Standard5

Standard 5

Teachers know how to manage a classroom. The teacher uses an understanding of individual and group motivation and behavior to create a learning environment that encourages positive social interaction, active engagement in learning, and self-motivation.

Evidence 1: Web 2.0 Web quest Rationale 1: The Web 2.0 web quest was developed as a way for computer 6 students to define and find examples of some Web 2.0 tools available to them for use in education. The students are put into a group and as a group work to develop a definition of Web 2.0 after watching a video and using their resources to help gain better understanding. The students then work individually to define and find examples of two Web 2.0 tools that they will bring back and teach the group. After group teaching has taken place the students will work together to develop a multimedia presentation and share their new knowledge with the class. As part of the web quest students are also developing group motivating and self management tools. At the beginning of the web quest the students will write in their daily passbooks what they should be completing every day. Each group will also develop a team contract in which they develop a group objective, group commitments for success, and individual contributions. After the contract is completed each group member will sign the contract and be held accountable for their commitment to the group. When I teach this unit I see increased self and group responsibility from the students. The web quest is designed so that the students can move through each step one by one and they have a written record of their responsibility for each step. For some students the written component of their group role holds them more accountable to others than by verbally saying it. Also, I see a lot of encouragement from group members during this project because they are all seeking to understand from each other and dependent upon the other group members to complete the project.

KSD 5. K.4 The teacher understands the principles of effective classroom management and can use a range of strategies to promote routines and positive relationships, cooperation, and purposeful learning in the classroom. The Web 2.0 web quest shows that I promote routine and positive relationships among my students by having them work together to teach each other. It uses group work to teach each student self responsibility for the content but also a deeper understanding of the concept to teach others. It also helps students to learn to trust group members and ask questions when seeking more information of each other instead of the teacher right away. I also feel that the web quest teaches cooperation as the students come together to share their knowledge and develop a multimedia presentation with the best group explanation of each tool. Lastly, by teaching each other the students are developing a deeper learning and understanding of each tool. The students also need to brainstorm an educational use for each tool which is adding purpose to the definition of each tool.

5. S.1 The teacher creates a smoothly functioning learning community in which students assume responsibility for themselves and one another, participate in decision making, work collaboratively and independently, and engage in purposeful learning activities To help the students assume responsibility the group develops a group contract that has group objective, group commitments, and individual responsibilities outlined. After the contract is completed the students each sign the contract making it binding for them to maintain that part of the project. When forming the contract the students need to decide which group member will be responsible for which contribution to the final project. After the students have finished the contract each group member works independently to collect research about their Web 2.0 tools before working as a group to produce a final project explaining each tool and some of the applications they could have in education.

5. D.1 The teacher takes responsibility for establishing a positive climate in the classroom and participates in maintaining such a climate in the school as a whole.

As part of the Web 2.0 web quest, I work to support and maintain positive group interaction in the classroom. I walk around and observe the students as they work as a group and independently for their continued commitment to the group. I also have the student’s journal about their progress and feelings at the end of each class period. From the journals I am able to detect where intervention or maintenance is needed for each group. At the first sign of a group struggle I develop a strategy or way to work with them and help get them back on course to be a successful group for the project. I feel by demonstrating different methods to work as a group and maintain a positive learning environment I am modeling strategies that the students can use in other situations in school and life.

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