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Tracy Watanabe

WeeBehave.com - Behavior Charts, Chore Charts, Reward Charts and more! - 1 views

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    "We provide online chore and behavior charts to help parents and teachers track their kids' and students' behavior patterns. This helps identify key variables to show what causes the positive and negative behaviors. Most kids can be better managed and self-managed if they have a proper chart that allows them to see their performance."
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    I haven't used this, but I just read some teachers talking about it... So, I wanted to share.
Tracy Watanabe

IVONA Text To Speech - 0 views

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    This works with linux and we've had success using it in AJUSD.
Tracy Watanabe

Back to school: Student-led conferences « Generation YES Blog - 0 views

  • Student-led Conferences – Very recent and up-to-date information, examples, and resources. Multiple videos for a range of grade levels modeling best practices, viewer guides, handouts, and planning guides from Curriculum Services Canada. These videos show that student-led conferences aren’t just a stunt, but a serious reflection exercise for students, parents and teachers.
Tracy Watanabe

Education Week: Standards Open the Door for Best Practices From Special Ed. - 0 views

  • universal design for learning and response to intervention
  • Broadly, universal design for learning is an instructional method that involves creating lessons and classroom materials flexible enough to accommodate different learning styles. And response to intervention is an approach intended to provide early identification of students' learning problems paired with the use of focused lessons—interventions—to address those problems before it's too late.
  • "We have an opportunity to sell RTI as a process that helps implement the common core as opposed to this thing you do for special ed.-identification or special education."
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  • And because the common-core standards are new, the timing is perfect for states to shift to using UDL and RTI,
  • Districts already using either or both approaches say there is no question about their benefits for implementing the common-core standards.
  • But because of the common-core standards, the attitude about its use and potential has changed dramatically, she said. "For the first time, it's a part of instruction. That is the shift that's being made. The UDL information is no longer just housed in special ed.," Ms. Greer said. "UDL is ... not about special ed.; it's about all learners."
  • "Kids that initially had trouble with understanding those skills created an activity that demonstrated their mastery,"
  • An ideal situation for implementing the common-core standards would be one in which UDL and RTI are employed together
  • "UDL is key for RTI. If you're not letting [students] show what they know," Ms. Sabia said, "you're not going to know whether the intervention is working."
  • When a science teacher incorporated common-core vocabulary into her lessons, she didn't order students to memorize a list and take a test—a task some students wouldn't be able to manage. Instead, students were able to show they've learned the words using journals, doing some kind of project, or carrying out a computer activity.
  • "UDL is key for RTI. If you're not letting [students] show what they know," Ms. Sabia said, "you're not going to know whether the intervention is working."
Norm Hoefer

Behavior Modification Techniques In The Classroom | LIVESTRONG.COM - 1 views

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      Encouraged is the key word.
  • Consider seating an easily distracted child closer to the teacher to help her stay on track.
  • Provide students with guidance and information to teach them the correct behavior required.
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  • When you catch students following directions and doing things correctly, compliment them.
  • When a student acts the same after deploying preventative, teaching and positive reinforcement strategies, negative reinforcement strategies might be required.
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      Some of the kids will still act out even if we try all these things.
  • Encouraged behaviors might include staying seated, requesting permission to talk, remaining on task, proper care of classroom books and tools, and treating other students with respect.
Norm Hoefer

Managing Student Conduct - Successfully Managing Student Conduct - 1 views

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      This brings new teachers into the classroom with predjuidecs about classroom behavior. This may lead the teacher to react more negativley.
  • choose between four and eight rules for your classroom
  • over these rules at the beginning of the year and remind students of them every time someone breaks one of the rules.
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  • In order to maintain discipline in your classroom, you should follow a consistent discipline plan.
  • Much of maintaining control in the classroom begins with the teacher’s actions and attitude
Norm Hoefer

Behavior Modification Techniques for Adults | eHow.com - 0 views

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      Many students respond better to be treated as an adult, especially the high school students.
  • Positive reinforcement is the addition of a pleasurable experience in reaction to something someone has done.
  • These pleasurable experiences help reinforce the adults likelihood of repeating these behaviors
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  • Negative reinforcement is the process of changing behavior by taking away an unpleasant consequence if the behavior is performed
  • All too often, the idea of punishment is applied to change an adult's behavior.
Norm Hoefer

An evaluation of using Diigo.com with students « Andywhiteway's Blog - 0 views

  • They hit reply and get the text contained in that post and the ability to reply to it. Good so far. But when they click submit then their new post gets dumped right at the bottom of the thread, sometimes mile away from the post they’re replying to
Tracy Watanabe

Context and the Calendar: An Introduction to Chronofencing - 0 views

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    "Chronofencing is the principle of delivering contextually important information at the right time. It is like geofencing (triggers of contextual information at a location) but perhaps more useful. Learn to understand this term as it has important implications in education. For example, students can have triggers before leaving school reminding them what books to take home - or reminders of what to take to school - these time based reminders could be combined with location as with the iphone reminders." Vicki Davis
Delia Flores

CEC | News & Issues - 0 views

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    As the leading association for special educators, CEC is committed to bringing you the most up-to-date information affecting the field. In the News & Issues section of the CEC Web site, you will find latest information, as well as resources, about special education policy, trends, and other developments affecting the education of children with exceptionalities and the professionals who work with them.
Delia Flores

Prezi- The Zooming Presentation Editor - 0 views

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    Great alternative to Powerpoint or Google Presentation.
Tracy Watanabe

TumbleBooks - eBooks for eKids! - 0 views

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    "TumbleBooks are animated, talking picture books which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they'll love. TumbleBooks are created by taking existing picture books, adding animation, sound, music and narration to produce an electronic picture book which you can read, or have read to you."
Tracy Watanabe

Free Tools Challenge #16: Children say " WeeBehave!" with Online Behavior Charts | Teac... - 0 views

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    "Overview WeeBehave provides online chore and behavior charts to help teachers and parents track and record behavior patterns. The WeeBehave philosophy is that children can be better self-managed when using behavior and chore charts. Research shows that children will accomplish more if they can visibly see their results and participate in the goal setting process. This website helps accomplish that!"
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    I've never used this site, and do not know if it works with Linux, but wanted to share.
Tracy Watanabe

Moving time -Challenge 7 -March 2011 | Challenge Yourself to Blog - 0 views

  • hanks to Tracy Watanabe and the students in Mrs Martinez’s class for many of the ideas for this week’s posts.
Tracy Watanabe

Free Technology for Teachers: Individualized Technology Plan Helps Student with Autism ... - 0 views

  • I learned that it does not matter how far students are behind, if you engage them in learning and provide them with the right tools, they can achieve their academic goals. For Michael, technology was the ideal learning tool. The online games and iPod apps gave him instant feedback. He knew within seconds whether his answer was right or wrong. The games also provided Michael with a low-pressure learning atmosphere where he could try, fail, start over, and try again until he mastered the level or solved the problem. This kept him engaged and gave him the chance to succeed. While Michael was never able to put more than two physical puzzle pieces together without getting frustrated and giving up, he could solve a puzzle on the Let’s Tans iPod app in seconds. He would tap pieces to turn them, double-tap to flip them, and then slide them into the shape. His mind worked incredibly fast and Let’s Tans allowed him to try as many times as possible at a rapid pace. 
Tracy Watanabe

AIM Implementation Guide | National Center on Accessible Instructional Materials - 0 views

  • The content of this guide was reviewed and vetted by practitioners in the field and includes extensive resources that address student selection criteria, technology considerations, training needs, IDEA requirements for AIM and copyright provisions. It is organized into three sections: Pre-Implementation, Implementation, and Post-Implementation; providing information and resources in support of each phase.
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    Shared to me by Diana Woods.
Barbara Kanzler

Scholastic - 0 views

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    This website has numerous interactive supplemental materials that coincide with the many weekly Scholastic Magazines.
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