Digital Learning

Creating schools that work for students shouldn’t just be a trend or best practice. It needs to be how schools look now. Schools need to change with the times. We are no longer part of the industrial era. The schools need to work for the students on they best learn. We need to change the mission of public schools instead of attendance but learning (Reagle, 2006, pg 24). The goal of the schools should be to ensure that all students in all communities get to know (Reagle, 2006, pg 24).  If a school is not doing well then it creates a growth plan to improve test scores they are struggling at instead of the underlying issues (Reagle, 2006, pg 25). Everyone needs to be on board for the change that needs to happen at the school and doesn’t happen overnight. The careers that we had been preparing the students for don’t exist anymore, we need to prepare them for jobs that don’t exist yet (Sheninger, 2016, pg 3). The system is not changing as fast as the world around it, the teaching and le...

Creativity is one of the most important things to foster in schools and classrooms. If students are not trying to expand their minds and develop new ideas, they won’t apply themselves. Creativity is encouraged in many different ways. First, creativity is a stepping stone that can lead to advancement in discoveries and economic development in the future (Ahmadi & Besancon, 2017, pg 2). Second, the teachers play an essential Finally creative role in encouraging creativity and can affect the student’s attitudes in the future (Ahmadi & Besancon, 2017, pg 3). Third, creativity can lead to other skills set like communications and collaboration with others (Schmoelz, 2017). Fourth, creativity can strengthen skills like expressing emotions, social participation, and personal discovery that are important to a child’s development (Schmoelz, 2017).  Catherine Thimmesh (2014) talks about creativity can come in many forms and many different levels of creativity. She talks about simply t...

       This year, we have decided to promote three programs for teachers and leaders in the classroom or school. The three programs are Google Apps, Canvas, and STEM ingratiation. The STEM integration will only introduce a few things a year to not overwhelm the teachers. Instead, we want to create student-centered learning in the classroom, and students become problem solvers using STEM resources. By training teachers in this way, we want students to learn with project-based learning. So teachers can learn at their own pace and complete what they feel comfortable doing.       For example, I had a Spanish teacher feel nervous about using Canvas and putting some assignments online. So I walked it through with her and put information about her class on Canvas first, then build-up to the assignment. The student now submits assignments and videos on Canvas. She said Canvas has made her class more efficient. Then she had teachers see how well it worked ...