The school that I teach at is a title I school in a low-income area. A lot of the students at the school don’t have their own devices. One reason for this is that I teach at a school that services Kindergarten to Fifth Grade. A lot of the students in my first-grade classroom do not have their own devices. A lot of the students share tablets with their siblings. Due to this, it would be hard to have students bring their own devices to use in the classroom. Also, my students don’t have mobile devices, and this would make it hard for them to bring a device to use from home since they don’t have a mobile device. 

At the school site, every student is given a Chromebook to bring home and bring to school every day. This ensures that students have a technology device present to use at school. The one problem that does happen is that students forgot to bring their Chromebook or they don’t bring their Chromebook charged. That is why I make sure to remind parents every day that students need to bring their Chromebook and charger to school every day. The school also is considering buying a set of Chromebooks for every classroom so that students can keep a Chromebook at home and have one at school.

Apps like Flipgrid can be used with a smartphone to create and share an assessment. This is due to students needing to record themselves creating a project. Using a smartphone can help with creating the project and this can be a great way to assess students. I personally would not use a smartphone to assess my students due to not having that resource present and due to the age group of my students. I feel that this would be more beneficial for older students to use since they may have this resource available. 

I feel digital storytelling is a great tool to use as an assessment strategy. It allows students to show what they learned in a narrative form. I feel like this is something that can be used when teaching so many subjects. This also allows students to practice and develop the technical skills that they need.