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Corrinne Valleskey

Anti-Social Networking: How do texting and social media affect our children? A panel di... - 0 views

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  • How much are kids using media? The total amount of media use by youth ages 8 to 18 averages 6-plus hours a day—more than any other activity. The amount of use has increased significantly, up from 4-plus hours in the last five years. Eighty percent of adolescents possess at least one form of media access. There is extensive multi-tasking associated with media use (instant messaging while doing homework and listening to music on an mp3 player, for example). Of particular concern is the amount of TV kids consume. From 2004 to 2009, television and video use averaged three to five hours per day, peaking between the ages of 11 and 14, a crucial period for kids' social development. Fifty-four percent of teens send text messages, and one third of teens send more than 100 text messages per day. One third talk face-to-face with friends, around the same percentage that talk on cell phones (38 percent) and land lines (30 percent). Twenty-four percent communicate with friends via instant messages. Twenty-five percent contact friends via social networking sites. Eleven percent use e-mail.
  • Corrinne Valleskey on 25 Oct 13
     
    How much time do children really spend using social media? This website explains the effects of social media on classroom engagement. 
Kara Kargard

7 tech tools now available in the classroom, for better or worse | TED Blog - 0 views

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  • The tech solutions available to teachers now go far beyond the overhead projector. Below, a look at some tools in this burgeoning category. BetterLesson The Boston-based startup BetterLesson, founded in 2008, is a social media platform that educators can use to organize and share their curricula. Last year, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation awarded BetterLesson $3.5 million. “Considering the startup allows teachers to browse a serious repository of documents, presentations, lessons and even complete units and courses, all through a simple search interface, and upload their own lessons onto a dashboard, you can see why teachers will love this kind of resource,” TechCrunch wrote in 2011. “Add the ability to share curricula directly with international educators and receive feedback, and you’ve got yourself a goddamn deal, as Dave Chappelle would say.” . ClassDojo Launched in August 2011, ClassDojo helps teachers with what many call their hardest task: classroom management. The platform, which teachers can use on a smartphone, laptop or tablet, allows them to give students points (or take them away) “in real-time, with just one click,” as the website has it. Students are notified (“Well done Josh! +1 for teamwork!”), and teachers can use the platform to generate analytics and reports to share with parents and administrators. . PowerSchool PowerSchool allows teachers to track attendance, grades, and a lot more for students and parents to view at home. According to Pearson, which sells the system, PowerSchool supports 10 million students in over 65 countries. . SMART Board An “interactive whiteboard,” SMART Board allows teachers to write class notes digitally, so they can be saved for students to access later. (Feel like building your own whiteboard? At TED in 2008, Johnny Lee showed how you can hack a Wii Remote to build a simple interactive whiteboard.) . Remind101 Started by a team of two brothers, Remind101 enables students and parents to sign up to receive teachers’ text-message reminders about assignments. It’s private—these are mass texts, and teachers can’t see students’ phone numbers. It’s also one-way, meaning that teachers can send out texts, but students can’t respond to them. . Educreations Using Educreations, teachers can produce video lessons using a “recordable interactive whiteboard” via an iPad app or the website. There’s a public directory of lessons, available for browsing by students or other teachers (or you).
  • Gina Bartuch on 03 Oct 13
     
    Technology Tools that are being used in the classroom today.
  • Kara Kargard on 13 Mar 14
     
    It shows what's new. It shows both good and bad aspects of technology.
Lindsay Bishop

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  • Educational Technology in the Special Education Classroom In the special education classroom, attention should be given to optimum learning conditions, in the form of accommodations and modifications that will allow the student with learning disabilities to demonstrate his existing skills while learning new ones. In contrast to traditional paper-pencil tasks, interactive technology is providing many alternative methods for students to demonstrate what they have learned. Computers are powerful tools for students with special needs and should be utilized as much as possible.With the use of technology students who have difficulty getting their thoughts on paper because of poor handwriting skills, can write their thoughts with the use of a keyboard. A child whose visual processing disorder makes reading difficult can use his stronger auditory skills to listen to a recording of a book. When the visual book is utilized together with the auditory recording, the child receives the benefit of matching the sound with the words. This has the potential of improving his reading skills.
  • Lindsay Bishop on 18 Oct 12
     
    Teaching Special Education with technolgy tecnhiques as well as other concerns. This goes in depth
Emily Suchecki

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  • Technology has opened many educational doors to children, particularly to children with disabilities
  • Technology is providing more powerful and efficient tools to teachers who work with children with disabilities. These tools enable teachers to offer new and more effective means of learning while individualizing instruction to the broad range of student learning needs.
  • Text can be read electronically by a digitized voice synthesizer for a person who is blind. For persons with hearing impairments, amplification devices can filter extraneous noise from the background or pick up an FM signal from a microphone on a teacher's lapel.
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  • It is critical to understand the implications of this definition to comprehend its effect on children with disabilities in our schools
  • t is important to understand that virtually all applications of technology -- tools for children to learn, as well as tools for teachers to provide learning opportunities -- can be defined as assistive technology.
  • Technology can be a great equalizer for individuals with disabilities that might prevent full participation in school, work, and the community.
  • Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) (1)
  • Using a portable voice synthesizer, a student can ask and respond to questions in the "regular" classroom, overcoming a physical obstacle that may have forced placement in a special segregated classroom or required a full-time instructional aide or interpreter to provide "a voice."
  • Teachers work with students to improve skills and knowledge, making existing skills and knowledge even more functional and improving fluency so that functional capabilities may be generalized into different settings
  • The benefit of AT is also easy to comprehend when a child who cannot hear can understand his teacher's directions because real-time captioning converts the teacher's speech to text projected onto his laptop computer.
  • Word processing, editing, spellchecking, and grammatical tools commonly found in high-end software facilitate the inclusion of students with learning disabilities in regular classrooms by allowing them to keep up with much of the work.
  • are accommodating physical, sensory, or cognitive impairments in many ways.
  • Jaslyn Posewitz on 22 Oct 12
     
    Discussion of the many types of assistive technology tools that are available for children with disabilities.
  • Breanna Rehor on 29 Oct 12
     
    This is a site where it provides information about technology in the classroom, in this case in special ed classrooms. It is useful because teachers can look at this site and gain knowledge about the gains of using assistive technology.
  • Emily Suchecki on 01 Mar 13
     
    This website explains the benefits specifically for students with disabilities. It levels the playing field so to speak.
Casey Chopp

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  • These tools can help them work around their challenges while playing to their strengths.
  • There are AT tools to help students who struggle with listening, math, executive functioning, reading and writing. The variety of available AT tools has grown rapidly in recent years. Despite the word “technology,” not all AT tools are high-tech. AT ranges from simple adaptive tools (like highlighters and organizers) to high-tech tools (like text-to-speech software).
  • IDEA also says the school district is responsible for choosing and purchasing the technology. The school must train its staff and your child to use it.
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  • t’s important to keep in mind that AT’s role is to assist your child’s learning. It doesn’t replace good teaching, but it can be used in addition to well-designed instruction.
  • Casey Chopp on 06 Apr 16
     
    More information on what assistive technology is to better help parents and teachers understand why a child may be using AT.
Alyssa Kuhl

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  • The main objective of the course is to prepare pre-service teachers to become technology-proficient educators. Technology has the capability to enhance teacher instruction and contribute to student’s overall learning. The course outlines appropriate methods and applications of technology as it relates to K-12 instruction and education. Additionally, there is a focus on current and emerging applications of technology. Toward the end of the semester the course focuses on helping students develop lesson plans to effectively integrate technology into their own classrooms.
  • In 2004, the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) adopted standards for educators supporting technology integration instruction to enhance student learning. Their standards highlighted the importance of empowering future educators with the right resources to appropriately teach tomorrow’s technology users.
  • t is important that the integration of technology be carefully implemented at a reasonable pace.
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  •  “The class is very important because it focuses on safe and appropriate use of technology integration strategies. We have found that although education students may be comfortable using technology in their every day lives, they are hesitant to integrate it into their teaching practice,” said Viruru. “Overall, the course provides an environment where future educators can experiment, ask questions and measure outcomes for future practice.”
  • While traditional forms of technology, such as projectors and interactive whiteboards are often standard classroom equipment, students who are unable to attend a traditional classroom can take advantage of new technologies from home. 
  • Schools can also benefit from the use of new technologies during a major illness or outbreak, or to keep students on track during a suspension or long-term illness.
  • “For example, apps like Educreation  in which teachers record lessons and allow students to play them back several times as necessary are great for learning,” said Rackley. “This feature also allows students to record themselves working through a problem enabling the teacher to play back the recording and observe students’ thought processes as they work through the lesson. For an educator, this is priceless because they may be able to alter the instruction to better support student learning,” she said. 
  • Outside the classroom, assistive technologies can increase the number of weekly instruction hours that a student receives from their teacher.
  • Another unique aspect of digital learning is that it can create a more inclusive learning environment. Just as there are diverse types of technology, there is diversity in users as well. For students with special needs, technology can enable them to be more independent and fit in with classroom learning and routines. Students with visual or hearing impairments can utilize voice-over for accessibility on Apple devices. Similarly, the VGo robot has assistive technology like text-to-talk, which may be helpful for homebound students who are verbally impaired.
  • he future of technology in education can be revolutionary and endless. With access to new technologies and services, students no longer need to frantically write answers to pop quizzes with pen and paper. Instead, they can submit answers using instant classroom response polls and complete quizzes that display answers in real time, with online software like polleverywhere.com
  • “The class is very important because it focuses on safe and appropriate use of technology integration strategies. We have found that although education students may be comfortable using technology in their every day lives, they are hesitant to integrate it into their teaching practice,” said Viruru. “Overall, the course provides an environment where future educators can experiment, ask questions and measure outcomes for future practice.”
  • For these students, access to technology and instruction can make a difference in their ability to keep up with assignments or withdrawing from school. 
  • Instead, they can submit answers using instant classroom response polls and complete quizzes that display answers in real time, with online software like polleverywhere.com.
  • “The class is very important because it focuses on safe and appropriate use of technology integration strategies. We have found that although education students may be comfortable using technology in their every day lives, they are hesitant to integrate it into their teaching practice,” said Viruru. “Overall, the course provides an environment where future educators can experiment, ask questions and measure outcomes for future practice.”
  • can submit answers using instant classroom response polls and complete qu
  • The main objective of the course is to prepare pre-service teachers to become technology-proficient educators.
  • Because technology is rapidly changing and affects student’s lives in and out of the classroom, it is important that the integration of technology be carefully implemented at a reasonable pace
  • education students who are exposed to technology before entering the classroom as professionals are better prepared.
  • education students who are exposed to technology before entering the classroom as professionals are better prepared.
  • Students in groups were instructed to use an app like Popplet to produce webgraphs from reading assignments covering the American Revolution. Later, they used the tablets for a science lesson on weather and terrain to collect and organize photos. In this example, the technology was easily adapted for use in varying formats across disciplines.
  • they used the tablets for a science lesson on weather and terrain to collect and organize photos.
  • While traditional forms of technology, such as projectors and interactive whiteboards are often standard classroom equipment, students who are unable to attend a traditional classroom can take advantage of new technologies from home. 
  • students who are unable to attend a traditional classroom can take advantage of new technologies from home. 
  • For these students, access to technology and instruction can make a difference in their ability to keep up with assignments or withdrawing from school. 
  • With all the new technology possibilities, there is still some debate among educators on the appropriate use of technology in the classroom and whether or not it creates an environment for inappropriate use.
  • The VGo is a computer-operated robot with a camera display that can be physically placed in the classroom for students that are homebound. With a Wi-Fi connection from home students can use computer keyboard arrows and webcam to manipulate the robot around the classroom. By having their face displayed on the VGo camera monitor students are able to have social interactions with classmates and virtually raise their hands to answer questions in class by signaling to the teacher with the VGo light. 
  • Technologies like the VGo offer a wide range of possibilities and benefits for all students
  • it becomes an extension of the student and classmates are still able to interact with them
  • For students with special needs, technology can enable them to be more independent and fit in with classroom learning and routines. Students with visual or hearing impairments can utilize voice-over for accessibility on Apple devices. Similarly, the VGo robot has assistive technology like text-to-talk, which may be helpful for homebound students who are verbally impaired.
  • Schools can also benefit from the use of new technologies during a major illness or outbreak, or to keep students on track during a suspension or long-term illness.
  • “Last year we heard from a graduate student in the college. She shared how making podcasts of her lessons impressed parents during a flu epidemic at the school,” said Rackley. “Parents were able to listen to the podcasts with their children to complete the homework assignments before returning to school. In this instance, the podcast turned into a very valuable tool for the teacher, student and parent.”
  • Rachel Roberts on 30 Jan 14
     
    Talks about the types of things educators can and should do in the classroom in regards to technology. Briefly talks about the benefits of incorporating technology into the elementary classroom.
  • Scott Wolter on 27 Feb 14
     
    This article tells us about how to use technology to record so students can go back and look at information missed, or if they were out with an absence. It also says that now mobile phones can be used as a method to enhance some learning in a way that they are not a distraction. It helps kids be more engaged in the heavily used technology time we live in. 
  • Coleton Hrgich on 11 Mar 14
     
    This website is perfect for helping kids in the classroom. One reason is they give great examples on how to help children with disabilities which will help me in my field of teaching.
Alli Grover

Glenda's Assistive Technology Information and more...: iDevices in the Special Educatio... - 0 views

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  • Assistive technology is any kind of technology and/or tool that can be used to enhance the functional independence of a person with a disability.
  • can be a challenge
  • iDevices in the Special Education Classroom
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  • Students learn in different ways
  • The iPad can provide visual, audio and tactile learning; reaching many students’ learning styles.
  • The iPad is often used as an individual tool in isolation
  • But please, don't put the child in a quiet place and just hand them an iPad without a true purpose. Let's get creative with its use. How to use an iPad in the classroom with a group? A couple of thoughts - Teacher directs, students watch.  Teacher directs, with iPad in the middle of the group and students touch with instruction.   Teacher instructs and iPad is passed between students. Use as part of your lesson, part of your center activity.   Teacher instructs and the students use, independently or in a team situation.    Team learning situations. Hand a group of students an iPad with a purpose. 
  • Most of us will not have enough for all our students for a while.
  • ideas
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  • be careful to not have the iPad become what we have seen so many computers become in education: a glorified toy.
  • What are some of the benefits we are seeing? We are seeing that the iPad often encourages interactivity. Students will share a lot of what they're doing, ask each other "How did you do that?" or, "Oh, look what I did!"  They want to problem solve together. It encourages group discussions between the students. They tend to help each other a lot more.  It is affordable, comparatively speaking (see below.)  
  • For special education students, some are saying it is the best tool that has ever been designed. Here are a few reasons why we might prefer an iPad over a desktop computer: Ease of access – no need to be able to operate a mouse, a switch or to need to sit a certain way. The iPad can easily come to the student, be placed where they need it and the touch required is extremely friendly. (Not for all!! Remember, this is very individual.) Simplicity of programs – from very basic to more complex, many apps are design to be user friendly. For the moderate to severe population of students the amount of simple apps is huge, plus they are extremely inexpensive and visually draw students in. Simplicity of use - many who cannot understand how to operate a computer, can understand how to operate an iPad. (Even your grandmother!) Low cost of programs – compared to the cost of software programs for a computer, there really is no comparison (unless you consider the abundant amount of free programs available on the Internet. And yes, please continue using those!). There are apps designed specifically for our population (see other postings to right). Designing apps for education has become quite the market. The amount of apps designed specifically for special education has grown so much that there is now a category for it that stands alone in the iTunes Store. Assistive Technology and Communication Apps are available that help to make this a tool for access support, not just a tool for learning (i.e. audio books, word prediction, visual prompts, etc.) It can be loaded with many adaptive technology gadgets and programs, thereby reducing the need for multiple devices. Talk about UDL (Universal Design for Learning)! This is a tool that can level the playing field for many. There are apps that are inexpensive and exciting to increase vocabulary, sight words, math facts, reading comprehension, organizational skills, and drawing skills, just to name a few.It can be very educational and in the classroom, this is what we want: exciting, fresh, innovative teaching tools. Built-in accessibility tools such as zoom and high contrast display make this a tool to support visually impaired. The built-in VoiceOver screen reader works as well on the iPad as on the iPhone. For our VI population, the options are growing and growing. (However, it may be the iPhone that is the best solution for those with significant vision impairments.) Programs such as Dragon Dictation is free, no paper and pencil needed if one can speak clearly, for writing text messages, e-mail, maybe documents. (Must have Internet/WiFi connection for this to work however and it is not the best option for longer texts.) The brilliant screen of the iPad which creates and supports visual interest - with the ever improving HD colors which are bright and the HD video and/or camera- tools at our fingertips that can be pulled into our educational artillery in so many new and innovative ways.  The right case can make it much less indestructible. More and more tools are being developed to help with access. (Mounts, switch access, adaptive styluses, etc.) Light weight (iPad = 1.5 lbs.) Instant Response/Instant On/Fast Processor. Consider this: Combine the touch screen, ease of use, and cool factor of the iPad and you have a pretty interesting format for communication device
  • AT is intended to enhance performance of an individual with a disability.  It is why we have to carefully match what we recommend to the user's strengths and needs.  The iPad cannot do that on its own, it is the recommendation of the appropriate Apps that ultimately improve the performance of a student.  Thus, the iPad itself is not the Assistive Technology it is the Settings and the Apps, the case, the special stylus, that offer enhanced performance. Improving performance of a student with a disability through AT (Apps or otherwise) means looking at the student, identifying the task that needs to be performed and identifying where the student will use the AT - i.e. the environment, effects of time etc
  • This is a list of iPad pros, from a student’s point of view (wish I knew the student’s name so I could reference her. My apologies!):
  • iPads with Moderate to Severe Students:
  • Videos worth watching:
  • Articles worth reviewing:
  • Now go out and make this tool a wonderful addition to our educational world!
  • Alli Grover on 03 Apr 14
     
    This website is a great if you are looking for some fresh tips on how to use the latest iPad tools for students in a Special Education classroom. On this site lists benefits of iPad and has real life SpecEd students' opinions, also this page lists videos and articles for extra guidance and opinion on iPad.
Savanah Smith

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  • Here is a great science resource. Be sure to check back each week for the new experiment. This week's experiment: Microwave Ice       These experiments are brought to you by The Teacher's Corner and Robert Krampf's Experiment of the Week.
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  • Savanah Smith on 28 Apr 14
     
    This website allows teachers to collaborate online with each other.  There are lesson plans for every grade level and subject area available to anyone.  There are also printable assignments and handouts for class.  There's also a live chat where teachers from all over can talk about resources and plans that have worked for them and what they recommend.
Ashley Holbrook

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  • What are some of the benefits we are seeing? We are seeing that the iPad often encourages interactivity. Students will share a lot of what they're doing, ask each other "How did you do that?" or, "Oh, look what I did!"  They want to problem solve together.  It encourages group discussions between the students.  They tend to help each other a lot more.  It is affordable, comparatively speaking (see below.)  
  • This is a list of iPad pros, from a student’s point of view
  • Ashley Holbrook on 09 Oct 13
     
    Benefits of using ipads in school
Taylor Ingolia

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  • Integrated Program: Intervention A for K-1 (IPID: 101)
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  • Strand Description Phonological Awareness Students learn to blend and segment the sounds in spoken words. Letter Sounds Students learn to say the most common sound for printed letters. Letter Writing Students learn the correct way to write letters. Sounding Out Students put everything they have learned so far together, so that they can take a regular word in print, such as sat, produce the letter-sound pattern, sssaaat, and blend to produce the word, sat. For the first time, they read words. Word-Form Recognition Students take a regular word in print and say it without sounding out aloud Irregular Words Students learn to read high-frequency irregular words such as the and was by sight. Reading Connected Text Students learn to read their first sentence-long stories. Letter Combinations Students learn to say the most common sounds for letter combinations such as sh and oa and correctly decode VCe words. Irregular Words II Students expand the set of high-frequency irregular words that they can read by sight. Advanced Phonics Students learn to read word families, compound words, contractions, double-letter words, silent-letter words, -ed words, and -s words.
  • Taylor Ingolia on 07 Oct 13
     
    Teachers can upload and look at lesson plans of other teachers for ideas. Find activities to do in the classroom
Karissa Gonio

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  • "Kevin can be far more involved in group activities. He can converse with his peers, participate in class discussions, and do his homework, no matter where he is. This has increased his ability to be an independent member of the school and the community."
  • traditional assistive technologies have converged with consumer technologies
  • today's smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices come equipped with universal access functionality, making it possible for users to deploy built-in or easily downloaded assistive technologies.
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  • speech recognition, screen-reading tools, Braille displays and text-to-speech solutions for the visually impaired; and sound amplifiers, closed-captioning applications and video conferencing technologies that facilitate sign language and lip-reading for the hearing-impaired
  • speech recognition
  • In fact, many technologies designed for mainstream use can be successfully repurposed to teach students with disabilities.
  • access to assistive capabilities on technologies that are smaller, more mobile, more ­integrated and inexpensive
  • "We're no longer limited to helping one particular student with a single specialized technology,"
  • Nuance's Dragon NaturallySpeaking, which reads text back to them; Livescribe Smartpens, which capture everything spoken in class and written by the student;
  • allow the school to better and more easily integrate special-needs students into general education classes,
  • interactive whiteboards
  • helps motivate and engage ­students in the subject they're studying.
  • helps her determine their level of understanding.
  • academic improvement
  • keep up with their peers.
  • achieve greater levels of independence; gain confidence; more willingly reach out to their teachers and peers to ask questions and collaborate; self-advocate; challenge themselves; and seek out new opportunities.
  • Karissa Gonio on 30 Jan 15
     
    Discusses how technology has helped students with many disabilities gain independence and grow in the classroom.
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  • earchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, with collaborators in Korea and Scotland, have identified a novel signal
  • he results are published in the January 19 online Early Edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
  • "These findings and the related mechanism are very different from the current residing view of activation of specific T helper cell responses," said principal investigator Eyal Raz, MD, professor of medicine. "The role of cAMP formation and action in dendritic cells in the induction of allergic response was really surprising," added co-author Paul Insel, MD, professor of pharmacology and medicine. "It suggested to us that this signaling pathway is involved in other immune-related functions." The immune response of humans, mice and other vertebrates consists of two fundamental components. The first is the innate immune system, which recognizes and responds to pathogens in an immediate, but generalized, way and does not confer long-lasting immunity. The second is the adaptive immune system in which highly specialized T and B cells eliminate or prevent pathogen growth -- and create immunological memory in case of future encounters with the same pathogen. Th2 immunity is one of two major aspects of adaptive immunity. Th1 responses target intracellular pathogens, such as viruses and bacteria that have invaded host cells. The Th2 response is more effective against extracellular pathogens (such as bacteria, parasites and toxins that operate outside of cells) and also plays a major role in allergic reactions and related diseases. Allergic asthma is triggered by inhaled allergens, such as pet dander, pollen, mold and dust mites. It is characterized by inflammation and narrowing of the airways, resulting in wheezing, chest tightness, shortness of breath, coughing and other symptoms. The common form of allergic asthma is associated with an exaggerated Th2 immune response. Allergic asthma affects people of all ages, most often appearing in childhood. More than 25 million Americans suffer from the condition.
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  • additional, novel insights into human allergy," he said.
  • pospyhalan23 on 29 Jan 15
     
    Insight to how allergies affect us
Nicole Reid

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  • Nicole Reid on 12 Nov 12
     
    This site would be useful due to the fact that there are picture ads to help students better understand the concepts. I feel that students can learn visually as well as from the teacher talking. adunit will help feather students learning.
kirsten hammer

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  • Technology serves as an excellent tool for building this background knowledge as the internet connects us with a wide array of information, photos, videos and interactive materials related to any subject or question we can imagine.
  • Technology is also useful in that it can provide a variety of accommodations for students with different learning needs. For example, if students have difficulty seeing, screen size and print can be enlarged for ease in reading. There are programs available online or for the desktop, which can translate text to other languages or even read it aloud to students as they follow along silently. In addition, many programs and activities are interactive and allow students to manipulate objects while exploring new concepts in subjects such as math and science.
  • With the wide variety of resources available online student can virtually be the master of their own learning—with little direction from their teacher—and most students are happy to do so
Nathan Karraker

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  • Creation and Design. Likewise, creation activities provide students the ability to develop creativity and problem-solving skills by displaying their mastery in profound and meaningful ways. Teachers at McKeel Elementary Academy in Lakeland, Florida, integrate the use of technology for student-created digital media into all areas of curriculum: Kindergarteners create image-based movies on recycling and insects; First graders develop PowerPoint presentations for “My Time to Teach” projects to share with the class; Fourth graders prepare for their statewide standardized writing assessment by developing elaborate digital storybooks on free web 2.0 sites such as Storybird (www.storybird.com) or StoryJumper (www.storyjumper.com). Fifth graders collaborate to launch a Web Safety Wiki to teach other students worldwide about digital citizenship (wildcatwebsafety.wikispaces.com). The projects created are excellent tools for formative and summative assessment. Yet more than that, through creation activities, students design products that make them active partners in constructing learning experiences in the classroom and beyond. In demonstrating their skills and knowledge, they become more confident in their own abilities and their own voices.
  • A dramatic shift is sweeping through our schools. The signs are all around us. Third graders texting on their cell phones. Kindergarteners who can navigate an iPod Touch better than we can. Middle schoolers who already have an Internet following on their blog or YouTube channel. These are not the same 21st century learners we came to know over the first decade of the new millennium. For these students, simply watching videos or images during class, playing an Internet multiplication game, or even taking turns at an interactive whiteboard is no longer enough. These new 21st century learners are highly relational and demand quick access to new knowledge. More than that, they are capable of engaging in learning at a whole new level. With the world literally at their fingertips, today’s students need teachers and administrators to re-envision the role of technology in the classroom.
  • Following the joyous moment when educators realize their students are capable, independent technology users who can create inspiring digital masterpieces, the next reaction is often a more solemn, “How do we fit it all in?” In fact, the answer to this question is vital to a successful technology integration transformation. In the former mindset of teaching with technology, the teacher was the focal point of the classroom, creating (often time-consuming) interactive and multimedia presentations to add shock and awe to his or her lessons and capture the attention of the 21st century child. A new mindset of teaching through technology must emerge, which depends on a vital shift in teacher/student roles.
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  • In technology-infused discovery activities, Internet research, virtual manipulatives, and multimedia resources allow students to explore unanswered questions.
  • Ideally, to maximize these opportunities, every student needs direct access to technology on a daily basis
  • The new 21st century learners must master more than the core curriculum to succeed in secondary and postsecondary institutions, as well as in the workplace. The Partnership for 21st Century Skills, a national organization advocating for 21st century readiness for every student, explains the outcomes of this transformation as fusing the traditional three R’s with four C’s: critical thinking, creativity, communication, and collaboration. As students develop the four C’s, we have discovered that effective application of these vital skills in a technology-infused life and workplace requires acquiring them in a technology-infused learning environment. This environment calls for two elements: We must increasingly put technology into the hands of students and must trust them with more progressive technology use. It is no longer sufficient for students to have less access to technological tools than the teacher, nor is it enough for any one suite of software to serve as the zenith for technology mastery. For student performance to approximate student potential, students need access to a constantly evolving array of technological tools and activities that demand problem-solving, decision-making, teamwork, and innovation. The four C’s are at the heart of the International Society for Technology in Education’s National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) for Students, providing a substantial framework for defining the focus of technology objectives for K-12 students. For example, in implementing these standards we have found that even our youngest 21st century learners are capable of independently creating digital storybooks, artwork, presentations, and movies.
  • The projects created are excellent tools for formative and summative assessment. Yet more than that, through creation activities, students design products that make them active partners in constructing learning experiences in the classroom and beyond. In demonstrating their skills and knowledge, they become more confident in their own abilities and their own voices.
  • The projects created are excellent tools for formative and summative assessment. Yet more than that, through creation activities, students design products that make them active partners in constructing learning experiences in the classroom and beyond. In demonstrating their skills and knowledge, they become more confident in their own abilities and their own voices.
  • Shift in Roles
  • In this configuration, the teacher acts as a learning catalyst, orchestrating and facilitating activities that spark defining moments for students. The most effective activities take two forms— discovery and creation—though they often symbiotically work together. The student then becomes the focal point of the classroom, acting as explorer (e.g., mathematician, scientist, sociologist) and designer (e.g., author, artist, composer).
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      Nathan Karraker on 15 Oct 15
       
      NAESP has useful items on the standards regarding technology and the ways that technology has changed in the classroom. 
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  • Kelsey Ladika on 07 Feb 13
     
    This site shows teachers why technology is important and how it can effectively be used in the classroom.
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  • Lisa Denison on 13 Feb 13
     
    This website shows why it is important for teachers to integrate technology into the classroom.
  • Megan Manne on 18 Feb 14
     
    Technology Integration for the 21st Century Learner
  • Cara Smoczynski on 24 Feb 14
     
    This page encourages teaching with technology. The main reason for this is because of how our world has evolved, and is now full of technology.
  • Allison Hyde on 14 Apr 14
     
    How technology helps creativity. 
  • Anita Anderson on 10 Oct 15
     
    it talks about the shift of the use of technology in the classrooms. Integrating things that kids will need to be able to successfully use in the future.
  • Nathan Karraker on 15 Oct 15
     
    NAESP has useful items on the standards regarding technology and the ways that technology has changed in the classroom. 
Griep Kaitlyn

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second grade writing

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  • What does this child need to learn next? She may benefit from seeing different ways to organize factual information. The teacher may use a mini-lesson to show different examples of nonfiction animal books. This student, and the rest of her classmates, could look at nonfiction text features and try to use them in their own writing (table of contents, captions with pictures, bold words, close-ups, diagrams with labels, an index). This may motivate her to find more information about white sharks and think about how to organize it in a multi-page format. This would be an effective tie to a nonfiction reading unit.
  • Griep Kaitlyn on 17 Oct 12
     
    Strategies for helping a 2nd grader how to write
Shelly Svoboda

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  • Why teach with technology? A healthy skepticism is appropriate when it comes to new educational tools.   The general perception of technology by people outside the educational field may be glowing and hopeful, but teachers are often more cautious: "In sum, technology offers the teacher a vague promise of increased effectiveness at the price of having to know and do more" -- Kenneth E. Eble, The Craft of Teaching (122). 
  • convenience and availability capacity of support infrastructures tradition (slide projectors are common in Art History departments, less so in others) expense students' level of skill and comfort (although they can learn) instructor's level of skill and comfort (although they can learn, too) required preparation time technical requirements (darkened room?  Internet connection?) capacity to handle certain types of information, such as images, sound, or long passages of text influence on classroom dynamics (does it encourage students to talk to each other?)
Liz Rodriguez

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  • Wisconsin Educator Standards - Teachers Ten Standards for Teacher Development and Licensure To receive a license to teach in Wisconsin, an applicant shall complete an approved program and demonstrate proficient performance under all of the following standards: Teachers know the subjects they are teaching. The teacher understands the central concepts, tools of inquiry, and structures of the disciplines she or he teaches and can create learning experiences that make these aspects of subject matter meaningful for pupils. Teachers know how children grow. The teacher understands how children with broad ranges of ability learn and provides instruction that supports their intellectual, social, and personal development. Teachers understand that children learn differently. The teacher understands how pupils differ in their approaches to learning and the barriers that impede learning and can adapt instruction to meet the diverse needs of pupils, including those with disabilities and exceptionalities. Teachers know how to teach. The teacher understands and uses a variety of instructional strategies, including the use of technology, to encourage children's development of critical thinking, problem solving, and performance skills. Teachers know how to manage a classroom. The teacher uses an understanding of individual and group motivation and behavior to create a learning environment that encourages positive social interaction, active engagement in learning, and self-motivation. Teachers communicate well. The teacher uses effective verbal and nonverbal communication techniques as well as instructional media and technology to foster active inquiry, collaboration, and supportive interaction in the classroom. Teachers are able to plan different kinds of lessons. The teacher organizes and plans systematic instruction based upon knowledge of subject matter, pupils, the community, and curriculum goals. Teachers know how to test for student progress. The teacher understands and uses formal and informal assessment strategies to evaluate and ensure the continuous intellectual, social, and physical development of the pupil. Teachers are able to evaluate themselves. The teacher is a reflective practitioner who continually evaluates the effects of his or her choices and actions on pupils, parents, professionals in the learning community and others and who actively seeks out opportunities to grow professionally. Teachers are connected with other teachers and the community. The teacher fosters relationships with school colleagues, parents, and agencies in the larger community to support pupil learning and well-being and acts with integrity, fairness and in an ethical manner.
  • Liz Rodriguez on 18 Oct 12
     
    Wisconsin Teaching Standards
Olyvia Adams

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specialeducation technology devices products teaching

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  • Communication Books:Used by children with autism or those who struggle with verbal language, these books encourage a child to choose a small picture card. The card allows the child to ask for something or to answer a question. Called the Picture Exchange Communication System, PECS, it was created by Andrew Bondy, Ph.D. and Lori Frost, M.S.
  • Highlighter Tape:Many children with autism possess strengths in decoding skills but difficulties with comprehension. Highlighter tape is an economical way to highlight text without it being permanent.
  • FM Auditory Trainers:Children who are deaf or have significant hearing loss may use an FM auditory trainer in school. A microphone is worn by the teacher, and a receiver is worn by the student. An FM trainer has several settings.
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  • The Tap It (Touch Accessible Platform Interactive Technology):ADA compliant learning station designed to recognize a finger intentionally tapping an image. Provides full access to the screen for students using wheel chairs or other mobility devices.
  • Olyvia Adams on 31 Oct 12
     
    description of different assistive technology for those in speced
Kyrie Staab

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  • SmartNotes page is a two-column chart that organizes student thinking to show the relationship between direct text evidence and different reading strategies.
  • students practice it by pausing while they read to identify textual evidence from their independent reading book that connects to their thinking related to the specific strategy.
  • SmartNotes are great because they are a quick and unobtrusive way for students to organize their thinking without disrupting their engagement in their independent books.
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  • SmartNotes can be collected to display the development of ideas over time.
  • there are times when more detailed reading responses are necessary.
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    Strategy for independent reading assignments
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