EDLA615 Language Arts and Technology

Analyzing Glogster               Prior to creating a Glogster account, I thought it was not going to be a tool for other subject only ELA. However once I went into it I was amazed at all the subject. Teachers are able to add students to “glog” and students are able to use it afterwards to create their presentations. Along with many other site this can be use to create book, digital story telling, book reports, group project, presentation, writing assignment and reading assignments. While creating all these wonderful assignments students can edit it by adding text, audio and graphics to give it a cool effect. What I love about glogster that remind me of a program we have at mt school now called Seesaw. You are able to upload the work and share it to your teachers, friends and family members.             Glogster is great because it encourages students to create their ...

Who is Walt Disney?

My inspiration on creating this UDL book was based on the amount time I spent in my special education inclusion class. It is combined 2nd and 3rd graders who are diagnosed with autism and other specialities. They are all unique and wonderful in their own way. However I have never worked in a special education class so the amount of resources I have learned was amazing and news to me. Most of the time these students cannot control their body and have to jump, run in place or go for a walk. Some cannot even sit on the carpet for long and if they do have to sit there are special rules for each one. What stood out to me the most was the students wearing these heavy vest, some even wear heavy book bags and walk around with them. One of my students vets weighed 50 lbs they barley even weight that. The vest are heavy but it's amazing how it does not bother my students they immediately calm down. One time during a writing / reading lesson I was doing on my students could not focus and was ...

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In the era we are in now, technology is not only taking a role in society but in education. When technology is used in the education field it is used as an supporting tool, to engage students and enhance lessons and objectives. Working in special education classroom and ICT classrooms a great informative tool is VoiceThread. VoiceThread is a wed program that can be used in any classroom, it would however work best for grades k-12 th and in small groups, special education classed and 1:1. When using VoiceThread students or teachers can use images to present information and have it provided with audio or text for a better knowledge to students who need it most. During the process of using the VoiceThread the teacher and student can both benefit from it because each student can work on their own pace, play the audio if they tend to forget and be able to express further ideas to teachers. Teachers can benefit because they are able to monitor students work, comments and activity. Overall ...

Subject: ELA or Literacy across the curriculum. Grade Level: 3 rd Date: December 3 rd , 2017 Lesson Title: Using Book Creator to Create a Story Lesson Overview: In this lesson students will pick a topic to write about they reflects something in their school. The information they gather from walking around the school and previous knowledge would help them to create this book. This lesson would be taught in an ICT classroom for 3 rd grade. All students would have writing support from a writing teacher (Mrs. N) and with both classroom teachers (Mrs. Wise & Mrs. Postinelli) in the room. I would push into this lesson as well. Purpose of the lesson: Students will be able to explore and create a digital book creator on a topic of their choice. Common Core Standards addressed: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.1 Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.1.B Provide reasons that support...