Online resources are a great way for teachers to continue learning, even if they are no longer a student in the classroom.

In regards to the ISTE Standards: Students, I looked in depth at standard 1.2 Digital Citizen. The standard reads as follows, "Students recognize the rights, responsibilities and opportunities of living, learning and working in an interconnected digital world, and they act and model in ways that are safe, legal and ethical." For early elementary levels, it is easy to dismiss the need for teaching awareness about the digital world, but it is better sooner than later. The same traits we want our students to exhibit online can be exhibited in person as well. On a digital platform, negative comments or feedback can be focused on at a much higher rate than positive comments. This goes to show the need for kindness and respect. In a younger class (who may not be involved much in the digital world) can experiment this with a pencil to paper activity. 

Each student will write their name on a standard piece of paper. This paper will be passed around. Upon receiving someone else's paper, the student can choose to write something positive about the person, or nothing at all. The activity ends once everyone has had a chance to write on each student's paper. The closing for the activity can be a discussion on how we like to be known for being positive and kind, rather than being mean and negative.

This website is a great resource for new and veteran teachers. Recognizing diversity in and out of the classroom is necessary to build well-rounded students. Whether it be racial, religious, or linguistic differences, teachers must not ignore these diversities for a sense comfortability. Global teaching practices are needed to make a classroom more welcoming to everyone.

Educators must keep up to date on the standards for certain subjects. Through my studies, I’ve looked extensively through the math standards for 3rd grade (my intended grade to go into teaching). I’ve built a unit plan for teaching multiplication. The link for it is attached below!

Every teacher can find something to learn from Rita Pierson’s Ted Talk. Some concepts that I was first introduced by this video include, but are not limited to:

  • The importance of apologizing and admitting you’re wrong

  • raising self-esteem, so students believe in themselves

  • congratulating small successes, instead of highlighting on big failures