TEACHER AS A LEADER
In my Teachers as Leaders course this final semester, we learned what it meant to be a leader in our school and community. Dr. Grifenhagen had us complete "Leadership Logs" as well as submit "Leadership Activities" throughout the semester so that we would step up at our schools and in our communities in literacy instruction. As a part of one of my activities, I was the Kindergarten representative for my school who went to the North Carolina Technology in Education Society (NCTIES) conference in Raleigh where I learned about many tech tools I could incorporate into my Literacy instruction. After attending the conference, I shared the information I had learned with my grade level as well as the Literacy Coach at my school.
As of this school year, the school I teach at is a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) school, meaning kids in K-5 classes are encouraged to bring a device from home to school every day to use in the classroom. Throughout the year I've attended PDs that focused on technology in the classroom such as BYOD 101, SeeSaw, FlipGrid, Google Classroom, and Wake County's 3:1 Device training. These PDs gave me hands-on practice with the tech tools before trying to implement them into my classroom. Because most of the trainings were lead by other teachers at my school, I had more confidence in the tools and how to use them.
I am the youngest teacher on the Kindergarten team and I definitely feel that I am the most "tech savvy" because of it. After learning about new technologies or trying different things in my classroom, I go back to my team and share with them. Each class has 3-4 desktop computers, 6 iPads, and whatever devices the children bring from home so I believe that ALL students should benefit from using technology in the classroom!
As of this school year, the school I teach at is a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) school, meaning kids in K-5 classes are encouraged to bring a device from home to school every day to use in the classroom. Throughout the year I've attended PDs that focused on technology in the classroom such as BYOD 101, SeeSaw, FlipGrid, Google Classroom, and Wake County's 3:1 Device training. These PDs gave me hands-on practice with the tech tools before trying to implement them into my classroom. Because most of the trainings were lead by other teachers at my school, I had more confidence in the tools and how to use them.
I am the youngest teacher on the Kindergarten team and I definitely feel that I am the most "tech savvy" because of it. After learning about new technologies or trying different things in my classroom, I go back to my team and share with them. Each class has 3-4 desktop computers, 6 iPads, and whatever devices the children bring from home so I believe that ALL students should benefit from using technology in the classroom!