PENZU IN THE CLASSROOM (An online Journaling website)
Link to or pictures/videos of technology artifacts: Penzu then click "go back to pad"
Description of and rationale (linked to learning theory/Bloom's Taxonomy) for how the technology might be used with and preferably by students: The rationale for using PENZU would be to get students writing everyday about things they are learning, struggling with and enjoying in school, at home and in a private secure way. The students will use many aspects from Bloom's Taxonomy learning theory including "Creativity", the students will be creative in their writing and how they choose to express their thoughts through words, also "remembering", with PENZU a student can write down notes from class or thoughts they might have about a certain topic and can return to that journal entry to review. A student will also "understand" better when using PENZU by writing notes and thoughts in their journal, and then ask questions about a lecture based on their notes to better know or even better understand what they have wrote along with what they have heard. When using PENZU a student may "Apply" what they have learned from their journal entries by keeping a log of something important and applying it to an assignment in class or to try an experiment at home. "Analyzing" is another part of Bloom's Taxonomy that a student will use when working with PENZU, they will learn to distinguish between different parts and journals they can use. They can use PENZU to have different journals about school, home, a diet, relationships and more. Finally a student can "Evaluate" when using PENZU, they can always return to previous journal entries to help sort through assignments and remember why they chose a certain area or topic over another. PENZU is also never stolen or lost, you don't waste paper and its completely private.
Considerations of struggles for implementation (student, systemic, and/or hardware): Struggles with PENZU can always be lack of internet for the students at home or in the classroom. Other struggles or issues found with using PENZU is that you can't access PENZU if there are parental controls on your home computer, resetting you PENZU password doesn't always work, journal entries can miss text you have written and it can't be recovered, and journal entries can be deleted if the PENZU account is left un-active for a long period of time.
Consideration of the biases and trade-offs of the technology: PENZU would be bias against group activity and oral presentations or of a class explaining their summers orally, instead they would write them in a journal. PENZU is also bias toward lower social classes, a student with more money can purchase PENZU PRO and have more ways to journal in different styles and colors and etc. Trade-offs for using PENZU would be less peer interaction and friendships due to more individual work among students, having to wait for students to finish their journal entries and in return lose class time for new material, learning personal information about your students that may cause a teacher to treat a student differently, and students not using the journal time wisely and write about non assignments or waste class time.
Explanation of how the project meets the selected teacher standard and student standards:
TS1: A teacher will facilitate and inspire students to be creative in their writing and encourage them to improve their written skills.
TS3: The teacher will show knowledge of the PENZU website and what skills will be needed to use the website. Also the teacher will be able to monitor the internet use and the website by her knowledge of the website.
TS5: The teacher will use PENZU to encourage the students to turn away from the notebook journal and into technology. The teacher will have ways to journal effectively and safely.
STS1: A student will learn to be creative when using PENZU and bring their thoughts to digital paper.
STS5: A student will learn about digital citizenship when using PENZU and how to make their journal entries private and what is appropriate to put on the internet.
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