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Blog #9

Select any aspect of your project that you have questions about. Discuss your concerns in your blog post #9.  I think my biggest concern is getting across the coder's mindset as I have discussed already with Professor Dudley. I am worried that I will focus too heavily on literacy and lose the essential teaching for coding. I think that I am also quite concerned with how to ensure that students find this material engaging. I have been working diligently to ensure that my students feel that the material I am presenting is engaging and encourages students to learn both coding as well as literacy. I think I am also concerned by the design of the website. I hope to provide more supports for teachers to implement coding in the classroom. I am going to link up another website I made for a previous course to ensure that all my students enjoy using this website. I think another question that has been lingering in the back of my mind is the differentiation that I can implement for my

MMP Update #2

MMP Update #2  1) What have you completed? For update 2: I added  the following  videos: character  cause and effect  2) What do you still need to complete and how will you achieve this? I still need to add a few more videos supporting phonics and building words, building sentences and paragraphs. 3) Share part of your project via a link, screenshot, etc. with your group           members. Please find the google classroom here:  Google Classroom 4) Describe how your involvement in your online communities has supported       and/or not supported your project. They helped me consider the design of the project to meet the many  5) Describe any specific feedback, suggestions, questions, etc. that you might want to receive from your classmates. How to make this more appealing to younger learners Assessment tools Video quality

Blog #8: Padlet for Technology Plan

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Technology Plan  Initially when I read the six steps of technology planning, I found there to be a lot of components required to ensure success. I found from my own experience in intro to digital tools that a teacher has to consider the technology, the support, the goal, evaluation method, and design of their implementation of the technology in the classroom. The plan must consider "planning, building a vision, needs assessment, curriculum and instruction, evaluation, goal setting, professional development, technology hardware, support and integration, media/marketing, and financial planning" ( Six Step Process in Creating a Technology Plan, n.d.). The plan also has to consider "procuring accessible technologies, promote globally harmonized standards, make e-government services accessible, embrace innovation, empower teachers" (Accessiblity priorities for policymakers, 2018). . To develop my padlet I broke it down into questions that a teacher might norm