As a teacher at a Title I school, my students are faced with far more challenges than I ever was growing up. Many of our students come from low-income households, are new to the English language, manage great home responsibilities, struggle with food insecurity, and are confronted with peer-group tensions related to social hierarchies.
I feel fortunate to be able to teach digital art, a subject I am passionate about which is also a powerful outlet for personal expression and creativity to my students.
My Project
Education has been radically changed by the COVID-19 pandemic and has forced educators and students to teach and learn in new ways.
With Screencastify, class sets of earbuds, and a storage space you will help me build a "Modern Classroom," giving my students access to differentiated, self-paced instruction.
The Modern Classrooms Project (modernclassrooms.org) is a research-backed instructional model that utilizes blended, student-paced, and mastery-based instruction.
While seeking best practices to meet my students needs in our new normal I discovered the Modern Classrooms Project (MCP) through a colleague. After completing the MCP teacher course I immediately saw how this approach would benefit students far beyond COVID-19 and distance learning.
Screencastify will allow me to "flip" my instruction, or record instruction in chunks for students to access at their own pace- any time and anywhere they have internet access. Instruction can be replayed and reviewed at any time, especially critical to our large population of ELL, Special Education, and chronically absent students.
"Flipping" instruction will allow me to provide whole group, small group, or one-on-one support during class. Earbuds for all students will allow students to access instruction independently at their own pace. Storage containers will help us efficiently distribute and collect earbuds and maximize class time.
Thank you for helping me diverge further from the "one size fits all" approach to education and create a modern classroom!
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