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Home   Standard1 / Standard2 / Standard3 / Standard4 / Standard5 / Standard6 / Standard7 / Standard8 / Standard9 / Standard10 **Standard 7** ** Teachers are able to plan different kinds of lessons. ** The teacher organizes and plans systematic instruction based upon knowledge of subject matter, pupils, the community, and curriculum goals.

 Evidence 1: Planet Smith Wiki Page

http://planetsmith.wikispaces.com/

 Rationale 1:

 The Planet Smith wiki page was created to give students their own place to publish content to the internet. It also was designed to help them understand how to navigate, embed information and organize non fiction content. Each student has their own page on the Planet Smith wiki and they update it as they see fit. Some students continue to work on it at home, while other keep the work at school. They find a lot of value in being able to individually express themselves, and they often comment on each others wikis as well.

 KSD

7.K.3 The teacher knows when and how to adjust plans based on student responses and other contingencies.

The first time we tried to embed video from School Tube was a total disaster. Wiki’s were not working properly at school and there were too many steps involved in the process. By simply writing down the procedure, students were able to follow it, and then those who got it quickly jumped up to help others. It worked out great the second time!

7.S.2 The teacher plans for learning opportunities that recognize and address variation in learning styles, learning differences, and performance modes

 Each web 2.0 tool that we have used on the Wiki has a different appeal. Some are video, some are more creative and include creating or building something, some are more auditory and some very visual. I have introduced different tools so that they may try out different learning styles.

7.D.1 The teacher values both long-term and short-term planning.

The short term goal of this wiki was to have students introduce themselves, getting used to navigation, embedding objects and other functional parts of wikispaces. Now that they are pros, the long term goal is to get them to post their academic content, seamlessly without any problems!