Kate Armstrong

[Kate Armstrong @KateArmstrongEL]

@mrs_meyers22 @LightEduFires I watched the linked video and still wasn't sure what I was supposed to be doing! Another piece of evidence that sitting and watching presentations about #edtech is NOT useful! You have to TRY #edtech to GET #edtech! #twitterchats #msumedchat

[Kate Armstrong @KateArmstrongEL]

@gmbrennan2 I agree! when I first decided to open up #seesaw commenting to my students I quickly saw why lessons about how to create appropriate and meaningful responses for classmates was necessary! #msumedchat

[Kate Armstrong @KateArmstrongEL]

I never really thought about incorporating social media with my young students. I was apprehensive about how this could be implemented with 1st-4th graders. ideas like #BookSnaps & #Seesaw blogging really put it into perspective! #msumedchat

[Kate Armstrong @KateArmstrongEL]

@Reed13Mrs Love this idea! I'm not teaching summer school, but I am tutoring 5 students this summer. I will definitely be piloting a few #edtech ideas with them now!
#msumedchat

[Kate Armstrong @KateArmstrongEL]

A3: another thing I've discovered is if you open up aa new app and hand it too a student to explore, more often than not, they'll be able to teach you 3 new things about it within 1 class period! #msumedchat

[Kate Armstrong @KateArmstrongEL]

A3: To admin -- Model tech use in #edtech PD #msumedchat, and follow up continuously! To Ts -- Just choose 1 thing to get good at at a time!

[Kate Armstrong @KateArmstrongEL]

@gmbrennan2 A2: Absolutely!!! This is the right question to ask.

[Kate Armstrong @KateArmstrongEL]

A2:Of course it's not necessary for lessons that are designed to be delivered without tech. Pretty sure this is true of any lesson that only incorporates the 'S' or 'M' levels of SAMR! #msumedchat

[Kate Armstrong @KateArmstrongEL]

@gmbrennan2 One reason it's great is it shows admin why great and 'simple' tech implementation in theory doesn't always work in practice!

[Kate Armstrong @KateArmstrongEL]

A1: One thing I've seen in my building is a tech 'task force' visiting classrooms to see tech in action. This way admin gets a better idea of what is actually happening. Sometimes I think admin doesn't have the same picture as teachers because they don't see it in use #msumedchat

[Kate Armstrong @KateArmstrongEL]

Kate Armstrong, 1st-4th Grade EL teacher in Austin, MN. #msumedchat