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Inclusive Education through iEARN Project Collaboration. Renee Day, MDY Ramona High School Riverside, CA USA November 14, 2012. Inclusion for Students with Special Needs.
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Inclusive Education through iEARN Project Collaboration Renee Day, MDY Ramona High School Riverside, CA USA November 14, 2012
Inclusion for Students with Special Needs “Inclusive education is a process of strengthening the capacity of the education system to reach out to all learners and can thus be understood as a key strategy to achieve EFA (Education For All).” -Policy Guidelines on Inclusion in Education (2009), Paris: UNESCO. A New Approach to Teaching and Learning: • Project based learning allows students to apply their knowledge of the content and develop mastery of technological skills. • International online collaboration with their peers allows students to engage in cross-cultural exchange that will increase their understanding of other traditions and perspectives and build cultural literacy. Exchange 2.0: The Science of Impact, the Imperative of Implementation (2012)., http://www.usip.org/events/exchange-20-the-science-impact-the-imperative-implementation.
Project Based Learning:Access to Content • Universal Access to the core curriculum standards can be achieved using project based learning activities. • Authentic Assessment gives students an alternate way to demonstrate their content knowledge. • Alternative to traditional assessment allows learners to engage with the curriculum and retain the information in a meaningful way. Toolkit on Teaching and Assessing Students with Disabilities (2012). U.S. Office of Special Education Programs, http://www.osepideasthatwork.org/parentkit/AltAssessFAQ.asp. Top Ten Tips for Assessing Project Based Learning (2011). Edutopia. George Lucas Educational Foundation, www.edutopia.org.
iEARN Project Collaboration • Adobe Youth Voices • Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program (YIEP) • Public Art Project • Future Citizens • GCE Journalism 2.0 World Youth News • Video-Conferences
Multi-Modal Instruction:Tap into Learning Strengths • Visual • Auditory • Linguistic • Tactile-Kinesthetic • Non-verbal “Never Forget” Adobe Youth Voices Project 2009 http://youtu.be/rXi1VeRcOas
Common Core Standards in Action Content and Standards: • Reading Literacy for H/SS Grades 11-12: 2. Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary that makes clear the relationships among the key details and ideas. . • History/Social Science 12.10 Students formulate questions about and defend their analyses of tensions within our constitutional democracy and the importance of maintaining a balance between the following concepts: majority rule and individual rights. • Career Technical Education Grades 11-12: 7. Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g., quantitative data, video, multimedia) in order to address a question or solve a problem. Common Core State Standards Initiative (2012), http://www.corestandards.org/. GCE Journalism 2.0 Course World Youth News • Develop a news story about the local community or a global issue. • Report on the outcome of the presidential election. • Produce media to support news story. (Photo, video interview, podcast) World Youth News, 2012 http://www.worldyouthnews.org/
Impact: Global Collaboration=Local Action • Video conference on Biofuels • Adobe Youth Voices • YIEP and Product in a Bag • GCE World Youth News • Ramona Rams Recycle • Create media to raise awareness about youth issues • Local campaigns to reduce child poverty • Build dialogue skills and a sense of a global community iEARN Impact , 2012,. http://www.iearn.org/impact
Professional Development Courses: Creating 21st Century Teachers • Learn new skills to integrate technology into classroom lessons. • Transfer skills and knowledge to students to increase their technological literacy. • Introduce blended learning to students. • Collaborate and exchange ideas about education with colleagues around the globe. • Adobe Youth Voices • iEARN Pangea QR Code Project • Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program (YIEP) • GCE World Youth News iEARN Website QR Code :
“Education is the most important weapon you can use to change the world.” -Nelson Mandela World Trade Center Finial at United Nations Plaza, 2005
Thank You! Renee Day, MDY Ramona High School E-mail: reneenday@gmail.com