Kids Speak Out on Student Engagement
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In my classroom I am attempting to engage students with the mathematics by applying it to the real world. I provide students with meaningful tasks that help them explore new mathematical concepts. When students learn a new concept I try to make a scenario that they can relate to so they can have fun doing the math, which in turn will help solidify the new content being presented. After reading “Kids Speak Out on Student Engagement” I realized that students have input on what they find engaging in the classroom. After analyzing the ten most common responses by students I am going to commit to the following three:
#1 Working with peers
#2 Working with technology
#10 Be human
I decided to commit to working with peers because students do a lot of the work in my classroom. In the two-hour block that we implement at my school site I am up front at the board at most 30 minutes. Therefore, I believe that collaboration is a key component in student success. I will commit to implementing technology in my classro om because a lot of what students do in my classroom can be done with technology. I will have students work on the mathematical concepts by hand and then provide them with the opportunity to use technology to obtain the same, or even better result. I will commit to being more human in my class. I have a difficult time telling my students about myself, but I have seen that the more I open up the more my students are willing to do for me. Therefore, in order to engage my students I will work on becoming more human.
Instagram ELE Challenge
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The Instagram ELE Challenge helps prepare students to participate in a global society because Instagram is bigger than the walls of the classroom. People from all over the world are posting photos on Instagram and students c an do so as well, while at the same time learning. Students will participate in hashtags set up by their class, but will also encounter other hashtags that will help them communicate with people across the world. Students will be able to share commonalities with others through Instagram. This is how the Instagram ELE Challenge is helping students participate in a global society.
These teachers empower collaboration because they are providing students with time to collaborate with one another in and outside of the classroom. These teachers empower innovation because they are creating new ways to implement engaging mediums to help students learn.
Instagram Scavenger Hunt
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I feel that I can implement the “Instagram Scavenger Hunt” in some units in my math classes. The units that come to mind at the moment are units that deal with angles and two-dimensional and three- dimensional figures. I would modify the scavenger hunt to last the enitre unit. I cannot think of an appropriate place I can take my students for a field trip; however, I can take them on a walk around campus and they can take pictures and upload them on Instagram. I feel that this “Instagram Scavenger Hunt” can help students learn properties of angles a lot quicker because they will want to post photos and they will see photos that their peers have posted.
3 Ways Colleges Use Instagram
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When reading “3 Ways Colleges Use Instagram” they noted that the ways they implement Instagram are by posting photos that represent the University or College, feeding other social media networks, and encouraging participation in major events. To a legal extent I believe that this can only be implemented at Colleges and Universities because K-12 schools would have to get permission to take pictures of students. However, if permission was granted the implementation of Instagram can most definitely be applicable to middle and high schools. The reason that Instagram is so appealing to users is that it is a social media network that only uses pictures and they do not have to read much. Schools and classrooms can benefit from the use of Instagram because it can provide students with vocabulary visuals or an alternate option to complete a project.
Reflection on Instagram and Education
In the above articles teachers and schools have leveraged the social network tool of Instagram as an approach to facilitate student learning. We are all aware that social media networks are ways that students communicate and they consider it a fun way to interact. Therefore, we should find ways to implement the tools that students use to help facilitate their learning. I agree to a certain extent on some of the uses that educators in the above articles have taken to transform instruction and engagement in the classroom. I feel that planning activities from time to time using Instagram is important but not a daily or weekly activity. Students need to be aware that technology is not only social media, and if we make that the only source of technology students interact with they will not be ready for advanced technology. The implementations of social media networks discussed in the above articles did not initially align with my beliefs about education. However, after reading I have learned that students can be really engaged using Instagram, and as a result that has influenced my planning for the future. I want to engage students and I believe that if I plan activities that involve Instagram over the course of the year it will help them learn new content. My belief on technology in the classroom has more of a programming approach. I plan to use Python with students in the future to help them see how people in the real-world solve complicated math problems. Students need to be aware that mathematicians do not always solve problems using paper and pencils, but that they use computer programming to solve complicated problems. My goal is to show students that they can create a program using Python that can solve a set of problems and as a result they can save a lot of time.
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In my classroom I am attempting to engage students with the mathematics by applying it to the real world. I provide students with meaningful tasks that help them explore new mathematical concepts. When students learn a new concept I try to make a scenario that they can relate to so they can have fun doing the math, which in turn will help solidify the new content being presented. After reading “Kids Speak Out on Student Engagement” I realized that students have input on what they find engaging in the classroom. After analyzing the ten most common responses by students I am going to commit to the following three:
#1 Working with peers
#2 Working with technology
#10 Be human
I decided to commit to working with peers because students do a lot of the work in my classroom. In the two-hour block that we implement at my school site I am up front at the board at most 30 minutes. Therefore, I believe that collaboration is a key component in student success. I will commit to implementing technology in my classro om because a lot of what students do in my classroom can be done with technology. I will have students work on the mathematical concepts by hand and then provide them with the opportunity to use technology to obtain the same, or even better result. I will commit to being more human in my class. I have a difficult time telling my students about myself, but I have seen that the more I open up the more my students are willing to do for me. Therefore, in order to engage my students I will work on becoming more human.
Instagram ELE Challenge
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The Instagram ELE Challenge helps prepare students to participate in a global society because Instagram is bigger than the walls of the classroom. People from all over the world are posting photos on Instagram and students c an do so as well, while at the same time learning. Students will participate in hashtags set up by their class, but will also encounter other hashtags that will help them communicate with people across the world. Students will be able to share commonalities with others through Instagram. This is how the Instagram ELE Challenge is helping students participate in a global society.
These teachers empower collaboration because they are providing students with time to collaborate with one another in and outside of the classroom. These teachers empower innovation because they are creating new ways to implement engaging mediums to help students learn.
Instagram Scavenger Hunt
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I feel that I can implement the “Instagram Scavenger Hunt” in some units in my math classes. The units that come to mind at the moment are units that deal with angles and two-dimensional and three- dimensional figures. I would modify the scavenger hunt to last the enitre unit. I cannot think of an appropriate place I can take my students for a field trip; however, I can take them on a walk around campus and they can take pictures and upload them on Instagram. I feel that this “Instagram Scavenger Hunt” can help students learn properties of angles a lot quicker because they will want to post photos and they will see photos that their peers have posted.
3 Ways Colleges Use Instagram
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When reading “3 Ways Colleges Use Instagram” they noted that the ways they implement Instagram are by posting photos that represent the University or College, feeding other social media networks, and encouraging participation in major events. To a legal extent I believe that this can only be implemented at Colleges and Universities because K-12 schools would have to get permission to take pictures of students. However, if permission was granted the implementation of Instagram can most definitely be applicable to middle and high schools. The reason that Instagram is so appealing to users is that it is a social media network that only uses pictures and they do not have to read much. Schools and classrooms can benefit from the use of Instagram because it can provide students with vocabulary visuals or an alternate option to complete a project.
Reflection on Instagram and Education
In the above articles teachers and schools have leveraged the social network tool of Instagram as an approach to facilitate student learning. We are all aware that social media networks are ways that students communicate and they consider it a fun way to interact. Therefore, we should find ways to implement the tools that students use to help facilitate their learning. I agree to a certain extent on some of the uses that educators in the above articles have taken to transform instruction and engagement in the classroom. I feel that planning activities from time to time using Instagram is important but not a daily or weekly activity. Students need to be aware that technology is not only social media, and if we make that the only source of technology students interact with they will not be ready for advanced technology. The implementations of social media networks discussed in the above articles did not initially align with my beliefs about education. However, after reading I have learned that students can be really engaged using Instagram, and as a result that has influenced my planning for the future. I want to engage students and I believe that if I plan activities that involve Instagram over the course of the year it will help them learn new content. My belief on technology in the classroom has more of a programming approach. I plan to use Python with students in the future to help them see how people in the real-world solve complicated math problems. Students need to be aware that mathematicians do not always solve problems using paper and pencils, but that they use computer programming to solve complicated problems. My goal is to show students that they can create a program using Python that can solve a set of problems and as a result they can save a lot of time.