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//Heather,// //We have a new curriculum that does not support an optimal learning experience.// //I have to go out and find extra material to support the curriculum. There are too many subject areas plus the curriculum skips// //around. Nutrition may be taught one day during the week then it will come up agin a month later. .... Kathy//

Taste Test > //What barriers are inherent in traditional assessments? What are the challenges in offering varied options for assessment? // > //Pre-K in a Title one school can be challenging for a number of reasons. The children are supposed to be assessed 5 times a year. The first assessment is in September and the children are already behind the norm. Even though this part of the assessment is to see where the children are at, my students’ are already behind. Yet Early Childhood wants my students caught up with the children from Arnold/Severna Park. Most of the Spanish speaking students cannot speak any English and it takes them till spring to really understand and speak a fair amount of English. The children are assessed in English, also. Our curriculum also says we should do formal observations every other month and then we have the county TOOL (a Pre-k/K) another formal assessment to fill in for the fall and then again for the end of spring. If I am going to teach my children, I need the time to plan, to teach, and to assess my students. // > > **__Reflection #5 __**//Given the realities of our modern age and the demands of our children’s future, is it really okay to allow teachers to choose whether or not they incorporate modern ////technologies into their instruction? // > v I think every teacher should be allowed to choose whether or not they want to incorporate modern technologies into their instruction. A teacher knows her own class and their needs. Modern technology should be allowed to help each child to learn to the best of their ability. Education is constantly changing and being evaluated. It wouldn’t surprise me to hear of another multiple intelligence that has to do with technology. Most of our students are growing up with the most modern technology available and some of our children will learn better using this technology. Just like a disabled student who has accommodations and all the resources that are necessary for this child to learn, all students should be allowed to use whatever they are interested in and whatever is necessary for them to learn. Most teachers know what is best and necessary for their children to learn. These teachers should be allowed to pick and use whatever tools are appropriate to help all students to learn. For some students, it will be any and all types of modern technology. As technology becomes more advanced and research supports this, all teachers need to become engaged and educated to teach children as they are growing up-with modern technology. > ADING QUESTIONS > [|**Edit**][|**0**]**0**[|**5**]**…** edit > Save Cancel > Bottom of Form || > || **View As **  ||  Print · [|PDF]  || > || **Actions **  ||  [|Rename] · [|Redirect] · Delete · Lock · Permissions || > || **Other **  || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;"> [|Notify] · [|RSS] · [|Backlinks] · [|Source]  || > //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 17px;">Reading. Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants // [|//Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants//] // (course binder, tab 3) //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 17px;">1. According to Marc Prensky, define the term, “Digital Native.” > //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 17px;">Digital Native means that the students of today are the native speakers of the digital speakers of the digital language of computers, video games and the internet. //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 17px;">2. What does it mean to have a “digital immigrant accent”? > <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 17px;">A digital immigrant accent means that the person checks the internet second instead of first. The person will read the manual for a program and are still in the process of reading/learning a new language. 3. Identify **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 17px;">one **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 17px;"> reason why Digital Natives have no patience for lectures or step-by-step logic. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Lecturers speak in an outdated (pre-digital) language. > > <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 17px;">4. What is **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 17px;">one **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 17px;"> suggestion that Prensky advises Immigrant Teachers to try with their Native Students? > <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 17px;">Teachers need to communicate in the language and style of their students-faster, more access and less steps by steps. > <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 17px;">5. See course binder, tab 3, page 4B. “Learning Preferences of the Digital Generation.”Select **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 17px;">one **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 17px;"> entry from each side of the chart. Provide a comment as to whether you agree with the finding or not. > <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 17px;">1. Under” digital learners prefer”, I a <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">gree that learners find modern technology more relevant, active, and instantly useful and fun. I think many students, who are used to using and viewing more technology, want teachers to be active and fun in their teaching. They want instant gratification and to view everything in color and with the sounds of their technologic age they are growing up in. > <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">2. Under “Many Educators Prefer”, I agree that most teachers teach memorization in preparation for standardized test from pre-k to 12th grade. Even in Pre-K, the teachers who know what is on the test will mainly teach to the test and will leave out other things that are in the curriculum. Because higher –ups want to see the higher scores, most teachers are teaching to the test and concentrate on making sure the children will respond correctly when taking the test. > > //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 17px;">Reading**. 60-Second Guide to Digital Classrooms** // [] **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 17px;">1. Highlight **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 17px;"> 3 **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 17px;">interesting points shared in these articlers. ** > **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 17px;">First, e-books **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">are replacing some text books books because the physical textbooks are costly and their heavy to carry. > **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 17px;">Second, the textbooks are hard to sell especially their older versions and that is more costly to the environment. ** > **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 17px;">Third, more online classes are being taught –even in middle and high school as well as college. ****//<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 17px;">Reading //**//<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 17px;">. Need a Cheat Sheet for Social Media? // [|http://www.searchenginejournal.com/need-a-cheat-sheet-for-socal- media/39546/] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 17px;">1. Explain in **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 17px;">5 – 10 **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 17px;"> sentences. Did the organization of this graphic help you compare and contrast the information, or did the organization confuse you? Why? Why not?s > **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 17px;">This graph had too much on the page. It was confusing and overwhelming. Also all the background colors were too much. The font was too small and was too much on top of the darker colors. ****//<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 17px;">Reading //**//<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 17px;">. Ten ways schools are using social media effectively // [|http://www.eschoolnews.com/2011/10/21/ten-ways-schools-are-using-social- media-effectively/] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 17px;">1. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 17px;">Explain your answer in 5 – 10 sentences. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 17px;">One of the ways a school district is utilizing social media in its schools is by using Gaggle.net. Do you think your school system would benefit from having Gaggle? Why? or Why not? > **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 17px;">I do think AACPS would benefit from using Gaggle. **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 17px;">net. > **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 17px;">It offers a real work application that teachers can use to network with their colleagues across the county. It can be used for collaborative planning and learning for teachers and students. It prepares students for using the social media in a professional manner. It can be used from the cross cultural learners as well as for the child who needs a class online. So whether it is a child or a parent, it should be used for distance learning and for parent communications. To take it a step farther, gaggle.net can be used for the community as an outreach program. **
 * 1) I went to the youtube video on math in a video on teaching math in first grade. I liked the lesson with the manipulatives (cubes) in a bag. First the teacher modeled the lesson then had the children repeat the lesson 2 more times. I noticed each table had a captain to put the cubes together which I might try in my Pre-k class. The viewers of the lesson pointed out that the teacher used representation, engagement and self reflection during the lesson. I also liked the way the teacher used paper/pencils, whiteboards, smart boards and computers all for the same lesson. I can try three different Medias for my class.
 * 2) For my entrée, I viewed UD for Learning-Reaching all students with digital media by David W. Cochran. This article talked about a teacher with a very diverse 4th grade classroom. It pointed out that the teacher first needs to learn the needs of each child, how each child learns best and each of their strengths. By using UDL (as the framework and as a guide), the teacher will need to be flexible with her teaching. She needs to design her lessons bottom up in order to engage and challenge all students. I like the suggestion the teacher can use digital media as a support with the main focus being on representation, expression and engagement for all students and all lessons.
 * 3) For my dessert, I read up on Matt Bergman’s Principal #3-Resources for multiple Means of Engagement. This is the Why of UDL. I thought the idea of the QR code was really exciting for a high school student. If the students were able to create codes and then use their cell phones to view these codes, it would truly engage every student. The team blog could also work –especially for some of the different teams and other groups within the school. I wasn’t sure why the Floor Planning Tools were in this except that it is a great way to show UDL in another way outside the regular classroom and it is a good way to explain UDL.
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