Miss Chapman's Classroom

The presentation on Wednesday February 20th with Shannon Magee & Chris Fredrickson from MB. Education & Training was very interesting and informative. I have substituted in IITV classrooms, so this was not new for me. I am not entirely sold on these types of classes, I prefer the face to face of a traditional classroom.  Especially in classes such as Physics and pre-calc math, where it may be difficult to explain the task, and see where students are making errors in their work when trying to communicate through a screen.  I also have seen first hand how difficult it can be to classroom manage and engage students in conversation in these types of courses.  (My mom taught a course called "History through Cinema" - when she taught it in a classroom, the students were engaged, participated in discussion of the movies content and had no behaviour problems.  Teaching it over VC resulted in less students taking the course, students in the other schools goofing...

In #I4ED this week we took a look at the pros, cons and solutions for using social media in our classrooms. Our Class' findings were as follows: PROS ~relatable for students - most are using it ~engaging for students ~great method for keeping in contact with parents ~accountability - tool for reminding students of assignments, etc. ~differentiating instruction ~students can show their learning in a variety of ways ~development of 21st century skills ~easy access to resources ~connect with other classrooms ~students learn to be responsible digital citizens CONS ~could be distracting/students may get off task ~difficult to monitor cyberbullying ~some students may not have access to a device or Wi-Fi ~could be hard to keep up with (large class sizes/using many platforms) ~privacy & data sold to advertisers  SOLUTIONS ~classroom management ~cyberbullying awareness/have students report immediately to teacher ~use social media in school only ~start off w...

Today in #I4Ed we had a very interesting speaker, Kirsten Thompson, talk to us about using social media in the classroom.   A few key areas she focused on were as follows: Why Use Social Media in the Classroom?     A ccording to Kirsten, everyone (no matter the grade and subject area) should be using social media in the classrooms.   Regardless of the platform or context, social media can be used to address the 4 Cs of technology: -           Communication -           Collaboration -           Curation -           Creativity What value does it bring to classroom?   1. Prevalence  o    Prevalence of social media usage- 25 million Canadians are using social media. 2. Dig ital Literacy o    Best way to understand and model digital litera...