For this blog, reflect on your classroom: what is your pedagogy style, what is your role in the classroom (refer back to Blended Learning book) do you have more than one role or do you tend to lean towards one style of teaching; are you blending technology, if so how and if not what is holding you back. Most importantly, tell us about your students and their take on technology - knowledgeable, engaged/distracted by technology, are they motivated and empowered to teach/collaborate with peers.
My pedagogy style is face-to-face driver. I use technology in the classroom every day. I use the smartboard and a hovercam for studentnotetaking. I also use Kahoot.it for doing review quizzes about once per week. This gives me a good idea of how the class as a whole is doing with specific standards. I assign work in TenMarks math software once per week for students to complete in class on individual ipads. I receive data for each student on how they did on each assignment, which is broken down by Common Core State Standard. I can also see if students viewed the video or hints provided for each question. As a math teacher, I love to collect data on student learning and adjust my lessons based on the results. I use email to communicate with students outside of school hours, for instance, when a student has a question on the homework. Students also have access to my website where I list the homework assignments and links to them.
My students are fairly knowledgeable with the use of technology such as google apps, email, and navigating the internet. In sixth grade students are learning to become independent about their homework and organization responsibilities. I encourage them to contact me directly with questions and to view their grades on PowerSchool themselves. My students are very excited to use the ipads. Some software is more exciting to them than others. They really enjoy taking the Kahoot.it quizzes. There is only feedback for the class as a whole viewed publicly. I can look at the data for individual students privately. The problem I've found with Kahoot.it is that students are so excited that it can be hard to call them back to order after each question. It is a nice break from the monotony of individual quiet work, though. Most students are engaged when using technology. I think that a mixture of hand written and technology assignments works best for my students and teaching style. Most of my students prefer working in collaborative peer groups. I have had several students put together a slide presentation of their own initiative to present to the class describing a content area we've covered in class.
My pedagogy style is face-to-face driver. I use technology in the classroom every day. I use the smartboard and a hovercam for studentnotetaking. I also use Kahoot.it for doing review quizzes about once per week. This gives me a good idea of how the class as a whole is doing with specific standards. I assign work in TenMarks math software once per week for students to complete in class on individual ipads. I receive data for each student on how they did on each assignment, which is broken down by Common Core State Standard. I can also see if students viewed the video or hints provided for each question. As a math teacher, I love to collect data on student learning and adjust my lessons based on the results. I use email to communicate with students outside of school hours, for instance, when a student has a question on the homework. Students also have access to my website where I list the homework assignments and links to them.
My students are fairly knowledgeable with the use of technology such as google apps, email, and navigating the internet. In sixth grade students are learning to become independent about their homework and organization responsibilities. I encourage them to contact me directly with questions and to view their grades on PowerSchool themselves. My students are very excited to use the ipads. Some software is more exciting to them than others. They really enjoy taking the Kahoot.it quizzes. There is only feedback for the class as a whole viewed publicly. I can look at the data for individual students privately. The problem I've found with Kahoot.it is that students are so excited that it can be hard to call them back to order after each question. It is a nice break from the monotony of individual quiet work, though. Most students are engaged when using technology. I think that a mixture of hand written and technology assignments works best for my students and teaching style. Most of my students prefer working in collaborative peer groups. I have had several students put together a slide presentation of their own initiative to present to the class describing a content area we've covered in class.