TLNT Chapter 11 Assessing student work is an essential part of learning and monitoring progress. Online platforms are great way to aid assessments. Teachers and students are able to see how they are doing in school and recognize areas where they can improve, serving as a self-assessment tool. Digital portfolios are also a great tool to incorporate inside and outside the classroom. They display content with a fun feel. However, sometimes portfolios may be driven more by the design than the content. Using this in a classroom with be beneficial; however, depending on the ages of the students, they may be distracted by the creativeness and lose sight of the content. I personally always enjoyed reading blogs because they deliver the same content as a textbook, but are displayed in a more engaging, creative way. I also like the idea of clickers. I saw this utilized in a workshop in the school I am student teaching in and the kids LOVED it. It seemed as though they immediately stopped ...
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TLBG: Chapter 3, Strategy 12-15 Reading about strategy number fourteen opened my eyes to different approaches of reading tests aloud. In the class I am student teaching in, two students have to get tests read to them. When this happens, I am sure to sit down next to them so I can read the test to both of them at the same time. sometimes I feel as though when one student hears me read a question that the other student has not gotten up to, the other student feels rushed. Also, when they are on the next question they must inform me so I can read the question to them. Overall, I do think that this can be an issue in the classroom. A better alternative would be podcasting on GarageBand and the Speak Selection for iOS devices. I will be sure to utilize these resources in the future. TLNT: Chapter 10 As I was reading this chapter, what really stood out to me was the interactive dictionary VisuWords. This resource creates word clouds of terms related to a main ...
TLBG: Chapter 3 Strategy 3 & 4 Strategy 3: Videos Recording any event or using videos, is beneficial to all students because all students know how to use this already and they can be used for all subject areas. It is also accessible for all students with a variety of needs. Most importantly videos get students excited to learn something new. I enjoyed the suggestion of using a video to act as an exit slip, in which students record themselves to explain one take away from the class. I also liked the idea of using three facts and fib to scaffold the students' knowledge. The teacher writes three facts and fib on the board before watching the video and then after watching the video the students have to determine which ones are true and false. For the one that is false, they must turn it into a truth. I plan on implementing one of these ideas in my next lesson. strategy 4: Quick Response (QR) & Augmented Reality (AR) Thinking about augmented reality, I r...