Online Exercise #5

• Think about your classroom. In your mind, where do you see the technology in that room? (Think of all the possible technologies—computers, LCD projectors, handhelds, laptop carts, and more.) How will you set up the classroom to support students in working both with technology and with each other? Ask yourself the following questions:
  
  
  Will the kinds of technologies you have envisioned support all of your students regardless of their learning strengths and weaknesses?
  
  
  Yes, I think so. I plan to use over head projectors to get a better visual view of the assignments and topics cover in class. I also plan to use ipods and other forms of media and video to grasp the attention of every student.

• Will these technologies support your students in working together?
  
  
  I think so, for each lesson and day a certain group of students could be responsible for running and setting up the particular equipment needed for the days instruction, and once a week the lesson could be ran by these particular groups of students.a

• Will students have enough access to technologies to meet their learning needs?
  
  
  More than likely so...Jemison High is a rural school. Some students have more access than others based upon economic conditions. So naturally some students will have greater opportunities to get to computer technology and multimedia type equipment. However, every student will have at least some access to the required technology for class work.

Now think about teaching in that classroom:

• How will you know students are learning what you intend them to learn?
  
  
  It should be self-evident in the individual projects that the students will be responsible for completing as well as the bigger group projects that will be assigned.

• How will you identify their preferred learning style and differentiate instruction in the classroom for them?
  
  
  At first by observation, there will of course be trial and error to find the best learning style for any particular student. Then upon observing the students work in action evaluate the assesment rubric for each student and see where a student could be placed for better learning.
  
  
• If they are not learning what you intend, how will you address that?
  
  
  I will address that by seeing what particular parts of the assignment the student achieved highly on and what part(s) the student didn't achieve highly on and brainstorm on what ways I can change the lesson and future lesson for that particular student. Maybe make thing more visual, or more auditory.