Chapters 6 & 11

1. I would definitely want less technology in the classroom because I think they are distracting if there are too many and I would feel like I am not the one teaching the students.

2. For audio, one traditional technology is the talking book. I would use this for students who are more audio learners and need to be alone when they hear it, so I could let the student listen to the talking book in another quiet room. An emerging audio technology is the Internet radio. I would use this tool to let students hear current events around their neighborhood. For visual technologies, a very traditional tool is the overhead projector. It helps the teacher to give students a visual of the lesson without putting it on the chalkboard.  An emerging visual technology is the digital projector. I would use this to connect to the computer and project images from that instead of sheets of paper.

Theoretical Foundations

Theoretical Foundations

            While in High School, I volunteered in the Autism Unit for two years and there I decided to become an Intervention Specialist because of their teacher, Jill Radler.  She believed each one of her students think and learn in different a way.  She used cognitivist perspective theory, which creates systematic design to address student’s needs and individualize instructional events.  Since her students are special needs, she needs to teach them at certain levels and at a level they can be taught.  When we were teaching the students a history lesson, one student had to be taught with pictures and needed help cutting and pasting them.  Another student could do the project on her own, but she needed someone to tell her how to do it.  Each student is in the same grade level, but they each need to be taught in a different way and the cognitivist theory is the best use for this classroom.  I will use this theory in my classroom because I believe every student has a different way of learning and we need to teach them in a way that they can understand the material.  Cognitivist’s such as Jerome Bruner and David Ausubel, believed this was the best method because it refers to how one thinks and their patterns of thinking.  This is a good way of teaching special needs children because their level of thinking is so much different from other children.    

All About Me

FYI Dossier for:_Christine Kleman___

Major:                        

1. I want my friends to describe me as: Caring and fun!                                                                    
2. Memorable learning experience Building a science car:]
3. My favorite subject at school and why: Math, because I am good at it:]  
4. Accomplishment I most cherish: Receiving the STRIVE scholarship.
5. My work habits can best be described as: FUN!                                                                                                                      
6. Three words that describe me best:Funny, Caring, Active
7. People may be surprised to know: I am the first in my house top go to college:]                                                                                                                         
8. What I hope to be doing in ten years: Teaching at a school.
9. What I do in my spare time: Sleep:]                                                                       
10. Things I can do without: Tv, snacks, and makeup.                             
11. My all-time favorite movie: A Walk to Remember                                                                                                                                                             
12. BG’s best kept secret: ?                                              
13. Three things always found in my refrigerator: Oranges, pop, and pickles.                 

15. What are your general expectations about this class? To learn more about the technology in schools
16. How comfortable are you using Windows? How comfortable are you using Macs? Comfortable with windows, but not Mac.
17. Which application(s) do you use the most? ?
18. Which application(s) do you want to learn how to use? The important ones:]
19. Is there anything I need to know about you? Me and technology do not get along.
20. What is your attitude about using technology? Not good.