Blog Journal #4

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The ELA Technology standard grade level I chose was 2^nd grade. I chose second grade because that is what I hope to end up teaching one day. The standard that I chose was the use of guidance and support from adults, use a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing, including in collaboration with peers. The technology used would be a collaborative Smart Board or Promethean Board activities, class blogs and wikis, online storybook creators such as Story Jumper, online graphics software such as pixlr,  word processors such as Word. I feel that I could implement this in my classroom because it would give the kids a variety of opportunities to use different sites and skills to use.

There are many resources that can be used from the CPALMS for many different grades and subjects. The grade I selected was 2^nd grade mathematics. The tool is adding two-digit numbers without regrouping, they used Khan academy for this. I feel like Khan is a great tool to use because it gives all sorts of explanatory videos for many topics. In this Khan Academy video, they explore adding two-digits numbers with base ten blocks and connect this to the standard algorithm.

As a teacher it is important to be a proficient internet searcher so that you are able to find credible sites appropriate for children. One of the skills introduced this week was correct google searching and how to filter it. I have used google plenty of time and now know haw to filer it enough to limit the responses. I have used this one site call the economist that has proven to be very credible and resourceful.