Last post!

Here is my reflection paper
http://www.slideshare.net/underhis/relfection-paper-10543317

Have a great rest of the semester at Kean and good luck on your finals :)

Last Class :)

Hello Bloggers

We had a couple of presentations today.
www.timetoast.com, its a good website to look for a timeline on.

I will also post my final blog post sometime this weekend- that is a reflection of the course.

Other than that.. I had a great time posting for you guys about my technology class. I hope you enjoyed reading all of my comments and I also hoped that you learned a lot from reading my posts.
Thanks for all the great posts and until next time.  au revoir

ClAsS :)

We learned a website called khan academy.  in this website you can show the students how to do a step by step math problem.

http://www.slideshare.net/underhis/mathematics-is-fun-power-point
my final exam power point

http://www.slideshare.net/underhis/stephs-proposal-updated
my final exam lesson plan.

We also had a couple of final exam presentations today.

citations- you can use this website to make citations for books.  "Its Magic" check it out.  Its pretty cool and its a good tool to use when you are citing books either in APA, MLA etc.

Last class before thanksgiving!

Hello Bloggers,
I cannot believe that in a week it will be THANKSGIVING!!!
In class today we have to think about an exam question.
Put more things into the lesson plan: 5 technologies used in the lesson, UDL integration, and ELL thinking.  How do you assess knowledge of the students.
We also had a presentation on Tourette syndrome.
We also had a lesson presentation today.
Technology NJCCCS
Rubistar- Rubric- adapt to your lesson. based on the students learning.  How to assess the students.

Have a Great Thanksgiving Everyone! :)

Todays Class

Hello Bloggers,

Today we are talking about visualization.
bring more visualization tools to the class. what the media does is stereotype different races and so we think a certain race is a certain way.
Charts can be misleading.  for example: How do seasons occur?
Where can we use visualization: assessment.  show the students the visual picture and have them draw it on a test.
The Periodic Table of Visualization Methods- this is a link where you can check out different visualization methods.  Its really cool and really helpful.  Check it out!!!
Tagxedo- this is a website where you can create a picture with words around it.  check this out too.
ToonDoo- its a cool way to make cartoons online.  you can sign up for free :)
We also used Clickers :D- we used it on the macs- TurningPoint

Also my update proposal is on this link http://www.slideshare.net/underhis
www.starfall.com- also link that helps with spelling

We also had a presentation today by a classmate on ADHD.  they now classify students with ADD with ADHD and just have sub categories.
We also learned a website classed www.iknowthat.com 

I also learned that there is a new ocean that was made.  Southern Antarctic Ocean.

More Presentations

We had a presentation on Down syndrome, VCFS velo-cardio facial syndrome, visual impairment and blindness, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI),  Teen Substance Abuse, which she used slide rocket to create her power point.

My updated lesson plan is on Slide Share.

October 14th 20111

Hello fellow bloggers,
We had presentations today.  I went today- My topic is OCD. Another student presented and his topic was Dyslexia.  Autism was also presented today.

Our professor also showed us how to make a mini book.  They are too cool :)

Classroom 2.0 -where you reconnect with faculty.  multi-connected with the people in another state.

Role of ICT: information and Communication Technology:  a reference source.

Google Translate:  good translator.  Everybody can speak a language.

We want producers.  Production.  We want our student to create a new knowledge.

why technology is important. and how it effects your teaching philosophy.- need to do this before teh end of the semester.

International Childrens Ditigal Library- books in different languages. its cool check it out.

my fool around powerpoint updated

for class, we had to fool around with power point, so thats what I did.  Here is the link for my power point on slideshare.net http://www.slideshare.net/underhis

Presentations:)

Hello followers,
So today we had some presentations on EBD (emotional behavioral disorder) by Kirsis, and selective mutisim by Ali and speech and language disorders by krista. all the presentations were very informative.

We also learned about a Website. this website can be used for sharing a PowerPoint or anything you want. If I were to do a PowerPoint on my pc, I can put it on this website and then present the PowerPoint on a mac.

http://www.slideshare.net/upload?show_cta=true look at it :)

Skype Day :)

Good Afternoon Bloggers :)

Today’s class we had a guest speaker call our professor over Skype. Our guest was Dr. Brown, she lives in Florida.  My professor knows her from a conference. She had a power point that she shared with us and she shared the information with us over Skype. Some of the information I thought was most important was

All students will have technology so the LD students will not feel different.

When an adult follows a child around, they will not interact as well as a child who does not have an LD or does not need somebody with them

Special needs teachers benefit all the students.

It is beneficial for special needs students to be in the classroom.

Provide flexible models of skilled performance- for an iPod touch/iPad

each child will get an app that most benefits them

everyone will be working on something on their iPad/iPod so they won't feel embarrassed because they are at a lower level

Bringing connections in the classroom

Things that I found interesting in Dr. Brown's power point that I downloaded on my ipod touch that were free apps were:

chemical touch- which is an electronic periodical table, it is pretty cool.

US Constitution- which shows the different amendments and a little about each one

Worldwiki- which shows all the countries flags and then a little about each country on the planet Earth

USA Presidents- It shows all the presidents up to date and more information about the president themselves.

The other apps that cost money but I still thought were cool was:

Star Walk- which shows the stars and the Consolations
and where the stars are in relation to eachother.

Formulae- is an app that shows all the math formulas that you will ever need, the subjects include physics, calculus, Algebra Geometry and many more.

Recorder- This is an app where you can record your professors or anybodys voice and you can email what you have to another person.

My Newsletter on OCD

http://ukean.wikispaces.com/E-portfolios
then go to my name Stephanie Underhill
then click on the PDF file.  Enjoy :)

It's a Rainy Friday!

Hello followers,
We learned ULD (universal design) today.

I signed up for a voice thread.  Sign up for one :)  You can use this site to teach using computers- doing lessons and show the video of the lesson plan to the class.  It's pretty neat!

Now we are doing a newsletter on our disability; my topic is OCD. I'll post a link when i'm done :)

My Proposal :)

Stephanie Underhill

40 mins to an hour

Adding and Subtracting

Goals/ Objectives:

         The Student will be able to add and subtract correctly

Rationale :

I feel that addition and subtraction are the basis of math, if this is taught correctly, these skills will be used throughout their math career as a student and will be used in higher-level math.

Medium

I will first start at the board and start by writing the numbers on the board that I would like to add or subtract.  Then I will show the students how to add not just with numbers but with symbols as well.  For example:  I will write the problem on the board 1+2=___   then under the 1 I will draw I star, under the 2 I will draw 2 stars.  I will then have the students count with me the number of stars all together.

Target Audience

         Kindergarten

Lesson ideas or lesson plans that you searched in this topic.

Kidspiration, www.aatozteacherstuff.com

Teaching Strategies and Methods

         Will ask the students questions along with the lesson I will teach them.  I will use the board and the computers.

Evaluation Methods: Assessment strategies:

I will give them a worksheet/homework and see how well they do.

Resources/ Credits: the print material, electronic resources, and websites you already found.

Kidspiration,

NJCCS

STANDARD 4.1     (NUMBER AND NUMERICAL OPERATIONS)    

ALL STUDENTS WILL DEVELOP NUMBER SENSE AND WILL PERFORM STANDARD NUMERICAL OPERATIONS AND ESTIMATIONS ON ALL TYPES OF NUMBERS IN A VARIETY OF WAYS.

4.1.2 B.  Numerical Operations

Numerical Operations.  Numerical operations are an essential part of the mathematics curriculum, especially in the elementary grades.  Students must be able to select and apply various computational methods, including mental math, pencil-and-paper techniques, and the use of calculators.  Students must understand how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide whole numbers, fractions, decimals, and other kinds of numbers.  With the availability of calculators that perform these operations quickly and accurately, the instructional emphasis now is on understanding the meanings and uses of these operations, and on estimation and mental skills, rather than solely on the development of paper-and-pencil proficiency.

Cup activity and more!

In class today we did an activity where there were 6 plastic cups, 1 rubber band with 5 strings attached to the rubber band.  Without talking we had to stack the cups in a pyramid.  We had to use other communications other than talking.  We looked at each other's facial expressions and we pointed to the one we wanted to move and we moved the cup together.  We all opened the rubber band and then rung it around the cup, then we all picked up the cup together then stacked the cup on top of the other ones that were already in place.  We were very successful!  It was quite fun actually.  The 5 C's that helped us get the task done was Communication, Control, Concept, Concentration, and Collaboration.

We also took a look at UDL for Life Cycle for a butterfly day 1.  I was pretty cool, it says the objectives, goals, methods and assessments.  It shows a step by step guide on how they want it to look.  The lesson goals are all listed and you can use different ways to teach this subject.  Sometimes giving choices is the best thing- thats what UDL does- it gives you choices; students feel empowered.  The website is http://lessonbuilder.cast.org/explore.php .  It is a great website! CHECK IT OUT :)


 http://www.udlcenter.org/implementation/examples  This website shows/tells you great checkpoints.  

cool site This is a website that my classmate showed me today.  This website shows you different lesson plans and different ideas on how to teach subject materials.  You can click on lessons and you an even get help with theme ideas.  It is a great website. Explore and Enjoy :)

Stephanie's second post.

http://www.snopes.com/

This is a website that you can recheck information against.  It is a highly recommended computer website

Also, I learned today that on a Mac, to capture the screen you press the apple key, shift key and 3.  And then to paste it in a document you click apple key and then v.
Spell check on word processor on a mac you press F7.
Right click is "control" and then your click the mouse.

Introduction

Good Afternoon bloggers,
My name is Stephanie Underhill.  I am a special education major K-5 with a minor in wrtiting.