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After reviewing the 6th grade English ELA standards, I find that I could teach all the standards, with ease for the most part, based on my current knowledge. Standards such as LAFS.6.L.3.4, in which students "determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases" using different search engines is something I have been doing since I was in middle and high school, so I feel comfortable and confident teaching students these skills. In the standard LAFS.6.W.2.6, students "use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing", which is a standard that is taught by the class I am currently enrolled in (EME 2040), thus, online publishing and editing blogs may be the one area my skills still need improvement in.
Using the CPALMS Educator ToolKit, I was able to discover "original student tutorials" in which students can access video tutorials on various topics within specific subject areas. The tutorial I liked the most, especially because dashes are not commonly taught properly or at all in English classes, can be found here. When I interned at the middle school level at Florida High, I noticed all students had access to Google ChromeBooks in their classroom, and being able to watch and complete these tutorials allow students practice using a laptop computer, and could be used as an assignment when as substitute teacher is in class, so students are still engaging in learning even when the teacher is not present.
Being able to display aesthetically pleasing information in a clean, coherent and easy-to-read newsletter was not as difficult as I anticipated, however, organizing which information goes where and determining what to present in the newsletter was challenging, as I wanted to be as concise but effective as possible as getting my point across to parents. Re-shaping and re-organizing the columns so that the paragraphs are easy to read and follow throughout the newsletter was difficult, as I struggled to get the formatting correct. Using the column button was a new skill for me, as I have never created something like an online newsletter before this assignment.
Using the CPALMS Educator ToolKit, I was able to discover "original student tutorials" in which students can access video tutorials on various topics within specific subject areas. The tutorial I liked the most, especially because dashes are not commonly taught properly or at all in English classes, can be found here. When I interned at the middle school level at Florida High, I noticed all students had access to Google ChromeBooks in their classroom, and being able to watch and complete these tutorials allow students practice using a laptop computer, and could be used as an assignment when as substitute teacher is in class, so students are still engaging in learning even when the teacher is not present.
Being able to display aesthetically pleasing information in a clean, coherent and easy-to-read newsletter was not as difficult as I anticipated, however, organizing which information goes where and determining what to present in the newsletter was challenging, as I wanted to be as concise but effective as possible as getting my point across to parents. Re-shaping and re-organizing the columns so that the paragraphs are easy to read and follow throughout the newsletter was difficult, as I struggled to get the formatting correct. Using the column button was a new skill for me, as I have never created something like an online newsletter before this assignment.
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