Professional Interview Project Assignment
Brittany Miller
Liberty University
Education 630, Section B03
Dr. Tae Chang
September 15, 2024
Author Note
Brittany Miller
I have no known conflict of interest to disclose.
Correspondence concerning this project should be addressed to Brittany Miller at bdmiller11@liberty.edu.
Professional Interview Project
Teacher 1 – Amber Chatham is a virtual special education and general education teacher for ELA and math at Alabama Connections Academy. She teaches grades K-2.
Teacher 2 – Julie Bicknell is a virtual special education teacher for 4th grade at Alabama Virtual Academy.
Teacher 3 – Staci Saenz is a reading intervention teacher for grades K-5 at East Bay K-8 in Florida.
Teacher | Question | Response | Theme | Common Theme |
Amber Chatham
| What technologies do you use most frequently in your classroom?
| 1. Webcam, online games activities, pen, mouse | Annotation Tools | All 3 teachers use a computer and annotation/collaboration tools most frequently in their classrooms. |
Julie Bicknell
| 2. OLS (Online Learning System) platform where students login and have a classroom atmosphere using a microphone, video, and collaboration tools. | Collaboration Tools |
Staci Saenz
| 3. Computer and Epson Projector to project the computer onto the screen. | Computer |
Amber Chatham
| What factors did you consider when choosing these technologies?
| 1. Ease of use, ability to access them quickly and efficiently, ability to forward the learning and thinking of my students and not hinder it in class. | Ease of Use | All 3 teachers had a common theme of ease of use and efficiency. |
Julie Bicknell
| 2. The technology was provided by the school. | Accessibility |
Staci Saenz
| 3. How can my students see the information easily? | Easily Viewed |
Amber Chatham
| What programs or applications are best for formative assessments?
| 1. I really like using Class Kick and making my own assignments but I also love using formative.com. Lately, I’ve been a big fan of using games. So I use Pink Cat games and Blooket. | Games | All 3 teachers use some form of a progress monitoring tool for formative assessments. |
Julie Bicknell
| 2. I use exit tickets for assessments. | Exit Tickets |
Staci Saenz
| 3. I use SIPPS, DIBELS, and Easy CBM to document progress made towards grade level expectations. | Progress Monitoring Tool |
Amber Chatham
| What types of technology are best for student engagement? | 1. Ones that are exciting, ones that are fun for them and offer them a chance to interact. | Exciting and Interacting | All 3 teachers use technology that is student-driven for student engagement. |
Julie Bicknell
| 2. Students like polling tools and pointers to answer questions. | Student-driven |
Staci Saenz
| 3. I have shared lessons, videos, and challenges from Nearpod, YouTube, Kahoot, and my old school used Google Classroom, Epic, Reading A-Z, and Dojo. I currently join meetings and trainings with other interventionists on Teams and Zoom. | Student-Engagement |
Amber Chatham
| How does the use of technology in your classroom help to better serve your students?
| 1. The use of technology helps me to be able to engage my students and allow them to have fun and enjoy our activities while they're still learning. It also offers me a quick and easy way to see what they are understanding and not understanding because they are more likely to answer honestly and without help since they think it's a game. | Fun and Learning | All 3 teachers feel the use of technology in their classroom helps to enhance the skills of their learners. |
Julie Bicknell
| 2. Allows students to participate using a variety of platforms. | Variation |
Staci Saenz
| 3. I can learn what I need to learn to share with students in meetings or trainings. I use relevant videos, games, and lessons to add interest to my reading intervention lessons as appropriate. | Relativity and Interest |
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