Digital Technology for Teaching & Learning

          The Foundations of Educational Technology (Summer 2017) course has helped me to understand the implications of using technology in education today. This course also opened my mind and my vision toward the use of technology. I understand now that technology is more than a mechanical tool for students to interact with. Technology is a path for students to explore innovation, to become critical thinkers and solve problems. The more significant insights I gained from the Foundations of Educational Technology course are: the importance of the web collaborative technology tools, technology frameworks and models and the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) standards.           First, the Foundations of Education in Technology course has increased my awareness of the importance of incorporating web collaborative technology tools in my instruction. After taking this course, I learned that the collaborative web tech...

          I am publishing the evaluation digital resources assignment as one of the artifact for the Foundations of Educational Technology course (Summer 2017). This artifact includes the evaluation of three digital resources on a given digital evaluation rubric. The three evaluated digital resources were: BrainPOP, Imagine Learning and Newsela. I chose these digital resources since I was familiar with their platforms and the service they provide. I should tell you that the use of a rubric to evaluate a digital resource was a new concept to me. In moments of exploring new digital resources, I used to pay attention to other colleagues and friends recommendations together with my personal experience. This assignment has helped me learn the importance of using rubrics to assess digital resources that enhance student’s education.          One of the reasons I find the evaluation of digital rubrics important is because they helped m...

I am posting: “The Power of Parent Talk” power-point (PP) presentation as one of the artifacts for the Foundations of Educational Technology course (Summer 2017).  This presentation is based on the Thirty Million Words Initiative, TMW INITIATIVE , that I had recommended on twitter as an important educative side that teaches parents how to help children increase their language acquisition. Moreover, The Power of Parent Talk PP presentation was created with the purpose of informing parents of the facts behind the Early Literacy Program (ELP) that emerged in Columbus West School in Cicero, IL. In Spring 2017, Mrs. Jain, a second-grade teacher, introduced me to the book “The Thirty Million Words: Building a Child’s Brain” by Dana Suskind.  The book is about how the importance of talking to a child from birth to 3 years old.  This is key for young children to have the pattern of language in their brain.  So knowing this, Mrs. Jain and I took a proactive role in cre...