October 3, 2016
Technology in the Classroom
To start our meeting Becky introduced our speaker, Dr. Chris Clayton. He is the PSEA Assistant Director of Education Services.
Dr. Clayton explained what being a part of PSEA means. We are the largest student educator organization in the country. PSEA is active in almost every Pennsylvania school district, so being a member allows students to network. Any member of PSEA is a member of NEA, the largest democratic body in the country.
We talked about one-to-one intuitive school districts where each child has access to a device in the classroom. Schools have started promoting B.Y.O.D. (bring your own device). Technology is very much a part of the classroom now. We have to use it in our own. He introduced us to nearpod.com by using it for this session.
We talked about what a 21st century classroom should look like. Technology has changed, so the classroom should reflect this change. What conditions must exist for students to learn?
We talked about the benefits of nearpod.com. This site shows whether students are on task, and acts as a form of discussion. There is a feature where a certain student’s response can be highlighted, so that all students’ voices are heard. All the students’ responses can be saved into a PDF to be recorded for future reference.
What does a classroom look like? Will Richardson argues that classrooms today are safe learning environments, social, positive learning environments, the teachers are mentors, and there is feedback.
On nearpod.com we answered a survey question about our favorite learning tools. Most of us answered paper and pencil, but students today would answer differently. The survey question feature can be very helpful in the classroom, since it can serve as a formative assessment tool.
Kids today love their own smartphones and tablets. He suggests that we become familiar with schoology.com because districts are using this. He showed us how webpages can be imbedded into the nearpod.com slides. This could be really useful for a flipped classroom, where students learn at home.
Technology keeps changing. It is hard to stay on top of it. However, we can learn from our students what they are interested in, and use this in the classroom.
We watched a video about how we will be preparing students for jobs that do not even exist yet. It was fascinating! Here is the link: https://youtu.be/PcZg51Il9no.
This is the greatest time in the history of man to be a learner! There is so much knowledge available that is easily accessible. If you ever need to learn something there is definitely a YouTube video to show you how to do it. Kids today do not really know the value of knowledge since it is so available. Before, there were limited access points to knowledge. This created scarcity. Today there is abundance.
There is quite a difference in tools, too. Instead of using a protractor, markers, or textbooks, students now have “an app for that”. Students can be self-organizers. How can teachers be the shift in helping students be self-organizers?
How can technology be used to improve learning? It can aid in gathering student attention. It can aid in encoding. Retrieving information over and over again can improve storage (long term memory).
SAMR is a model of incorporating technology to enhance learning. We watched a video on it. Here’s the link: https://youtu.be/9aJsmWzCRaw.
* https://guest.portaportal.com/chrisclayton32 is the link for amazing websites to help teachers. This is so useful since there are many resources to use all in one place.*
He offered a plethora of useful apps to use as an educator too. He has a link for the best apps on his portaportal.com page.
We thanked him for speaking for speaking to us tonight. Then we had a raffle; the winner received a prize. Brittany announced that we are selling t-shirts. They are $12.
If anyone has any questions, they can contact Dr. Clayton at [email protected] or 717-255-7028.
We welcomed everyone back for our next meeting October 10th, 2016.
Signed by SU- PSEA Secretary,
Kristin Naumann
Dr. Clayton explained what being a part of PSEA means. We are the largest student educator organization in the country. PSEA is active in almost every Pennsylvania school district, so being a member allows students to network. Any member of PSEA is a member of NEA, the largest democratic body in the country.
We talked about one-to-one intuitive school districts where each child has access to a device in the classroom. Schools have started promoting B.Y.O.D. (bring your own device). Technology is very much a part of the classroom now. We have to use it in our own. He introduced us to nearpod.com by using it for this session.
We talked about what a 21st century classroom should look like. Technology has changed, so the classroom should reflect this change. What conditions must exist for students to learn?
We talked about the benefits of nearpod.com. This site shows whether students are on task, and acts as a form of discussion. There is a feature where a certain student’s response can be highlighted, so that all students’ voices are heard. All the students’ responses can be saved into a PDF to be recorded for future reference.
What does a classroom look like? Will Richardson argues that classrooms today are safe learning environments, social, positive learning environments, the teachers are mentors, and there is feedback.
On nearpod.com we answered a survey question about our favorite learning tools. Most of us answered paper and pencil, but students today would answer differently. The survey question feature can be very helpful in the classroom, since it can serve as a formative assessment tool.
Kids today love their own smartphones and tablets. He suggests that we become familiar with schoology.com because districts are using this. He showed us how webpages can be imbedded into the nearpod.com slides. This could be really useful for a flipped classroom, where students learn at home.
Technology keeps changing. It is hard to stay on top of it. However, we can learn from our students what they are interested in, and use this in the classroom.
We watched a video about how we will be preparing students for jobs that do not even exist yet. It was fascinating! Here is the link: https://youtu.be/PcZg51Il9no.
This is the greatest time in the history of man to be a learner! There is so much knowledge available that is easily accessible. If you ever need to learn something there is definitely a YouTube video to show you how to do it. Kids today do not really know the value of knowledge since it is so available. Before, there were limited access points to knowledge. This created scarcity. Today there is abundance.
There is quite a difference in tools, too. Instead of using a protractor, markers, or textbooks, students now have “an app for that”. Students can be self-organizers. How can teachers be the shift in helping students be self-organizers?
How can technology be used to improve learning? It can aid in gathering student attention. It can aid in encoding. Retrieving information over and over again can improve storage (long term memory).
SAMR is a model of incorporating technology to enhance learning. We watched a video on it. Here’s the link: https://youtu.be/9aJsmWzCRaw.
* https://guest.portaportal.com/chrisclayton32 is the link for amazing websites to help teachers. This is so useful since there are many resources to use all in one place.*
He offered a plethora of useful apps to use as an educator too. He has a link for the best apps on his portaportal.com page.
We thanked him for speaking for speaking to us tonight. Then we had a raffle; the winner received a prize. Brittany announced that we are selling t-shirts. They are $12.
If anyone has any questions, they can contact Dr. Clayton at [email protected] or 717-255-7028.
We welcomed everyone back for our next meeting October 10th, 2016.
Signed by SU- PSEA Secretary,
Kristin Naumann
Student Attendees:
Kristen German Naisha Torres Jackie Horner Rebekah Kauffman Abigail Cox Nya Foster Brittany Ebeling Emilee Stoner Kristin Naumann Maddie Adams Veronica Ponti Shelby Rhoten |
Planned by:
Brittany Ebeling Emilee Stoner Kristin Naumann Becky Kauffman Heather Stine Maddie Adams Shelby Rhoten |