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Option #3: Reflections

Analyst Reflection What are your thoughts on this standard and how will you address it in your class? What will you use and what are some things you will do? ISTE Standard 2.7 is Analyst. This standard means that educators understand and use data to drive instruction and support students in achieving their learning goals. This standard is critical because it provides educators with the resources to help guide their classrooms. I will address this standard by providing alternative ways that students can demonstrate competency in a skill. This includes having different options with formative and summative assessments. For student reflection, I suggest that students do blog posts, reflection journals, podcasts, or portfolios. For alternative assignments that would be used as a summative assessment, students could have the option to do projects, presentations, or other ways to show mastery besides an exam or written paper. Having different options and alternative assignments will best help...
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Facilitator Reflection

Reflect on the impact of the project on students' learning experiences and engagement levels. How did the project empower students to take ownership of their learning? Dr. Johnson presented an extremely open-ended project. She asked the students to identify a real-world problem within their community and propose possible solutions. By doing this, she gives them options to select a real-world problem that interests them. She allows them to choose a topic they care about instead of an assignment where everyone has to write about the same thing. They get to decide what platforms to use and what subjects to research. This will help them to think deeper and not just go through the motions. By having students work in groups, she is helping to teach them communication and collaboration. This will also make them more engaged in the project because each person will need to contribute for it to succeed. Giving the students free rein to choose their own topic  empowers them to take ownership ...
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Designer Reflection

Open Educational Resources, or OER, are free intellectual resources available to the public. It includes complete courses, modules, textbooks, videos, and materials. Having these materials open to the public is highly beneficial. It is a way that can support advancing knowledge, helps schools, and is cost-effective. It is crucial that we have these resources available because they can help guide the classroom and give access to resources to support a lesson or make it more interactive and exciting. One of the resources that I found helpful was Khan Academy. This source helped me study for the ACT and SATs during high school. They also offer free courses for other study materials. There are so many different resources available as well. An article from Pace University states that one of the benefits of OERs students had better grades and lower failure rates than students that did not use OER. Using Open Educational Resources is beneficial for the classroom and students individually....
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Collaborator Reflection

What concerns do you as an educator have about working more collaboratively? For your students? Sometimes getting students to engage in activities takes a lot of work. Especially if they are not interested in the topic. Group work or collaboration can be a fun and exciting way to get students to engage in the classroom. There  are a lot of positives as well. For example, collaboration helps build social skills and allows students to see other people's points of view.  However, there are some downsides. Some students think it is time to have fun and be social with their friends and classmates. Some students might even be uncomfortable working with other people. There are some negatives when having students collaborate. My goal once I am done with this program is to teach Kindergarten. My main concern with collaboration for my students is that it will be a brand-new experience. Most students will have not been around other students their age, and their social skills are just dev...
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Digital Citizenship

  How can we preserve and protect our health when using technology? Technology is a massive part of day-to-day life. When most people wake up, the first thing they do is check their phones. They check social media, emails, and text messages, to name a few. Technology helps in the classroom and with boredom. However, technology can have adverse effects on us emotionally and physically. Technology can cause our eyes to strain, it can affect our emotional well-being, and it could even drive our opinions and beliefs.  Regarding physical health, staring at a screen for too long can cause our eyes to strain and be tired. Being on a screen for too long can even affect sleep quality. After I have been on my phone for too long or doing an assignment, I know my eyes start to hurt or feel tired. When this happens, the best thing to do is to get off of whatever makes your eyes strain. Take a break from scrolling or playing a video game and do something else. If you really need t...
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Digital Divide in Education: Racial and Socioeconomic inequalities

 Technology plays a vital role in education. It has helped us develop new techniques in education and has helped advance the classroom. However, lacking resources has played a massive role in creating a digital divide. Many schools K-12 and colleges have switched over to using mainly online resources. Completing an assignment without a device and good internet service is almost impossible in college. Even applying to colleges requires the use of online resources. Recently, K-12 schools have also switched to many technology-based assignments. All of these changes have affected students in many different ways.   Unfortunately, socioeconomic status and race also play a significant role in this digital divide. As a first-generation Latina student from a single-parent household, I had little internet access until high school. I was at a disadvantage during those years because of this limited access. Luckily though, in elementary and middle school, only a few of our assignments...
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