Thing 6
Hours Logged: 3++
Pre-Assessment: 3
Post-Assessment: 4
I am writin Thing 6 for a 5th time now. I apologize if is not as in depth as it needs to be. If there is anything else you need, please let me know.
2. Differentiated Learning assignment:
As a special education teacher, I already feel pretty knowledgeable in the area of differentiation. The article states that the intent of differentiation is to "maximize each students' growth and individual success by meeting each student where he/she is and assisting in the learning process." Knowing where all of my students are as individuals and progress monitoring them throughout the year helps to maximize growth in all of my students.
When I look at the area of content, I am constantly using several elements and materials to support instruction with my students. I figure out what the "big idea" is that is being taught in the classroom and then I use whatever tools I can to try and get my students to that point. With IEP's I also set individual goals and ovjectives for my students so I am constantly incorporating those into my instruction as well.
In the area of Process, the maing point that sticks out to me is flexibile grouping. I believe that this is one of the most frustrating factors. At the beginning of the year I am able to group students as I see fit, but as the year progresses, due to scheduling, I am not able to move these groups around. I believe this is very important and would love to be able to find a solution to this problem.
Products, to me, is progress monitoring throughout the school year. With the progress monitoring, it also makes sure that sudents are aware of where they are and what their goals are so that they can be responsible for their learning and actions as well. I feel that as a special education teacher, I do a good job of progress monitoring, but I need to think about how the students can be a more active participant in knowing where they are and where they need to go.
3. Divers Learning Assignment:
I found many useful technology tools that I currently use with my students or could use with my students to support the in my classroom as well as the gerneral education setting. I think I use Vidual Tools the most. I am contantly using clip-art to make classroom and indivdual schedules as well as visual cues for students. I also use books on tape/CD. I would like to look more into creating text to MP3 and iPod. I think this would be very beneficial to my students in upper elementary that are using the textbooks a little bit more. This would help them so they would be able to focus on the content and not struggle over the reading aspect of it.
4. Universal Design for Learning Assignment:
