My field placement is in a first grade classroom at Canterbury Elementary school, which is a part of the Cleveland Heights Public School District.

I am loving my time with my first graders so far. All of them have such vibrant & unique personalities. My cooperating teacher is also amazing & I can tell I am going to learn a ton from her.
All of the students seem to get along fairly well with each other. During rotations (center time) they are divided into groups and rotate from task to task. They all get along with little to no problems. The class seems to have a pretty good dynamic and from their interactions I can tell they love their teacher. Since I am observing half way through their school year it is clear that they have well established rules and expectations about how they are supposed to treat their peers, their teachers & other adults in the classroom. In fact, they read me their social contract the first day I came to their classroom!
The children are using a variety of applications and websites in class. Here is a list of all that they utilize in the class & how they use it:
RazKids via reading A-Z
Personal Math Trainer via their math curriculum Math Expressions
SuperKids Online Fun via their ELA curriculum Superkids
Seesaw Online Journal, to capture, reflect and post their individual work. The teacher also uses this to communicate with families.
Easy Teach for their digital literacy
Science Fusion – which is their science curriculum
The teacher also uses Smart Notebook for her lessons.
As we can see, there is a ton of technology being used within this first grade classroom setting.
In this particular classroom the students enjoying playing simulation games outside of the classroom. Since they are first grade students they have no social media presence quite yet.

The reading Multimodal Composition and The Common Core State Standards states that there is not Common Core Standards for technology & media (Dalton, 333). Yet, as I see in my classroom for field hours & as I have seen in a variety of classrooms in the past it is something crucial in developing skills & techniques for all other subjects and topics. So although there are no standards for integrating it into our classrooms, many educators have taken advantage of this useful tool. It can be used in Literacy (ELA), math, science, as well as organizational structures such as communication & assignments.
Within my first grade classroom the students are put into small groups for their rotations. One of the centers is an Ipad center where the students sit on the floor and individually interact with the application. The last time I was in the classroom, the students were asked to go on RazKids. This is now my 3rd classroom seeing RazKids being used during center time, where the children use this for reading comprehension. The classroom has 12 Ipads but there are 20 students, so it makes sense to use Ipads during small group time.
They also utilize technology in the classroom during other times when I am not there to observe. My cooperating teacher tells me they use it during math rotations as well as other inquiry based learning times. The students are also on PC computers twice a week in the schools computer lab. She says she utilizes technology throughout the day – using the smartboard as well as her laptop when needed.