Blog Post 4
The ELA Technology Standards, standing for English Language Arts, is a federal Common Core Standard for teachers that outlines how to use technology to enhance reading, writing, speaking, and language abilities for students. I feel like I could handle many of the standards for lower class grades with my current knowledge, but the further you rise in grade level the more trouble I would have. The 11-12 grade standards are mainly about utilizing different forms of media to write papers, and I have a lot of experience with that. The one I would have the most issues with is the first standard that describes how teachers would clarify trouble words to students. Although I think that I have a good knowledge of stem words, I don’t have that big of a vocabulary! So I would have a difficult time explaining words to my students without looking it up.
On CPALMS Educator Toolkit, there are many resources for educators to use, including lesson plans, educational videos and tutorials. It’s funny, because looking through it I see so many similarities between what my teachers taught me and what lesson plans they have on CPALMS! For example, in tenth grade, my class and I read Count of Monte Cristo and on CPALMS they have an interactive tutorial about Dantes’ character development that was very similar to how my teacher structured her lesson plan. I would use CPALMS as a resource much like my tenth grade english teacher used it: as a base for my lesson plan and as a source of information to more deeply understand the text.
It’s important for teachers to be proficient internet searchers in order to pull up resources efficiently during class. I can’t tell you how many teachers I've had that are terrible at googling different questions or resources. It always takes away class time and it is frustrating to many students. I would consider myself a concise googler, but the video about additional tricks to use when using Google was very informative, and I will definitely be employing the use of special characters in my search not only in my classroom, but also for everyday use. Although I am a digital native, I am not all that tech savvy when it comes to knowing computer commands, so I don’t have any tips. The only one I rely on that I recently learned was that you can paste without formatting on a document by using Shift+Option+Command+V, but that’s the extent of my knowledge.
Hi McKenna! I enjoyed your blog post especially when talking about the CPALMS educator toolkit. I think it is so cool that they also have resources for high school level because in my experience I've only seen website focus on grades k-8. I think your google skills are going to grow with this class so you'll be able to grow beyond copying and pasting skills.
ReplyDeleteHey McKenna! I especially loved the last paragraph of your blog post. I can recal multiple instances where a teacher wasted class time due to technological difficulties and confusion. I also found the google trick video especially helpful for daily life and classroom life! Looking forward to your next post. :)
ReplyDeleteHey McKenna, great work! I really enjoyed reading your post and relate to a lot of what you said! I completely agree that it is essential for educators to be proficient in internet searching. We all can relate to how frustrating it is when a teacher's lesson plan isn't effective simply because they are a digital immigrant.
ReplyDeleteI think using 11-12 grade is a perfect example, especially since those are the grades where language is the most sophisticated in order to prep for college. It is always good for teachers to efficiently google words or references since I have also experienced teachers who either take up all of class to do it or skip over it, leaving students more confused than before.
ReplyDeleteHi McKenna! I liked the example you used from your own high school English class when you were taking about the CPALMS toolkit! I agree about the need to be an efficient googler, I learned so much from the Google video.
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