The tool I’ve created a screencast for is called Educreations. Educreations is an interactive whiteboard tool that’s simple to use, especially for younger students. Students or teachers can annotate, animate and narrate a lesson or task. Students and teachers can share their creation through joining a classroom or a shareable link.
This tool promotes engagement across all areas, including problem-solving, collaboration and blended learning. Students are able to solve math equations using problem solving skills and teachers can replay their screen to see the steps on how the student solved the problem. Students can share these with their peers to discuss agreements or disagreements on how the equation was solved. Teachers can also use this tool to teach lessons to be used in a blended learning environment or a flipped learning environment. Below is a link of a teacher who used this last week in one of the buildings I coach in. When you press play, please wait a few seconds before the child begins to speak and his work will appear shortly after that. https://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/09-19-2016-lesson-brandon-word-problem/40207464/?s=6Vgcx6&ref=link This tool was used with all types of learners and was observed to be most impactful to students with learning/behavior disabilities, EL students and Higher Level Learners. Another example is using this tool to explain a process or life cycle. Students can either insert image or draw the image and then describe the process or life cycle. CommonSense Education provides teachers with many resources, especially for digital citizenship. There is a blog on their website that focuses on EduCreations: https://www.commonsense.org/education/blog/easy-to-use-educreations-helps-students-show-what-they-know This was very neat to read. One math teacher stated that, “I give the question (for example count by 5s from 100 to 150) and then my students will record themselves. When all the assessment is over they save their video right to my dashboard and I can go back in my own time and see who understands the concepts (www.commonsense.org.).”
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Click on the link below to view a digital story I've created about 21st Century Learners. I've created this video using a Web 2.0 Tool called WeVideo.
Click on the button below to see how I've used Piktochart, as easy-to-use infographic maker, to represent 21st Century Teaching & Learning.
I am a sole believer in that to continue to provide opportunities for our students to achieve success in 21st century skills, we must continue to reflect, explore and discover in our endless journeys as educators. What kind of educator makes 21st century teaching and learning possible? An educator who is open to reflect, explore and discover. 21st Century learning is ever -changing and growing, so being able to change and grow with it is key to creating successful opportunities for our students. I can sit here and list the “top 10 Characteristics of 21st Century Educators” or the “15 Skills that Define a 21st Century Educator” but that would be typical. What I will state is…
a 21st Century Educator is aware and ready to prepare for the future. That includes facilitating learning, questioning, and allowing opportunities for students to collaborate. A 21st Century educator understands that the world is at our fingertips and global education is critical. A 21st Century educator realizes that in order for student learning to be transparent, they must allow for student control and student accountability. As a bilingual teacher for six years, I realized the impact 21st Century learning and technology had on my students’ language development. Being able to participate in collaborative environments amplified student use of listening and speaking skills. Tools that allowed students to record themselves showing their understanding not only motivated them and increased student engagement, but impacted student processing. I learned that the more I integrated technology into my lessons, the more students were able to recall content from months ago. Not only did this minimize the repetition of lessons, it maximized opportunities to extend our learning. I learned that the more students had control in their learning, the more student learning was happening. I was aware and ready to prepare for the future- aware that I do not always have to be in the front of the room to impact student learning and that student learning can be impacted by the world. When an educator is aware of this fact, they are ready to begin as 21st Century educator. |
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