Our world changed when Covid hit the scene. Everything shut down, no one was prepared, especially schools and teachers. At not fault to our educators, they were expected to teach every student fully online. It was something that had never been done before. I cannot imagine the stress of all of the educators at that time. But in reality, the 21st century learning was put into full force. Nothing was in person learning, there was no walking around the classroom and helping a student that held up their hand. Chat rooms, dry erase boards being held up the screens and headphones plugged into laptops were the new norm. Even though the teachers could still help and talk to their students, everything was different and it took away the human aspect of school. It took away the social aspects as well. No more hanging out with friends at lunch, gossiping about the cute boy at the lunch table or even cheating off of your neighbor on tests. Students were now secluded to their houses and forced to learn from a computer screen. I felt the pain daily from my children’s teachers but it also showed how resilient and passionate they were about their jobs. I did my best to pay attention to what my children were learning and help them any way I could as the teachers had to try and help every student at times. One of the most interesting sites my daughter used was Education Galaxy. The site was accessed by each student having a QR code. My daughter would hold up the code to the laptop camera and she was automatically logged into the site. On a side note, the laptops were issued out by the school. The QR code and other important paperwork was picked up at the school by parents at designated times. Education Galaxy was already set up for the student when they logged in. The teacher assigned what the student they needed to do by assigning certain lesson to each student. Some students that had reading difficulties were given different lessons. This site also provided benchmark testing to see what level the student was reading. I chose to create this lesson plan based off of this site. It is everything 21st century learning is today. The teacher can assign what’s needed, set benchmarks and even teach lessons within the site. Once complete, the teacher doesn’t even need to be online in order for the student to complete the lesson. If a student took too long to read a paragraph, the teacher would see that and possibly assign an easier read the next time or change the reading level. As I worked on creating this lesson plan, I made sure to note what technology was used for each part, it was used in everything! So why do we even need in school learning sessions when 21st century learning is everything? The short answer, kids need to go to school and learn, socialize and teachers want to be in the classroom, not behind a computer screen. References: Galaxy, E. (2022, July 31). Education Galaxy. Retrieved from Education Galaxy: https://educationgalaxy.com/
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