Friday, December 14, 2012
Monday, October 29, 2012
7 Essential Questions
The Serge site: http://serge.ccsso.org/essential_questions.html
Lists seven challenging questions for teachers to insure their curriculum is meeting the needs of all students. Here are a few examples: 1.) are students learning under the methods I am evoking and if not how can I include all students in my curriculum? 2.) Classroom management is less about keeping student in line and more focused on creating a safe environment for learning. 3.) Get to know your students, take note of their learning styles and needs (i.e. English Language Learners) and accommodate in your class. I found this website useful because it provides good challenging questions for teachers to contemplate as they set up their classroom. I found the section on classroom management to be most helpful because it focuses on inclusion and safety instead of punishment for differences.
Lists seven challenging questions for teachers to insure their curriculum is meeting the needs of all students. Here are a few examples: 1.) are students learning under the methods I am evoking and if not how can I include all students in my curriculum? 2.) Classroom management is less about keeping student in line and more focused on creating a safe environment for learning. 3.) Get to know your students, take note of their learning styles and needs (i.e. English Language Learners) and accommodate in your class. I found this website useful because it provides good challenging questions for teachers to contemplate as they set up their classroom. I found the section on classroom management to be most helpful because it focuses on inclusion and safety instead of punishment for differences.
Monday, October 1, 2012
Teacher Support: CEC
Teacher Support:is a tab under the CEC website and serves as a collection of articles outlining various ways to support teachers. I have outlined three articles in this post: "Conditions of Teaching Children with Exceptional Learning Needs: The Bright Futures Report": This article is full of information! it outlines the issues plaguing sped teachers today and the growing gaps between requirements and resources. Co–Teaching Lesson from the trenches: This article outlines teacher support in collaborative teaching. Those who are fortunate enough to have a co teacher can learn many wonderful tips about how to collaborate. Further it outlines the benefits of co–teaching: support in classroom management, creativity etc.. Networking how to get help for you and your students The emphasis of this article is asking questions regardless of your age or status it is important for all teachers new and old to pull from the funds of knowledge of other teachers. 1.http://www.cec.sped.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home&CONTENTID=4224&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm 2. http://www.cec.sped.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home&CONTENTID=11473&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm 3. http://www.cec.sped.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&CONTENTID=9644
Navigating UCAT
Utah Center for Assistive Technology:
-UCAT 1.)Services:UCAT offers workshops to teach people with disabilities how to use various technological tool. Also, people may bring their device to a center and UCAT will help them modify the device to fit their particular needs. 2.)Computer Center: 1. a free consultation,2.)Workshops, 3.) information, 4.) Augmentative Communication: student may rent a device to help with communication needs 3.) Staff: UCAT also has a staff page with links to pictures and names of the various staff members.
Navigating the NICHCY
-“IDEA’s Exact Words”
-Certain requirements must be met for students to receive funding under IDEA
-Namely:
1.) annual reports on students progress
2.) students involvement in extracurricular activities
3.) students involvement with other students with disabilities and without disabilities
-“The Short Story on Supplementary Aids and
Services”;
-Aid is more than finical
-supplementel aid states
1.) students may receive a trained aid to help them
2.)Potential curriculum modifications or accommodations
Monday, September 17, 2012
Diversity and Learning post #1
The state of Indiana has a super helpful website highlighting IDEA. The website provides a concise synopsis of the IDEA and the right tool bar has lots of useful links highlighting current statistics, organizations and services related to IDEA!
The home page alone highlights the major points of IDEA:
Free, appropriate education for all students!
1.) It highlights the basic tenets of the act
2.) FAPE:Fair Appropriate Public Education
3.) LRE: Least Restrictive Environment
I pasted the link below!
http://www.in.gov/ipas/2411.htm
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