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5 New Technologies to try: 4 ideas to share with others 3 Principles of Universal Design for Learning 2 changes in your teaching to reaching to reach all learners in the digital Age 1 BIG idea to implement "on Monday"
Planning a lesson: high Tech, Low Tech, no tech way to do it.
CAST: Technology is not synonymous with UDL but it does play a valuable role in its implementation and conceptualization. UDL: Does not mandate the use of Technology, it uses technology power and flexibility to make the curriculum more accessible to the students.
What is UDL: A blueprint for creating instructional goals, methods, materials and assessments that work for everyone. A flexible approach that can be customized and adjusted for students needs. Different materials that help everyone.
Goals
Methods
Materials
Assessments
Article review:
What assumptions does the author of the text hold?
Unlimited amount of technologies and unlimited amount of support. If the resources are not available to all students, especially if not an IEP student and written into the SDI’s. Also the amount of time needed to learn and teach it.
What do you agree with in the text?
Students with disabilities, for whom the transformations and multiple representations will vastly increase access and learning, (e.g. talking books, descriptive video, ASL tracks) are the first beneficiaries of the new media. For examples: visual memory in the autistic child:
This will allow students to be fully engaged.
Shift to Mastery of content to mastery of learning.
What do you want to argue with in the text?
Sometimes, technology can be bad, as students don't have personal skills.
What parts of the text do you want to aspire to? I would like to use as much technology as possible to reach all my different learners in the class. This will allow for engagement and active learning. Continue to allow for several means of expression for tests, projects and problems.
Tool box time #2 What does it do? Symbaloo is a free social networking site that allows you to organize and store all your digital resources in the cloud. Pros/Cons: Symbaloo: Pros: it helps teacher collect content and share the best of the web with their students. Its easy to use, you can add a link you find on the web to customize tile, and organize your tiles into different categories. You can also search for content collected by other teachers. How to use in classroom: I think I may use Symbaloo to create a personal playlist of the videos I show for math. I also think it will be a great place for students and parents to get the links to material needed to understand material in class.
Tool box time: Social networking: twitter, facebook. pinterest, linkedin, edmodoProvide the name of resource / hyperlink: Pinterest, Edmodo, Google+
What does it do? Pinterest: To find lesson plans/ideas for math, particularly for the learning support students that I teach. Edmodo is a social networking made for communicating between teachers and students. It operates a lot like facebook with wall posts and status updates. It enables teachers to share content, distribute quizzes, assignments and manage communication with students. colleagues and parents. Google + : (facebook for google users) This is a way of sharing content with users in certain communities. You can discuss topics , upload pictures or videos, have circles of friends, family and huddle (group chat).
Pro's / Con's : pros- tons of ideas Con- its a bit addicting and you really have to be able to spend time looking through the lessons. Edmodo: Pro- great alternative to google classroom, tons of valuable resources. Con- can not use in my district. Google + : Pros- user friendly, google circles allow you to separate your work people from family,friends and so on. You can also share what you want to share with whomever. Cons: the posts are annoying - they pop up at the top of the newsfeed. google + is not compatible with google apps account.
How you plan on using this resource: I plan on using it to find creative lessons for my class. Although I can not use edmodo for my classroom, I would like to use it as a personal resource for getting ideas for my classroom. Google +: I plan on using this to connect with with teachers, students by posting tests and due dates and clarify learning targets, review complicated topics and after extension to my higher learners
Tool Box Time 3
What does it do: Visuwords™ online graphical dictionary — Look up words to find their meanings and associations with other words and concepts. Produce diagrams reminiscent of a neural net. Learn how words associate.
JeopardyLabs allows you to create a customized jeopardy template without PowerPoint. The games you make can be played online from anywhere in the world.
Google Forms: A survey form that allows me to check on progress of students before, during or after a lesson.
PROS/COS: Instantly charts the information to see what my student know
How I plan on using? It wont actually work in my class as I teach math, but a great resource to know about for my IEP students for help with basis words. Jeopardy labs I use as a review for units tests, concepts and lesson. I will use it all the time in my class.
5 New Technologies to try:
4 ideas to share with others
3 Principles of Universal Design for Learning
2 changes in your teaching to reaching to reach all learners in the digital Age
1 BIG idea to implement "on Monday"
Planning a lesson: high Tech, Low Tech, no tech way to do it.
CAST: Technology is not synonymous with UDL but it does play a valuable role in its implementation and conceptualization.
UDL: Does not mandate the use of Technology, it uses technology power and flexibility to make the curriculum more accessible to the students.
What is UDL: A blueprint for creating instructional goals, methods, materials and assessments that work for everyone. A flexible approach that can be customized and adjusted for students needs. Different materials that help everyone.
- Goals
- Methods
- Materials
- Assessments
Article review:What assumptions does the author of the text hold?
Unlimited amount of technologies and unlimited amount of support. If the resources are not available to all students, especially if not an IEP student and written into the SDI’s. Also the amount of time needed to learn and teach it.
What do you agree with in the text?
Students with disabilities, for whom the transformations and multiple representations will vastly increase access and learning, (e.g. talking books, descriptive video, ASL tracks) are the first beneficiaries of the new media. For examples: visual memory in the autistic child:
This will allow students to be fully engaged.
Shift to Mastery of content to mastery of learning.
What do you want to argue with in the text?
Sometimes, technology can be bad, as students don't have personal skills.
What parts of the text do you want to aspire to?
I would like to use as much technology as possible to reach all my different learners in the class. This will allow for engagement and active learning. Continue to allow for several means of expression for tests, projects and problems.
Tool box time #2
What does it do? Symbaloo is a free social networking site that allows you to organize and store all your digital resources in the cloud.
Pros/Cons: Symbaloo: Pros: it helps teacher collect content and share the best of the web with their students. Its easy to use, you can add a link you find on the web to customize tile, and organize your tiles into different categories. You can also search for content collected by other teachers.
How to use in classroom: I think I may use Symbaloo to create a personal playlist of the videos I show for math. I also think it will be a great place for students and parents to get the links to material needed to understand material in class.
Tool box time: Social networking: twitter, facebook. pinterest, linkedin, edmodoProvide the name of resource / hyperlink: Pinterest, Edmodo, Google+
- What does it do? Pinterest: To find lesson plans/ideas for math, particularly for the learning support students that I teach. Edmodo is a social networking made for communicating between teachers and students. It operates a lot like facebook with wall posts and status updates. It enables teachers to share content, distribute quizzes, assignments and manage communication with students. colleagues and parents. Google + : (facebook for google users) This is a way of sharing content with users in certain communities. You can discuss topics , upload pictures or videos, have circles of friends, family and huddle (group chat).
- Pro's / Con's : pros- tons of ideas Con- its a bit addicting and you really have to be able to spend time looking through the lessons. Edmodo: Pro- great alternative to google classroom, tons of valuable resources. Con- can not use in my district. Google + : Pros- user friendly, google circles allow you to separate your work people from family,friends and so on. You can also share what you want to share with whomever. Cons: the posts are annoying - they pop up at the top of the newsfeed. google + is not compatible with google apps account.
- How you plan on using this resource: I plan on using it to find creative lessons for my class. Although I can not use edmodo for my classroom, I would like to use it as a personal resource for getting ideas for my classroom. Google +: I plan on using this to connect with with teachers, students by posting tests and due dates and clarify learning targets, review complicated topics and after extension to my higher learners
Tool Box Time 3