Heather Williams

Elementary STEAM teacher for Kindergarten-6th Grade.

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Success with Paper Circuits!! 😍#GRITC22

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Paper Circuits! Wow! I am excited to use these with my students. #GRITC22

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Thank you so much Kind Cafe of Fairhope for the Breakfast! #GRITC22

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We LOVE our Business Partners!
“Thank you Superintendent Eddie Tyler for stopping by The Wacked Out Weiner and getting your hotdog fix today! We enjoyed feeding the teachers today, and we appreciated your support of our small business!” #baldwinproud #GRITC22

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@DigitalPromise A8: Think about my students! I always want to be better for them.

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@DigitalPromise A6: Establishing classroom norms and community building. Normalizing challenges to belonging and provide strategies to overcome them.

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@DigitalPromise A5: When a topic connects to what students like to do, engagement deepens as they willingly spend time thinking, dialoging, and creating ideas in meaningful ways. Making learning contextual to real-world experiences is key when differentiating for student interests.

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@DigitalPromise A4: Creating authentic learning experiences that incorporate a variety of technology.

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@DigitalPromise A3: Teach with empathy and build 1 to 1 relationships with your students.

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@DigitalPromise A2: Be positive! Offer as many choices and optional assignments as is reasonably possible. Students who have the ability to make sensible choices about their work will find it intrinsically engaging because their choices provide a sense of ownership.

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@DigitalPromise A1: Giving student real choices in the classroom having to do with the the way they demonstrate their learning can boost their engagement and motivation, allow them to capitalize on their strengths, and enable them to meet their individual learning needs.

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A10: Classroom technology is often seen as another tool to wow the students but the purpose gets lost. Integration framework helps to focus on the purpose of the task and then the technology.
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Q10: Share how a technology integration framework changed the way you using classroom technology.

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A9: T3 Framework is new to me but important to research.
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Q9: What other technology frameworks are available to help guide discussions about the sophistication and depth of how technology is integrated into the classroom?

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A8: The Triple E framework was new to me. The focus is engagement, enhancement, and extension of learning goals.

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Q8: What are the three components of the Triple E framework and how do they foster deeper learning in the classroom?

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A7: TPACK is a technology integration framework that identifies three types of knowledge instructors technological, pedagogical, and content knowledge. These need to work in combination for successful integration.
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Q7: What is the TPACK technology integration framework? How does it affect teaching and learning?

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A6: Students used Google Earth to create narrated tours of habitats including landforms for other students to watch.
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Q6: Share your favorite technology integration ideas for a stage of the SAMR model.

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A5: The SAMR model is a framework that categorizes four different degrees of classroom technology integration. Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, Redefinition. The SAMR model makes teaching and learning a seamless experience for integrated classroom technology.
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Q5: Describe the SAMR Model.

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A4: Technology integrate frameworks help to ensure that an effective integration of technology is achieved.
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Q4: How do technology integration frameworks help ensure and guide best practices for technology integration in the classroom?

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A3: Target the students' needs and the learning outcome first.
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Q3: What principles should guide your approach for integrating technology into instruction?

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A2: Successful technology integration is achieved when the use of technology is routine and available to the classroom task that supports the curriculum.
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Q2: How would you describe successful technology integration in the classroom?

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