Digital Collaboration
Collaboration Philosophy
Digital gallery
Here's a look at a few of my collaborative efforts during the 2024-25.
- Image 1: A video lesson I prepared to share with a college class about reading materials for middle school students.
- Image 2: A Padlet activity I shared with students to study subject-verb agreement.
- Image 3: Mock interviews with a fellow classmate.
- Image 4: Screenshot from a video I made on Loom to share my teaching philosophy with parents.
- Image 5: Grading ELA assignments in Google Classroom
Professional Learning Community
My internship spurred ideas of what I would do in my own classroom to encourage participation of students and of my professional colleagues. Here are some of my ideas:
Vision
Colleagues: Collaborate on creative activities for our grade levels to create unity among all sections
Students: Collaborate to complete learning "quests" in class; utilize digital collaboration for peer review and boosting morale
Goal
To make digital collaboration among colleagues and students the rule, rather than the exception
Strategy
Colleagues share online conference times to help students after school
Develop a Faculty Resources Google Drive to share ideas and to brainstorm new class activities
Measuring Success
To measure success, I will have open conversations with my colleagues to determine what does and does not help in terms of Faculty Resources.
To measure student success, I will survey students regarding their use of after-hours help. track and chart number of users, use pre- and post-testing to assess the effectiveness of online quests.
Tool Mastery
Blocksi
Software program allowing teachers to monitor student Chromebook use in real-time, helping to protect the student while teaching them ethical use of online resources
Brisk Boost
AI chatbot for students based on state standards; simplifies difficult state standards to help students review individually, while allowing them to learn ethical use of AI
IXL
Diagnoses student problem areas in content fields, then customizes additional practice to help students progress
Brisk
Teacher and standard-based AI to create lesson plans and generate feedback
We Will Write
Teacher-led online writing gamification program that utilizes peer collaboration and that gives students a chance to learn through play
Kahoot!
Real-time competitive summative-style review tool that gamifies learning
Google Classroom
I've used Google Classroom both as a teacher and as a student.
Padlet
Padlet is a fun digital collaboration tool that helps organize ideas and facilitate discussion.