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Assignment #1. Best Practices. Personal Philosophy. Technology Assessment Motivation Environment. Technology. Why Digital Natives. Technology. Technology is a major component of my teaching Smartboard Wiki’s Multimedia. Smartboard.
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Assignment #1 • Best Practices
Personal Philosophy • Technology • Assessment • Motivation • Environment
Technology • Why • Digital Natives
Technology • Technology is a major component of my teaching • Smartboard • Wiki’s • Multimedia
Smartboard “is a large interactive display that connects to a computer and projector. A projector projects the computer's desktop onto the board's surface, where users control the computer using a pen, finger or other device. from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interactive_whiteboard • Planning • Participation
Wiki’s “a wiki is the simplest collaborative content management system that could possibly work.” from http://webtrends.about.com/od/wiki/a/what_is_a_wiki.htm • Class Projects • A storehouse for class
Multimedia • Examples: • History • Math
Assessment and Evaluation • Assessment and Evaluation must have a point • Purposeful • Meaningful • Different types of Assessment and Evaluation have different purposes
Assessment and Evaluation • Evaluation • At regular intervals • Tests • Half-Chapter Quizzes • Finals • Review assignments • This is important to students, parents, administration
Assessment and Evaluation • Assessment • Regular and constant feedback • “1 to 3” • Pop Quizzes • Exit Cards • This is important to me
Motivation • Learning is Fun Work • Fun • It is good to know stuff • There is a lot of fun stuff in class • Dog and Pony Show • Work • Anything worthwhile is hard
Environment • Classroom Environment is key • Mutual Respect • Management • Routines • Fair vs. Even
Curricular Development Experiences • Involved in the Development of the new High School Math Curriculum • Has become the unofficial lead in my area for the new curriculum
Professional Development • Regular Conferences • NCTM • TlT/IT • Sciematics • Conventions • Meaningful • Other
Instructional Practices Used • Direct Instruction • Experiential Learning • Indirect Instruction • Independent Study
Direct Instruction • My Trusty Back-Up • Explicit teaching • Demonstrations • Teacher-Created Guides • Drill and Practice
Experiential Learning • Used mostly in History and in Science • Experiments • Labs • Essays
Indirect Instruction • Used in Math and Science • Simulations • Problem Solving
Independent Study • Used quite a bit • Reports • Research Projects • Assigned Questions
Assessment and Evaluation Practices • I use two types of Assessment and Evaluation • Formative (Assessment) • Summative (Evaluation)