Classroom management and checking in...

1. What are your concerns about managing a class that is using technology? What are your plans for addressing those concerns?
I think my concerns for managing a classroom with technology are basically the same as my concerns for general classroom management. I want to be able to keep the class both interested and on task. I do worry about a student accessing something inappropriate but with strict filters in place by the district and having strict rules in the classroom, I hope I never encounter that. If I do, I have good ideas of how to handle it.

2. How is your lesson planning going for your field experience? What issues do you need to bring up with your cooperating teacher? What questions do you have for me?
My lesson plan is going great, mainly because I am done with it! I already taught in a cooperating classroom and had an incredible experience!

3. Look back at the goals you wrote at the beginning of this class. How are you progressing in meeting these goals? What do you need to do to meet them? What can I do to help?
I have learned SO MUCH in this class! I feel more confident and competent in technology integration every week and that is an amazing feeling. I still have areas we have not covered like how to help students verify a source is credible and I’m hoping we cover that.

Teacher Technology Interview Reflection

SO, part of this educational media class is teaching in an actual classroom and using technology to do it. Before doing this, I naturally needed to know what kind of tech is available and the policies and procedures around it. I interviewed my cooperating teacher and here are some thoughts to her responses...

What surprised you about your cooperating teacher’s responses? No surprises here. Everything sounds great. What are some things that you think are “good” about what they said? Why do you think that? The students use Google classroom and are familiar with it enough that the teacher can easily direct them to different parts of it. What are some things that maybe aren’t so good about what they said? Why do you think that? It appears there are only 1-2 platforms the students use and are familiar with. There is such a wide variety they will encounter that I think it would be beneficial to use a wider variety. How is what you learned in the interview going to impact the planning and implementation of your mini-lesson? Consider what you'll be able to use, what you'll need to do to get approvals, timelines, etc. Obviously knowing that they each have chromebooks and are familiar with Google Classroom, I had the teacher post the link they would need to our brainstorming board on Google Classroom and as a class we navigated from there together.

Nothing too surprising and having the information from the interview was essential!