There are three steps to use while peer editing: Compliments, Suggestions, and Corrections. It is a good idea to start all of your peer editing with a compliment. Compliments are a great confidence booster and they create a bond between the two peers. Next, give the peer specific suggestions that may improve the quality of their work. Remember to stay positive! Nobody likes a Mean Margaret (Writing Peer Review Top 10 Mistakes ). Corrections come next. When giving corrections look for spelling and grammar mistakes, missing punctuation, and sentence clarity.Remind the peers that it important to proof read before posting.
I really enjoyed watching these videos. Especially, the Writing Peer Review Top 10 Mistakes video. Those kids were hilarious! "You spelled dinosaur so wrong, you shouldn't even try!" I'm definitely sharing this with my friends!
Technology in Special Education
Technology today has greatly effected the lives of special needs students. Without it, these students struggle with reading, writing, and communication. This video shows special students using iPod's and laptops to complete their schoolwork with ease. Chris, a student in the video, struggled with communication. As the teacher asked him questions, he was able to answer with his laptop. He used a special mouse that scrolled through the letters. He would click on the letters that he wanted to use to make a sentence. Another student used his iPod while reading books. They iPod had an audio version of the book he was reading. Struggling readers in all classrooms could benefit from this application.
As a future PE teacher, I'm not exactly sure how I could use this technology in my class. If special needs students are placed in my class that have communication problems, perhaps they could use their computer to express how they are feeling before and after exercises. Also, to communicate with the other students.
How the iPad Works with Academics for Autism
This was such a touching video! Braden is such a bright little boy. The iPad is a wonderful tool for him to learn at his own pace. He was able to practice writing and it looked like he was getting pretty good at it!
It was pretty difficult to find an app that I could use in a PE class. I settled on the Visible Body 3D Human app. I'll be able to use it to show my students which muscle group we're working on and how it works.
Harness Your Students' Digital Smarts
Vicki Davis creates an atmosphere in her classroom in which all students can learn. All students are different and all students learn differently. Many students struggle when given limited material such as pen and paper. She creates projects for her students that show the strengths of each student, while teaching them to use new software. Just like in EDM310, these students learn how to learn on their own and how to blog effectively. They create virtual lives, blogs, and several other projects in the technological world. A global collaboration that Davis and her students are credited with is DigiTeen which is an online forum that students and teachers can communicate with other classes all over the world. I like the fact that her students are expected to figure out how to complete the task without her giving them step-by-step instruction. It forces the students to use their brains and to truly learn it rather than just memorizing the steps in the task.
Your blog was well written. You have blog headings for each section like they are supposed to be, you did good with putting links of the videos to the blog. Each section had to required number of paragraphs. I like how you included EDM310 in your topic about "Harness Your Students' Digital Smarts". You had the appropriate line break and your spelling and grammar is correct. It was very clear of what you learned from the videos.
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ReplyDeleteGood job on your post! I only saw one mistake, but it was very minor. I can tell that you could see the value of technology with student who have special needs. It is important that those students get all the assistance we can give them to succeed.
Great job on your links and pictures! I like how you arranged your pictures here!
Stephen Akins