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Response to Teaching in a Competency-Based Education Environment by Katie Varatta Competency-based learning and personalized learning can be supported by educational technology in the following ways: 1. Chromebooks- are a tool each child could have in the classroom or share with another student. Students could use this technology to read or be read to at their level by visiting online platforms that provide a copious amount of books online. 2.Google classroom- would be a great tool for this type of individualized learning because the students have access to the work in advance and they can work at their own pace. Google classroom would simplify creating and grading assignments. 3.Google Forms- can be used to automate quizzes, check-ins and exit tickets. 4. Flipped Classroom- this teaching model uses technology to provide lectures in video format to the students that may watch them from home. The classroom is then set aside for 1on 1 help and discussion and individualized help. 5. Glogster- allows students to make a collage with pictures, video, graphics and text to create fun and appealing presentations they can share with the class. These are just a few ways educational technology can help support Competency-based learning. I have been using Chromebooks in my 4th grade classroom for about a month now and both the students and I have found it to be an easy way to turn in their book reviews. I am able to assign each students books at their own level. I am also excited about using Google forms in the classroom to quickly assess student knowledge on leveled questions.
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Rian
1/28/2018 11:43:41 am
I like how you have implemented google forms/docs into your classroom! It is really essential to begin those skills in elementary, so that students are familiar with them in the upper grades. I am interested to hear more if you choose to use Google classroom in the future.
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Scott Marsden
1/28/2018 02:51:26 pm
I also love how innovative you are, Marisabel, and how you provide specific examples of tools that you have tried in your classroom that would support personalized learning/competency-based learning. It sounds like you are ready to learn about more tools that would work with Chromebooks, and more about how to use Google Classroom. I hope we can do that in this class.
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Amanda Olson
1/28/2018 05:15:12 pm
I appreciate your specific examples of technology, and am very excited to hear about the benefits they have for you as the teacher and for your students' learning as well. I hope to use technology as a means of intervention, and differentiation in order to meet the myriad of learning styles and levels of mastery that exists in my classroom. What I want to make sure of most is that the incorporation of technology is not done simply to incorporate technology, but it is incorporated as a means to enhance the curriculum, and student assessment/reflection. I am excited to learn how best to do all of this throughout this semester!
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Jose G. Cerda
1/29/2018 08:24:52 pm
I hadn't thought about many of these! Google's options alone are enough to explore. That is what I want to become more familiar with so I can implement it in the classroom. I see the potential it can have when it comes to organizing a personalized learning environment with technology.
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1/29/2018 09:57:07 pm
Marisabel, thank you for all the different example of technology tools you have written about. I can truly see that you use technology to assist and support the learning of your students. I too, use tumble books and google classroom, and it's true what you say, that they can work at their own pace and still complete the task. thank you.
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Diana Olguin
1/30/2018 06:28:57 pm
I am interested to find out how you have implemented Google Classroom with your 4th graders. How was your experience with this learning tool? I have not used Glogster, have your students made any presentations using this educational technology?
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