Creating Fun Assignments

Technology can also be utilized to create fun assignments that will help students learn as well. An example that I created is a jigsaw puzzle for practicing understanding synonyms of action verbs, created at classtools.net. This assignment helps students to better grasp the concept of synonyms by physically matching them together. They could then glue them down on a sheet of paper and use them for a later resource. This layout can also be used for a variety of other subjects and patterns.

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The Digital Quiz

As a teacher, there are numerous ways you can use technology for your assignments to improve learning in the classroom. One example is a short history quiz on people who were around during exploration of America. It was created at mystudiyo.com. Creating quizes in this form makes them more relaxed, fun, and visual for the students to take. They can be formal or informal and can be used for just about anything from spelling words to math problems and terms.

Elementary Reading Rubric

I believe that rubrics are also important tools that should be utilized in the classroom. It's very important for students to know what is expected of them, as it helps them be successful in their work. In the same way, it assists teachers in grading fairly by giving specific guidelines. Rubrics can be used on any assignment, but are particularly beneficial for projects, essays, and any other type of creative work. They can also be used for classification of citizenship or participation grades as well. They are extremely flexible. I will most likely use rubrics in all of those situations, even if they are just for my own benefit. The rubric I have composed is a rubric for silent reading time in class. It informs students of my expectations of them during the time so that they can work to fulfil the requirements. My rubric is posted below.

Spiritual Status Survey

A great tool to incorporate in the classroom is the use of surveys. They can be used to collect and plot data for math or science, or they could be used simply to collect feedback from the class. I will use them for both in my classroom. To demonstrated, I did a practice survey asking my fellow students how they are doing spiritually. The results are posted below. Overall, it seems everyone is doing pretty good in their spiritual lives.

A Troubled Story

A Story.

Starring Shawn Morgan, my little brother :)

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Learning Styles Reflection

Everyone learns best in a variety of ways. We all have different “intelligences.” I learn the best through Interpersonal, Logical, and Intrapersonal means. The more challenging areas of learning for me are Linguistic and Kinesthetic. I find these predictions to be to be quite accurate in my daily life. I think that in preferring certain areas over others, I am influenced to teach using the methods I relate best with. Since I understand the need for teaching for all the intelligences, however, I will strive to incorporate them all into my lesson plans and teaching because I don’t want to leave any student behind. Variety is very important to me in teaching. I have set a goal for myself to include all ten intelligences in every week of my lesson plans. Since I will be teaching all subjects in elementary school, this will be easier to interweave. My results for the intelligences test can be found at the right.

Individuals also have varying learning preferences. I have a moderate preference for reflexive and visual learning. I am fairly well balanced between sequential and global, and also between sensing and intuitive, though I lean slightly toward sensing. I believe that these results are also true in my daily life. I think that since I am fairly balanced in most areas, it will be beneficial to me as a teacher because I will be more open to the areas. Since there are two areas where I do have a preference, I will have to ensure that I balance them evenly in my teaching. I will most likely have another teacher proofread my lesson plans to ensure that my teaching is beneficial to those with every learning preference as well. These are my results for the learning preferences quiz: