Blog Post #4: Tuesday 09/20
ELA Tech Standards (Fifth Grade)
The fifth-grade ELA Standards for Technology cover a variety of topics including familiarity with multimedia, typing proficiency, and writing skills. Primarily, the standards encourage educators to familiarize students with multiple types of technological resources. This includes many different kinds of audio, visual, and digital software including Microsoft applications, Youtube, eBooks, Popplet, and others. The standards also claim that fifth graders should be able to construct and publish well-formatted works of writing with sophisticated framework components. Another standard asserts that students (with help from their teachers) should be able to use the internet to write and collaborate with their peers. Subsequently, if students are presented with a question on any given topic, they should know how to most efficiently search for the answer via the internet. Finally, by the end of their fifth-grade year, students should be skilled in using a keyboard. This regards proper typing technique and navigation of numbers, punctuation, and other desktop tools.
Considering that I am not well versed in nearly half of the software programs cited in the "Technology Tools" column, I'm confident that I'm not currently prepared to implement these standards in a classroom setting. Additionally, while I type rather quickly, I do not practice proper typing techniques. Therefore, I don't think I'd be able to enforce those practices in a classroom.
Integrating CPALMS Resources
The CPALMS resources for fifth-grade mathematics were full of structured tools for students and educators. I noticed a detailed list of standards coupled with math games, lesson plans, and videos. I imagine it can be difficult for teachers to create interactive lesson plans to target every state standard. Personally, I prefer to learn in the most predictable environment possible. As a student, I do not like to be taken off-guard by big activities that deviate from the norm. In my own classroom, these resources can be used to craft a general schedule for lesson plans and activities. However, educators should avoid relying solely on pre-made lesson plans to communicate the state standard. It is more than likely that some of their students will not be able to grasp the information via the same medium as their peers. If the students need extra help on a subject, mini-lessons can be incorporated into the day's plan.
Internet Searching as an Educator
As an educator, being familiar with proper internet searching technique is key for classroom productivity. If teachers know exactly how to find the information they're looking for, more class time can be spent delivering the information to students. Additionally, knowing proper search techniques leads teachers to the most precise and accurate information available. This promotes better quality of student understanding. I learned a lot from the advanced google search lesson this week. I'm not aware of any shortcuts that weren't mentioned in class. Moving forward, I will use the reverse image search and 'exclude words' tools the most.
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