digital storytelling: A powerful technology tool for the 21st century classroom. In Theory into practice *(pp. 220-228). The College of Education and Human Ecology, The Ohio State University
MODULE 1 -- How can I incorporate technology to improve speech and listening skills of my students?
My trigger question was “How can I incorporate technology to give my students authentic experiences to improve their their speech and listening skills as well as with their non-fictional reading?” I then narrowed it down to just the first part about improving students speech and listening skills. I choose this topic because we recently looked at our school’s data for SBAC scores and noticed that our students overall have lower scores in the section about speech and listening skills. Below is a copy of the standards for ELA 6th and 7th grade.
I then read the article “Digital Storytelling: A Powerful Technology Tool for the 21st Century Classroom”. It discussed how digital stories are easily accessible for use in the classroom on a variety of topics. Therefore, it is an easy way to introduce technology into the classroom that enhances the learning experience yet doesn’t take a lot time to learn and is inexpensive. It also can provide an authentic learning opportunity for students to learn more about a subject that we are already studying in class. This would take care of the listening portion, but I also want to improve my student’s speech skills as well.
s I was listening to the presentation of the SAMR model this fit in perfectly as it would also move my students from the Substitution and Augmentation phase to the Modification phase. Other people’s post also gave me some tools and ideas as well. For instance, the article posted by David “Check Out These Online Tools to Improve Writing Skills” might be useful to help me guide my students through the writing process in order to create their own digital stories. Also, Erin’s reply to my post made me I started to think how I have my students create digital stories of their own as an option when working on projects. Some tools I thought I could use are Jing, voicethreads.com as well as borrowing ipads that we have for teachers to film with.
Overall, I think that using digital stories in my classroom will increase my students listening and speaking abilities and I look forward to trying this out.
Debroy, A. (2017, July 30). Check Out These Online Tools to Improve Writing Skills. Retrieved October 05, 2017, from http://edtechreview.in/news/2875-online-tools-to-improve-writing-skills
Robin, B.R. (2008) Digital storytelling: A powerful technology tool for the 21st century classroom. In Theory into practice *(pp. 220-228). The College of Education and Human Ecology, The Ohio State University
Patty, thanks for your thoughtful response. I really like how you connected your triggering question to the SAMR model. I also found Digital Storytelling aligned well with the Common Core standards - this is definitely a tool I'll be using in my future classroom. Great connections!
ReplyDeleteI also thought that article had a lot of good information in it. I look forward to using more digital story telling in my class. I like that you are thinking of how to connect it with the SAMR model. I still struggle with knowing exactly which piece I am using and how to move beyond the substitution piece. Hope you have great results as you try new things.
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