February 25, 2019 - 2hrs.
Today, Dana Siegmund, Keith Weaver, and I continued with our collaborative planning of the hyper doc for social studies. We finished the unit on Louisiana Purchase and continued working on the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Our main conversation was around how to incorporate a technology element into the sharing of research information. We discussed using Tour Builder to map the route that Lewis and Clark took to Oregon. The class would be put into groups of two and they would choose from 10 prominent locations on the trail. Their task would be to write a journal entry from that specific location using the information they gathered from curated online sources. Students would locate information regarding the climate for their particular area, different sights they would encounter, and hardships they endured. Time was also devoted to searching for online resources.
On a side note, I introduced my fourth-grade collaborative class to Flipgrid. I used it as a formative assessment to measure the students' understanding of the differences between the northern and southern economies prior to the Civil War. Overall, the students did a great job. They showed a great deal of excitement with creating their own videos.
March 2, 2019 - 4hrs.
What a fantastic way to end the week. I spent this Saturday morning attending Edcamp GA held on the campus of UGA(#EdcampGA). The morning was broken into four sessions. I attended Virtual Reality in the classroom, Unconventional Google Classroom Ideas, Robots and Elementary Math, and Digital Hoarder. Throughout the morning, I gained great valuable knowledge that I can incorporate into my teaching. The most interesting session was on virtual reality in the classroom lead by Dr. Chris Greer. He spent time explaining where he sees VR as having an impact on public education, provided links to virtual reality videos on YouTube, and let attendees use his Oculus Go. This was my first time experiencing VR and it was pretty amazing.
The other session that I found extremely useful was Digital Hoarding. This session provided different ideas for curating digital content. I found one tool particularly impactful, Wakelet. For me, this is a new curation tool that I can see myself using right away. I envision organizing digital content for a given a math unit or as a digital portfolio for students. I am very excited about the possibilities of this tool.
At the other two sessions, I learned valuable ideas for using Google Drawing, Edpuzzle, Tinkercad, Doctopus, Symbaloo Learning Paths, Classroomscreen, and how Ozobots can be used in a math classroom to teach concepts like area and perimeter.
Another important element of the morning was networking with ed tech specialists from the region and from higher ed (UGA and Georgia College). This was time well spent.
What a fantastic way to end the week. I spent this Saturday morning attending Edcamp GA held on the campus of UGA(#EdcampGA). The morning was broken into four sessions. I attended Virtual Reality in the classroom, Unconventional Google Classroom Ideas, Robots and Elementary Math, and Digital Hoarder. Throughout the morning, I gained great valuable knowledge that I can incorporate into my teaching. The most interesting session was on virtual reality in the classroom lead by Dr. Chris Greer. He spent time explaining where he sees VR as having an impact on public education, provided links to virtual reality videos on YouTube, and let attendees use his Oculus Go. This was my first time experiencing VR and it was pretty amazing.
The other session that I found extremely useful was Digital Hoarding. This session provided different ideas for curating digital content. I found one tool particularly impactful, Wakelet. For me, this is a new curation tool that I can see myself using right away. I envision organizing digital content for a given a math unit or as a digital portfolio for students. I am very excited about the possibilities of this tool.
At the other two sessions, I learned valuable ideas for using Google Drawing, Edpuzzle, Tinkercad, Doctopus, Symbaloo Learning Paths, Classroomscreen, and how Ozobots can be used in a math classroom to teach concepts like area and perimeter.
Another important element of the morning was networking with ed tech specialists from the region and from higher ed (UGA and Georgia College). This was time well spent.
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