Empowering Student Voice Through ISTE and SAMR
Click here for the Final Version ISTE lesson plan! In today’s classrooms, technology should do more than replace traditional tools...it should transform learning. I decided to look at this lesson for students exploring the Earth's physical features and analysis of how human activities impact the world, with the use of discussion, images, case studies, and group presentations. This section is being transformed to add in a creative communicator, which emphasizes how important it is to use digital tools to communicate, create, remix, and customize messages for the audience. By using tools such as Canva, Google Slides, or Padlet, students can produce a multimedia presentation, a video, or an interactive infographic. The point is for them to communicate their understanding of physical features and human environment interactions to a bigger audience that is past the classroom. This supports authentic, driven communication with the use of storytelling, which makes the ...