D092 Task 1 Website For WGU

A.1. My personal philosophy on the integration of technology and the classroom:

· Students have a place to always check what is coming up, what today’s homework was in case they missed it, and to check their test scores.

· Parents have a place to keep up with what is going on at school.

· Integrating technology and my classroom allows for my students to have a place that helps them maintain responsibility for their classwork without excuses as to not knowing what was happening in class and what was expected of them.

· If students miss school, they can always check here for any assignments that were given while they were absent and can be prepared to do the work when they return.

Ensuring ethical use among yourself on your website is key to demonstrating what you will expect from your students so make sure to list any websites you got quotes or images from.

Examples of ensuring equitable, ethical, and social responsibility use on your websites could look like the following:

· With your Cromebook provided by the school check into the website to stay up to date. Do not forget you can also use computers at school and our local library.

· Please ensure to remain on approved websites for your own safety and to continue to have the privilege of using technology. Any misuse of school computers will result in your technology privileges being revoked.

· As always make to always give credit where credit is due. If you find information for your work somewhere other than the textbook, please make sure to quote and give the location of where you found your information.

· Any bullying or online harassment will not only result in your technology privileges being revoked but will also result in further disciplinary actions by the school.

A.2.A.

· EdSurge. (2022). Retrieved: https://www.edsurge.com/product-reviews

“EdSurge site allows teachers to search for products by category, grade level, and learning needs.” (Resources to Help You Choose the Digital Tools Your Classroom Needs, 2016) This will help me as a teacher to quickly be able to access material for my classroom without having to wade through a bunch of material. As for my students this will help give them more material to help solidify lessons I am teaching.

· Graphite is now called Common Sense Education. Common Sense Education. (2022). Retrieved: https://www.commonsense.org/education/articles/teachers-meet-graphite

Graphite has a new series geared toward helping teachers integrate technology in their classroom with small lessons so as to not overwhelm teachers. This will help me as a teacher to learn how to integrate technology into my lessons without taking up too much of my free time. In saving me free time it will help my students to get more of my time that they need to better understand the lessons I teach.

· Learning Assembly. (2022). Retrieved: https://learningassembly.org/

This resource connects teachers to other teachers in an effort to impact learning in the classroom via technology. As a teacher this will help me seek the advice and help of other teachers who are more versed in the use of technology in the class. This will affect my students by helping me better understand how to use technology to teach them new methods of learning.

A.2.B.

· Digital field trips allow for the integration of new places the class cannot facilitate going to in person. It will help me as a teacher to show my students a whole world of experiences that I could not otherwise show them just in my classroom. My students will learn about and be able to fully experience places that we can not go to as a class outside of school.

· Online activities for students who finish work early will allow for students who finish work before others to solidify their understanding of the material. It allows for students to perform online activities to keep them busy after they finish their work but while the rest of the class is still working. As a teacher this will let me know if some work is too easy or too difficult for students. In addition to that it will allow me to see if students that are finishing their work early are zooming through it without actually doing it correctly or if they are not being challenged enough.

· MGSE9-12.A.APR.1 Add, subtract, and multiply polynomials; understand that polynomials form a system analogous to the integers in that they are closed under these operations.

During this lesson we can use the smartboards to have the students come to the front of the class and work on examples. Doing this will show the whole class how to work out the problems and will give the class an opportunity to have questions answered about any specific area of misunderstanding.

This lesson is best taught as direct instruction. As I will put up the information on the smartboard and go over it with the students.

· Formative assessment strategy

Quizlets provide quick result evaluations of students. Having this tool in my classroom helps me be able to check at a glance where the students are in their understanding of the material and who still needs help. For students this will help them to have an evaluation that is immediately graded and gives them feedback on what they might still need to study before tests. Since the computer grades the quizlets and I can retrieve that information quickly it will allow me to check their progress so that students do not fall through the gaps.

· Summative assessment strategy

Kahoot is an online test taking program. Having this tool in my classroom helps me be able to check at a glance where the students are in their understanding of the material and who still needs help. For students this will help them to have an evaluation that is immediately graded and gives them feedback on what they might still need to study before moving on to future lessons. Since the computer grades the tests and I can retrieve that information quickly it will allow me to check their progress so that students do not fall through the gaps.

· Student data can be used through technology for student learning outcomes by showing the teacher and student where the student is in their learning process. Seeing what students still need help with will show students where their area of weakness is and what they need to seek help on before tests and moving on to future lessons.

4.A.

· Google classroom connects teachers and students for when students can not be in the classroom whether it is due to illness, weather, or after the school day is over. This allows me at the teacher to update students on missing work and help keep them on track. For my students this is a place where they can go to get any missing assignments or help they may need when they can not be in the classroom.

· ABC Mouse is an excellent resource for students that helps them master both educational skills as well as computer skills through fun and interactive play. For teachers it is a resource that can help keep students that finish work early, busy while the rest of the class catches up and will also resolidify lessons that you know they need to be learning. For my students it is a fun way to learn new material and to practice material they already know so that they do not forget it as we progress through harder lessons that build upon previous knowledge.

4.B.

· Text to speech is a wonderful use of technology to help students especially those with learning disabilities such as autism as it can bridge the communication gap by allowing students to type what they want to say and speak it to teachers. As a teacher this will help me better communicate with my students who do not speak as well as others. This is beneficial to my students because it will allow them to communicate their wants and needs in the classroom so that they can be better understood.

· Closed captioning is such a great resource especially for ELLs. It allows for either English or their first language to be displayed at the bottom of the screen while students are watching videos. This will help me as the teacher to get the students to draw better connection to words they know in their native language to English. For students closed captioning helps to allow students to hear or see their first language while continuing to learn English while watching videos.

References

ABC Mouse. (2022). Retrieved: https://www.google.com/aclk?sa=l&ai=DChcSEwjPo9Cg5KX3AhVAa28EHVX_Ct8YABAAGgJqZg&ae=2&sig=AOD64_3sdWzwvMgSLtTyD1aDE-Kuljcn7Q&q&adurl&ved=2ahUKEwjOqMag5KX3AhUWoWoFHW9kAQMQ0Qx6BAgDEAE

Chromebooks. (2022). Retrieved: https://www.google.com/chromebook/

EdSurge. (2022). Retrieved: https://www.edsurge.com/product-reviews

Google Classroom. (2022). Retrieved: https://classroom.google.com/h

Graphite is now called Common Sense Education. Common Sense Education. (2022). Retrieved: https://www.commonsense.org/education/articles/teachers-meet-graphite

Kahoot. (2002). Retrieved: https://kahoot.com/

Learn Trials is now known as Learn Platform. Learn Platform. (2022). Retrieved: https://learnplatform.com/

Quizlet. (2002). Retrieved: https://quizlet.com/live

Resources to Help You Choose the Digital Tools Your Classroom Needs. Johnson, Karen (Mar 15, 2016) https://www.edsurge.com/news/2016-03-15-resources-to-help-you-choose-the-digital-tools-your-classroom-needs