Friday, August 12, 2011
Thing 9
YouTube video resources can be used to help me differentiate my instruction and support the various types of students that enter my classroom. The more interactive I can make my lessons, the more my students will enjoy, extract, and retain information from my lessons. With the diverse population of learners that are now entering into my classroom I see the need to be more diverse in my teaching style by using different tools to teach and video and audio tools will allow me to reach all my students. This tool will allow me to provide personalized instruction and meet my students where they are while keeping their attention and focus while improving their learning experience. YouTube is unavailable in my classroom at this point and until our district specialist decides that it is a good tool. I have assigned videos to be watched at home by my students who have computers at home to watch. To bring YouTube into my classroom I use Zamzar media converter and convert the format to a mov file.
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ReplyDeleteI loved your ideas concerning differentiated instruction and supporting the various types of students in your classroom. At this point, our students need remarkable and innovative instruction. I've just finished reading an excellent book by Alan Sitomer called Teaching Teens & Reaping Results, www.alanlawrencesitomer. This book gave tons of strategies for teaching English. One strategy that continues to stay in my mind is to utilize music to teach different subjects.