Week 7: School Apps

The main points I want to focus on during the class presentation on school programs is how different certain programs are across divisions, and how this will change if amalgamation happens. First, I am a fan of TEAMS. Its easy to use, and my favourite part of it is that it saves all the files and work you do. So if you make a rubric for an assignment you can apply it to any other work and just make slight changes. I found that learning how to use it proficiently took time, but it was worth it. 

How I think using apps may change in the future is that there will be less schools differentiating in what programs they use. This will make it easier on teachers, and especially on students. I know it seems a little far fetched, but all the schools being on the same page, as well as teachers will what I believe increase proficiency and training. For tech task 10 my review was actually on this matter. The findings were that schools and teachers having proficient training and utilizing it in the class is better for student achievement. Im not trying to say that this isn’t the case now, but that perhaps amalgamation will increase the qualities for training, proficiency, and utilization to increase student success. With that being said I’m curious to see what will come of future applications and technology we utilize. More importantly, what “big picture” things will come of so many divisions combining.  


 

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  1. Mrs. Z23 February 2021 at 19:14

    You raised really good points about the Learning Management Systems (LMS) such as Teams. All division are not created equally nor do they all use the same LMS. It will be very interesting to see what happens once the MB Education Review is released. I also enjoy the use of Teams, specifically for the notebook feature. OneNote is a program I use a lot in my personal and professional capacity and the way it is embedded in Teams is a really nice feature. Although, I have never worked with other LMSs such as Google Classroom or Brightspace before so I cannot really compare Teams to anything else.

    I think there will be push back and a learning curve if divisions combine and are expected to switch to another LMS. Like you mentioned, becoming proficient in Teams took time, and many teachers have invested a lot of time into their divisional LMS. If they are asked to switch I can imagine the frustration.

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