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I teach Itinerant Autistic Support, Kindergarten and 1st grades at Upper Providence Elementary School in Spring-Ford Area School District. I have been working in special education for the last 11 years; teaching for the last 5 of those. I have two kindergartners in the afternoon session and work with two first graders in the regular education setting in the morning; including lunch and recess duty. I am in the process of learning new ideas of how to best reach the students I work with and look forward to learning more about them and techniques to help them.

__//**11/20/2010**//__ __//**5-4-3-2-1**//__ 1) Wordle- to show the students their Star Kindergarten words, 1st graders with spelling words 2) Google docs- to work on a power point presentation with a colleague 3) Ramzar- to be able to share videos with students and not be blocked 4) del.icio.us- to share sites between special education teachers in the building 5) Wikispaces- to keep up with the wiki I belong to about reading, language arts
 * 5 new technologies to try **

1) How to use google docs 2) Pete’s Power Point site- a few co-workers are working on these now 3) Ramzar- we are blocked from youtube 4)Wordle- it is fun and can be used in so many ways
 * 4 ideas to share with others**

1) UDL provides teachers with framework to have lessons that can support diverse group of students 2) Provides equal opportunities for students to learn 3) Helps teachers set clear goals for all learners in their classrooms
 * 3 principles of Universal Design for Learning**

1) Use various websites to catch the interest of students and use for more visuals in the classroom 2) Allow time for computer exploration
 * 2 changes in your teaching to reach all learners in the Digital Age**

1) Work on googledocs instead of e-mailing our power point presentation back and forth with co-worker
 * 1 BIG idea to implement “on Monday**

__//**11/21/2010 (Added ones are italicized)**//__ __//**5-4-3-2-1**//__ 1) Wordle- to show the students their Star Kindergarten words, 1st graders with spelling words 2) Google docs- to work on a power point presentation with a colleague 3) Ramzar- to be able to share videos with students and not be blocked 4) del.icio.us- to share sites between special education teachers in the building //5) Googlebooks- to help me find resources I may not find in my school library//
 * 5 new technologies to try **

1) How to use google docs //2) zoho note book- share books with colleagues// 3) Ramzar- we are blocked from youtube 4)Wordle- it is fun and can be used in so many ways
 * 4 ideas to share with others**

1) UDL provides teachers with framework to have lessons that can support diverse group of students 2) Provides equal opportunities for students to learn 3) Helps teachers set clear goals for all learners in their classrooms
 * 3 principles of Universal Design for Learning**

1) Use various websites to catch the interest of students and use for more visuals in the classroom //(ADD ON- interactive sites- ones with games that are not blocked!)// 2) Allow time for computer exploration
 * 2 changes in your teaching to reach all learners in the Digital Age**

1) Work on googledocs instead of e-mailing our power point presentation back and forth with co-worker
 * 1 BIG idea to implement “on Monday**

I could use more programs like text to talk for my students to hear the words and sounds of letters; but they would have to match the Fundations program we use - a apple ah, etc. I like using the wordle for review of spelling words and kindergarten star words- I would make the wordle with the words of the unit, print it out, and have the students find the words on the paper from those listed and highlight/color, etc the words chosen in order to assess their understanding. I feel I could many various activities from this wordle page. I looked at the tumblebooks and thought that could be used as a listening station and have a small questionaire for the end of the student to answer. Since I do primarily alternative curriculum, I could pick and choose from the regular education curriculum and see how I can best support my students.
 * 11/21/2010**
 * Group Work Discussion**

**__//12/4/2010//__**
1) Rotero- help organize my papers better 2) Google Calendar- keep myself organized b/t work and home and husband's schedule 3) Picasa- for fun and maybe for student work in future 4) Google Groups- for Special Education Teachers in my District- ideas, share materials, etc. 5) Google Notebook- Organize better
 * //__5-4-3-2-1__//**
 * 5 new technologies to try **

1) Rotero- to use for our graduate classes and projects 2) Google Groups- help us help each other more efficiently 3) Ge Lessons- for SS teachers 4) Google Calendar- to remind other staff members of events- even outside events
 * 4 ideas to share with others**

1) UDL provides teachers with framework to have lessons that can support diverse group of students 2) Provides equal opportunities for students to learn 3) Helps teachers set clear goals for all learners in their classrooms
 * 3 principles of Universal Design for Learning**

1) Use various websites to catch the interest of students and use for more visuals in the classroom 2) Allow time for computer exploration
 * 2 changes in your teaching to reach all learners in the Digital Age**

1) Google Groups- see if we can get it going in our SD
 * 1 BIG idea to implement “on Monday**

=//__12/4/2010__//=  COMPARISON/CONTRAST The two lessons are connected with reading and comprehension, but differ in the sense of how the lessons are done. The one lesson has the teacher directing the students with their work and how things need to be done. The second lesson has the students reading stories from a website and finger-tapping the words out independently. After the lesson is completed the students would need to answer questions on a paper given from the teacher. STORY/JOURNAL- TEACHER-DIRECTED In a small group setting (one on two students) the teacher will read the Kindergarten reader books with the two students. During this time the students will identify the components of the book and make predictions about what the book may be about and answer questions during the reading of the book. The students will also need to tap out sounds in words to figure out unknown words. After the book is read the students will write a one-sentence journal entry based off of what the book was about. 1. Teacher hands out the books to students. Questions asked, "Where is the front cover, back cover, title, author, illustrator?", etc. 2. Teacher faciliates how the story is read as students finger read and finger tap out the words/sentence. 3. Teacher faciliates story by asking the students to predict and various questions related to the story. 4. Teacher gives a question for journal topic related to the story and how it relates to the students. COMPUTER STORY- SELF-DIRECTED/INDEPENDENT WORK Both students will log onto the computers and work on the Learn to Read tab on []. Students will need to read the story given (based on vowel sound words) on the computer and need to finger tap out unknown words. At the end of the story students will need to answer simple comprehension questions based from the story. The students may need assistance with this part of the lesson. 1. Teacher sets up the students on [|www.starfall.com]. 2. The students will read the story given (based on vowel sound words) on the website by fingertapping out unknown words. 3. Teacher will give the students a paper with questions based off the story on the website.