Narrative writing. What is it? From the perspective of an elementary school teacher, it’s the first genre of writing you teach of the school year. And it’s always the personal narrative. Students brainstorm and write about their trips to Disneyland, the beach, or playing video games for hours on end. While students should write about …
Category: Common Core
What Good Teaching Looks Like: Digital Research
As per the Common Core State Standards students must incorporate digital research in their work. I interpret this to mean that students need a twenty-first century version of book sense. We used to teach students how to find books in a library, how to determine who the author and illustrator is, and where to find …
Technology in the Common Core: What Do Students Need to be Able to Do?
While there are no isolated technology standards in the Common Core State Standards, technology is embedded across the the grade levels. Many people are focused on students needing a device to take the assessment and not thinking about what students will need to be able to do with that device. The assessment …
Understanding Technology in the Common Core Standards
I’m reviewing technology use in the Common Core Standards this morning and thought I would share a few resources I’ve found for better understanding them. Remember that I am based in California so the information related specifically to our state might not apply to you directly. What is the difference between California standards and the Common …
Common Core Digital Storytelling Educational Policy Educational Technology Video in the Classroom Workshops Upcoming
Higher Level Technology Use
For my upcoming presentation, “Digital CPR: Bring Your Reading Series to Life with Technology” for LAUSD’s Best Practices Conference on March 19th, I created this illustration which I will use to talk about higher level technology use. I will talk about incorporating multimedia in the classroom as something all teachers should be doing but I …