Ruby's Grad School Blog

 This week we're discussing frameworks for technology integration in education. Of the frameworks discussed, I find SAMR and Triple E to be the most intuitive. I elected to dive a little deeper into SAMR.   Reading the swimming pool analogy on Jaclyn B. Stevensons' website , I found the analogy a little hard to follow. However, the embedded video made it a little more clear for me. The SAMR model is a matter of progression, starting with technology merely replicating what can be done without technology, and "ending" (so to speak) with technology opening up entirely new possibilities. One such possibility that Youki Terada puts forth is inviting the author of a book to virtually chat with a class after said class has finished the reading. The library I work at was able to do something like this a few months ago, in which Leah Johnson - the author of You Should See Me in a Crown - paid the teen area of our library a visit via Zoom, allowing her to chat with the teens

Source: USB Typewriter       Hey, all. I'm Ruby Plank, and this is my introduction post. Doing these class introductions always makes me a little nervous, so bear with me, please.       I currently work the reference desk at a public library. I've been working there for almost two years now, but my job at the reference desk is a recent promotion from previously being a circulation aid. I'm currently working toward my graduate degree to be a librarian, and hopefully someday work with children and teens.       My main hobby is writing (thus the picture above). I've written poems and novella, and am working on a novel or two. Beyond that I like video games and graphic novels.      In regards to technology, I have a smartphone that I use regularly, and I use a computer for web-surfing and writing. I'll occasionally use my computer for gaming, but I primarily use my Playstation 4 for that. I still feel my grasp of technology is inadequate, so I feel quite a bit of anxiet