Nancy Art Ed Tech

This article questions to what extent are students truly engaged by technology driven lessons. While studying the effects of technology in the classroom and through a variety of interviews of 5th grade students, there are 2 different forms of engagement tendencies that these children fall under. 1. Authentic Engagement: Where students understand the importance of what he or she is learning and finds it meaningful. 2. Ritualistic Engagement: Although the visual observation of ritual engagement is similar to authentic engagement, the meaning behind the engagement is different. In this situation, students are engaged in the technology activity for reasons other than the learning content.  For instance getting to "play" on the ipad. The Study The study consisted of 34 5th graders, there was a mixture of students from public and private school, several students were second language learners and various ethnic backgrounds. Some of the questionnaires were verbal where as some we...

This video teaches my 5th grade art students a new way to talk about the painting Starry Night for their post test. The conversation about the painting will focus on the Elements of Art.

This is my second screen cast created with the tool Screencastify. In this video I am teaching my elementary students how to upload a photograph of their artwork from their drive to their ArtSonia digital art gallery. I plan on attaching this video to my students' Canvas Page.

Leinonen, T., Keune, A., Veermans, M., & Toikkanen, T. (2016). Mobile apps for reflection in learning: A design research in K-12 education.  British Journal Of Educational Technology ,  47 (1), 184-202. This article reflects on the study of two mobile tools focused on reflection in the education setting. There are a few key notes made in the beginning of the article that  supports the structure. 1. That reflection is key through out a collaborative and project- based learning and that mobile apps can be designed to elevate new interests in learning. 2. These specifically designed apps have the possibility to reach a higher level of reflection and learning. 3. The function of the two apps ( ReFlex and TeamUP) are based on qualitative research used with teachers and students. The app ReFlex, is for individual reflection while TeamUp is used for group reflections. Based on the intended goal determines the tool used. The first t...

Cave, R. (2009, 02). No more tech for tech's sake.  Scholastic Administr@tor,  8 , 24-24,26.                I though it would have been interesting to read this article especially coming from 2009 when the notion of one-to-one computers were starting their popularity in Maine. The main point in this article stated that using technology is not  the reason for effective teaching and that our traditional way of assessing cannot "support the existence of a link between technology use and student achievement." p.25       Cave describes his opinion why it wasn't working in 2009 with 2 points; that the way our students obtain and  interact with information has completely changed result in the schools having a disconnect with their students. The second point being that schools are receiving incentives based on the amount of technology they are making available to their...

Beeman, R. Y., & Henderson, C. J. (2012). Video-conferencing technology brings a homebound middle grades student to the classroom.  Middle School Journal.         While reading this article I was pleased with the lengths parents, school staff members and the community will take for the education and mental health for one young man named Nick.              This article starts out by explaining the vast amount of days that a student with an illness will miss  in a   school year which comes out to 14% missing 11 days. With this in mind the article maps out 5 key points that have been studied and considered during the process of helping a homebound seventh grader be apart for his school community on a daily basis if he is able due to his health.                Key Points:                 Maintaining relationshi...

Zielezinski, M. B. (2017). Promising Practices for Education Technology.  American Educator ,  41 (2), 38-39,.            The beginning of the article surprised me, as the subject behind the message wasn't what I expected it to be.  But never the less I became more interested when the research made a connection between low-'income communities' lack of digital advantages and the way it is used rather than their lack of digital access its self. The issue of low graduation rates though out low-income and high minority communities is focused on to further relate to the digital divide. ( nearly 20% of students expected to graduate do not.)p.38   The argument made in this article is that the lack of a ccess to technology just   isn't enough of an excuse. Research showed that low -income areas are using the tools for drills and practice, in comparison to the higher income schools who are simulating...