Developing an Online Learning Community to Support 4th Grade Common Core Math Curriculum and Instruction

As educational technology advances, primary grade teachers are now implementing various mediums of technology to support their curriculum and instruction. In this study, an elementary school has designed a Weebly math website to use as an online learning community to support their common core math planning and curriculum. The website is meant to be used as a living document and providing coaching tools for new teachers. This website narrates teachers’ collaboration as they plan, share, design and implement their lessons within the classrooms. The process, lessons, materials, differentiations, photos and videos are posted for each lesson. Teachers can modify, change and add information as they move along the placing plans. Teachers can provide reflective notes on their lessons. This project analyses and reflects on how this platform meets the professional needs of learning community of teachers at an elementary school. The goals of the project is to support day-to-day planning with pre-planned paced units and support classroom instruction by sharing best practices as teachers deliver the math lessons. Ultimately, the goal is to improve students’ learning and classroom teaching practices. The future goals is to effectively maintain the math website and add more technology support for teachers and students.