This week I am going to be talking about the wonderful website that is, Newsela. I just recently have gotten introduced to this amazing website, and I am addicted! Newsela is an innovative way to build reading comprehension with nonfiction that is always relevant: daily news. It is easy and amazing! With Newsela, you can read any article with any kind of reading level grades 3-12. As for being the teacher controlling Newsela in a classroom you can even assign different reading to your class, and have it customized to each students reading level. At the end of reading their article, as the teacher you can assign a writing prompt or a quiz to check for student understanding. As the teacher, you can even track student progress, which is very helpful! You could use Newsela for subjects, such as the obvious, language arts, but also you can find articles on science, social studies, and the arts. All while incorporating technology! Newsela can definitely deepen student learning. Not only is the information they will be reading relevant to them, but also they can read it on a level that they will understand.
You can see a live demo of how Newsela works at this link, https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/rt/6242762409578297090
The link to Newsela is, https://newsela.com/
Friday, February 24, 2017
Saturday, February 18, 2017
Technology - Week 3
This next piece of technology that I could use in my future classrooms is called ScootPad. ScootPad is a leading academic practice platform. Kids will be motivated to practice and reading with ScootPad, and gain confidence and desire to learn rapidly. ScootPad is easy, fun and FREE! The goal of ScootPad is to help millions of kids around the world master math and reading skills. ScootPad aims to empower parents with insights and tools to track their kids' academic success. ScootPad aims to fundamentally change how kids learn and practice. ScootPad believes that each and every kid needs a customized practice and learning experience that is tailored to each student's needs. Today's "one size fits all" approach is getting in the way of our kids' academic success.
How ScootPad works.
First, the students will have to take a placement test to identify which unit your students fall in within their Learning Paths. This is a great way to gauge where students stand before you begin your instruction.
Second, if you as the teacher has specific assignments you want to push or a due date you would like to set, you can set up these assignments on here for students to work on. Assignments give you as the teacher the full flexibility of what and when students will be practicing.
Third, while students are working on tasks, ScootPad provides Scootorials; which are step-by-step videos to help students understand concepts. This is also where you can, as the teacher, provide additional instruction.
Fourth, adaptive practices are automated, meaning you do not have to select which concepts students work on. Using adaptive algorithms, ScootPad determines each student's proficiency in each concept continuously and generates questions accordingly. Practices are unlimited, so students work at their own pace with little of your management.
Fifth, while students work on practices and assignments, data is being generated. What data you may ask? Data including what areas the students are struggling in, what concepts were covered, how many questions they have answered, and much more. All of this data is analyzed for you and provided to you in a concise and colorful report that you can use to make quick yet informed instructional decisions. These reports are updated in real-time, so as students are finishing tasks, you will see it reflect in the reports immediately after.
Sixth, you realize that some of your students are not where you would like them to be after checking out the reports. You can check out the intervention Dashboard to see where exactly the students are struggling and decide how you want to approach intervention. ScootPad makes the process of intervention simple. Aside from providing you with actionable reports, ScootPad provides extended practice to the student.ScootPad already knows what concepts the student is struggling in and will build a concept improvement assignment that you can assign with a simple click.
Next, there are endless assignments. They can be used to assess your teaching, what standards students are having most difficulty in, or be used to prepare your students for high-stakes testing. With our open content platform, you have the ability to create your own questions in over 50 TEI question formats. Whatever the case, you have the ability to assign an assessment and measure the proficiency level in any concept you want.
Lastly, congratulations, the students achieved mastery in one or more concepts!
https://www.scootpad.com/
How ScootPad works.
First, the students will have to take a placement test to identify which unit your students fall in within their Learning Paths. This is a great way to gauge where students stand before you begin your instruction.
Second, if you as the teacher has specific assignments you want to push or a due date you would like to set, you can set up these assignments on here for students to work on. Assignments give you as the teacher the full flexibility of what and when students will be practicing.
Third, while students are working on tasks, ScootPad provides Scootorials; which are step-by-step videos to help students understand concepts. This is also where you can, as the teacher, provide additional instruction.
Fourth, adaptive practices are automated, meaning you do not have to select which concepts students work on. Using adaptive algorithms, ScootPad determines each student's proficiency in each concept continuously and generates questions accordingly. Practices are unlimited, so students work at their own pace with little of your management.
Fifth, while students work on practices and assignments, data is being generated. What data you may ask? Data including what areas the students are struggling in, what concepts were covered, how many questions they have answered, and much more. All of this data is analyzed for you and provided to you in a concise and colorful report that you can use to make quick yet informed instructional decisions. These reports are updated in real-time, so as students are finishing tasks, you will see it reflect in the reports immediately after.
Sixth, you realize that some of your students are not where you would like them to be after checking out the reports. You can check out the intervention Dashboard to see where exactly the students are struggling and decide how you want to approach intervention. ScootPad makes the process of intervention simple. Aside from providing you with actionable reports, ScootPad provides extended practice to the student.ScootPad already knows what concepts the student is struggling in and will build a concept improvement assignment that you can assign with a simple click.
Next, there are endless assignments. They can be used to assess your teaching, what standards students are having most difficulty in, or be used to prepare your students for high-stakes testing. With our open content platform, you have the ability to create your own questions in over 50 TEI question formats. Whatever the case, you have the ability to assign an assessment and measure the proficiency level in any concept you want.
Lastly, congratulations, the students achieved mastery in one or more concepts!
https://www.scootpad.com/
Tuesday, February 14, 2017
Technology - Week 2
At the Keep Learning Alive! Conference January 30th, the presenters in one session briefly mentioned Edmodo, and how wonderful it is for their classrooms. So, this week I decided to see what Edmodo is really about and how I can implement that into my future classroom.
"Edmodo is a global education network that helps connect all learners with the people and resources needed to reach their full potential" (https://www.edmodo.com/about). On Edmodo you are able to have an online class. The teacher can sign up for this website for free, and it is very beneficial to the classroom. The teacher can then have each one of their students create an account on Edmodo, and add them to their online class. The teacher can send out reminders of assignments, communicate to students and assign class work online. The assessment of the students can be done completely online and completely paperless. Also, the textbooks for the class are available online. The students can even access other classrooms around the world, and see that books and assignments that they are doing. Edmodo also gives the teacher a grade report for the assessments they have completed. Edmodo can be used for virtually any grade level, because the website is very user friendly. You can also use Edmodo for any subject that you choose. the presenters at this conference used it for math, reading and social studies. However, I could also see a science lesson being able to use this website. Edmodo will deepen students learning by allowing them to work at their own pace, and see how others learn around them.
https://www.edmodo.com/about)
"Edmodo is a global education network that helps connect all learners with the people and resources needed to reach their full potential" (https://www.edmodo.com/about). On Edmodo you are able to have an online class. The teacher can sign up for this website for free, and it is very beneficial to the classroom. The teacher can then have each one of their students create an account on Edmodo, and add them to their online class. The teacher can send out reminders of assignments, communicate to students and assign class work online. The assessment of the students can be done completely online and completely paperless. Also, the textbooks for the class are available online. The students can even access other classrooms around the world, and see that books and assignments that they are doing. Edmodo also gives the teacher a grade report for the assessments they have completed. Edmodo can be used for virtually any grade level, because the website is very user friendly. You can also use Edmodo for any subject that you choose. the presenters at this conference used it for math, reading and social studies. However, I could also see a science lesson being able to use this website. Edmodo will deepen students learning by allowing them to work at their own pace, and see how others learn around them.
https://www.edmodo.com/about)
Saturday, February 4, 2017
Samsung School - School of the Future
The name of this new technology tool is called "The Samsung School". The Samsung school is a one-to-one learning package that includes an interactive display, wireless printer, and And Samsung Note Tablets for each student. With this Technology tool, the teacher and the students can interact using the display board and their tablets. So at some points during the lesson, the students can write on the tablets and it will be displayed on the Interactive Display board for all to see. This technology piece can be used in any grade level, because you can use this technology in virtually any subject that that teacher chooses, and will makes the content fun, engaging and interactive. This technology tool could be used to strengthen student learning, by using the Samsung School to throw ideas out for the whole class to see, or to collaborate as a class on one big project. The URL for more about this product is listed below.
http://www.k-12techdecisions.com/photo/top_25_technology_products_for_k12_classrooms_in/0
http://www.samsung.com/us/business/by-industry/education-solutions/samsung-school
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