Blog #3 - ELA Technology Standards and Technology Software

I feel the most prepared to teach RL.7, RHST.7, RI.5, W/WHST.8, SL.3, L.5, W/WHST.6, and SL.5. I feel confident that I can teach RL.7, RHST.7, SL.3, and SL.5 standards in entirety to the speicific grade that it entitles but also to all other grades. The standards: RI.5, W/WHST.8, L.5, and W/WHST.6, I don't feel as confident with all the grades. I could teach RI.5 for the 3rd grade, W/WHST.8 for the grades 3, 4-5, 6, and 7-8, L.5 for the grades 2-3, 4-6, 7-8, and 9-10, and W/WHST.6 for the K-2, 3-6, 7, and 8th grades. I would need to work on being able to teach standards RI.7, RST.7, SL.2, and W/WHST.2 for any and all grades. As a special education major, other than the internet, projector and computers, I don't know how much computer based technology we will be using in the classroom. I hope to use lots of technology to help my students succeed in life despite their disabilities. I plan on using email, as well as a phone, to keep in touch with the parents. We will be using different websites in class to help the children learn different things. In the class, I hope to use different graphics, charts, and tables to help my children learn. I'll be using audio files and videos in my classes to help children who learn by auditory and visually. And that's what I'm planning on using in about 5 years from now. Who knows? There may be several new technologies that I will be able to use in my classrooms. Working on the Newsletter, I learned how to add two borders to a single section. I made the top and bottom one color and the two sides another color. I also learned how to make one section of my paper two columns and another, one section. I thought it was fun to makeup my own newsletter for my classroom. It gave me an idea of how to do one in the future when I have to make one for my actual classroom. Next time I make a newsletter, I will make it more colorful instead of using mainly different shades of green (green is the color of mental health awareness). I will be able to use a similar format for future newsletters.