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Assignment #1Best Practices
Personal PhilosophyTechnology
Assessment
Motivation
Environment
TechnologyWhy
Digital Natives
TechnologyTechnology is a major component of my teaching
Smartboard
Wiki’s
Multimedia
Smartboard
Planning
Participation
“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
Wiki’s
Class Projects
A storehouse for class
“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
MultimediaExamples:
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
MotivationLearning 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
EnvironmentClassroom 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
PDP Model
Instructional Practices Used
Direct Instruction
Experiential Learning
Indirect Instruction
Independent Study
Direct InstructionMy Trusty Back-Up
Explicit teaching
Demonstrations
Teacher-Created Guides
Drill and Practice
Experiential LearningUsed mostly in History and in Science
Experiments
Labs
Essays
Indirect InstructionUsed in Math and Science
Simulations
Problem Solving
Independent StudyUsed quite a bit
Reports
Research Projects
Assigned Questions
Assessment and Evaluation Practices
I use two types of Assessment and Evaluation
Formative (Assessment)
Summative (Evaluation)
