To be a digital citizen you have to follow some guidelines as:
Informal checks for understanding:
It's checking for understanding while I am teaching. For example, I can check weather my students have a background knowledge about photosynthesis by asking them to state to me the main conditions needed for photosynthesis on the Padlet application. OR after explaining some point in the lesson I can ask the students to answer some true and false questions by using kahoot or quizlet or mentimeter . Those online tools help me to check if things are going on the correct track or if I need to explain something in.
Test and quizzes:
Those are the regular types to check for
understanding, i can use google form to make a test or quiz at
the end of my lesson. So in this way I'm really checking the students'
understanding of the concept by using online tools.
Academic prompt:
I write a prompt which is: many of us try to
plant something but the plant dies. Write the reasons behind this and what you
can do to save and let them grow well.
I put this prompt on the google
classroom, and ask the students to answer on it, and there is no specific
answer. I make the answers visible, so all the students will response or reply
to each other’s. This is a beneficial way to cover some misunderstandings, for
example may be one of the student state something wrong, so others will reply
to him.
Projects
I can ask the students to make a video or game
about the lesson. Or, I can ask them to work in groups on google
slides to explain certain topic by themselves.
Nowadays there are a lot of ICT tools in front of
us as teachers. We can vary the usage of such tools and in
a way that fit our students' needs. Integrating technology in teaching can help
us to move from teacher centered learning to students centered learning and
help us to emphasize the teaching process. For example, if we are going about
photosynthesis and we are talking about what are the main conditions that are
necessary for the plant I can ask my students to open the simulation app and
perform the experiment, so that the students can control the conditions that
are necessary for the plants. They can control the variables in the way they
want, they can know what conditions are needed by the plant in order to
survive; how much mineral salts they must add or which specific intensity of
sunlight is better. So online tools and applications can help us a lot as
teachers to achieve our learning objectives in interesting and engaging way. As
a science teacher, technology tools really makes my subject more enjoyable and
interesting, and it makes my students more engaged and motivated. Moreover, it
facilitates my work as a teacher, helps me to deliver the information in a
clear way, and lets me move from a traditional approach to a student centered
approach.
A teaching experience that I won’t forget was the
day I used self-assessment method with my grade 7 students. In self-assessment,
students were able to reflect on their own personal test. they
were able to identify their weak points and they set targets for future
learning. For example, I gave the students rubric and asked them to assess
their own work, like to put a check mark on the points that they did correctly
and X on the wrong points. By doing so I helped my students, especially those
students that don't get high grades in the assessments, to be more motivated
and more engaged. Moreover, this method made the learning process more
effective, as the students are knowing their weak points and trying to set a
target to improve their learning.
2. What do I find useful
in this course?
3. What I wish was different
in this course?
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