5 new technologies to try: Edmodo, Google+, Storyplace.org, Cobocards.com (for creating online flashcards), Spellingcity.com (spelling tests and games), Tag Galaxy (in kindergarten we use word webs. This would be a great tool to show students prior to making a word web). Create a Graph: this could be used for our data meetings. It would be too difficult for my students to use it. However, we could create a graph as a whole group.
4 ideas to share with others: I would share Edmodo with older grade levels. Students can interact with peers and teacher for class assignments and expectations. Wordnik: I think this is a great tool for first graders and older to use in the classroom. Students can search words they don't know when they are reading. Math dictionary for kids: I would ask our principal to download the app onto the ipads for students to use. WatchKnowLearn: I would share this with my team. You can search a topic that we are teaching and find videos that cover the topic. For example, I searched addition and found videos that visually show addition problems. TimeToast: This is a great tool to use to Social Studies. You can show and teach timelines of history using this website.
3 principles of Universal Design for Learning: Multiple means of representation, multiple means of expression, multiple means of engagement. affective (engagement)= The "why" of learning; the feelings, values, or emotions that can influence attitudes toward learning. recognition (representation)= The "what" of learning; how we identify information and categorize what we see, hear, and read. strategic (action and expression) = The "how" of learning; it is through strategic networks that we plan, execute, and monitor our internally generated mental and motor patterns-actions and skills.
2 changes in your teaching to reach all learners in the Digital Age: focus more on the process of learning instead of the final outcome. GPS (giving students clear expectations for the final outcome however, allowing different routes to get there)
1 BIG idea to implement on Monday- GPS- providing more routes to reach the final outcome in learning letters and sounds. I will allow students to go on Starfall.com, I-Pads, sand writing, magnetic letters, tracer pages.
4 ideas to share with others: I would share Edmodo with older grade levels. Students can interact with peers and teacher for class assignments and expectations. Wordnik: I think this is a great tool for first graders and older to use in the classroom. Students can search words they don't know when they are reading. Math dictionary for kids: I would ask our principal to download the app onto the ipads for students to use. WatchKnowLearn: I would share this with my team. You can search a topic that we are teaching and find videos that cover the topic. For example, I searched addition and found videos that visually show addition problems. TimeToast: This is a great tool to use to Social Studies. You can show and teach timelines of history using this website.
3 principles of Universal Design for Learning: Multiple means of representation, multiple means of expression, multiple means of engagement.
affective (engagement)= The "why" of learning; the feelings, values, or emotions that can influence attitudes toward learning.
recognition (representation)= The "what" of learning; how we identify information and categorize what we see, hear, and read.
strategic (action and expression) = The "how" of learning; it is through strategic networks that we plan, execute, and monitor our internally generated mental and motor patterns-actions and skills.
2 changes in your teaching to reach all learners in the Digital Age: focus more on the process of learning instead of the final outcome. GPS (giving students clear expectations for the final outcome however, allowing different routes to get there)
1 BIG idea to implement on Monday- GPS- providing more routes to reach the final outcome in learning letters and sounds. I will allow students to go on Starfall.com, I-Pads, sand writing, magnetic letters, tracer pages.