LAI 590

When thinking about our students and their level of engagement, we often only think about the direct instruction period. While that period of engagement is important, other ways of engagement exist. Podcasting is a great way to keep student's attention and also engage them in new ways of thinking and learning.  The Podcast I chose to learn more about is called Children's Fun Storytime. It is a Podcast that takes common children's books and records them into Podcasts. Students can listen to the Podcast on any device. The specific Podcast I chose to listen to is called "Peter Rabbit, By: Beatrix Potter". This is a common children's story that is also a part of my Language Arts curriculum.  When thinking in terms of my students and how I would use this to meet learning standards and goals, the possibilities are endless. I envision using Podcasts as a Learning Area during differentiated instruction. In one learning area, students would listen to the Podcas...

I was really excited to be able to create my own TED-Ed lesson in this module. I have completed TED lessons for not only this class but also other classes and I really like doing them. The idea of using a video to teach a concept is really neat to me. For my own TED-Ed lesson, I chose to use Parts of a Plant as my main concept. My main science objective is: Students will be able to name the parts of a plant and briefly describe what they do through an interactive video lesson and mini-assessment. The science performance indicator is 3.1b. These are the standards currently being used in Buffalo Public Schools. The science curriculum is going to be revamped for younger grades in the coming years so these will change. As with all lessons I teach, English Language Arts standards are incredibly important. For this lesson, I chose to focus on L.K.1: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standards English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. This standard fits this activity be...