Josephine+P.

I teach Spanish at a middle school in the North Penn school district. I teach Spanish 1 & 2 to 8th and 9th graders. I have been teaching for ten years and I enjoy the opportunity to learn new things. Along with another teacher at my school, I take students on a trip to Europe. During our last trip, we visited Germany, Austria, Italy, Monaco, France, and Spain. When I am not working I am spending time with my six year old son.

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5 new technologies to try =====

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4 ideas to share with others =====

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3 principles of Universal Design for Learning =====

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2 changes in your teaching to reach all learners in the Digital Age =====

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1 BIG idea to implement “on Monday” =====

UDL is a flexible framework that allows you to design lessons that accomodate all learners. It encourages the use of different types of digital media to reach individual learners with varying academic, social, and emotional needs.

====**5** - [|www.googlesdoc.com]; [|www.wordle.com]; [|www.glogster.com]; [|www.polleverywhere.com]; [|www.goanimate.com]==== ====**4** - You do not have to do this all at once. The abovementioned websites are great ways to get students to interact. They are also a great way to get __each__ student to respond to the question or problem. At first, UDL may be time consuming, but over time it will be a huge benefit for all students.====

**3** - flexibility of presentation, multiple means of assessment, various ways of motivating students
====2 - I plan on using more technology in the classroom. First, I would like to use [|www.docs.google.com] to have my Spanish 1 & 2 students work together to write paragraphs and create presentations. Second, this is a great tool for my ELL's to work together when we work on our writing unit. Awesome!====

====1 - On Monday, I plan on using a video that I will create from [|www.goanimate.com] regarding time travel. I will have students write a summary of the story "A Sound of Thunder" on [|www.docs.google.com].====

5 - [|www.docs.google.com]; [|www.delicious.com]; [|www.zamzar.com]; [|www.voki.com/create.php]; [|www.shahi.com]

4- same as above.

3 - same as above.

2 - I found a lot more material for my students to work with and for me to implement as part of my leasons. Start small with at least one lesson per unit that using a variety of digital media.

1 - Instead of [|www.goanimate.com], I will be using [|www.voki.com] to create an introduction for my students. Also, I will be using [|www.docs.google.com]

I am going to change my upcoming lesson plans for a short story we are reading. I am going to transfer it into a word or google document and add comments for definitions or explanations for the difficult words or concepts within the text. Also, I want students to answer questions about the story by writing on my wiki. In addition, we will write a compare/contrast essay using [|www.docs.google.com], and then the students will create an animoto of the story.

5 - [|www.zotero.org], [|www.scholar.google.com], [|www.calendar.google.com], [|www.delicious.com], [|www.docs.google.com]

4 - the different websites above! Using and sharing google calendar and delicious within the department. Using UDL for department planning and doing so on google docs.

3 - flexibility and different opportunity to presentation and assess material

2 - Offer my students the opportunity to take a test or quiz on the computer and record his/her responses. Also, for other students, offer a recording of the questions.

1 - On Monday I plan on using [|www.scholar.google.com] to start researching for my project!


 * Unit Plan Using UDL**

** Objective **: To learn poetry terms and definitions. · assess students knowledge – pre-test on www.quia.com · Use video clips from youtube.com or teachertube.com. Show examples of poetry terms used in context. · On the wikispace or webpage, offer examples of each of the different terms of poetry. · Have students state their favorite songs. Check for inappropriate language. Use songs in class for students to analyze for literary terms we have learned in class. · Use google.docs – students create an A-Z list to write down an example of onomatopoeia for each letter of the alphabet. We will add all three lists to create a wordle. ** Assessment **: Tic-tac-toe assessment. Students will choose three different ways to demonstrate their understanding of poetry terms and definitions. For students who still have questions about the project, there will be a Voki on my webpage explaining each project.