Kiera's Journey of Learning to Teach With Technology

    Link to Flip:  Flip Link to Lesson Plan:  Grade 5 Review on Context Reflection and How We Will Incorporate Apps into Our Future Classrooms    This week, we collaborated with another teacher candidate on developing a lesson incorporating technology-based apps. I had the privilege of working with my critical friend, Morgan, and we were both eager to see how we could make a standard lesson more engaging with the program Flip. We struggled to choose just one activity for this lesson because there are many ways to use the app to meet curricular outcomes and standards.      We opted to work with the curricular outcome of context in our lesson and have students construct a flip video addressing the following context-related questions: Think of a time when the main character was faced with a decision. Why did they make the decision they did? What background knowledge or experiences helped you infer why they made the decision? Becau...

  Link To My Teacher Twitter Page            I believe that Twitter is an effective resource for teachers for a variety of reasons, whether it be for personal growth, resource sharing/finding or professional development. It is also a way to connect with colleagues and is a means of collaboration, sharing and learning.       For us aspiring teachers, having a platform like Twitter helps me and other teacher candidates around me to collaborate on sharing resources, research, and articles that may be useful. You can exchange not only articles and resources but also classroom management strategies and lesson plans.   Because Twitter allows you to connect with teachers around the world, it offers a way for teachers to be involved in current trends, new practices and emerging research, allowing everyone to grow professionally. An example of using Twitter in the classroom is if you have an older group of students, then you can create ...

     As a student and now as an aspiring teacher, I've had a variety of experiences dealing with technology, such as former teachers using smartboards (which aren't all that smart), working with Chromebooks, and playing Kahoots. As I have grown as a student from elementary to university, the use of technology has gone from slim to none to now becoming part of our everyday life. I grew up in a neighbourhood that allowed me to be lucky enough to learn about these new technologies as they were introduced and see the benefits they have for the classroom. The use of technology in past classrooms exposed me to a variety of ways of learning and hands-on experiences that have shaped me as an individual.       Because my placement is in a wealthier neighbourhood,  we have access to a wide range of technology and media. Similarly to my last two placements, there is a computer-controlled smartboard in the room, as well as the teacher's PC/laptop. I...