Welcome to Week 5
Hello Everyone.
I hope all of you are doing well.
Every week has an impact for me as I am always learning something new. My learning experience for this week in the course was from our differentiation discussion on Google Community. On the web link "reading rockets," I found some helpful information which connects each student's learning with one activity. For example, students who are struggling with reading and students who are more advanced in reading can work together on tiered assignments. The example reading rockets used is for students who have "moderate comprehension" to construct a story web. Students who excel in comprehension can retell the story using a narrative language by making themselves the main characters. For differentiation instruction in reading, I have been in favor of dividing students by their levels for group work. However, the tiered assignments is a perfect example of how students of all levels in understanding can work together in a reading lesson not only with comprehension, but with fluency, phonics, and vocabulary.
http://www.readingrockets.org/article/differentiated-instruction-reading
For my outside research, I found a periodic table made of apps. I have been researching for some good apps students can use in the classroom. As you can see, the graph is color coded according to literacy, collaboration, teaching, demonstrating, computing, learning, numeracy, and creativity. Today's apps are yesterday's textbooks.
https://ictevangelist.com/periodic-table-ipad-apps/
In connection with the North Carolina Professional Teaching Standards, differentiation and technology connect with standard four "Teachers Facilitate Learning for their Students." Teachers differentiating instruction and using technology are listed underneath the standard. Teachers need to use technology in order to help students better understand class information through the Smart Board, iPads, Apps, the internet, and social media. By differentiating with students, teachers will work individually with them so that students will have the opportunity to reach their full potential. Every student has different needs. By differentiating instruction, the teacher helps to meet those needs such as visual versus auditory or ESL versus first language English learners.
For integrating material into my classroom, I will continue my research on quality apps. The periodic table of iPad apps gives me a graph on separating apps according to levels. For example, Twitter is considered more of a teaching app while pages is considered a literacy app. By utilizing apps students will learn how to use technology. With differentiation, I will use tier assignments in my classroom. Though I will separate students according to levels in some classroom assignments, enabling students to work with each other is a great way for the weaker level students to grow stronger in literacy. Students who are stronger in their reading will grow even more knowledgeable with practice.
Thank you for reading my blog. I hope all of you have a great weekend.
I hope all of you are doing well.
Every week has an impact for me as I am always learning something new. My learning experience for this week in the course was from our differentiation discussion on Google Community. On the web link "reading rockets," I found some helpful information which connects each student's learning with one activity. For example, students who are struggling with reading and students who are more advanced in reading can work together on tiered assignments. The example reading rockets used is for students who have "moderate comprehension" to construct a story web. Students who excel in comprehension can retell the story using a narrative language by making themselves the main characters. For differentiation instruction in reading, I have been in favor of dividing students by their levels for group work. However, the tiered assignments is a perfect example of how students of all levels in understanding can work together in a reading lesson not only with comprehension, but with fluency, phonics, and vocabulary.
http://www.readingrockets.org/article/differentiated-instruction-reading
For my outside research, I found a periodic table made of apps. I have been researching for some good apps students can use in the classroom. As you can see, the graph is color coded according to literacy, collaboration, teaching, demonstrating, computing, learning, numeracy, and creativity. Today's apps are yesterday's textbooks.
https://ictevangelist.com/periodic-table-ipad-apps/
In connection with the North Carolina Professional Teaching Standards, differentiation and technology connect with standard four "Teachers Facilitate Learning for their Students." Teachers differentiating instruction and using technology are listed underneath the standard. Teachers need to use technology in order to help students better understand class information through the Smart Board, iPads, Apps, the internet, and social media. By differentiating with students, teachers will work individually with them so that students will have the opportunity to reach their full potential. Every student has different needs. By differentiating instruction, the teacher helps to meet those needs such as visual versus auditory or ESL versus first language English learners.
For integrating material into my classroom, I will continue my research on quality apps. The periodic table of iPad apps gives me a graph on separating apps according to levels. For example, Twitter is considered more of a teaching app while pages is considered a literacy app. By utilizing apps students will learn how to use technology. With differentiation, I will use tier assignments in my classroom. Though I will separate students according to levels in some classroom assignments, enabling students to work with each other is a great way for the weaker level students to grow stronger in literacy. Students who are stronger in their reading will grow even more knowledgeable with practice.
Thank you for reading my blog. I hope all of you have a great weekend.
Kelly, I'm someone who struggles with new types of technology. I love this periodic table for apps. It's a great resource.
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ReplyDeleteI really appreciate the direction you are taking with your blogs! This is great! Keep on building your resources for your future classroom!
Kelly,
ReplyDeleteI think the Periodic Table of apps is a really neat image! I think that will definitely come in handy with Student Teaching fast approaching. It's wonderful that the image separated apps into categories. I love being organized and having things color coded, so this reference is awesome! My mom is a Title 1 reading teacher, so she is constantly showing me apps to use. I'll have to share this reference along to her. Great post!!