i3 Monthly Update
Classroom Management/ Digital Citizenship & Innovative Instructional Designer
Commonly Used Classroom Management Tech Tools
You are probably already using some common management tools - most of our campus is using ClassDojo and many Daugherty teachers use Remind. These are great tools for staying connected with parents.
Have you tried using random spinners such as wheelofnames or wheeldecide? These are great for engaging students and helping keep choices random and fresh...
Digital Citizenship!
Are you familiar with "common sense education"? This website has a series of age appropriate lessons leading our students in discovering the importance of good digital citizenship. Check out these lessons for guiding our students in creating safe habits for a lifetime online!
Innovative Instructional Designer
Do you use technology to create and adapt personalized learning experiences that foster independent learning? Does technology help in accommodating various learners' needs? On their own and in groups, are students using technology to take ownership of their learning goals and outcomes? Are you an innovative instructional designer?
An example of this in the GISD elementary setting is teachers using formative assessment data to personalize learning in small group rotations.
You are already doing so much! You have grown in using technology in the classroom over the past several years. Are you sharing your successes? Tweet your triumphs! Share with me: @dghtymusicrocks, with the school: @DES_Hornets, and with the Digital Learning Team: @DigitalGISD.
Want to be caught being techy? Email me I'd love to come by your classroom, take some pics, and share your successes!