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Yes! I have finally finished my course 5 project. Check it out and learn how I used video analysis to help my students improve their reading fluency. This was the first time I have used video to analyze my students in any curriculum area.  It was such an amazing tool for really helping my students …

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  I have been working on my course 5 final project for a few weeks now. My project goal is to use video analysis and feedback to help my students improve their reading fluency. When I introduced the project to my students I told them we would use Readers Theater to help them improve their …

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Option 1: Electronic Portfolios Why do you think this unit is a good possibility for your Course 5 project? • For the past few years (as long as I have been teaching at my school, 11 years) the students have always kept a paper/binder portfolio. This was show cased to parents during conferences, twice a …

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My grade 4 class is not a 1 to 1 class. We have a cart of 12 net-books for 24 students. When I need more I borrow another cart from a team mate. In my class the use of net-books happens mainly during our writing workshop time, which is first thing after lunch. Before the …

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I think I would be a brave and perhaps a foolish person to say that education will not change because of technology. Yes I do believe it will change. Where and how will it change? If I had a crystal ball I could tell you but I don’t. I can only speculate. For me I …

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Before today I did not have any idea what a flipped classroom was. After completing several readings and watching videos I think I have some understanding of it. If I were to tell my grade 4 students that our class will become a flipped classroom I would say… “A flipped classroom is when I will …

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I have just spent time reading all about TIM and examining the matrix. Then thinking how would I evaluate my own practice of technology integration? I used the matrix and read the exemplars of what teach integration looks like at each of the five different levels in my classroom. After doing this I would have …

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Who’s job is it to teach the NETs standards to students and how do we ensure they are being met in an integrated model? Not so long ago I would have said it would have been the computer teacher’s job. But today with technology everywhere in our student’s daily lives and classrooms I think it …

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I have finally have finished my video project for course 3. Yes!! This coming quarter my students and I will be doing a lot of work on writing summaries, retelling stories, reading with clarity, expression/fluently and completing reading responses. I also want my kids to learn to give book talks, and promote the books they …

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I have just finished watching the video Everything is a Remix: The TED Talk by Kirby Ferguson and I have to agree that everything is a remix. I only have to look at my daily life as a classroom teacher to find many examples of remixing. A day would not go by when I and …

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