Blog Resources - Reflection
Just as the InfoWhelm and Information Fluency video demonstrates, information is limitless. There is no boundary to what students can learn. However, in order to access knowledge beyond the print materials in a school, students must have access to digital technology. Electronic resources open the door to the world!
As I read through Bryan Alexander's blog, I could not help but think about how overwhelmed I am beginning this class. I feel confident with tools like email, Facebook, and Google searches. I use several online resources in my classroom and would rate myself ★★★☆☆ for using technology in the classroom. However, I obviously have a lot to learn! Starting blog and Twitter accounts and trying to figure out how to establish a PLN is quite overwhelming. I am excited and nervous all at the same time. I know I will be stretched personally, but the results will benefit me professionally. I want to create an innovative culture in my classroom!
While exploring the Literacy Daily blog, I realized that I need to work on becoming a more digitally literate educator before I can be labeled digitally fluent. Maybe I am being too generous with my technology star rating...
The first step in shifting my pedagogy is to stop making learning happen and allow learning to happen. I must stop giving information and equip students to use inquiry skills to discover information. I thoroughly enjoyed reading Creating Classrooms We Need! As I read through the eight tips, I thought of a recent Professional Development session I facilitated for the new science standards. Just as I told science teachers to promote inquiry-based learning (using strategies like the 5E model), I can use the same mindset in my mathematics classroom.
As I stated earlier, I am both excited and anxious about this class. I know the skills I gain will positively impact my classroom. I just hope everyone around me is ready for the questions and frustrations that will accompany the journey! 😃
Professional Blog Resources
InfoWhelm and Information Fluency Video
My daily info-wrangling routine
The Journey from Digital Literacy to Digital Fluency
Creating Classrooms We Need: 8 Ways Into Inquiry Learning
Ms Branch, you have read my soul: I, too, am excited and nervous. I get the impression that most educators today see the REAL (and big) picture. We know our students learn differently, they learn quickly and visually but is the curriculum used to teach these techno-kids the same that was used to teach the students who didn't have access to the internet or search engins? The bubbling for a cry for change is coming from those in the trenches, the worker bees but is the message for change isn't reaching the ones who are corralling the curriculum? How are teachers going to impact their class rooms with technology but the standards stay the same from 10, 15 20 years ago? It is not enough that teachers learn how to teach using technology, the curriculum standards need to reflect it as well.
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