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Tales of Third Grade Teacher!
Tales of Third Grade Teacher!
Good Morning and welcome to my blog! It's exciting to try something new to enhance my PYP classroom and stay connected globally. Blogging is a great way to be reflective as a teacher as well as promoting student agency through personal growth.
This began as a part of a PYP workshop that I am taking. While I read many blogs, follow different teacher groups to enhance my own learning, I do not have one of my own. This will be my first post, but hopefully not my last!
I hope everyone enjoys reading it as much as I will enjoy writing it.
Have a great day!
May 2019 - Creative Commons Blog Post
May 2019 - Creative Commons Blog Post
How many times have you "borrowed" a picture you found on Google? Did you give credit to the original owner? After learning about copyrights for digital images, I want to make sure my students are aware. Unless the owner decides to make their images free, we need to remember to acknowledge their hard work and diligence.
Photo Credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/122757686@N06/46671478495/">giuliaph.</a> Flickr via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="https://www.flickr.com/help/general/#147">cc</a>
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Connected Learner
Connected Learner
Being a connected learner has both benefits and challenges. I love that we can have the ability to connect with different people all over the world! In our third grade Social Studies curriculum, we learn about similarities and differences between the United States and other countries, like China, Kenya, and Brazil. It would be wonderful to be able to connect with other students from these countries. The challenges that present themselves are being technologically savvy enough to navigate through this. I look forward to learning more in order to actually make this happen!
Photo Credit:
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Butterfly Connections
Butterfly Connections
Taking this online class about being more globally connected has allowed for so much reflection over the past couple of weeks! This week, my third graders connected with Mrs. Ryan’s second graders and Mrs. Furst’s fourth graders to teach them all about the life cycle of a butterfly. They were thrilled to share the progress of their caterpillars, like how “Little Legs” is still eating and getting bigger and bigger, or how “Bob Jr.” has formed his chrysalis already. By using SeeSaw to video tape their “diary entry” it becomes part of their electronic portfolio, which is so exciting! Trying other platforms to enhance global learning continue to be a goal of mine. Next up: more Twitter, Padlet, and Google Hangout! Stay tuned!
May 28, 2019
Digital Citizenship helps the Learner Profile!
Digital Citizenship helps the Learner Profile!
Living in this fast paced, highly technologically driven world, being a digital citizen is so important! After reading a post by Edna Sackson, "Building an Understanding of Digital Citizenship" where she had her students brainstorm all the things they do in a day and classify them as creating vs. consuming, and then take it even further and apply this concept to what they do digitally, I not only want to try this task with my students, but I also want to do it with my own children who are 14, 10 and 6.
As an IB school, connecting being a digital citizen to our Learner Profile is especially important since we are trying to connect them globally through different platforms. Here are some examples of how the Learner Profile connects with being a digital citizen. In each example, focusing on the importance of being a digital citizen goes hand in hand with each trait.
Inquirer, Knowledgeable, Thinker: As an IB school, the role of a student drastically changes. They are encouraged to ask questions, think of possible answers and outcomes, or apply their knowledge to tasks in innovative ways.
Communicators: Collaborating with others is the basis of our IB school! Teaching the students to communicate effectively and respectfully is key!
Principled: Being fair, honest and ethical must be stressed when using digital tools. Passwords are personal and must not be shared, and requesting permission to share pictures or videos is a must!
Open-Minded and Risk-Takers: Be open to sharing your ideas! Respect the opinions, values and perspectives of others in your posts or comments. Explore new ideas and points of view to broaden your way of thinking!
Caring: Above all else, be kind and compassionate. If what you are posting is hurtful in any way, do not post it. Teach children to ask themselves, “Is this something I would say to the other person’s face?”
Balanced: Remember that a balance in different perspectives is healthy and should be encouraged. Where would we all be if we thought exactly the same? Also, there should be a balance between digital tools and other modes of learning and entertainment. Go out and play!
Reflective: Students should always be encouraged to reread and reflect on posts or comments before sending them.
Visual Thinking Routine
Visual Thinking Routine
As I reflect on what I have learned through this workshop over the last few weeks, I have found so many ways to engage in global learning for my own professional and personal development, as well as how to incorporated global learning into my classroom for the benefit of my students.
CONNECT:
Being that Link has been an IB school for a while now, I have already connected to this type of engaging learning, however, the idea of being globally connected digitally is fairly new to me. I have always wanted to connect more globally, and this class has opened that door for me!
EXTEND:
Since starting this class only a few short weeks ago, I have started my own blog and have created my own Twitter account. I have connected with other educators around the world and shared ideas that can used in our classrooms in the future! How exciting!
CHALLENGE:
There are still so many questions and wonderings as I explore this world of digital technology in the classroom. But, I plan on overcoming previous fears and continuing to explore how I can connect my classroom with others around the world!
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