Katy Barrey, M. Ed - Professional Writing

The Making IT (Instructional Technology) Click Blog puts the spotlight on the student and how technology was used to add depth to their learning. It makes our Instructional Technology vision tangible by showing actual products. This is not an outlet for us to talk about our vision, but to show our vision through authentic student samples.

While there are certainly numerous applications that fit this criteria, this blog features a teachers' unique ability to combine pedagogy with available technology resources with evidence of student learning via a student-driven product.

Below are the posts that are authored by me. Click each image to be directed to the full blog text.

Microsoft Teams through the Student lens! Gone are the days of 'reply all' emails & group text threads. Welcome w/ open arms a platform for threaded conversations by topic + easy chat & video calls!

Strategy, Teamwork, Practices, Tournaments, Playoffs, Finals, College Recruiters, Scholarships... FOR GAMING! See how eSports is growing in Northwest ISD.

Intentional modeling of choice, differentiation, and collaboration through Technology Integration Academy; a PD aimed to elevate student learning with technology.

Explore these highly effective ways of maximizing use of technology to deliver immediate, personalized feedback; classes referenced: high school AQR, Chemistry, Art IV, BIM, and 5th grade GT 5th grade.

Forensic Science students create mini-documentaries detailing the psychology of infamous serial killers using Adobe Spark video and publishing to a collaboriative YouTube playlist.

ASL students simulate becoming hard of hearing for a 24 hour period, both inside & outside of school, to participate in a living research assignment into the deaf culture.

AP English IV students select a formative assessment site of choice to create high level, AP-style questions while analyzing Othello and AP question styles.

Orchestra students video record themselves to pre- & post-assess their abilities in a continual cycle of reflection and goal-setting for intentional growth.

Pre-AP Spanish II students write and illustrate children's storybooks to master a difficult language concept.

7th Grade Math students create screencasts to teach themselves concepts they anticipate forgetting over a week-long school holiday.

Health Science Theory students utilize collaborative discussion boards via Google Classroom to answer, explain, and defend content-related questions.

English III students creatively practice Rhetorical Analysis by writing break up letters to common bad habits/distractions in their every-day life.

Anatomy & Physiology students explain, using Adobe Spark Pages, neurological diseases through the lens of a family member, friend, or public figure experiencing that condition.

Physics students (within a combined class of 60+ Ss) engage in delivery of content and provide instant feedback and reflection to formative questioning via Nearpod.

Love what you've read? The efforts of the classroom community are embodied in a piece of student work once a week by NISD Instructional Technologists serving at K-12 campus. Keep reading all posts here! Use the labels on the right column to search by content or grade level.