To dive into this post, I began by collecting notes from my fellow cohort and making a list of terms that I didn’t recognize. This is helping me to figure out where I am starting out from and that hopefully will lead me to the first steps of my path on this course, to paraphrase Miller and Bass (p. 94, 2019).
So far some terms I am looking forward to exploring over the next week are:
Padlet, Stop Motion, Book Creator, Libby, Reggio Emilia, Microsoft Lens, Ctrl-F “Find the Facts” and Web 2.0 and 3.0.
I have so much exploring to do and the more I think about it and try to narrow my focus the more I keep thinking about the Kindergarten students that I teach. Mostly, I see them for library time and in the gym for P.E. but when I fist took on this role, I used to do French lessons with them as well. We removed the French in order to free up more time for me to be reading with them and playing in the gym. My admin came to prioritize this time over the French because they would start those lessons in grade one anyways. However, now I am starting to wonder if it would be beneficial to start introducing technology into their library time. I am curious about what is out there and to essentially find out what it is that I don’t know.
As I let my imagination wander and wonder about how to integrate basic and fun technology into my time with the Ks, I am beginning to see how I can take more initiative to be a learning leader within my school guided by the B.C. curriculum. So far by looking at the Applied Skills and Applied Technologies sections provide a starting point, but more research is needed for me to find apps and source out the best tablets to introduce to the littles.
Works Cited:
Building student success – B.C. curriculum. (n.d.). Retrieved September 18, 2022, from https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca/curriculum/adst/k/core
Miller, S., & Bass, W. (2019). Leading from the Library: Help your School Community Thrive in the Digital Age. (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.) International Society for Technology in Education.
This is a good first post. I appreciate your approach of seeking to know more about the thoughts and ideas that have come up within our course. These Reading Review assignments often form the basis for the final project. As such, you may want to investigate some broader terms rather than specific tools and apps. For your next post, I encourage you to include additional multimedia elements (hyperlinks, images, videos). These add another layer to your discussion and provide good takeaways for your reader.