Assignment #1
This assignment explores the integration of technology in teaching, emphasizing the importance of interactive tools like Smartboards and wikis. It outlines the significance of assessments, both formative and summative, to provide meaningful and purposeful feedback to students. The classroom environment, grounded in mutual respect and effective management, plays a crucial role in fostering motivation and learning engagement. The document also discusses curricular development experiences and various instructional practices such as direct instruction, experiential learning, and independent study.
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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)
