Experience And Mistakes Grow The Brain, So Enjoy The Process
I have not blogged in almost a month because I've been busy with "end of year stuff," but I felt (to keep the wheels rolling) to post a blog on a couple things I have learned in the classroom during this Fall Semester. Google Classroom and Technology Since we do not have "one to one" technology, and have to rely on whatever devices students bring into the classroom, but do have access to laptops I can check out from the library once a week, I have learned not to "put the cart before the horse," when it comes to technology. Let me explain. I was so excited to get my students into Google Classroom and "blended learning" that I assumed most students would smoothly start using Google Classroom with their smart phones. I learned my lesson after a bad walk through (received comments like "most students were not on task"). Students just got confused and started doing what a 14 year old typically does with a smart ph