Month: November 2020

The book ” Sails the 7 Cs” by Becky Keene and Kathi Kersznowski chapter titled “Conclusion- Becoming Changemaker” discusses all the tools made accessible for students to get creative and critically and computational think. It stresses the importance of making a change within the community. Educators can contribute to making a change by incorporating skype in the classroom and using seventeen, sustainable development goals. Despite the obstacles thrown at some of these educators, they still managed to make impossible ends meet. For example, the text mentions that educators in the low resource community struggle with obtaining effective technology. However, they found a solution using skype in the classroom. This allowed educators in Nigeria to give students the experience of meeting other students in other parts country. When given a chance to skype the United States, the kids in the US realized what it is like not to have. Therefore, the United States raised money to get Nigeria the money they needed for new technology. This forces kids to recognize outside problems and have them connect and work with one another. Then I visited a website where educators are given other resources to make a change within their classroom. I explored the Four-step WE program, which allows students to take action and be expressive. The programs include services that give the students a better understanding of hunger, poverty, and racism. There are many resources educators can use to make a difference in their community.

Reflecting

Using skype within my future classroom walls will be what separates my performance and the experiences and learning in my classroom from others. Despite the subject, I plan on teaching, I will still use this tool to engage in activities, fundraisers, and more with my students. One thing teachers miss out on is diversifying their classrooms. Students can learn and benefit from other’s experiences and backgrounds. Also, I will incorporate sustainable goals and create fundraisers, projects, and events with other countries. I can use the WE four step programs to help getting a better understanding of sustainable development goals. want to allow my students to be changemakers within our global community! WE ARE THE CHANGE!

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This is my first year of using Flipgrid, and I can honestly say I love it! This platform allows educators and students to create short-based videos. It is quite simple, with various features, and that is what I love most about it! On the app’s front page, you can find the topic you will be discussing and the questions you will answer in the video. While recording your response to the questions your teacher assigned, you can put cool features in the background. This app also allows you to upload pictures and videos and allows you to draw during the course of your response. After you are done recording your response, you will then move onto a page where it allows you to add more video or crop the video. Then you move onto the next step where you choose a cover picture, which basically is what will be seen from your peers until they proceed to click on the video. From there, you submit your video, and you will see your title picture uploaded with many other students in your class. Others can watch, like, and comment on your video, and you can do the same. The only difference with commenting on this app is that it is through a video; therefore, you cannot text a response, which I kind of dislike, but my one dislike does not outweigh all the great features this tool has to offer! Here is a short video to explain more!

Being a future educator, I do see myself using this app. I think it’s a tool students can enjoy exploring and using. Something they could add is making the Fipgrid classrooms accessible to be viewed all around the country. I think people would receive more feedback and views on their videos, which would be cool! Comment and give me your thoughts on this app!

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