Blog Post #4

Global Learning’s Impact on the Student

Global learning has positive effects on the student and the teacher in the classroom. Going global can become a good learning habit for students. By using global learning in the classroom it is something the students now expect and are eager to use. By teaching global education teachers are providing a solid foundation for the students future and the future global people of the world. It is 2019 and we live in a global world, we are surrounded by technology everyday why not incorporate it into the classroom. Students and teachers will both benefit from the use of global learning in the classroom.

Image result for global teacher

Some of the pros of global education are:

1. Using technology in the classroom allows you to experiment more in pedagogy and get instant feedback.

2. Technology in the classroom helps ensure full participation.

3. There are countless resources for enhancing education and making learning more fun and effective.

4. Technology can automate a lot of your tedious tasks.

5. With technology in the classroom, your students have instant access to fresh information that can supplement their learning experience.

6. We live in a digital world, and technology is a life skill.

Take a look at the article below to learn more about some pros and cons of technology in the classroom in 2019.

First things first! Students become overwhelmed with excitement when it comes to global learning. So why wouldn’t you want to incorporate that into your classroom lesson?  Students look forward to global learning because it is something new and exciting for them. Global learning is not your basic textbook lesson it is so much more. Students are also becoming so much more engaged in the lessons with global learning. Excitement and engagement in the classroom the result of using digital- technology synchronous communication and planned asynchronous communication. Students become overwhelmed with excitement when it is time to Skype with their partner global classroom. Skype is one way you can take an activity and make it more exciting and engaging for the students.

Image result for teaching technology

Below are some more reasons to incorporate technology into your classroom.

Creates a more Engaging Environment for students ( Check)

Incorporates different learning styles (Check)

Improves Collaboration (Check)

Prepared students for the future (Check)

Connects with your students (Check)

Check out this link to learn more about these reasons to use technology in your classroom.

 

https://www.waldenu.edu/programs/education/resource/top-five-benefits-of-technology-in-the-classroom

Using global education is a huge step in the right direction of becoming a well rounded globally engaged classroom. There are many situations you simply can not have in the classroom without the use of global learning. As an inspiring teacher, there are so many things I can not wait to incorporate in my classroom one day. Global learning and global education have become a huge part of society today in 2019 so why not incorporate into the classroom? It would only make sense.

Educational Blog Post #1

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/52648/coaching-teachers-to-become-powerful-users-of-classroom-tech

 

Coaching Teachers to Become Powerful Users of Classroom Tech

Classrooms across the United States have been consistently increasing their use of technology. Teachers do not always have the proper training in these technological tools in order to properly use them in their classrooms. The dynamic learning project also known as DLP is a new program that is working to make the classroom based coaching a better way to help teachers use new tools. DLP has partnered with google, digital promise, and edTechTeam that also worked with coaches in 50 schools across the U.S and coached the teachers in the schools. Many teachers agreed with setting up an individualized development plan for each different teacher. The percentage of DLP compared to non-DLP show a large amount of progress when it comes to the development of skills in technology, improving teaching approaches, and selection and use of tech to teach specific content.

Image result for technology

 

The new program called Dynamic Learning Project is helping to coach teachers in using and integrating new tools in the classroom. This sounds like a win win for everyone. DLP seems to me like a very useful way to teach and monitor teachers use of technology in the classroom. Have an individualized development plan for each different teacher allows the teachers to work to the need of their own classroom and students. DLP is coaching teachers to become a better teacher when it comes to different technology. It is common for teacher to not incorporate new technology in to their lessons because they do not know how to. Many teachers who have teaching for 10 plus years did not even have had some of the technology that we have now when they went through school. Just like any other new thing that comes in to school’s teachers get coached and have a seminar on how to use it properly for their specific classrooms and how it works. Why would technology be any different?

Here you can see how DLP teachers showed improvements in technology skills, use of technology to teach content area and use of technology to improve pedagogy.