Closure

I first want to thank Sam for giving such great feedback on my posts from last week. It was very insightful and helped me grow in sense of my technological skillset. I certainly felt the scoring was accurate and at times very generous. When I look at my computational skillset, I certainly feel I’m maybe 1/10 or 2/10 but I’ll take the 6/10! Haha

Google classroom is one aspect I want to focus on in this post. It is used in all classroom in the school I work and is prominent the main way teachers reach their students through the computer. To touch on Sam’s mention of scheduling assignments, re-using assignments and posting specific assignments for different students is something I feel every teacher needs to know when operating through google classroom. If I were to rate myself in March, I would have given myself a 1/10. I was very clueless on many of the functions and applications google classroom could be used for. Fast forward to now, I feel extremely comfortable navigating in and out of google classroom. I would give myself a score of 7/10 or 8/10.

Additionally, I believe a strength of mine is Padlet, Polleverywhere and Jamboard. There are platforms that allow students to interact with each other through technology. Collaboration is something that is lost through the hybrid and online model. No fault to teachers or students, just the nature of the situation we’re dealing with. Finding new ways for students to still share and express themselves with their peers is important within a classroom. It creates a sense of community and involvement with each student. I would give myself a 7/10 with the platforms mentioned above.

A priority of mine is still computational thinking. I find it interesting in how this may be used in the classroom. Being that I am in the science discipline, I feel it can be used in Physics and Chemistry seamlessly. Additionally, there can be a collaborative aspect as well. Having students work together to, for example, create a Biology focused game can be a new and inventive study technique. I would give myself a 2/10 in my ability to communicate and structure a lesson using this piece of technology. I would set this as a priority for me to learn.