Week 1 Technology
As a blended or personalized learning coach, one of my main focuses is to help the classroom teacher is learning how to effectively implement technology into the classroom setting. There are a lot of different technology tools that are FREE and PAID that are showcasing high levels of adaptability and increased student achievement. Knowing which ones to use for the different content areas is key.
In this week's lesson, we are going to explore a few technology tools that can fit into the Elementary, Middle and High School settings.
Below is an example of how to implement technology into the blended learning classroom. This is a blended learning coaching story from a school from central Ohio. This K-5 building purchased the program iReady for both Math and Reading. Each teacher in grades 1-5 were to implement the program with fidelity. I honestly think that iReady is a great supplemental program that gives quality data to the teachers.
At the beginning of the school year, all of the students and the teachers were into iReady. They were using it every day in both math and ELA. The teachers were getting reports and the students enjoyed working on the computers to learn new content. Everything was running smooth until October. After nine weeks of working just on iReady every single day, the students were getting burnt out on the program.
While working with the teachers during our coaching meetings, I was listening to how the students don't try their hardest on iReady. The teachers also mentioned that the students had low sustainability with the program. I recommend the below chart for the implementation of technology within the classrooms.
In this week's lesson, we are going to explore a few technology tools that can fit into the Elementary, Middle and High School settings.
Below is an example of how to implement technology into the blended learning classroom. This is a blended learning coaching story from a school from central Ohio. This K-5 building purchased the program iReady for both Math and Reading. Each teacher in grades 1-5 were to implement the program with fidelity. I honestly think that iReady is a great supplemental program that gives quality data to the teachers.
At the beginning of the school year, all of the students and the teachers were into iReady. They were using it every day in both math and ELA. The teachers were getting reports and the students enjoyed working on the computers to learn new content. Everything was running smooth until October. After nine weeks of working just on iReady every single day, the students were getting burnt out on the program.
While working with the teachers during our coaching meetings, I was listening to how the students don't try their hardest on iReady. The teachers also mentioned that the students had low sustainability with the program. I recommend the below chart for the implementation of technology within the classrooms.
Now the teachers are using multiple adaptive and data driven technology programs within their classrooms. Since iReady was purchased by the school, I made sure that the students had plenty of time to work on the program throughout the week. I then supplemented it with fun adaptive programs that would fill in the holes or gaps in the specific domains.
Here is another example of how as a blended learning coach, I helped a school implement a purchased program throughout a building. This example comes from a high school outside of Cleveland, Ohio. The school purchased a program called Achieve 3000. The program recommends that a high student completes at least four articles a month. To make sure that the students don't get burnt out on the program and that not all of the teachers assign four articles a month, I created a schedule for the teachers as an implementation guide.
Here is another example of how as a blended learning coach, I helped a school implement a purchased program throughout a building. This example comes from a high school outside of Cleveland, Ohio. The school purchased a program called Achieve 3000. The program recommends that a high student completes at least four articles a month. To make sure that the students don't get burnt out on the program and that not all of the teachers assign four articles a month, I created a schedule for the teachers as an implementation guide.
By giving the teachers other technology tool options as well as when to implement Achieve 3000 into the classroom, the teachers were all able to gather data from the program and make sure that the students were reading at least one article a week.
One thing to remember as a blended or personalized learning coach, is that if a school district has purchased any technology program, it our duty to make sure that we guide the teachers through how to implement the program into the classroom. Supplementing free technology tools helps to keep the interest of the students while adapting the learning to meet their individualized needs.
One thing to remember as a blended or personalized learning coach, is that if a school district has purchased any technology program, it our duty to make sure that we guide the teachers through how to implement the program into the classroom. Supplementing free technology tools helps to keep the interest of the students while adapting the learning to meet their individualized needs.
Week 1 Technology Tools assignment
For this week's technology assignment, you will be exploring the free program FrontRowed.com Watch the four videos below and submit the screen shot to GoFormative under Week 1 Technology Lesson
NOTE: Post the screenshot to the GoFormative assessment at the bottom of this page. Do not send Marcia Kish the screenshot. Thank you!!
All Four FrontRow Tutorial Videos
FRONTROW Part 1FRONTROW Part 3 |
FRONTROW Part 2FrontRow Part 4 |
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