ShannonHetrick

My name is Shannon Hetrick. I am registered as Shannon Moore but my name has recently changed. I just got married in January on a beach in Mexico. It was amazing. We had about 25 friends and family attend and it was a fantastic time. Everything was perfect! We just announced to everyone that we will be having a baby in September!!! My 12 1/2 year old dog, Timber, loves babies and is very easy going so I'm sure it will be an easy transition for him! I teach 2nd grade at Limerick Elementary School. I have been teaching for 14 years. I use to be a guidance counsellor but when I moved to the United States from Winnipeg, Canada, PDE did not allow a few courses to transfer and so I was not certified for counselling here. I went back into 2nd grade and am so happy because that is my favorite grade to teach! __**5 NEW TECHNOLOGIES TO TRY **__ [|www.storybird.com] [|www.xtranormal.com]  [|www.goanimate.com]  [|www.makebeliefscomix.com]  [|www.wordle.net]  MORE:  []  []   Smart Pen technology    voice thread     __**4 IDEAS TO SHARE WITH OTHERS **__  [] - Online sharing tool for bookmarked websites. http://kathie2udl.wikispaces.com/ShannonHetrick <span style="color: #001dff; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">website list to share with 2nd grade team  <span style="color: #001dff; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">UDL principles and ideas from class  MORE: Different Tic-Tac-Toe choices NASA Kids  <span style="color: #001dff; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">[]  <span style="color: #001dff; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">[]     **__<span style="color: #001dff; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">3 PRINCIPLES OF UDL __** 1.) Represent info in different ways. 2.) Provide students the opportunity to have different means of action and expression. 3.) Engage the students. __**<span style="color: #001dff; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">2 changes in your teaching to reach all learners in the digital age. **__  **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Differentiate my lessons more using technology to motivate the students. **   **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Use current technology(smart board) to keep up with the technology that the students are using outside of school everyday to make it more relevent. **   **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">MORE: **   **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Consider that students have grown up in a digital age (digital natives) and will repond quickly and well to introducing and using technology. ** __**<span style="color: #001dff; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">1 Big idea to implement "on Monday" (What one thing can you take from this course that you can try on Monday?) **__ <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">I plan to incorporate the makebeliefscomix website into one of my language arts lessons. We are currently studying dinosaurs and I think this would be a great tool to use to motivate the students to write, while getting to 'play' on the computer! <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">MORE: <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">I plan to use the worldwide telescope and glogster in my class this week. We are working on the solar system and we can explore the sky witht he worldwide telescope and then create an informational poster on glogster. The kids will love that! <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">I plan to use the habitat lesson that we presented for class, in my classroom! __**<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">What is UDL? **__ <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Universal Design for Learning is using a variety of media to make lessons/teaching more flexible and diverse in order to reach more of the student population and all of their diverse needs. __**<span style="color: #1805cc; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">INCLUSIVE TECHNOLOGY: article reflection **__ <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">website: TIC-TAC-TOE - [] <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">**Access:** Having the tic-tac-toe board online allows those with physical disabilities to use adaptations to help them. For example, if a student has visual difficulties, they can increase the font size or zoom in. If they are unable to use their hands they can use voice recognition software. Those that have difficulites reading can use software that will read the text to them. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">**Challenge:** For the students that need a challenge, you can have them complete the whole tic-tac-toe board rather than just a line. They also could have a blank box where they create their own! <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">**Choice:** Since there are 9 choices that the students have to choose from on a tic-tac-toe- board and they only have to choose 3, they can pick and choose based on their own interests and abilities. Each box may appeal to the different multiple intellegences. The teacher also has the choice of creating a different tic-tac-toe board for each level of ability or interest. <span style="color: #001dff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">