EDLA615 Language Arts and Technology

week 2-2, Assignment #3 https://www.screencast.com/t/dy4gxuAXBKO

week 2-2, assignment 2 Grade level : 2 • Common core standards and learning outcomes : CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.2.2.D Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g.,  cage → badge; boy → boil ). • Instructional activities : Students see a list of words with a missing letter and are given a hint as to what each word is to help them figure out each word. • Assessment : Teacher will collect the list of words at the end of t game to check o see that the students chose the right missing letter for each word. • Debriefing : students will be given a paper to fill out that reflects on the game. The question asked is what did you do in the game and how can this game help your literacy skills? • What cognitive skills do this game help to cultivate? This games helps students recall words they know of from before and plug it into the appropriate places. • What new literacies skills do this game help to cultivate? Students will learn how to play a game o...

week 2-2 assignment 1 Gaming What gaming elements provide users the learning content and how? Text: the game provides the user with hints about words that they have to guess, these words are educational because it is like trivia; it makes the user think. ·          Visual-graphic elements: Because it is a crossword puzzle, letters in different words can be overlapping. The user can use this to help them figure out new words. ·            ·          Audio elements: There are none in this game 2. What is the goal of the game? The goal is to figure out all the words in the crossword puzzle. 3. What are rules of playing this game? Each word has to fit into a specific number down or across and the space provided only allows for a certain amount of letters which forces the player to only enter the word the game has in mind which it gives ...

week 2, assignment #1 Before starting my graduate program a NYIT, new literacies was something I was unfamiliar with. By now, at the second to last semester at NYIT, I have learned a lot about new literacies. I feel like I do not have to be convinced anymore about incorporating ICTs into my curriculum; we have learned a lot about it and had hands-on experience as well. These articles highlight the importance of using technology in the classroom. It explains that it is not an easy thing for teachers to do because we were not really taught this way. This means that the teachers have to go through a lot of training to use new literacies successfully in the curriculum. The articles write about teachers need for continued and constant professional development to keep up with the new literacies of the time. I agree with this very much; we as responsible teachers have to continue learning ourselves to be the best teachers we can be!

Week 2, Assignment #2 ·          Which ideas from the video reflect what the ELA teachers you interviewed are currently doing to integrate technology with their literacy instruction? ELA teachers used some ideas from the video like word and google search; not so much social networking. ·          How can you help change their instructional practices to include the use of technology and the Internet in their literacy and content-area curriculum? I would suggest using social networking sites like blogger or SMILE to have students interact even outside of the classroom. ·          What professional development and/or resources will they need in order to make these changes? IF the teacher does not know about social networking sites, they would first have to learn the ins and out of it and ten be sure that whatever the site is, it should be safe for ...

Week 1 assignment #1 Understanding Common Core for ELA and Literacy Teachers and the education department are constantly working on improving the education system. In the 1980s, teachers got together to try to create a standard of learning for students. At first, each state began trying to create their own standards, but they realized that this would be challenging, which is when the Common Core Standards came about. The idea of these standards is to set goals and expectations to prepare students for higher education. These standards are broken up into four categories reading, writing, speaking and listening, and language. The standards focus heavily on reading including reading closely, making logical inferences, citing textual evidence, complex literacy and informational text. Common Core reading standards also focuses on adding more non-fiction reading into the curriculum. #2 Who is responsible? In K-5, the ELA teachers are responsible for teaching reading, writing, sp...

week 1 self introduction  My voki:  http://tinyurl.com/yazaewwf 2. A Day in the Life of Shaindy Schwartz 3. What do you call a water logged tooth? A root canal! 4. I am currently not teaching; however, I taught fifth grade in Brooklyn, NY, general studies about two years ago. I taught math, science, literature, history, writing, and vocabulary. I only taught for three months because I got married and moved to Israel. I am in the second to last semester of my graduate program. 5. I just know whatever my teachers taught me over my years of school. 6. Before starting at NYIT, I did not know much about it, but over the course of the semesters so far, I have learned about new literacies. 7. My main concern is keeping up with the work being that it is summer semester and it is only six weeks instead of fifteen.