PREZI PPT

Check out my Power Point on PREZI.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByMebUFJBfWqLWhtU2F5OXFfeGs/view?usp=sharing

Martin Luther King Scavenger Hunt

See my MLK Scavenger Hunt form.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByMebUFJBfWqTDZjcmZjajMzM1E/view?usp=sharing

SWOT form

See my SWOT form.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByMebUFJBfWqZERrbmU2bkFwNVE/view?usp=sharing

Student Information Form

Please fill out the form below.

Technology Source: Apple IBooks App

 This is free from Apples’ ITunes App Store.  The IBooks app can place traditional text on screen in various text sizes and with different contrast level to promote easy viewing.  This App can read the entire book for you as well as assist your reading along the way.  Features of these devices offer support for struggling readers.  A few mentioned in the book that are useful for students with special needs are the Speak Selection Feature, Define Option, Multitouch Textbooks, and IBook’s Author.

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Teaching and Learning with Technology

Technology Choice: Kurzweil

Kurzweil is a text to speech literacy software.  The company is recognized as the leading developer of literacy technology for people with learning difficulties and those who are blind or visually impaired. We offer products that bring the power and pleasure of reading and learning to the lives of users.  Using products from Kurzweil Education, learners can receive the support they need to read, understand and demonstrate knowledge to unlock their potential and pursue their goals.  For more information watch the video on the website.

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Text to Speech, Literacy Software | Kurzweil Educational Systems. (n.d.). Retrieved February 16, 2015, from http://www.kurzweiledu.com/default.html

Using Portfolios and E-Portfolios

Authentic Assessment- includes portfolio assessments and e-portfolios.

With the portfolio assessment strategy it allows students to collect artifacts or documents that demonstrates the learning outcomes they have achieved.  This allows students to create power point collections of their world to e-portfolios created via online portfolio websites. 

Your instructional objectives identify very specific criteria and methods for measuring student success.  Your assessment should be specifically designed to determine whether those objectives have been achieved. Your students’ mastery of your instructional objectives is the most significant evolution of your design. Student achievement combined with results from other summative feedback efforts will give you the information you need to make future improvements to your design.

Duffy, J., & McDonald, J. (2003). Teaching and learning with technology. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

  

I was able to find a helpful website that gives information about Portfolio Assessments and examples of them.

http://jfmueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/toolbox/portfolios.htm

Also, here is informational video on Portfolio Assessments that is helpful!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTClSU_md10

My Live Binder

I created a binder on www.livebinders.com;  My Binder consists of Teacher Education websites that are educational and helpful for both the teacher and the student.  A few of the "tabs" in my binder are "Teachers Pay Teachers".  I absolutely love this website!  This is a great website to join, you can share and use other great lesson plans, activities, worksheets, etc. from other teachers.  Reminder that you do have to pay a certain amount for specific items but there are freebies on this website!  Also, Pinterest is another great website you can make boards and "pin" great educational idea's from classroom management to arts and crafts for your classroom.  "Crayola.com" is another great website for educators.  This website includes lesson plans and idea's for arts and crafts.  These are just a few great educational websites I have came across from prior classes that i enjoy and find helpful.  I hope you enjoy them and I will be adding more as soon as I come across new ones!

http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=1649422&backurl=/shelf/my