{"id":68,"date":"2018-01-10T02:51:23","date_gmt":"2018-01-10T02:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/lisawoon\/?p=68"},"modified":"2018-01-10T02:51:23","modified_gmt":"2018-01-10T02:51:23","slug":"meaningful-technology-in-the-primary-classroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/lisawoon\/2018\/01\/10\/meaningful-technology-in-the-primary-classroom\/","title":{"rendered":"Meaningful Technology in the Primary Classroom"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here it goes…Blog #2<\/p>\n

I found our 2nd FTF session informative and interesting.\u00a0 I really enjoyed the ideate and iterate stage. I liked reading\u00a0other\u00a0HMW questions\u00a0and suggestions from\u00a0other Cohort 21 members. I thought it was very helpful to receive\u00a0ideas and guidance\u00a0from\u00a0other members. Thank you for your help!<\/p>\n

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I enjoyed the design thinking\u00a0experience because it forced me to think about my teaching and reflect on it. I can never seem to find time to do this! Not only did it allow me to reflect, but the empathizing stage was something I never really ever considered. It is so important to think about how the users may be affected. In this case, the students are\u00a0very eager to embrace\u00a0any kind of technology they are introduced to.<\/p>\n

Some of my\u00a0HMW questions included:<\/p>\n

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  1. HMW use meaningful technology to increase student engagement?<\/li>\n
  2. HMW find more meaningful technology to improve\u00a0the primary classroom experience?<\/li>\n
  3. HMW use more technology to communicate with others about what we are doing in the classroom?<\/li>\n
  4. HMW find out what kind of meaningful technology is out there if we don’t even know what exists?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I have decided that my action plan focus will be:\u00a0HMW\u00a0become aware of meaningful technology that\u00a0exists\u00a0and\u00a0how do we implement it to improve the primary classroom experience?<\/strong><\/p>\n

    With suggestions from others, I have already implemented a few ideas in my classroom. The Google Hangouts were a hit. We were able to connect with an ornithologist and zoologist. The feedback from my students, parents, and colleagues were all very positive. Kahoot! is also a big hit, although I have some little ones who are overly competitive… Lastly, Sesame HQ has also been implemented and the students and parents enjoy looking at photos, videos, and school work on their feed.\u00a0The students were recently taught how to login to their accounts with QR codes, snap pictures or videos, and reflect on their work. The children love the independence and it helps me since the students are also adding work to their\u00a0portfolios.<\/p>\n

    Next steps:<\/strong> We are heading into our World Fair unit. I am hoping to connect with classes via Connected Classrooms (I have recently joined and am currently trying to set something up- our biggest challenge is going to be time zones!) I\u00a0recently learned about Belouga \u00a0(https:\/\/belouga.org\/)\u00a0which I will have to learn more about in the next couple of days.\u00a0 I think these are\u00a0going to be invaluable resources.\u00a0I’ve tested out 2 types of virtual reality goggles so we can ‘travel’ to other countries. One challenge I’ve come across is how to find enough devices to support this activity.\u00a0The students at this age are very young and many do not have their own device. We have access to ipads, but the experience wouldn’t be the same. Please let me know if you have any suggestions.<\/p>\n

    I know some of this seems very basic, but this is all\u00a0very new to me. Any guidance or suggestions are welcome.<\/p>\n

    My questions to you are: What meaningful technology have you\u00a0used to\u00a0enhance your primary program? What obstacles did you face and how did you overcome them?<\/p>\n

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    Here it goes…Blog #2 I found our 2nd FTF session informative and interesting.\u00a0 I really enjoyed the ideate and iterate stage. I liked reading\u00a0other\u00a0HMW questions\u00a0and suggestions from\u00a0other Cohort 21 members. I thought it was very helpful to receive\u00a0ideas and guidance\u00a0from\u00a0other members. Thank you for your help! I enjoyed the design thinking\u00a0experience because it forced me … Continue reading “Meaningful Technology in the Primary Classroom”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":201,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5,7,4],"tags":[8,9],"class_list":["post-68","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-action-plan","category-classroom-reflections","category-cohort-21","category-face-2-face-sessions","tag-action-plan","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/lisawoon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/lisawoon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/lisawoon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/lisawoon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/201"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/lisawoon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/lisawoon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/lisawoon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68\/revisions\/83"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/lisawoon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/lisawoon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/lisawoon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}