For this blog reflection, I checked out an article titled Technology in Early Grades.
This was a really great article written by two former elementary teachers offering their advice for the younger kids. The thing I loved most about it though – they used a Thinglink! So cool. For each picture, they have 6-7 little points that you can hover your curser over and it has a resource that can be used in an elementary setting. In the “preparing devices for young learners” picture, there was one that discussed how to turn off certain settings before handing out your school owned iPads. This is something I have no idea about, so it’s nice to have the resource. I personally feel like this article would be beneficial for teachers, but also for parents! This would be a cool thing to do when helping them understand the expectations of using iPads in the classroom – especially since their generation of learning was quite a bit different. I really enjoyed the information these ladies provided, but I think I learned a lot more from the layout they used when explaining it!
