Reed's Reflections

With all of the craziness that is surrounding our world right now, I completely forgot to brag on my kiddos and all of their hard work. Just before our schools closed, my students were able to put on a living wax museum for our school and community. I was concerned some wouldn't get finished, but it all came together and my students ROCKED IT! The stood still for longer than I can and even endured a little heckling from some older siblings. I'm so proud of all they were able to accomplish. They were able to over come their frustrations with learning new technology, learn more about their chosen person than expected, and even got to showcase a little creativity. I hope this turns out to be one of their favorite learning experiences ever.

Digital Citizenship is more important now that ever. With the entire state transitioned to remote or distance learning, our students are on the internet more than ever before. Not only are they online more, but students are online at a much younger age than before. Below are two videos to help understand what digital citizenship is and why is is important that our students understand the importance of building a POSITIVE digital footprint now. You can see these and other resources I've gathered for on digital citizenship here .

Ok guys, I get it. I chose to purse Ed Tech so I could become a better teacher. Teaching online? I'm pretty sure I already know that is not going to be gig. So creating this online course has really made me change the way I plan out my lessons. I'm the teacher that has an outline and plan of the lessons and objectives I'm going to teach, but having every lesson in concrete weeks in advance--not my style. I consistently come up with better ways to deliver instruction to my students either based off of something new I've found or to build upon something that happened in class. For this online course, having to have lessons and assignments for Weeks 4 and 5 already posted, this gives me heart palpitations.  I will say that I have enjoy having a more specific outline for students each week, and I definitely see the benefits for having students, including my own child one day, taking an online course before venturing off to college. An online course teaches time management...