Intro to Digital Citizenship - Week 2 Reflection and Resources

Can learning happen where there are no schools?” a quote by Nicholas Negroponte, 2002. COVID-19 brought on many obstacles, but this quote encompasses one of the most challenging of them all. During the spring and fall of 2020, schools across the nation and the globe had to figure out how to continue learning when schools were no longer a place that students could be. As a huge proponent and advocate for educational technology, it made me feel good, during this pandemic, to be able to offer training, support, and resources to my colleagues to help them engage and motivate their students using technology. However, as we review STAAR data from 2021, one thing is very clear: COVID-19 only impended learning for the students struggling the most. 

It is easy to try to say that technology made things possible because in many ways it did. We were able to accomplish and overcome things during the pandemic that I never could have dreamed would be possible. But, the fact that data shows that our students that met and mastered the STAAR test actually improved while our students that approached and did not meet proficiency decreased makes it glaringly clear that face-to-face teaching and learning is critical to student achievement.   

Week 2 Video Assignment