4/18/2021 0 Comments Summary Of LearningResources used to make my "Summary of Learning" were:
- Google Slides - Bitmoji - Canva - Google Docs - Screencastify - Animoto - Youtube To view my Google Slides and "campfire" scene slide, click here The script to my "Summary of Learning" Youtube video is below: Come join me around this toasty, warm fire and let’s chat about my time in EDTC 300. To start, I need to flash back to the beginning of EDTC 300. At the start of EDTC I will admit, I was scared, nervous and worried. I knew that technology in the classroom was beneficial and I thought I had a decent grasp on how to use tools to make learning more engaging. The tools I was using at the time included: Google Docs, Google Slides, Word and Powerpoint (I was living under a rock, I know…). So, let me tell you when we started our weekly Zoom meets, I was little overwhelmed with the amount of technology I would be learning and using in the next 4 month. I will say, I am someone who posts on social media a handful of times a year. So, hearing that for the next 4 months I would have to post on Twitter multiple times a day, keep a blog that reflected my learning, do an additional blog post for my learning project, comment on other classmates blogs, build a community on Slack, and manage 4 other class. OOf, I was overwhelmed, and to be honest I didn’t think I could do it. Now fast-forward to now, I am SO thrilled I stuck with the course! Let’s take a peek at my own PLN. If you’re not familiar with the term PLN, it stands for personal learning network. It is a space that gives educators the opportunity to connect with others in order to gain new understandings or share their own expertise (Edublogs, 2021). Let’s talk about the first way I shared my ideas with my classmates... I used an ePortfolio using the platform, Weebly. I created my Weebly blog for an ECS class a few semesters ago and then as this semester went by I expanded my ePortfolio to suit my new EDTC learnings. Each week we were assigned blog prompts which encouraged us to connect with the course teachings and connect with our peers. On that same blog site, I shared my #learningproject. I was able to connect with others in the class that focused on similar topics and this helped me expand my PLN and support me during my own learning project. My most favourite tool that allowed me to learn, share ideas, and collaborate asynchronously was: Twitter. Before EDTC 300, I wasn’t a fan of Twitter... now I am full blown obsessed! I could get lost looking through different hashtags. Some hashtags I found myself interacting with were obviously, #EDTC300 and #learning project and then I used #edtech and of course #Saskedchat. #Saskedchat happened every Thursday @8pm. This was an opportunity to connect with other educators in and around Saskatchewan. Twitter is my new go to tool for professional learning. It has helped me expand my Personal Learning network because I am able to engage with my peers, educators near and far and participate in #saskedchats. During a Wednesday Zoom class, Katia, introduced the topic of our digital footprints. During this class, we were able to understand the importance for us, as future educators, to be aware of how we are perceived on the outside world. To be an educator, we MUST be aware of our digital presence and identities. There’s a saying that says teachers should know how to live their life like they’re in a fishbowl. To understand just how much can be seen and found online about our digital identities, Katia got us to engage in an activity called, cyber sleuthing. This activity helped us see just how much information can actually be found in the digital realm, and showed us the importance of being aware of what we are posting and sharing because it can impact us and others around us. I appreciated this activity because I got the inside scoop from Sarah, a classmate who found all this information on me. This is stuff that, future co-workers, students, parents, administration and other people are able to see and find out about me. By doing this, we were also able to learn how to create awareness for our students and their own digital identities. When we teach students about digital citizenship, we can share the ways how to use technology in a respectful and safe manner. When students practice digital citizenship, they develop digital literacy. Teachers can use Ribble’s 9 Elements of digital citizenship to “lead and assist others in building positive digital experiences, to recognize that our actions have consequences and to participate in a manner for the common good” (Ribble, 2017). This is essential for students to understand online etiquette, and how to use internet safely, responsibly and kindly. Katia, moved into the theme of identifying fake news, mis and disinformation and knowing what is appropriate to share online, as a way to navigate our usage of internet safely. In order to implement technology in the classroom, we have to understand the important role it plays in our education, especially in the world we are living in right now. In EDTC, we were provided MANY (and I mean MANY) resources, materials, and tools that we could use that would help us in demonstrating the power of technology to our future students. Coding being one of these tools. We had the opportunity to explore Scratch and Code.org. Coding is something that will support several 21st century jobs, which makes it important to allow students engage, explore and experience coding in their education. Along with coding, some other apps, chrome extensions, and creation tools that were used during EDTC can be found jam-packed in my cooler (see Canva visual). EDTC 300 has certainly expanded and deepened my understanding of technology. It has provided me with valuable information that I can take with me into the classroom. As a future educator it is important we understand the impact technology has on ourselves and the community. Technology is something that is continuously changing and is something we can growth, explore and learn with for years to come. Thank you for a wonderful semester, Haley Miller
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