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My name is Colleen. I am a Certified Athletic Trainer. I am also certified K-12 Health and Physical Education. In addition, I am the co owner of a seasonal shore bakery business in Avalon, New Jersey (Kohler's Bakery), with a friend of mine for the past 4 1/2 years. I was recently married in June. I live in West Chester, where I also went to college for both my sports medicine and teaching degrees.

Culminating Activity #2 Classroom Application for Health Classroom

Health Lesson Topic:Human Skeleton Grade: 6 Objective: Students will be able to identify and describe the names and features of the human body with the use of interactive classroom activities.

Resources: Wordle.net


 * Introduction of skeleton terms with Mrs. Maxwell (velcro tabs) terms velcroed on clothes. Students will arrive in classroom and observe teacher with labeled bones for human skeleton. (Visual, Linguistic)
 * Identification of Human Skeleton on coloring page. (Spatial)
 * Simon Says Human Skeleton (Bodily-Kinesthetic, Auditory)
 * Closure Activity: Put the skeleton back together "Wordle" activity. Students recall as many terms on their sheet as they can for the human skeleton. Large bones are written multiple times, small or short bones, are written once. Students will be able to visually see in the "wordle" the word, its size indicating how large or small in the human body, and how they all make up the human skeleton. (Linguistic, Visual)
 * Words included: Skeleton, femur, fibula, ulna, humerus, tarsal, carpal, patella, rib, sternum, tibia, scapula, clavicle, radius



5 new technologies to try
Google sites (make teacher website) Pete's Power point station as resource Google docs Delicious Interactive surveys

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4 ideas to share with others ===== wikis glogster uses in classrooms Pete's Power point station Delicious

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3 principles of Universal Design for Learning ===== Differentiated instruction Choices for student learning Engaging with different modalities

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2 changes in your teaching to reach all learners in the Digital Age ===== Choices for book/media read Incorporate technology once a week at least

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1 BIG idea to implement “on Monday” ===== No student learns the same way as another.

5 new technologies to try
Google sites (make teacher website) Wordle!! Love this Google earth Delicious tag option Teachertube.com

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4 ideas to share with others ===== wikis glogster uses in classrooms Wordle options for classroom and life Delicious

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3 principles of Universal Design for Learning ===== Differentiated instruction Choices for student learning Engaging with different modalities

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2 changes in your teaching to reach all learners in the Digital Age ===== Find the balance between using and not abusing it for students to keep learning in all forms Incorporate technology once a week at least

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1 BIG idea to implement “on Monday” ===== A lot of options to reach all learners.

Health and Physical Education Application to the classroom

There are a variety of ways to incorporate flexible technology into my classroom. 1.Shahi.com can be used to explain or introduce new terms of a unit. 2.Prezzi can be used for the presentation of group information. 3.Glogster can be used for information to fellow school students on class information (STDS, Teen pregnancy, etc) in poster form. This is a great device because it is a printable device.

5 new technologies to try
Google sites (make teacher website) Tic Tac Toe Gelessons

Google schoolar Zotero.org

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4 ideas to share with others ===== Tic Tac Toe Gelessons

Google schoolar Zotero.org

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3 principles of Universal Design for Learning ===== Differentiated instruction Choices for student learning Engaging with different modalities

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2 changes in your teaching to reach all learners in the Digital Age ===== Choices for project materials Incorporate technology with instructions

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1 BIG idea to implement “on Monday” ===== Incorporate a variety of materials to meet needs of diverse learners