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Hi! Welcome to my page. I am an ESL or ELA math teacher to 7th and 8th grade students in Reading School District. I am also a wife and mother of two beautiful children. I have a three year old son named Carson and a three month old daughter named Chaeli(Kayli). We have an eight year old Siberian Husky, Kelty, that my son loves to chase around. In my spare time(not that I have much) I read and knit.

5 New Technologies to Try 1. snipping tool 2. wordle.net 3. xtranormal 4. goanimate 5. delicious 6. [|www.visuwords.com] 7. storybirds.com 8. livescribe

4 Ideas to Share with Others 1. wordle.net 2. delicious 3. xtranormal 4. snipping tool 5. visuwords 6. live scribe 7. udl book creator

3 Principles of Universal Design for Learning 1. Multiple means of representation 2. Multiple means of expression 3. Multiple means of engagement

2 Changes in Your Teaching to Reach All Learners in the Digital Age 1. The use of wordle to create focused, teacher chosen posters. 2. The use of story bird in my cotaught Comm Arts class 3. Using visuword to enhance vocabulary. 4. introducing a class blog...maybe

1 Big Idea to Implement "on Monday" 1. to share these ideas with the teachers I co-teach with. 2. talk to IT about adding a blog to our classroom website.

//**Chapter 3 "Why We Need Flexible Instructional Media"**//

__**Traditional Media**__ //Positives - enormous expressive power, interactive with audience// //Negatives - listener must be able to remember what is said so keep it short and sweet// //-recognizable words// //-build off of background knowledge of audience// //-keep actively engaged// //Positives - can be reread and revised// //Negatives - not as expressive as speech// //-font size, style, and color// //Positives - still images give a visual representation and written simultaneously// //Negatives - not good for conceptual, philosophical or abstract information// //Many formats - text, still images, sound, moving image, etc.// //Keeps attention// //Displayed in multiple ways - large/small text, volume level// //Ability to respond - can be hidden, expanded upon, deleted// //Hyperlinks provide support from other sources - dictionary, thesarus// UDL is the intergration of technology into the classroom through non-traditional means.
 * Speech**
 * Text**
 * Images**
 * __Digital Media__**
 * Versatile**
 * Transferable**
 * Can Be Marked**
 * Can Be Networked**
 * //We need to reevaluate://**
 * //- how we teach//**
 * //- how students learn//**
 * //- how we can best use these tools//**
 * //What is UDL?//**

Inclusive Technologies Access - [|www.webmath.com] & [|www.inspiration.com] Love the different ideas these give you. Choice - [|www.visuwords.com] This is great for introducing new vocab or for finding new words. Challenge - simple.wikipedia.org good for new topics.