Digital Literacy in the Primary Grades
As I am an early elementary teacher, I will have the important task of introducing students to digital literacy and laying the framework for being safe and productive while using digital technologies. Teaching digital literacy at this age will include lots of preemptive class conversations about technology and media. When beginning to teach digital literacy,…
Coding a Dance Party
For class this week, I chose to try one of the activities on the “Hour of Code” website. When I interned in the fall of 2021, my cooperating teacher had our students try out one of the activities on this site and they absolutely loved it! I was really impressed with how well they did…
Pinterest 101
Hi everyone! To start my post this week I want to share a bulletin board display that I noticed at one of the schools I was subbing at this week. Now that I am learning ASL, I am definitely more aware when I see it displayed in schools! I thought this was a great way…
Using Signs in the Classroom
Recently, I have been hearing about more and more about teachers using sign language in the classroom and the benefits that come along with this. First, I love the inclusion piece it brings into the classroom by valuing a different type of language and introducing students to the deaf and hard of hearing community. Second,…