Teaching with Technology Blog Wrap Up

Teaching with Technology Blog Wrap Up Two insights into technology that inspired me were using Instagram and Twitter in the classroom. The thought of being able to use Twitter with college level students as a back channel to communicate and stay in contact seems like a great idea. I do realize that an instructor would…

~Teaching with Technology Blog~ Ethical Consideration and Positive Social Change

AB MD7 ~Teaching with Technology Blog~ Ethical Consideration and Positive Social Change Technology to Be Incorporated The technology that I will incorporate for module 7 will be Using Blogs. Blogs can be used in numerous ways in the classroom. For K-5 Elementary Student Teachers and Pre-Service Teachers I will incorporate the following instructions on using…

Using Technology to Foster & Assess Student Learning

Abirch / MD6 ~Teaching with Technology Blog~ ~Using Technology to Foster & Assess Student Learning~ The two different types of technology I chose to Foster and Assess Student Learning are: Instagram and Pinterest For Instagram, I will have students use the App for creative writing prompts. They will take pictures and post what their writing…

~Blog ~ Teaching with Technology Sustaining Technology Use

For this assignment, I have chosen to use Twitter as my technology. Twitter can be used in a variety of ways. For my purpose, I would use it to stay in contact with my student teaching cohorts. I would make a small Twitter group and use it to stay in contact. Student teachers could quickly…

Teaching with Technology Blog~Using Technology to Enhance Your College Teaching

The technology I will use will be the Interactive White Boards. (IWB) Using Interactive White Boards in the classroom can enhance learning for students. “Student motivation and engagement in the learning process increased in a 2011 study when studying with the Interactive White Boards” (Manny, Tikochinski, Zorman, & Dagan, 2011). Educators need to be trained…

Teaching with Technology Blog Online Learning Resources & Professional Development

MD3 -D3 August 7, 2017 Teaching with Technology Blog Online Learning Resources & Professional Development Five on line learning resources that are available are: Blackboard Learn Learning Studio Learning Outcomes Tutoring and Peer Mentoring Library Center   The resources that I am comfortable using out of the five are: Blackboard Learning, and Library Center. I…

Teaching with Technology ~ July 18, 2017

Teaching with Technology Module 2 Assignment 2 July 18, 2017 Identify at least five classroom technology resources that are available at your college or a college where you wish to teach in the future.  Five different types of technology resources that I have taught with and wish to teach with in the future are: Interactive White…

Allison’s Teaching Blog

I am a former elementary school teacher.  I have taught Kindergarten, a 1/2 blend, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade and 5th grade. I love teaching and watching students learn and grow. I have a passion for assisting and training student teachers & new teachers in their pursuit to become Educators and Life Long Learners.

EdD Class

Hello, my name is Allison Birch. This is my seventh class in the EdD program. I am a former elementary school teacher K-5. I earned my M.S in Education and Reading Literacy from Walden in 2004. I spent ten years teaching K-5 and I taught reading to the struggling readers in each grade level along…

Alison’s Teaching Blog

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