According to thefreedictionary.com the definition of collaboration is to work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort.
Then dictionary.com defined the word collaborate as to work, one with another; coorerate, as on a literary work: They collaborated on a novel.
An Activity to help students become familiar with the tools available on their computer.
Objective – Students will be able to learn how to use the dictionary- tooltip addon.
Lesson – Students are instructed to devlop a list of words that they want to learn the complete definition to, or a word that they may not know but want to learn more about. I will then show students an example of how to use the tooltip- add on. We will then split into groups and each group will collaborate a list of words. They will use the tool tip to find the definition. This will then allow students to discover an easier way to incoorporate a larger vocabulary in their lives.
Assessment – After they have found the different definitions, they will be asked to use those words in a sentence. This will reinforce the skills of using this new tool, and will give me a way to assess their progress
My reflection of David Rose’s Podcast and Book
Chapter One – Technology allows teacher to have unlimited instructional resources in the form of computers and digital media.
Chapter Two – Our brains our able to plan, organize and moitor patterns. We barely use our conscious minds while we are doing other things.
Chapter Three – The internet is far less complex and less intelligent than the human brain.
Chapter Four – In a traditional classroom, new methods, perspectives and tools are helping guide students with all abilities.
Chapter Five – Most standards focus on learning how to learn. They focus on students gaining knowledge, skills and understanding. They do leave some room for teachers to shape and individualize for students to attain them.
Chapter six – Recognition, strategy and affect
Chapter seven – Asking students to take the same test is not fair or accurate.
Chapter eight – Some of the major components that are needed to use UDL are technology, administration support, teacher training and support and redefined goals for all teachers, new curriculum, parent involvement and funding.
