Culminating+Activities



__ Activity #1- Elevator Speeches: What is UDL? __

Laura & Haleh Do you want to reach your 21st century learners? Well UDL is the best approach to allow students to learn and grow in today's world.This approach is about being digitally versatile and overall flexible in teaching methods. UDL allows teachers to reach students with different learning styles and abilities. Not only does this approach reach students with learning disabilities, but allows the general population to learn in a multitude of ways.

__ Lena, Judy, Sherry __

UDL, or Universal Design for Learning is a proven method educators can use to provide flexible teaching and learning approaches in three major ways - (1) Presentation of material, (2) Students' demonstration of knowledge and skills, and (3) Student Engagement. This particular approach tries to reduce barriers to learning and attempts to meet the needs of all students.   UDL is about flexibility and breaking down barriers in developing and presenting curricula so it is accessible to all learners so that they are fully engaged learners.  Shelly, Maryrose, and Bonnie

__Activity #2 - Lesson Development__

Laura & Haleh

Topic: Charlotte's Web: Reading Comprehension Goal: SWBAT use descriptive words to visualize a scene to enhance comprehension. Materials:Computers, E-Book, Textbook, Paper & Crayons Methods: Students will be able to listen as the teacher reads the story on an E-Book projected for the entire class. Students will then come up to the SmartBoard and underline key words that helped them make pictures in their minds. **Read:**

"The barn was very large. It was very old. It smelled of hay......It smelled of the perspiration of tired horses and the wonderful sweet breath of patient cows......It smelled of grain and of harness dressing and of axle grease and of rubber boots and of new rope. It was full of all sorts of things that you find in barns: ladders, grindstones, pitchforks, monkey wrenches, scythes, lawn mowers, snow shovels, ax handles, milk pails, water buckets, empty grain sacks, and rusty rat traps. It was the kind of barn that swallows like to build their nests in. It was the kind of barn that children like to play in."

Assessment: Students will draw their visualizations and label with the descriptive words from the story.
Shelly

Subject: Science

Grade Level: 4

Goal: Students will identify ways animalsadapted to their specific weather conditions.

Materials: [] Methods: Background Prep: People have made many adaptations to deal with their extremeweather conditions. Can you think of any other ways? Students will choose from a hat a region of the US. Usingavailable resources they will choose an animal native to that region andexplore how they have adapted based of the weather in the area they live. Theywill also choose and animal that is universal to many regions and explain whyit has not needed to develop specific adaptations. They may choose from a list of options on ways to record andshare the information they have learned including the name of the animal, theregion it is from, the weather that area experiences and how the animal hasadapted. Option 1 – Make a Poster Option 2 – Create a mock documentary Animal Planet style scriptto be presented. Option 3 – Create an interview with questions to be asked bythe teacher or a peer to be answered by the student as if they were the animal. Option 4 – Student will create a graphic organizer topresent their information. Assessment: Students will be given a points based rubric ahead of time thatwill be used to score the results of their assignment based on completeness ofinformation prepared.
 * Variety of non-fiction texts including books andmagazines about animals.
 * Available computer access with a list ofappropriate sites bookmarked. [][]
 * In Minnesota they have special battery warmersso their cars will start in the morning.
 * In Arizona the vehicles have tents to covertheir tires when they are parked so the tires don’t melt in the heat of day.
 * In Kansas many families have undergroundshelters to protect them from the extreme weather.

Judy & Lena's Lesson Lena & Judy's Lesson

Goal of Lesson: To solve equations using the quadratic equation.

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Method: First show video clip of quadratic equation solving using humor and demonstration for students. Video is related to student's world with actresses, hero  heros from favorite movies. Additional verbal instruction by teacher and practice reinforcement will be given by teacher. Video allows for clip to be stopped periodically while student applies knowledge of problem first. first by working on problem with peer. Video clip will be shown to help student  students see if they are correct or not. Content of clip is motivational to help students attain in an easy way information that is normally difficult to grasp. ======

= Materials: Video clip, SmartBoard, computer, projector,notebooks, textbooks, calculators, pencils. = = Assessment: Online interactive quiz on [|www.math.com]. Generated short quiz with extra practice if needed. This website also has a guide and answersprovided after student submits answer. =

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MaryRose - Lesson Plan

Goal - Students will have a conceptual understanding of Electric Charge and Force. (There are two types of charges, positive and negative, opposites attract and like repel, objects can be charges by rubbing, conduction, and induction)

Methods - Lecture, collaborative formative assessment questions, computer activities, hands on activities.

Materials - SMART Notebook presentation ( [|__PSI E-Charge and Force__] ) PHET simulations ( [|__Charges and Fields__] , [|__John Travoltage__] , [|__Charging an Electroscope__] ) Electric Charges discovery lab (students will play various objects, charge them and see how they react, [|__Lab Writeup__] )

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Assessments - SMART Response multiple choice clicker questions (students will answer simple conceptual mc questions with clickers) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">lab write up (students will have a chance to write up what they learned in their lab) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">collaboration with other students (student will teach each other)

__Activity #3- The Net Generation__

Haleh: I would share this information with my four grade-level colleagues and principal. I would use the idea I got from the last video clip and ask them a few questions, like when was the last time you used a pay phone or got up to change the channel on the T.V? I would explain to them that we need to make sure our teaching practices are not going down the “one-fits-all” route and that we are able to reach this new population of students. I would share with them that this new generation of students NEED to use technology to learn and MUST have a variety of ways to create and show what they have learned. I would emphasize the importance of allowing the Net Generation to learn the ways they learn best, and to remember that we must be flexible and maybe step out of our comfort zones in order to make this happen. __ Laura G. __ __ 5 People I would explain the netgen to: __ 1. my very own net genner's2. my husband3. my mother4. my father5. my principalI would tell them that we have anew generation of learners, thenet generation. This is not a phase but a positive and definitive change forthe future. Our net gen IS smart and has the tools to become smarter, we justneed to show them. It will be a disservice NOT to show them how to expand theirthinking. It is about them surviving in the future..... Also, we need to embrace our net genners and let them know we areon their webpage!

Shelly

The five “people” I would like to share with are: TheMastriana Family, the Wolf Hill Staff, The Instructional Council, the I &RSteam and the Curriculum Coordinator.

The Net Generation can take it! They want the informationand they want it now – not slowly, not held back, and without limitations. Theyknow the information is at their fingertips. We need to guide, support, and developtheir education in a barrier free environment. We need to let go of what wasbecause that was then and this is now and now is changing so we need to do thesame! Technology can and should be a friend to bring our world together…

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Who is the net generation? - MaryRose <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">To my - Administrator, Fellow teacher, Husband, Governor, and students’ parents. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The net generation wants quick access to information, any time, anywhere. They want this information in multiple formats that may seem unusable to the rest of us. To them the Internet is an encyclopedia, a library, a classroom. Technology is not making them dumber, its making them smarter. With technology they can learn, create, analyze, entertain as well as play.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Bonnie


 * Team for Technology Integration (TTI) member colleague who is a fourth grade teacher
 * Third grade teacher who I share things with quite often
 * Kindergarten teacher who doesn’t use technology due to lack of technology in her room and lack of facilities
 * Public library director—I have been trying to get our programs for middle schools students on Twitter and Facebook
 * Grade level partner who uses no technology at all

The Net Generation includes all of our current students who have been raised with technology. They are used to doing things on their cell phones and computers. They are digital natives and it comes intuitively to them, although it might not to us. They respond to and are more involved in activities and lessons that are interactive and technology based.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">__Sherry__

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Five individuals to share with:


 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Second grade colleagues
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">My principal
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Parents (of my students and my own)
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">My students
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">My husband (for our son)

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; margin-left: 0.25in;">The Net Generation is a group of individuals who experience, learn, explore, discover and understand their environment and the entire world around them through the use of digital media. They are individuals who have experienced life and learning through very different means compared to ourselves (traditional learners). Instead of using books, they access information via the internet. As an alternative to phone calls, children today utilize texting, instant messaging and social networks to communicate and socialize all day, every day. Net Genners need to learn through multimedia sources speaking to all of their senses. Multimedia sources can include Youtube, Voicethread, and Podcasts. We have to be sensitive to their needs and this very different way of learning, exploring, discovering and experiencing the world around them.

Judy’s Response:

Principal, new VP, Superintendent, Social StudiesSupervisor, Common Planning Group of 5 people, our library specialist.

I would begin by explaining the importance of keeping upwith the newest technological advances because our students probably know morethan we do when it comes to tech specific devices and new trends. This present generation of students isdifferent than the past in that they are able to maneuver tech faster (i.e.,texting) than we can speak. Students are more accepting of visual learningand “doing”. It’s important for me asan educator to be able to present material in an engaging way and what betterway to present it then to have students learn and enjoy what they learn throughthe use of varied means of technology. Iwould love if everyone would be more accepting in our district to try new andvarious methods of technology so that our district does not stifle the hopesand dreams of our new learners who are in our care daily.

Lena : When I come back to school this September, I would bring the message from UDL course that it is time for all of us to understand and consider needs of digital generation learners, who prefer to receive information from variety of multimedia sources, who use to link simultaneously with many other people, who like to learn in fun, active and non-traditional way. CPHS Principal My Colleagues: Students and their Parents I would also tell about UDL to everyone in my extended family in order for them to understand why I am so busy this summer trying to implement my tech ideas to be ready for dramatic changes in my teaching in upcoming school year. I hope to get practical help from my PC and multi-media wizard son (24 years old), my “digital” age nephews (16 and 11 years old).
 * IT coordinator
 * Special Education Teacher
 * Math teachers
 * Science teachers