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Thursday, March 9, 2023
EDUC 5313 Week 1 Blog Assignment
Hello!
My name is Brenda Rivera, welcome to my blog for EDUC 5313! Currently, I am a first grade teacher at a small school in Guymon, Oklahoma. We are located right in the middle of the Panhandle. I have held this position for the entirety of my five years of teaching. Last summer, I decided it was time for a change and working towards a masters degree was the first step. I knew if I wanted to move on to bigger career opportunities that I would need to go back to school. This summer I will complete my degree in less than a year and plan on relocating to Oklahoma City where I will continue to teach. I hope moving to the city will help open doors to other career opportunities in education.
Creative Communicator 1.6a suggests that students choose the appropriate platforms and tools for meeting the desired objectives of their creation or communication. This standard could be used in a first grade science lesson involving the Oklahoma state standard, 1.ESS1.1.1: Patterns of the motion of the sun, moon, and stars in the sky can be observed, described, and predicted. Students could use their iPads to record themselves explain the patterns of moon phases and what these phases are. Platforms like Seesaw could be easily used in the elementary levels for recording. Students can work in partners and help each other explain in the recording what they have learned about the science standard and then send to the teacher for feedback. Through the Seesaw platform, teachers are able to safely communicate with their students.
I believe the Seesaw app to be a quality platform for students to post their work and receive feedback. According to Kolb, a good educational app should provide developmentally appropriate guidance, like scaffolded feedback and has multiple forms of feedback. Teachers are able to provide feedback on Seesaw through written messages and by sending emojis as feedback. Instructions are able to be repeated and rephrased through the platform and the platform also promotes higher level thinking (Kolb, 2020).
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I just started teaching, but I knew I wanted to do more, so I also started my masters in the fall. I want to be able to teach dual credit at the high school level, so I need 18 graduate math hours. I have never used seesaw, but I think this would be an easy platform to include in the classroom. I would like to incorporate seesaw in my class by having my students record themselves working through a math problem. Great idea!
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Hi Brenda, What caught my eye immediately about your post is that you are finishing your degree in less than a year! That is amazing! Seesaw is a great program to use with the younger elementary students. Most of my teaching experience is in the grades 4-6 range, and I have found that the students enjoy using Flipgrid as a way of recording and posting. Both of these applications would certainly fall under the "Creative Communicator" standards. I agree that it is important for teachers to provide scaffolded feedback that is developmentally appropriate and individualized for each student.
ReplyDeleteHi Brenda - I love your idea of having your first graders create an astronomy project for the sun, moon and stars. These children can do some much thru collaboration and artwork so that all of their sensors are being exercised. One of my favorite projects in my 8th grade science class was to create the planets orbiting around the sun (painted on the backwall). Best of luck as you continue your educational journey in OKC.
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