{"id":69,"date":"2019-10-25T18:23:39","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T18:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/rosecampolucci\/?p=69"},"modified":"2019-10-25T18:25:25","modified_gmt":"2019-10-25T18:25:25","slug":"69","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/rosecampolucci\/2019\/10\/25\/69\/","title":{"rendered":"Technology integration &#8211; help!!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/bizcombuzz.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/08\/confused-student.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for not technology savvy\" width=\"286\" height=\"198\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I have been working for over 20 years in a Montessori school where the fundamental skills of phonetic reading, math facts and cursive writing are taught at a very young age. \u00a0 Our Montessori philosophy believes in working with concrete materials and then leading students to abstraction. In the past, our Montessori school has not been driven by technology because our emphasis has been on fostering and developing these basic skills that all students require to succeed. However, as we know, technology is a big part of today\u2019s world and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is woven into just about every aspect of our lives.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> I am not tech savvy myself, and require guidance on how to make this change happen within the classroom.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year our classroom has been given 4 desktops, one laptop and 5 ipads.\u00a0 My challenge and struggle this year will be how to continue teaching our enriched Montessori curriculum and integrate technology to enhance student learning.\u00a0 How can I <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">open up a whole new world of engagement, personalized learning, and collaboration with the use of technology?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are currently using Raz kids for a reading program with our grade 1\u2019s and IXL with students who require additional assistance with math or language skills. \u00a0 I know this is a start, but there is so much more I can do. If anyone has any great apps that they use with their younger students please pass them along. If anyone has any great ideas I am more than grateful to hear what you are doing.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been working for over 20 years in a Montessori school where the fundamental skills of phonetic reading, math facts and cursive writing are taught at a very young age. \u00a0 Our Montessori philosophy believes in working with concrete materials and then leading students to abstraction. In the past, our Montessori school has not &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/rosecampolucci\/2019\/10\/25\/69\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Technology integration &#8211; help!!!!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":319,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-action-plan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/rosecampolucci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/rosecampolucci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/rosecampolucci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/rosecampolucci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/319"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/rosecampolucci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/rosecampolucci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/rosecampolucci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69\/revisions\/72"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/rosecampolucci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/rosecampolucci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/rosecampolucci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}