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Competency 10.2 : Use school
television resources that support the curriculum
Competency 10.3:
Access resources for planning instruction available via telecommunications
(e.g., experts, lesson plans, authentic data, curriculum materials)
Competency 12.5 : Organizational and
management strategies that support active student involvement, inquiry,
and collaboration.
INTASC
Principle 1 : The teacher understands the central concepts, tools
of inquiry, and structures of the discipline(s) he or she teaches and can
create learning experiences that make these aspects of subject matter meaningful
for students.
Principle 3 : The teacher
understands how students differ in their approaches to learning and creates
instructional
opportunities that are adapted to diverse learners.
Principle 4 : The teacher
understands and uses a variety of instructional strategies to encourage
students' development of critical thinking, problem solving, and
performance skills.
Principle 7 : The teacher
plans instruction based upon knowledge of subject matter, students, the
community, and
curriculum goals.
Context
I created the Literature Circle Unit with a classmate during the Block
in the spring of 2002. We used the Internet, Netscape Composer, Adobe
Photoshop, a Scanner, and other technological tools.
Impact
This unit was created specifically for a fourth grade reading
level. The units are divided according to three different reading
abilities in the classroom. After reading a set amount of pages or
chapters the child does a job on their own, the group would gather together
to share what they had learned and to discuss the book in detail.
These units allow for every child to participate in the readings and the
theme as a whole. It covers many NC Standard Course of Study Goals
and all of the fourth grade English Language Arts Curriculum Goals.
Alignment
This aligns with the Technology Competency Goals 10.2
, 10.3 , 12.5
, and INTASC Principles 1 , 3
, 4 , and 7
. This literature circle unit is helpful to me as a teacher.
Not only do I need to be able to create lessons that adhere to the Standard
Course of Study but also I need to provide learning opportunities to children
with diverse learning abilities. I also need to be able to create
a cross curricula unit that integrates many subject areas with a variety
of activities. This unit allows for students to actively participate
in their education while learning at their reading ability. The students
research, perform certain jobs, access the Internet, and work in groups
with teacher monitoring but not teacher led. This unit not only takes
into account the needs of individual students but also allows the entire
class to be working on a theme or unit. This unit shows how each
child has differing needs and how the teacher needs to take in account
these needs.
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