My students need access to Chromebooks that would allow them to leverage technology to improve learning of math, science, and literacy.
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My Students
My school’s scholars have diverse backgrounds in the application of their conceptual understanding of math. Many are curious about how math relates to their everyday activities, and some are are reluctant learners who have struggled keeping up with peers. Chromebooks help to motivate each group of learners by empowering them to improve learning, and better communicate ideas.
My scholars (40% English Learners and 18% diverse learners) need access to technology to explore STEM learning through a multimodal approach.
Most of my scholars come from low income households with limited access to technology, constraining their preparation to be college and career ready. Chromebooks would allow them to express their learning using aural and visual modalities. Using a multimodal approach helps makes learning more relevant; “(Students are) 5x more likely to remember information from a video than text” (Learning Pyramid, NTL Institute for Applied Behavioral Science). As the math teacher, I would collaborate with Mrs. B (science) and Ms. S (literacy) on cross-disciplinary inquiry work bringing STEM and literacy alive!
My Project
Chromebooks significantly improve teaching and learning content, assessment, and student collaboration. They also provide a catalyst to better motivate scholars to see the “real-world work” application of classroom learning, and how technology makes work collaborative, creative, and fun! Lessons would be more effective through the use of chromebooks (e.g., virtual geometry manipulatives). Effective classroom assessments using technology target individual scholar’s understandings and misconceptions. Communal student discourse allows for both real-world connections, and relationships to classroom learning!
As a showcase project, scholars design a city park involving the real-world application of STEM and literacy concepts.
Google Earth could be used to help scholars better understand abstract concepts like what certain objects may look like from a “helicopter view.” Working through the scientific process, scholars learn that success is not always immediate, but just like some of the world's most difficult problems, mistakes and perseverance are required. In addition, scholar collaboration would be vastly improved as students apply digital literacy skills researching and writing like real-world architects.
Year-long assessment would come alive with games and quick, effective “check-ups” to target individual scholar’s learning. Scholars who have mastered math concepts can use Chromebooks as a re-teaching tool to help struggling peers, enriching and improving student engagement. In addition, more frequent ongoing assessment using technology would both help scholars improve test-taking strategies, and apply these strategies when taking high-stakes standardized tests like PARCC.
Chromebooks foster an environment of more risk-taking by sharing daily classwork anonymously with the whole class. Technology automates manual processes allowing more time for higher order critical thinking such as comparing and contrasting problem solving approaches. Students better work collaboratively creating word problems using digital literacy tools including audio and videos. Chromebooks provide an immense amount of opportunities for students to collaborate, and “show-off” their learning using many different modalities.
More than half of students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
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