Technology for Teachers

When creating my rubric I had the idea in mind to keep it simple so that it could be used with any technological tool. I also wanted to make it specific and measurable which is why I included the percentages in each box. These processes can be checked formally and informally in many ways by the evaluator and or students using the tool.  Ensuring the framework follow the four C's, critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, and communication is key to a successful curriculum evaluation.  A curriculum that does a proper job in critical thinking skills will encourage students to determine if information is factual or not. This can be done by spending time online or asking "why" in every day life (Stauffer, 2021). Often times when one thinks about being creative they think about art projects, drawing, and other visual projects. Believe it or not students can learn to be creative when they have the proper resources. This can be done by solving problems, creating systems, or ...

  The first source I chose was Forbes discussing remote learning. Next I chose Kitaboo discussing gamification and AR and VR. E-learning also discussed the trend of animation and finally I chose F Learning Studio to discuss STEAM. Remote learning is a topic that impacted me directly as my first year teaching we never returned to in person class after spring break. Gamification sounds like a great way to increase student participation and create a buy in. My previous district had VR simulation machines for health and engineering topics, however I never used them as no training was provided and I felt uncomfortable. Digging into this topic interests me. STEM has always been a hot topic in schools and I have seen it provided as a special, adding Art and creating STEAM is a great way for students to express themselves in another way. I look forward to learning ways to incorporate this into the classroom. The platforms I chose are Facebook, Pintrest, Zoom, YouTube, and Google. I follow...