Blog 16

Project 14

Project 14 was a collaborative project between Daphnie Pugh, Brittany Stanchio, and Amber Warren. Below are shareable links of our Project Overview, Project Calendar, Individual Performance, and Group Project Performance Rubrics.

Project Calendar

Project Overview

Individual Performance Rubric

Group Project Performance Rubric 

Project 13

Project 13 was a collaborative project between Daphnie Pugh, Brittany Stanchio, and Amber Warren. Below are shareable links of our Project Overview, Project Calendar, Individual Performance, and Group Performance Rubrics.

Project Overview

Project Calendar

Individual Performance Rubric

Group Performance Rubric

Project 12 Part B

Blog 13

Read the articles below. Write about what makes a good teacher. Explain the ways you plan on using these tools.

Prepare the Path

What are the qualities of a Good Teacher

ABC News- What Makes Great Teacher

What Makes a Good Teacher?

 "A good teacher prepares the student for the learning, not the learning for the student." We as teachers have to make learning fun and creative to capture the students’ attention. We have to teach the students that they can do anything that they want to do as long as the put their minds to it. We can’t give them all the answers and expect that they have learned the lesson. They have to understand that everything in life does not come simple and free, however, by learning that can equip them to knowledge for the future.

This blog also reminds me as of an article that I read in EDU 346, in that article it states that there’s no such thing a good teacher but a teacher can have good teaching skills. That’s the same thing Engelbrechtis stating in her blog. Student need teachers who have sensitivity to all the ways in which life experiences can be re- expressed by children. A good teacher needs to bring a fine blend of strength and delicacy to her job. She needs to be a person who is secure within herself that she can function with principles rather than prescriptions, that she exert authority without requiring submission, that she can work experimentally but not at random, that she can admit mistakes without feeling humiliated. This blog informed me on more ways to develop good teaching strategies.

                                                                                                                      

My last and favorite quote from her article is that ”I think a good teacher helps students more by helping them experience what they will really experience on their path through life - problem-solving, figuring it out, failing, trying again, failing some more, and trying some more.”

Project 12 Part A

Blog 12

Amber Warren, Daphnie Pugh completed the written portion and Brittany Stanchio completed PowerPoint 

There are many useful Assistive technology tools that I can use in my classroom. Every student that goes to school have different needs. Some students may not be able to hear well or see well. That’s why it is useful to know about the different Assistive technologies available for students with disabilities to use.

 For instance, apple I-Pads are very useful to have while teaching a vision impaired student. Apple I-Pad has a Voice-over control that speaks before you click on an app. It also has shortcuts that are easy to remember which help vision impaired students access the I-Pad without having to look at it. There are also some great apps that you can download that are easily accessible for visually impaired people. One app that I thought would be very useful is called Ever-note. It supports Voice-over and can store voice notes and text so they can be accessed over any device. Another great app that can be used by the visually impaired is LookTel Money Reader. LookTel Money Reader allows you to take a picture of paper money, and tells you what the monetary value of that bill is. To find out some more useful apps check out this link.  http://appadvice.com/applist_ipad_client_view/apps-for-the-visually-impaired

Braille Note Takers are another useful tool for the visually impaired. Braille Note Takers can help the visually impaired student type up documents using a braille keyboard. This product can connect to your computer using a USB port. I think this is a very helpful product because visually impaired people can easily tell which letter is which, and it allows them to type up documents for school or work. Find out more about Braille Note Takers at this link. http://www.humanware.com/en-usa/products/blindness/braillenotes

Many children who wear hearing aids still have difficulty hearing and understanding a parent or teacher’s words when there is lots of background noise and over short distances. This communication challenge also applies to many normal-hearing children who suffer from concentration-related disorders. A useful tool that can be used in the classroom to help solve this problem is a personal frequency modulation system or an FM system. FM amplifier is an interesting tool that helps eliminates background noise and transmits sounds directly to the student’s hearing aid.  A personal frequency modulation system consists of a transmitter microphone that the speaker wears, and a pair of headphones that receives the information the speaker is saying. This is useful if you have a hearing impaired student, or a student who has trouble concentrating with noise in the background. The child hears the speaker’s words directly in their ears, without any distracting background noise, allowing them to enjoy and participate fully in every conversation. I think this is a great way to include every student even if they have a disability. http://www.asha.org/public/hearing/FM-Systems/