KS2: Ways technology can be used to support high-quality, standards-based curriculum, instruction, and assessment in all content areas, including instructional design principles that rely upon research-based learning theories to guide the use of computers and other technologies in education
Here is a collection of lessons I've created that center on the themes of Identity, Utopia, Survival, and Culture and utilize technology to reach deeper levels of learning. (Note: you will leave this site to view the lessons.)
Perhaps my favorite part of technology integration is working with teachers to help them utilize our iPads to access deeper learning opportunities for students, and to reach out beyond our four walls to connect with others. Building a sense of
Students using Appear.in to interact with students in other schools around our nation.
empathy for others and an understanding of the world in which we live is just one of the amazing possibilities technology now offers learners, and we are beginning to embrace those possibilities at Lamoille Union. We recently connected with schools around Vermont as well as in Texas as part of a study of geography, and plan to scale the experience with our social studies teachers. We also participated in our second year of a global game-based unit based on the Hero's Journey during which we interacted with students from the Dominican Republic and Peru.
While these kinds of opportunities occur occasionally, the daily work our students and teachers engage in using our LMS, Schoology, has provided immediate feedback, mastery tracking, and self-pacing. These are three tenets of both personalized and proficiency-based learning. Without technology, teachers have a much more difficult task ahead of them in implementing all that Act 77 promises.
With Vermont's recent adoption of the ISTE Standards and their close relation to our transferable skills, we will be working even more closely with teachers to help them integrate the tools we know will help them guide learners into the future.
