In Raleigh County, all students have either an iPad or a laptop to use while they are in

school. The elementary school students have iPads, and the middle and high school students have

laptops. I teach 4th and 5th grade, so all my students have iPads to use in their classes. I see myself

using the ISTE standards in my classroom because we use our iPads for many things. I love to

find new websites and apps to use with my students to help them learn new skills as well as help

them with the material that we are learning in class. Students have an app called Clever on their

iPads that allows us as teachers to include links to different websites as well as the other apps

that are on the Clever portal. One of the websites that I have linked in my Clever is for virtual

manipulatives. This allows students to customize their learning environments and help support

their learning process because they can use these manipulatives at any time when working on

their lessons.

Students can take ownership toward their learning goals by using their iPads to look at

the apps and websites that are on their Clever portals to help them with their assignments.

Students take at least two digital citizenship lessons each year and this helps remind our students

of the things that are allowed and appropriate to use their technology and the internet for. The

county also blocks many websites and only allows teachers to request certain apps to download

on their iPads to help with their learning.

In my class, students use a website called mathfactlab.com to practice their multiplication

facts. The website also has addition and subtraction and I use it for my students that need that

differentiation. This website allows students to keep track of their goals to finish and master all

of the multiplication facts. Students also use iReady which is a program that our school uses for

benchmarks as well as lessons in reading and math. Our students complete benchmarks three

times a year and can view their scores on their iPads to keep up with their personal goals for
improvement. These benchmarks help with giving students lessons in math and reading that are

on their level to help them complete the lessons successfully.

Another website that I use in my classroom is called code.org. This website allows

students to use critical thinking to create codes to move their sprite and complete the tasks that

are assigned to them. There is a tutorial that goes along with each lesson and students can go

back and watch it as many times as needed when completing these tasks. It also offers

suggestions when you are stuck to help them problem solve. Students can work alone or with a

partner on the activities. My students enjoyed doing this last year, so I plan to use it in my

classroom again this year. The two standards that I would incorporate when doing these lessons

would be 1.3 knowledge constructor and 1.6 creative communicator. These two standards would

be incorporated because students are pushed to use creative designs when making their sprites

and trying to problem solve their ways out of the mazes on some of the lessons.