Intro
It took me awhile, but with a little help,
I was able to find a twitter chat that sparked my interest: #1stchat.
This chat is for first grade teachers specifically, and for primary grade
teachers generally. All of them collaborate and interact to share ideas
and tools which can improve their lessons in the classroom. Although I
was not able to participate in the twitter chat, I learned a lot from reading
the archive and was able to see collaborative inquiry in action.
Collaborative Inquiry
According to the ASCD, collaborative
inquiry in the education field is defined as "teachers working together to
identify common challenges, analyze relevant data, and test out instructional
approaches in order to increase student learning." It is a slightly
new twist on Vygotsky's theory that social interaction plays a fundamental role
in the learning process; instead of the social interaction being focused on
child development, this social interaction is focused on adult learning. By
communicating with their peers, teachers are given access to a wider base of
knowledge than they possess individually, which enables them to see their
students in a new light. Through this collaborative
inquiry teachers instruction can become exponentially more effective than if
they were to continue to stumble around in the dark by themselves searching for
the answers to their students’ struggles.
#1st chat #edtech
chat
During this chat, the primary grade teachers collaborated,
bringing together their knowledge of a variety of technology tools to use in
the class and what to use them for. Many
took this a step further, not only revealing their uses for technology, but
also including links to their blogs for teachers who wanted to learn more about
the particular type of technology or those who wanted to collaborate further regarding
a certain topic. Needing help in this
area myself, I took notes on the programs the teachers used for each question
posted, and by the end of the chat, I had filled up several notebook pages of
resources to use in my future classroom.
To keep the collaboration going, I will share some of these tools with all of you as well J
Whole Group Instruction Tech Tools:
Document Camera Projection devices
Padlet Planbook.com
Evernote SMART board
AirPlay on iPad Team Doceri with Apple TV
iPad iMovie
Mimio Elmo
Class Dojo brightloop
Tools to document student learning, conferencing, and portfolios:
Kidblog.org educreations
Evernote weebly
Confer app Easy Blog Jr
iPad Scootpad
Padlet ShutterCal
iMovie brightloop
Reader's Workshop Tools:
RAZ kids iMovie
Spelling Monster Drawing Pad
Popplet Audioboo
educreations ScootPad
Storyline online MeeGenius
Tellagami Scholastic Teach
SonicPics Brain Pop
Math Tools:
educreations Operation Code Squad
Xtra math Hyper Blast
Dreambox Ten Frame Fill app
Teaching table Quick Math
Pic Collage Show Me
Explain Everything Cyberchase Quest
Draw & Tell 30 Hands
motionmath Quick Clock
edmodo
Morning Meeting Tools: Tools to support writing:
SMART board Kidblog
ActivSlate Brain Pop
Corkulous edmodo
Mimio Teach Storybird
Class Dojo educreations
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