Digital Badge: Chapter 8

Digital Badge: Chapter 8

 

After reading chapter eight of Transforming Learning with New Technologies. The most important concepts I found  interesting were

Electronic Communication Between Teachers And Students

There are several social media technologies to use in teaching. Email is one of them. Emailing is a online communication that features electronic exchange between teacher and student. Emailing can be successful when used carefully and professionally. Like emailing , a classroom website is another way a student can communicate with his or her teacher. All teachers should have a classroom website. Through a classroom website the student has the opportunity to know what they miss in class (if they are absent) and the parents  can see what  their  child is learning in class. Teachers should also have discussions outside their classroom. Nowadays, technology plays a big role in education. A way that a teachers can include technology is by having online discussion with their students. Online discussion in which the teacher and student discuss educational topics, share their thoughts  and what they have learn.

 

Energizing Students Writing

 

Nowadays, writing is in an essential skill that all students should have in order to communicate and be successful in school. Electronic communication system (emailing, blogging, ect) opens multiple possibilities for students to write to their teacher/s. It gives the students in opportunity to improve their writing skills and build a student to teacher relationship. In elementary school, students spent little time in writing. Meanwhile, in high school students are ask to write a three to four  page essays. Writing has become an important approach in communicating with our students. Every curriculum involves writing . Every subject requires students to be able to communicate what they are learning in class and learn different forms of writing expressions. The YouTube video above  explains the importance of writing and it advantages.

 

Sharing Information With Family

 

As a teacher we the opportunity of teaching students from different backgrounds, cultures  and beliefs. As teachers,  it's important to get to know each of our students and their families. It's important to provide the families with the following information: grading policies, class assignments, homework, and upcoming class events. According to Harvard University Family Research Project, found that more than one in three families use the internet to communicate in school, if only once or twice a year. Those families tended to have higher incomes, more education and greater access to computers. In today's generation technology has become the main resource for teachers to communicate with their student's parents. However, things have change. Parents who couldn't  afford a computer now use their cell phone  to email the child's teacher or use a public library computer. These parents are not allowing their financial or educational statues from stopping them from getting involve in their child's education and build a relationship with their child's teacher. The video above explains why ALL parents NEED to be involve in their child's education!

 

Resources:

Maloy, Robert, Verock-O’Loughlin,Ruth-Ellen, Edwards, Sharon A., and Woolf, Beverly Park (2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc.

Parent Involvement Matters. (2013, July 26). Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOhZ6U5yaXA

Why Writing is important. (2013, September 30). Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tponSqTvAyc