Andrea+C.


 * Hi All, ​ I am looking forward to learning a lot of new ways to develop my lesson plans to benefit my students this week. When I am not in the classroom, you can find me doing a variety of activities. I am a lover of the outdoors and spend as much time as I can outside all year round. In the fall and spring, I love to kayak, bike, and backpack. In the winter, you can find me cross country skiing, snow shoeing and hiking. Summer brings me to the local waters to kayak, swim, and on cooler days, I love to bike the surrounding farmlands of Hunterdon County. My other love is music. I go to live shows regularly. I also play the guitar and a little banjo. I recently have become a gardener. I have a small organic vegetable garden. It is my second year and it is doing well! I am becoming pretty good at finding organic ways to rid pests/disease. I love to travel and have done a few solo adveture trips: Montana, Alaska, North Carolina, and this summer, I am heading to Nova Scotia for two weeks (not solo this time). Lastly, my friends and family and my strong faith in God are the center of my life. It is their love and support that has gotten me through this journey of life .**

[|My Work in Progress Prezi]
Culminating Activity #3 - How the Net Generation Changes My World

NOTES:
 * What kinds of flexibility must instructional materials have to make individualization work? **


 * ** Must begin with clearly stated goals **
 * ** Have a repertoire of strategies to meet the diverse needs and diverse skills **
 * ** A variety of materials used to reach goals: choices in content and tools; varying levels of challenges; varying choice in awards; choices of learning context. **
 * ** Lots of models and examples **
 * ** Multiple media and formats **
 * ** Multi-media composition tools: Hyperstudio, Kid Pix, Ppt. **
 * ** Graphic Orgs: Kidspiration and Inspiration **
 * ** Text to speech and speech to text software **
 * ** Flexible to eliminate barriers **
 * ** Various approaches to present content. **
 * ** Individualized Webquests for additional guidance **

Goals should be clear and stated without the “how.”
 * Goals:**
 * Example:**
 * N****OT:** students will demonstrate the causes and effects of the Civil War by writing an essay.
 * Example:** Students will demonstrate the causes and effects of the Civil War. (students create the HOW to show this).


 * Assessment:** Digital curricula with embedded assessment can track progress and provide ongoing feedback (formative assessment) to help students improve performance while they are learning.


 * Methods:** offer a variety of choices; context, tools, ways to present materials and challenges. This ensures all students have an opportunity to learn and demonstrate their understanding.
 * Non-example: lecture only**
 * Example:** student active learning; multi-media and a variety of methods. For example, lessons that incorporate multi-sensory styles and multiple intelligences.

[|Tech Tips for Diversified Learners]

[|UDL Digital Example of Assessment]

Good design is a lot like clear thinking made visual. — Edward Tufte



[|UDL] is flexible instruction where the prior to the lesson being developed, the teacher considers every child in his/her class. This allows ALL students to have access to the content being presented. It provides multi-sensory instruction so that every modality is being targeted which increases retention and comprehension of the content. In addition, it takes the focus off the teacher and places it on the students. The students guide the learning and the assessment if formative. The assessment should be culminating of all the skills that were addressed in the unit being taught. It takes a lot of prep work to get each unit set up in the UDL format, but once they are set up, it provides a more enriching, engaging and hopefully more beneficial learning experience for EACH child, not just a select few. The link above shows an example of formative assessment using digital media.





How is the NET GENERATION changing MY world?

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__ ** 5 new technologies to try: ** __ speech to text, text to speech, Delicious, Wikis, navigate my already existing Edublog; Inspiration or another writing/graphic org site., voice thread, jing, thinkquest., epals=====

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__**3 principles of Universal Design for Learning:**__ 1) Representation (mulitiple ways to present content); Expression (multiple ways for students to show their understanding of content); Engagement (tapping into students' interests, motivational strategies)=====

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** 2 changes in your teaching to reach all learners in the Digital Age__:__ ** Find the barriers in my lessons/curriculum and adjust with media; incorporate technology daily if possible.=====