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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Integrated Technology Learning Experience Outline</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Unit Title:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>People in Communities</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Unit Length:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>5<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>weeks</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Grade Level: 3<sup>rd</sup> </span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Unit Description:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>3<sup>rd</sup> grade social studies unit about people in communities. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Students will learn how people in communities express their culture. They will investigate different cultures in their community and nation, and even outside our nation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They will also learn how different cultures can make life in a community more interesting. </span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Goals for this Unit:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(BIG IDEA)</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Students will understand that cultural differences enrich communities and make them diverse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Student will use technology tools to express ideas and collaborate with peers.</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Iowa Core Curriculum Standards</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">~Understand how geographic and human characteristics create culture and define regions.</span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">~Understand how human factors and the distribution of resources affect the development of society and the movement of populations.</span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">~Understand the role of culture and cultural diffusion on the development and maintenance of societies.</span></i></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">~Use technology resources to create original products, identify patterns and problems, make predictions, and propose solutions.</span></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">~Use interactive technologies in a collaborative group to produce digital presentations or products in a curricular area</span></i></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">~Understand and practice appropriate, legal, and safe uses of technology for lifelong learning.</span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Learning Outcomes</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> (specific skills you expect your students to master):</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Students will understand why people move from place to place and how communities are affected by these movements.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Students will be able to describe different cultures found in the United States.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Students will explain what makes up our American Heritage.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Students will show ways that people express their cultures.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Students will illustrate how customs are different around the world.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Overall Sequence for the Multiple Lesson Unit:</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our American Culture</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Moving to New Places</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Sharing Cultures</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Our American Heritage</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cultures Around the World</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Expressions of Culture</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Holidays and Traditions</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Cultures of the World</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Unit Content:</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Our American Culture</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br />
<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>1.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Moving to New Places:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Identify reasons why people move and settle in new places</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Describe immigrants’ arrival and living conditions in the U.S.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Identify reasons why people move within a country</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Many immigrants come to the United States to find new opportunities.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sharing Cultures:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Understand how different groups share their cultures in the U.S.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Compare and contrast cultures and diversity in communities</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Identify ways that immigrants contribute to communities.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">(Ethnic groups in Washington D.C., include Asian, Caribbean, Latin American, and African.)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>3.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our American Heritage</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Identify American landmarks</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Identify and explain the significance of national holidays</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .5in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Cultures Around the World</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Expressions of Culture</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Recognize literature, art, music, dance, architecture, and religion as expressions of culture</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Compare and contrast the many ways people express their culture</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Holidays and Traditions (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">GRR example</b>)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Focus Lesson(s)</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Purpose: Review cause and effect and show students how that relates to lesson 2 Holidays and Traditions reading</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Guided Instruction</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Activity/Activities: Students will partner up and using the cause & effect sheet, read through lesson 2<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and discuss the reasons behind the celebrations</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Guidance: I will work with a few groups to reinforce proper use of the cause and effect sheet.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Formative Assessment: We’ll come back together as a class and discuss what they read</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Productive Group Work:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Collaborations: students will work in groups of 3-4 to create invitations to a cultural celebration they’ve read about.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Technology-Enhanced Collaborative Process(es) Used: students may use a web 2.0 tool of their choice to create or share their invitation</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Accountability: each student will have a job in the process</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Independent Learning</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Activities:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Writing project ~ What’s Your Custom</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Students will think about customs or traditions their families share.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These can include an activity that occurs during a holiday or a tradition involving everyday life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Students will create a descriptive blog post about a time when they took part in the tradition, or simply describe the tradition.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Assessment: Teacher will assess the students understanding of what a custom or tradition is and if they’ve described the cause and effect properly.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>3.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cultures of the World</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Compare and contrast language, dress, and food in various cultures around the world</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Define cultural identity</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Identify expressions of different cultures around the world</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Further Unit Analysis</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Describe how you integrated each of the modular topics into your unit. <b><i>(Please refer to the assignment sheet for the specifics of what is expected.)</i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Integrating Digital Technology:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">There are several activities that involve technology. Students collaborate in creating an invitation of their choice and their work in “A Week in the Life” project would lie on the Authentic-Infusion part of the matrix.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Students use technology tools to link learning to the world beyond the instructional setting and the teacher provides the learning context and the students choose the technology tools to achieve the outcome. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">21<sup>st</sup> Century Classrooms:</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I integrated the Flat Classroom A Week in the Life project into this unit. It allowed students to collaborate with other students in other states and countries. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It allows students to be more involved in what they want to learn and in finding ways to accomplish that on their own therefore creating a more student centered learning environment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">CyberCitizenry:</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="http://www.commonsensemedia.org/sites/default/files/safety-security/K-5-Security-UnitOverview.pdf"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.commonsensemedia.org/sites/default/files/safety-security/K-5-Security-UnitOverview.pdf</span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Students needed to be aware of what information is safe and not safe to share on the internet.</span></i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> Students learn to always ask permission from their parents and other trusted adults before filling out forms online and learn to create secure passwords for their accounts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They learn what spam is, and how to deal with it when they see it. Finally, they decode privacy policies, and think critically about the implications for the information that they share online.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Universal Design for Learning: </span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The unit included several differentiated activities for the students.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Leveled research materials were provided for students at different reading levels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The differentiated lessons address multiple methods of representation, expression and engagement of learners with information and knowledge. This unit involves a variety of instructional goals, methods, materials, and assessments.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Conclusion:</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">This unit will be very successful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have used pieces of this unit before, however not in the sequence or with the technology projects integrated into it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve learned that it is much easier to use technology on a deeper level than I first though, however the skills of the students can always provide challenges in activities involving technology.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are always changing and adapting lessons to better fit the needs of the students.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Having done so in this unit will provide some guidance to look at others in the future.</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>jami_elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11923470143656181990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963055876817125029.post-4173883849874329092011-12-04T10:03:00.000-08:002011-12-04T10:03:32.654-08:00UDL and Assistive Technologies using the iPad<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij8dnlH_1tVv6SmvG_B0jQz8g4YV10xaH4xcL9TnigZpbDtRWqt81wt-rL3cAhc9NLZPwVCGyuQv9NpLpgh1HELXgAok8zCWnvFoEEK430QpHGFghPMaiP5J22yLBg0nfvUAaISuY7lFHP/s1600/ipadapps.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij8dnlH_1tVv6SmvG_B0jQz8g4YV10xaH4xcL9TnigZpbDtRWqt81wt-rL3cAhc9NLZPwVCGyuQv9NpLpgh1HELXgAok8zCWnvFoEEK430QpHGFghPMaiP5J22yLBg0nfvUAaISuY7lFHP/s320/ipadapps.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> Assistive technologies have been around for a very long time, as have numerous strategies for reaching all learners. Universal Design Learning has put a new focus of how to effectively reach learners at all levels and abilities. The Apple iPad has provided numerous tools to help teachers and learners accomplish this tremendous task. I have yet to gain the opportunity to use an iPad in my personal classroom, but I have been an Apple iPhone user for many years now and can definitely see the benefits it could bring to at-risk students of all kinds. Teachers work extremely hard to find ways to pull struggling learner up and push gifted students forward. Individual classrooms tend to have a range of abilities wider than the grade levels in the entire school. I searched for iPad applications that could assist students in the classroom and out move their learning to higher levels. <br />
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For more apps for education see: <a href="http://edudemic.com/2011/11/palm-beach-apps/" target="_blank">65+ iPad apps for Elementary Education</a>jami_elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11923470143656181990noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963055876817125029.post-45783323946495560282011-11-16T18:59:00.000-08:002011-11-16T18:59:16.435-08:00A New Kind of Safety<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_wMAu632_9DYm3G0VObti_CuUANtNIs1eH3noK3rHpQ2rPQs359x1aPASjH0bmHhn3LxRjrKh_OcVn-NaeQd4FCOMKEkmdr32NCMV8-G3OR6WyNaMW-M4zshoI4_WXLnIAuNboMIxteLg/s1600/internet_safety.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_wMAu632_9DYm3G0VObti_CuUANtNIs1eH3noK3rHpQ2rPQs359x1aPASjH0bmHhn3LxRjrKh_OcVn-NaeQd4FCOMKEkmdr32NCMV8-G3OR6WyNaMW-M4zshoI4_WXLnIAuNboMIxteLg/s200/internet_safety.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />
Today's children are growing up in a digital world. They are learning of the tremendous resources that are available to them through digital tools and the internet. However, in this digital age, it is even more important for them to know how to stay safe while using these resources and how to be a good digital citizen in this new and ever expanding digital world. We can start in our classrooms with our colleagues, students and their parents. There are many topics and resources available to tackle this important task. I have gather several for a beginning lesson on internet safety for my classroom. Below is an overview with links, however I am creating a more user friendly Wikispace for my actual use. <br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">netconclave.com</span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">3<sup>rd</sup> grade teacher team, students, and parents</div><div class="MsoNormal">Common Sense Topic: Internet Safety</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Resources: </b></div><div class="MsoNormal">Teacher Resources:</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">K-5 Curriculum:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators/curriculum/k-5">http://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators/curriculum/k-5</a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">Staying Safe Online Lesson:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators/lesson/staying-safe-online-2-3">http://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators/lesson/staying-safe-online-2-3</a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">Parent Letter: <a href="http://www.commonsensemedia.org/sites/default/files/safety-security/K-5-SafetySecurity-ParentLetter.pdf">http://www.commonsensemedia.org/sites/default/files/safety-security/K-5-SafetySecurity-ParentLetter.pdf</a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">Educating Parents: <a href="http://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators/parent-media-education/educate-parents-about-internet-safety">http://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators/parent-media-education/educate-parents-about-internet-safety</a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="http://www.netsmartz.org/Educators">http://www.netsmartz.org/Educators</a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Students Resources:</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="http://pbskids.org/webonauts/">http://pbskids.org/webonauts/</a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="http://www.safekids.com/kids-rules-for-online-safety/">http://www.safekids.com/kids-rules-for-online-safety/</a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="http://www.safekids.com/quiz/">http://www.safekids.com/quiz/</a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="http://www.netsmartzkids.org/">http://www.netsmartzkids.org/</a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Parent Resources:</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">Parent tip sheet: <a href="http://www.commonsensemedia.org/sites/default/files/k-5-safety-tip.pdf">http://www.commonsensemedia.org/sites/default/files/k-5-safety-tip.pdf</a> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">Parent Tip Sheet: <a href="http://www.commonsensemedia.org/sites/default/files/internetsafetyelem-tip.pdf">http://www.commonsensemedia.org/sites/default/files/internetsafetyelem-tip.pdf</a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">Internet Safety for Elementary Kids (video):<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://www.commonsensemedia.org/advice-for-parents/internet-safety-elementary-school-kids-tips">http://www.commonsensemedia.org/advice-for-parents/internet-safety-elementary-school-kids-tips</a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="http://www.digitalcitizenship.net/uploads/ParentContract.pdf">http://www.digitalcitizenship.net/uploads/ParentContract.pdf</a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="http://www.cyber-safety.com/parents.html">http://www.cyber-safety.com/parents.html</a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="http://www.netsmartz.org/Parents">http://www.netsmartz.org/Parents</a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Teaching Schedules:</div><div class="MsoNormal">3<sup>rd</sup> grade team: 45 min during shared planning time period</div><div class="MsoNormal">3<sup>rd</sup> grade students and parents: Together 45 minutes, Family Togetherness Night</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Content:</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Teachers will:</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">• Understand the importance of teaching internet safety to their students and parents</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">• Learn how to locate and access commonsense.org resources and lessons, as well as other resources</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Students & Parents will:</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">• Understand that being safe when they visit websites is similar to staying safe in real life </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">• Learn to recognize websites that are good for them to visit </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">• Recognize if they should ask an adult they trust before they visit a particular website</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Teacher Outcomes:</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">Will prepare the CommonSense.org lesson on Staying Safe on the Internet to present to 3<sup>rd</sup> grade students and their parents on Family Togetherness Night.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Parent & Student Outcomes: </b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">Match statements about websites to colors of a “website traffic light” that symbolizes various levels of online safety </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">Play an interactive game to judge which websites are best for them </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Extension: </b>Students make a website traffic light poster in groups with tips about how to identify “just right” sites </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Homework: </b>Students find new “just right” sites to visit with their family members <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><br />
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</span>jami_elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11923470143656181990noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963055876817125029.post-7891552562388250552011-11-01T18:11:00.000-07:002011-11-01T18:11:40.117-07:00Welcome to the 21st Century<div style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background-color: lime; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Characteristics of Core Instruction:</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> The following topics and items were taken from Iowa Core Curriculum sessions and reflect the </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Characteristics of Effective Instruction</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> outlined by the Iowa Core.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">3rd grade classroom </span></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Student-Centered Classroom</span><ul><li style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: lime; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Students at center of learning, teacher facilitating process</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: lime; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cooperative or collaborative learning taking place</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: lime; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Teacher leading students to the answer not giving it out</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: lime; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Students have choices</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: lime; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Students are engaged in challenging work</span></li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: lime; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Teacher questions and probes</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Not visible during walkthrough</span></li>
</ul><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Specific comments about the Student-Centered Classroom:</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Our training and focus on the Gradual Release of Responsibility framework and more specifically with productive group work and inquiry this past year has helped to move my classroom towards being much more student centered. We’ve really been working on what productive group work looks like for the students through modeling and specific expectations. Through inquiry, students are engaged in thinking and sharing fostered by prompts and probes from the teacher. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Teaching for Understanding:</span><ul><li style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: lime; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Problem or project based learning</span></li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Hands on, minds on</span></li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: lime; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Students think and demonstrate understanding</span></li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: lime; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Visual learning (conceptual models, graphic organizers, webs, etc.)</span></li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Factual knowledge is transferred to usable knowledge</span></li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: lime; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Students involved in designing, problem solving, decision making, and investigating</span></li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: lime; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Summarize targeted concepts and skills</span></li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Multiple means of presenting information</span></li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Not visible during walkthrough</span></li>
</ul><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Specific comments about Teaching for Understanding:</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We definitely do alot of problem and project based learning tasks, especially through math. Students are continually demonstrating their understanding and creating and completing visual models. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Assessment for Learning</span><ul><li style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: lime; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Formative assessment is used as a tool to adjust teaching</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Essential concept and skill is clear and evident to the students </span></li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Teacher provides criteria of quality work</span></li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Teacher provides examples of both high and low quality work</span></li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: lime; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Self or peer assessment is evident</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: lime; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A collaborative classroom environment</span></li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: lime; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Assessment for learning takes place DURING instruction</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Variety of feeback to students (web, tapes, oral, written, video, etc)</span></li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Not visible during walkthrough</span></li>
</ul><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Specific comments about Assessment for Learning:</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> I definitely use formative assessments to adjust teaching according to what the students’ needs are. I also have students self-evaluate and peer-evaluate.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rigor and Relevance</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (We have not studied this so you do not need to include this section if you don’t know about the Rigor and Relevance concept.)</span><ul><li style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Quadrant A</span></li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Quadrant B</span></li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Quadrant C</span></li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Quadrant D</span></li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Opportunity to set goals</span></li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Expands on prior knowledge</span></li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Not visible during walkthrough</span></li>
</ul><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Specific comments about Rigor and Relevance:</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Iowa Core urges tasks and activities to be in Quadrant D, these types of tasks seem to require significant planning out side of the box. As I continue my teaching I hope to move closer to having more tasks closer to Quadrant D.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Teaching for Learner Differences</span><ul><li style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: lime; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Plans for variance in learning</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: lime; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Assesses the interests and needs of individual students</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Learning goals are clearly stated</span></li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: lime; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Flexible grouping (supplemental and intensive)</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: lime; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Engages students in self reflection, collaboration, and learning choices</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: lime; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Works in variety of settings (large group, small group, individual)</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Engages students in self reflection</span></li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Not visible during walkthrough</span></li>
</ul><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Specific comments about Teaching for Learner Differences:</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> As part of our school’s differentiated instruction committee, I’ve learned to incorporate many strategies to reach learners where they are. We also give interest surveys and “interviews” to students and assess where they are numerous times throughout the year with summative evaluations and daily through formative evaluations. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br />
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</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Technology Infusion</span><ul><li style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: lime; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Web 2.0 tools being used</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: lime; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Technology used as a reference</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Technology used as a textbook</span></li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Technology used to differentiate learning</span></li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: lime; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Technology used for collaboration or communication</span></li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: lime; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Using technology to create a "product" or "project"</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Technology was not being used during the walkthrough</span></li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Other</span></li>
</ul><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Specific comments about Technology Infusion:</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I try to incorporate technology as frequently as possible to simply get the students using it. By the time students have reached third grade I would love for them to have more experience with using technology so that we can start focusing more on using technology for learning, but reality is they just aren’t there. So within the restraints of our classroom and school, we do as much as we can with the limited resources. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" />** In order to create a better 21st century environment in my classroom, I will begin by definitely pushing for more technology resources within the classroom and in the lab. <a href="http://www.stevehargadon.com/" target="_blank">Steve Hargadon</a> stated "You can’t ask teachers to teach 21st century skills if they aren’t in a 21st century environment themselves." I hope that administrators can see that teachers do need more control over the technology that is available to them in the classroom and invest in ways to enrich the resources as well. Second, I will focus more on assessments for learning and the feedback that students need to be more successful. Finally, I will invest the time in moving tasks from Quadrant A towards Quadrant D for stronger rigor and relevance. </span></div>jami_elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11923470143656181990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963055876817125029.post-80012004880189115862011-10-18T18:40:00.000-07:002011-10-18T18:44:01.480-07:00Technology Integration MatrixIn returning home from the <a href="http://www.itec-ia.org/en/conference/">ITEC Conference</a> tonight, I am boiling over with even more ideas of how I would like to see my classroom evolve into a 21st century learning environment. Students are capable of expressing themselves in a variety of ways and I intend to work my hardest to engage them in opportunities that allow them to do so.<br />
<a href="http://drzreflects.com/">Dr. Leigh Zeitz</a> assigned a task through our Selection and Integration class, part of the <a href="http://www.uni.edu/coe/departments/curriculum-instruction/instructional-technology">Instructional Technology Master's Degree program</a>, of identifying technology integration activities and classify them using the TIM Matrix. The five activities I chose are all activities I have used in my 3rd grade classroom. In reviewing these activities, classifying them, and thinking about how to take them up a notch on the matrix and incorporate <a href="http://punyamishra.com/">Punya Mishra's TPACK theory</a> involving technology, pedagogy and content, I created a <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mz4les2rx1lMzKkufJaHqsfNx2VDs7x5ZXh3-i6T8Vc/edit?hl=en_US">chart</a> of my own. <br />
After attending many of the sessions at ITEC this year, I feel even further behind than before. I know where I would like to see my instruction, what I am not sure about is how to get there. It is hard to not focus on the tools, when students are coming to my classroom without any knowledge of Web 2.0 tools. Therefore, when the content and pedagogy is identified, I have to teach the technology before we can proceed. The additional barriers brought on by the lack of support in the district and working technology brings on even bigger frustrations. This morning, Steve Hargadon stated that you can't ask teachers to teach 21st century skills if they aren't in a 21st century environment themselves.jami_elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11923470143656181990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963055876817125029.post-82728572961104794292011-05-15T14:26:00.000-07:002011-05-15T14:26:05.782-07:00Studies in Media ~ Intro Blog<img border="0" height="0" src="http://c.gigcount.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bT*xJmx*PTEzMDU*OTQzODYxMzImcHQ9MTMwNTQ5NDY2NTQ2MiZwPTk3NTA3MiZkPTAwMCUyMC*lMjBWb2tpJTIwV2lkZ2V*Jmc9/MSZvPTM2MWQzZjc3NWQ1NDQwNzFiMzFjNGE3NjVhNzE4NGNmJm9mPTA=.gif" style="height: 0px; visibility: hidden; width: 0px;" width="0" /><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,28,0" height="267" id="widget_name" width="200"><param name="movie" value="http://vhss-d.oddcast.com/vhss_editors/voki_player.swf?doc=http://vhss-d.oddcast.com/php/vhss_editors/getvoki/chsm=7e0807348752a5a335ab6023fdb924fe%26sc=3891082" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="width" value="200" /><param name="height" value="267" /><param name="allowNetworking" value="all"/><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><embed height="267" width="200" src="http://vhss-d.oddcast.com/vhss_editors/voki_player.swf?doc=http%3A%2F%2Fvhss-d.oddcast.com%2Fphp%2Fvhss_editors%2Fgetvoki%2Fchsm=7e0807348752a5a335ab6023fdb924fe%26sc=3891082" quality="high" allowScriptAccess="always" allowNetworking="all" wmode="transparent" allowFullScreen="true" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" name="widget_name"></object>jami_elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11923470143656181990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963055876817125029.post-37940622041200325792011-02-03T07:12:00.000-08:002011-02-03T07:12:07.530-08:00Happy New Year!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9S12dsVmAVo3Qdi2_7AJ2Gyn0jqzTORBBB451xElbrLTKHCRIZzFtD61ZIfLhqtH32tnNfFChPSalt68Spv1rrhEjNJfmpLHb_O4Y3PoINOSj3YqiqKx2M5Qzuz8OgVviesSF-FvefBsM/s1600/IMG_9239.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9S12dsVmAVo3Qdi2_7AJ2Gyn0jqzTORBBB451xElbrLTKHCRIZzFtD61ZIfLhqtH32tnNfFChPSalt68Spv1rrhEjNJfmpLHb_O4Y3PoINOSj3YqiqKx2M5Qzuz8OgVviesSF-FvefBsM/s200/IMG_9239.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> As we enter the Chinese New Year, there are many things I’ve been doing to prepare for our upcoming trip to China.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve been researching the country, travel tips, touring ideas, and shopping.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have also been searching for other elementary participants to connect with, integrating multicultural activities into my classroom and having my student prepare projects about our culture to share. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My mind has been so consumed with all things <a href="http://www.flatclassroomconference.com/">Flat Classroom</a>, China and getting ready to go, I never even saw the train coming until it smacked into us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My 15 year old daughter had been complaining of being really thirsty for the past few weeks and we discarded it as the dryness in the air, accompanied with basketball and volleyball workouts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is until last week when she came home sick from school Monday with a headache and then again on Tuesday with the same symptoms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was very tired and having some dizziness, so we made a doctor appointment at our local family practice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They tested her for several things, thyroid, mono, etc and her blood glucose came back at 653 and her A1c was 13.7 along with large ketones in her urine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They gave us a copy of her labs and asked that we get in the car and drive her to the emergency room at the <a href="http://www.uihealthcare.org/servicearea.aspx?id=1879">University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics</a> about an hour away because they had the best pediatric endocrinology department in the area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They admitted Dayton and she was diagnosed with <a href="http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/type-1-diabetes-in-children/DS00931">type 1 Diabetes</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So now we are in the process of adapting to a new lifestyle, or life support system as they call it, of counting exact numbers of carbohydrates for each meal, checking blood glucose levels, and giving insulin injections.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has been extremely overwhelming and I’ve had to stop at several instances and just take deep breaths.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dayton has been absolutely amazing and is adjusting so well and I am so proud of her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, with the beginning of this Chinese New Year, the life of this full-time teacher, graduate student, and single-mom just got even more interesting and we will be starting a new life along with this new year. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The<a href="http://www.jdrf.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.viewPage&page_id=5710D48F-2A5E-7B6E-1CDCC058830B1273"> Juvenile Diabetes Reseach Foundation</a> is close to a cure and you can help with this by donating on Dayton's behalf at the following link: <a href="http://jdrfevents.donordrive.com/participant/jamielliott">SUPPORT ME!</a></span></div><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br />
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</span>jami_elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11923470143656181990noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963055876817125029.post-52670829429966445232011-01-14T07:39:00.000-08:002011-01-14T07:39:48.300-08:00Shop til We Drop?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjOYl8c_jRThRNGWcnAK1lVUP5wfXy-Ysp6judBErRquDfVDH2MLaIPjFdxcqhumVtNJfZP8Z4aaaJQfpmSfODbM6RylheAI4a8PqQ3_o20oarUmhnVRrAmU51U36miytqu80vlEVR-Lx7/s1600/shopping-in-china1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjOYl8c_jRThRNGWcnAK1lVUP5wfXy-Ysp6judBErRquDfVDH2MLaIPjFdxcqhumVtNJfZP8Z4aaaJQfpmSfODbM6RylheAI4a8PqQ3_o20oarUmhnVRrAmU51U36miytqu80vlEVR-Lx7/s320/shopping-in-china1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> A group of us from the <a href="http://www.uni.edu/continuinged/programs/degrees/grad/inst_tech/index.shtml">University of Northern Iowa Instructional Technology</a> cohort is taking a trip to Beijing, China for the <a href="http://www.flatclassroomconference.com/">Flat Classroom Conference </a>next month. We have been recieving lots of information about all things China, but of the most interesting so far are the shopping markets. We have been told that our Dollar is going to go pretty far on our shopping excursions and I am truly looking forward to this. Below are some of centers in Beijing that might be of some interest to us. <br />
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<a href="http://www.thebeijingguide.com/shopping/hongqiao-market.html">The Hongqiao Market</a><br />
<a href="http://www.chinadiscounthotel.com/aboutbeijing/shopping/treasures.html#The Silk Market">The Silk Market</a> <br />
<a href="http://www.travelchinaguide.com/cityguides/beijing/shopping.htm">Other shopping in Beijing</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">photo: ilookchina.net</span>jami_elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11923470143656181990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963055876817125029.post-65608201800760327302010-07-14T20:30:00.000-07:002010-07-14T20:30:03.277-07:00Flattening My World<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ_f-r-medhDJg4QTMnJclBf-9_pyivNs-rZJ39uHsP8CccIbfzdJ6jS7KEw6sCsUBmZMqBCUjC1ouTTeaQ1kMHc1YHpkuVK5tsBxwi7z_JOzoa7v5i0kujhK1sPvj67F79Wq5nrvKfb5T/s1600/flat-earth2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ_f-r-medhDJg4QTMnJclBf-9_pyivNs-rZJ39uHsP8CccIbfzdJ6jS7KEw6sCsUBmZMqBCUjC1ouTTeaQ1kMHc1YHpkuVK5tsBxwi7z_JOzoa7v5i0kujhK1sPvj67F79Wq5nrvKfb5T/s320/flat-earth2.jpg" /></a></div><a href="http://julielindsay.wikispaces.com/">Julie Lindsay</a> gave an amazing 2 day workshop in St. Louis on Flat Classrooms. She allowed me the opportunity to attend as a virtual participant. Live video streaming through <a href="http://www.ustream.tv/">Ustream</a> and a Backchannel chat through <a href="http://www.chatsy.com/">Chatsy</a>, provided a feeling of actually being there. I was able to collaborate with a team on a Flat Classroom project idea and made a few connections with elementary teachers for later projects in my own classroom. I am in awe of the possibilities for connecting classrooms and the motivating learning experiences it can allow. Not only have I flattened my own world through my PLN (professional learning network), Diigo, and Web 2.0 tools, but I am so excited to provide such experiences for my students. Global learning and collaboration is at our fingers tips and all we have to do is reach out and grab it! <br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo: </span><a href="http://makingmaps.net/"><span style="font-size: x-small;">http://makingmaps.net/</span></a>jami_elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11923470143656181990noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963055876817125029.post-79466674970907931612010-06-17T06:34:00.000-07:002010-06-18T07:58:19.110-07:00Blooming Technology<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxcVUfa4Ecd7kFHe7PuL36s4T0bBrXfLh4Rl1mqOSEjR90BePCGlnLuplIeIMqKU77deCMkukWKuBrvM00HL_zzWfPtRcFIOw9SekXfKSwTaKoiwyRIvJpNEzzuu5wyHzr8bXHq3kLx_Rh/s1600/Digital_Blooms.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 385px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 262px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483736094716466914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxcVUfa4Ecd7kFHe7PuL36s4T0bBrXfLh4Rl1mqOSEjR90BePCGlnLuplIeIMqKU77deCMkukWKuBrvM00HL_zzWfPtRcFIOw9SekXfKSwTaKoiwyRIvJpNEzzuu5wyHzr8bXHq3kLx_Rh/s320/Digital_Blooms.JPG" /></a><br /><div></div><div><span style="font-size:78%;">Photo</span>: <a href="http://www.classroom20.com/profiles/blogs/blooms-taxonomy-amp-web-20"><em><span style="font-size:78%;">http://www.classroom20.com/profiles/blogs/blooms-taxonomy-amp-web-20</span></em></a></div><div></div><div></div><div> </div><div>Eight or nine years ago, when I was pursuing my teaching degree we discussed and went over the importance of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloom%27s_Taxonomy">Bloom's Taxonomy</a>. Yada yadaaa yadaaa, was what it kind of sounded like coming from the professors at the time. Today, there is a whole new perspective with the integration of technology and more importantly <a href="http://www.go2web20.net/">Web 2.0 tools and applications</a>. It is very interesting to see the ways that these tools can be using in assessing different levels of Bloom's. The picture gives a great visual and could be very helpful when presenting tools to other educators.</div>jami_elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11923470143656181990noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963055876817125029.post-88453886639133018742010-06-16T19:30:00.000-07:002010-06-16T20:02:01.060-07:00Mom Madness<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSG6XcHnYhKwIQnb3qMaKr0kC3UfIeM4-eb_mZEVbGyFz56SzxyaGCXVHUMRvo5GEnxcP-XkvNTauO-8fde-i0SCBnQWVWdWFPbgJSt1iUUO_CsTWeMwI8HAt9ZwausQ40C8P5m8Z7GmV7/s1600/tweedlebop_busymother.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 415px; HEIGHT: 234px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483568252711770562" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSG6XcHnYhKwIQnb3qMaKr0kC3UfIeM4-eb_mZEVbGyFz56SzxyaGCXVHUMRvo5GEnxcP-XkvNTauO-8fde-i0SCBnQWVWdWFPbgJSt1iUUO_CsTWeMwI8HAt9ZwausQ40C8P5m8Z7GmV7/s320/tweedlebop_busymother.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Photo:</span> <a href="http://www.tweedlehop.com/"><em><span style="font-size:78%;">www.tweedlehop.com</span></em></a><br /><br /><br />As I traveled across town this evening to meet a friend for dinner, I was fretting about all the other things I could or should be doing this evening. Still, I ventured over to a little Mexican spot for some delicious dinner. Upon returning to my cubical of a dorm room, I broke out my laptop and sat it down in front of me... What to start on first: Updating/finish creating my PLN (personal learning network), RWLD (readings, watchings, learnings, doings), work on a project, read and respond to blogs... decided upon writing my own blog post of thoughts from today.<br /><br />The last month or so I have felt so completely overwhelmed by the ending of my school year and all the wonderful things that go along with that, my daughters softball games, my nephews soccer & baseball games, cooking, cleaning, finishing a privacy fence and landscaping in the yard, running, working a second job, etc. etc. etc. Oh, and taking two graduate classes. I have to say that it has really been kind of wonderful to be up here on campus and be able to focus a one of these responsibilities whole-heartedly. The information that is being presented and explored throughout this class is astounding, I love it! I'm really thinking..."if we are being exposed to this much knowledge in the first class of this program, by the time I am done in two years I'm going to be soooooo intelligent!!" You might think this sounds silly, but I really thought I knew a lot about technology before I came here. Wow... so much more to learn and I can't wait for it to be pounded into my brain. I don't know that my brain can even hold all the information available but Dr. Z provided me with an article link about <a href="http://tinyurl.com/2ajcvax">increasing brain power</a> and its rather interesting. I think I might just try some of the suggestions.jami_elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11923470143656181990noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963055876817125029.post-58614628616446473592010-06-16T06:02:00.000-07:002010-06-18T07:53:36.140-07:00My New Second Life<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjazbVtpvTVnGm8LbmfTHe4fnBXLcFtdEUJg8cq4miKRkrQeMfpTYSMdd745kyAf7M-RTPT-jET2tPPyOLE_OrfhmeGy7jr40vYiM6A6_y55SF1ydZX7MDtvzAhZgpd3hDjDjHNqMoPHN6Q/s1600/secondlife.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 265px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 192px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483356457347374770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjazbVtpvTVnGm8LbmfTHe4fnBXLcFtdEUJg8cq4miKRkrQeMfpTYSMdd745kyAf7M-RTPT-jET2tPPyOLE_OrfhmeGy7jr40vYiM6A6_y55SF1ydZX7MDtvzAhZgpd3hDjDjHNqMoPHN6Q/s320/secondlife.jpg" /></a><br /><div>I created a new life during our 2nd day of Emerging Instructional Technology. We explored the world of <a href="http://www.secondlife.com/">Second Life</a> for a few hours and wow... I love the shopping and dancing! No, but seriously this virtual world is absolutely amazing. We created an avatar for ourselves and took a tour of Iowa Island. There are so many things that you can that you can do in this world. I don't see the relevence for elementary education, but <a href="http://sarassighs.blogspot.com/">Sara's Sighs</a> posted several other virtual worlds to take a look at. Even though I don't really see any applications for my 3rd grade classroom, I have an understanding of how it could be used in upper education or business. I'm wondering though if people would choose another avenue such a <a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobatconnectpro/">Adobe Connect</a> or <a href="http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/home">Skype</a> for distance meetings and such. Personally, I really didn't want to get too enthralled in this virtual world. I can see myself getting addicted and spending too much time in my Second Life and not enough time in my REAL life. </div>jami_elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11923470143656181990noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963055876817125029.post-34686896396927656252010-06-15T05:59:00.000-07:002010-06-15T06:25:09.264-07:00EMERGING Technology<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLucS17_4BR8y_ZCx6J48Al0YE2KL_gOcyLAlKjKyjuWxjpeI1NQmfdwyFrn_BKbaFdcYE1vYLIfZhRkiVH1MvbgaHKI2fq0_FwqdFjimLGwjfvkU5xdMxPHDqRGCm9D8UP6UZ-nD0CO-J/s1600/dorm+room.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 113px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482990333030172850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLucS17_4BR8y_ZCx6J48Al0YE2KL_gOcyLAlKjKyjuWxjpeI1NQmfdwyFrn_BKbaFdcYE1vYLIfZhRkiVH1MvbgaHKI2fq0_FwqdFjimLGwjfvkU5xdMxPHDqRGCm9D8UP6UZ-nD0CO-J/s320/dorm+room.jpg" /></a><br /><div><div> Our first day on campus was pretty interesting... I arrived Sunday evening and checked into my dorm room. Bare necessities to say the least. I never experienced dorm life before so this is a first for me. Dinner that evening with some of my classmates was lovely, but as I returned to my room I noticed someone else's things. I have a roommate? I did not request a roommate! Huh? Well... due to a mistake in the office I spent my first evening with a stranger, but whatever, it was fine. Mistake was fixed Monday morning. </div><br /><br /><div> Class was great! Information overload... good stuff! We got our computers registered for campus internet, explored some great tools and even Skyped with the Cool Cat Teacher, Vicki Davis. Awesome! I started on an interesting little project with my group and was off for what I thought was going to be an evening of (a little shopping) and catching up on RWLD's. Evidently, the internets Gods had something else in mind. The dorms are evidently still EMERGING on the whole technology thing. Sunday night we could not get online, because we did not have an ethernet cord and no wireless. Monday night, we just couldn't get on. Frustration! After about 40 minutes of trying... I gave up the quest for online information for the evening. I came up to this wonderful place to EXPAND my knowledge of technology and I feel like I stepped back 10 years. How ironic! Hopefully we can EMERGE a bit faster!</div><br /><br /><div></div></div>jami_elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11923470143656181990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963055876817125029.post-24306609884503747032010-06-06T08:00:00.000-07:002010-06-18T07:52:37.582-07:00Time vs. Trouble<a href="http://www.bing.com/images"><span style="font-size:78%;">www.bing.com/images</span></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuYQIIS_EPmE7-kRQPBqU9UCl9IQaorfHcwOn_MQmqvt0rQELt45ie7AKvWXjYnxvAyrqwRqppYqWU8HKEuDNRQ-QHrUqIS1mrdF9gw3zFULCnB9UHpPAFdx9vJwQQpHG96Y7G6zyUA8Mo/s1600/technology-in-the-classroom.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479693737790390242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuYQIIS_EPmE7-kRQPBqU9UCl9IQaorfHcwOn_MQmqvt0rQELt45ie7AKvWXjYnxvAyrqwRqppYqWU8HKEuDNRQ-QHrUqIS1mrdF9gw3zFULCnB9UHpPAFdx9vJwQQpHG96Y7G6zyUA8Mo/s320/technology-in-the-classroom.jpg" /></a><br /><div>As educators we face numerous responsibilities. We are not just teachers. Our positions also require us to be secretaries, record keepers, counselors, curriculum creators, coaches, referees, nurses, students, organizers, janitors, entertainers, etc. etc. etc. When we look into finding, adopting, and using technology in our classrooms, we want, no.... we need, something efficient and effective. Some may be interested in integrating technology, but because of time restraints we hesitate. I would love to have the time and resources to create endless technology experiences for my students. Reality naturally forces us to collaborate with others to make this happen. There are many resourceful sites that are available to teachers for just this purpose. I am so excited for the adventure that the Instructional Technology cohort is taking me on. I hope to share with my collegues the interesting ideas I gain throughout the process, as well as encourage them to dive deeper into the world of technology.<br /><br />Here are some resources I have found useful. Take a look and let me know what you think.<br /><br /><a href="http://classroomtech.org/">http://classroomtech.org/</a> </div><br /><div><a href="http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/">http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.techlearning.com/">http://www.techlearning.com/</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/teach.jsp">http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/teach.jsp</a> </div>jami_elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11923470143656181990noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963055876817125029.post-38221615527871502612010-05-26T19:18:00.001-07:002010-06-18T07:50:42.769-07:00Voicethread Heard!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-PYH-mKjCGCjEhrQif4rerOwQVvfVezCHQjHnL48W48nPjdszM9C54zI4-62DWLN20ViH7RXcR9gcKiIONh2C22n617UPTfjBj08OjMlft6hvL1q_7oHiZq_nXdp6oTQp5Y-zVPS8-RN2/s1600/Voicethread%2520image.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 346px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 224px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484124557956216306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-PYH-mKjCGCjEhrQif4rerOwQVvfVezCHQjHnL48W48nPjdszM9C54zI4-62DWLN20ViH7RXcR9gcKiIONh2C22n617UPTfjBj08OjMlft6hvL1q_7oHiZq_nXdp6oTQp5Y-zVPS8-RN2/s320/Voicethread%2520image.jpg" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div>My experience with <a href="http://www.voicethread.com/">Voicethread</a> the other evening was great. Voicethread is tool to post videos or photos and allow others to make comments by text, audio, or video. I was able to set up an identity and view the video posted by my professor. At first, we had problems viewing and listening to other people's comments but a quick search in the help forums and I was able to figure out that it was just a matter of changing the settings. Leaving a comment was straight forward and simple.<br /><br />I can see several uses for this in my classroom. The <a href="http://www.iowa.gov/educate/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=729&Itemid=1235">Every Child Reads</a> - <a href="http://pdonline.ascd.org/pd_online/strugglingreaders/1999calhoun_ch2.html">PWIM or Picture Word Inductive Model </a>would lend very nicely to voicethread. I could post a picture, usually related to a topic in class and students could leave their comment about the picture. They could comment about their feelings, words they see, content related ideas they think of. They could leave a text comment, creating sentences or paragraphs relating to the picture. Another use would be video clips or virtual field trips videos. The students could once again, leave their comments through audio or video and also leave text comments with sentence or paragraph creation. The teacher or students could also post their own picture and start a narrative about it and then other students could continue with the next sentence of the story and so on or the student could tell their own full story using the picture. The only problem holding me back from using this completelyat this point is that our computers are not equipped with microphones or webcams. This is something I will definifetly be bringing up to tech at school.<br /><br /><br />What are some uses for voicethread in your classrooms???<br /><br /><br /><em><span style="font-size:78%;">Photo: http://sillitutorial.com/voicethread_tutorial/ </span></em></div>jami_elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11923470143656181990noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963055876817125029.post-38287064714601026952010-05-25T19:18:00.000-07:002010-05-25T19:38:02.832-07:00You can't be my teacher!!<p></p>Youtube video by: Darren Cannell<br /><p><br /><object style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/0VSymMbMYHA/hqdefault.jpg)" width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0VSymMbMYHA&hl=en_US&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0VSymMbMYHA&hl=en_US&fs=1" width="425" height="344" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object></p>jami_elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11923470143656181990noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963055876817125029.post-36863326572804214472010-05-25T18:56:00.000-07:002010-05-25T19:43:33.894-07:00Are We Ready? Ready Or Not!I googled "Web 2.0 elementary classroom" today and was pleased to find many sites that contained numerous resources for using Web 2.o tools in an elementary setting. After school, I walked across the hall to one of my fellow 3rd grade teacher's classroom and asked her if she was ready. She asked, "Ready for what?" I replied, "To blog, wiki, use voicethread, etc, etc, next year?" She said she was going to throw up, but then quickly responded... "I'll do it if you show me how." Now, this is someone who has been teaching for quite sometime and who commonly calls me, her computer geek. She is a very smart, master educator who flinches at the mere thought of technology. I simply told her we're all going to have to. It's what the world is coming to. It where our differentiation is going to have to come. Some of the kids already know these things and those who don't are going to need to. Therefore, we need to know as well! In a short chat with Professor Zeitz this evening, he directed me to <a href="http://thinkleadserve.wikispaces.com/">http://thinkleadserve.wikispaces.com/</a> where I found the youtube video above and I can't wait to share it.jami_elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11923470143656181990noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963055876817125029.post-29982558101644381872010-05-19T20:04:00.000-07:002010-05-19T20:07:35.346-07:00Sensing a bit of Frustration...I was good with Facebook. But now that I've added Twitter, Blogging, Wiki, etc, I feel like I should be updating and providing my thoughts in 20 different places.<br /><br />If I update my Facebook status, do I need to Tweet, blog and wiki the same info... and if so when will I have time to actually do something worth posting about???jami_elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11923470143656181990noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963055876817125029.post-3283187147007967672010-05-17T20:17:00.000-07:002010-06-18T07:13:21.089-07:00Emerging Instructional Tech Video Chat 5/17/10<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY0kPGu2VU9h4UzFgcF64LzRYO-Y9EOHHd2gw3E-PFtloM8tlnE4TL-57j3J05dPqn9mjX6C-wrujno9uhFMh7LYqD-4-x4P1ErUxNDlQ5FDjSALDbjxk2tAy7u9fn7v2CZB5XrS0m26aw/s1600/conference.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 299px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484115782875201122" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY0kPGu2VU9h4UzFgcF64LzRYO-Y9EOHHd2gw3E-PFtloM8tlnE4TL-57j3J05dPqn9mjX6C-wrujno9uhFMh7LYqD-4-x4P1ErUxNDlQ5FDjSALDbjxk2tAy7u9fn7v2CZB5XrS0m26aw/s320/conference.jpg" /></a> I was pretty impressed by our video chat on <a href="http://tryit.adobe.com/us/connectpro/webconference/?sdid=EAWHJ">Adobe Connect </a>this evening. I recently purchased a new laptop and this was basically the first time I had used a webcam personally. In the past I've used ICN, of course through college classes. More recently, I have participated in numerous COP (Community of Practice) sessions through the <a href="http://www.umsl.edu/~ask/Home.html">Just Ask science project</a> I am working with through <a href="http://www.umsl.edu/">UMSL</a>. This experience was comparable with those. There were a few times when the audio was delayed or choppy but for the most part it went really well for a first time.<br /><br /><br />The reading in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Disrupting-Class-Expanded-Disruptive-Innovation/dp/0071749101/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276869071&sr=8-2">Disrupting Class</a>, or maybe it was <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Web-2-0-New-Tools-Schools/dp/1564842347/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276869175&sr=1-2">Web 2.0: New Tools, New Schools</a>, talked about how things were when we were in school, and even though its only been 16 years (oh my, really! That can't be right) since I graduated high school, the advances in technology are amazing. I try telling my 14 year old daughter about this and it sounds like a "I walked 10 miles to school barefoot in the snow" type stories.<br />My daughter also recieved a new laptop and neither of us had ever used <a href="http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/home">Skype</a> before, just signed up last night. But she got home from softball practice and took her computer up to her room and I video called her and told her she needed to clean her room before getting on the computer. We just laughed and laughed about it. The way communication has changed!!!! Last night she was able to video chat with her brother in Atlanta, GA. I am sooooo looking forward to the video calls I'm going to make to my little nieces in Kentucky. I am so excited about learning all I can about these new technologies and sharing them with as many people around me as possible!jami_elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11923470143656181990noreply@blogger.com1