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The good and the bad of technology

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   While at North Providence High School, the technology use was limited in the class room. They were not a one to one school which meant that if the students needed to do work on Chrome Books, they had to borrow one from the laptop cart in the room, or go to the writing center. There was a computer in each class room that was hooked up to a projector that allowed the teachers to display their materials for the class but for the most part, students did work with paper and pencil. However, Mr. Ramos and Mrs. Ryan, tried to find fun and creative ways for students to do their work that also incorporated technology. The freshman were working on a video project that showed their understanding of the graduation expectations. They had to create outlines for what they wanted to film, and then they were able to create TikToks with their group members. The students were really in to making the TikToks perfect, and they were super creative. I wish I could have seen the final outcom...
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Paper! Get your paper here!

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Now that I have your attention, let's talk about materials and resources at North Providence. The school uses an online program called Skyward. This program is where attendance is done by each teacher and students have access to Skyward to find out their grades as well as the classes they are taking. I don't believe North Providence is a one-to-one school, one-to-one meaning each student is provided with a Chromebook that is "theirs" to use throughout the school year. Some classrooms had laptop carts that students could borrow from as well as a computer lab. All of the materials provided to the students were hard copies, for this reason, however, an electronic copy was made available as well. Some students had their own notebooks to write in and those who didn't have their own were given a piece of paper. I didn't see any students ask for a writing utensil but Mr. Ramos and his cooperating teacher Mrs. Ryan had a big jar full of pens that I am assuming was fo...
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Welcome (back) to High School!

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First day jitters anyone? Heading back to high school can be nerve-racking for anyone especially freshman entering a new building with new teachers. North Providence has freshman students go to school the day before all other grades so that they can meet their teachers and figure out where their classes are. This is a very interesting concept as well as an awesome one!  My cooperating teacher, Mr. Ramos plays Kahoot ! with his freshmen literacy skills students as a way for them to get an introduction to who he is. He included questions about his family, favorite music, what he likes most about being a teacher (The awesome teenagers lol) and what clubs he is involved in like the GSA- now called N o r t h P r o v i d e n c e P r i d e A l l i a n c e ! Whoever scored the highest was asked what their favorite candy was a reward.  Mr. Ramos has 3 different classrooms that he travels too but the room he shares with Mrs. Ryan is the only room he has freshman so they decorated ...
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Where I'm From

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Where I'm from...  I'm from the worn-down treehouse     From the batting cage and long driveway I am from the red house with the blue door and the pond out front And the s p r a w l i n g yard  I am from the twenty-six acres of woods  Whose leaves provided solace and comfort I am from campers   And motorcycles  From Gauthiers And Whitakers    I am from athletes and English tea drinkers And from brown eyes  From fast drivers  I am from Sunday school on Saturday mornings  I am from Philip Joseph Gauthier Jr .   And Robert Dyson Whitaker Sr . I am from an English trifle  And French meat pie  From being drafted to Minor League Baseball  And from being drafted to the Korean War The brown bunny  now turned green after twenty- Three years I am from those moments  That took place at the red house,  With the blue door,  With the pon...
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