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This week, I was given a task to complete a Digital Board using Discovery Education. This was my very first experience using this tool, and I must say that it was a positive experience, indeed. Digital boards are a new concept to me, and I think what made me immediately love them was that everything is in one place! Videos, pictures, etc. were all in the same place, and there was no toggling back and forth. We are currently working in a "small moment" activity in writing that includes our real life experience of visiting the MHS Apple Orchard. Students will use their expeieroncs to author a small moment, or one specific part of the story that was significant to them. I thought that having access to links, videos, clips, and other media sources all in one place was absolutely fantastic.
I think that I could easily integrate the use of the DE Board Builder tool into my classroom this year. I think that it would serve the best in the Writing curriculum area(s), because students would be able to craft their own board and would be able to express their opinions, and what is important to their six year old minds. I would especially find this helpful when we are working on our opinion writing unit. Students will be able to use the Board Builder to help express their opinions that will be covered in the six week unit. Students will be able to take ownership and represent their thinking to other classmates.
Board Builder in my opinion, is another great tool that will help students understand that we all have different opinions, and express them in different ways. What one student may choose for his Board, another may not choose. This will only help students understand that differences are ok and accepted, which directly ties into our Gardner discussions of respectful and ethical minds. Exposure for young minds is key to developing correct responses to differing work and opinions. the more exposure our children have to things that aren't within their ways of thinking, the easier it is to understand and embrace them.
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