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Home **  Standard1 / Standard2 / Standard3 / Standard4 / Standard5 / Standard6 / Standard7 / Standard8 / Standard9 / Standard10  ** **Standard 5** ** Teachers know how to manage a classroom. ** The teacher uses an understanding of individual and group motivation and behavior to create a learning environment that encourages positive social interaction, active engagement in learning, and self-motivation.

 Evidence 1: Edmodo Multimedia Class Proposal

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 Rationale 1:

 This class was developed as a way to reach Gifted and Talented children in the Hortonville Area School District. It is a project proposal that is about to begin at the end of April.

 Students will make short films using digital cameras and Windows Movie Maker. Creativity is encouraged as students make digital posters using music, video and images. Students will manipulate photographs and change their properties to add drama. Digital avatars will come to life, and students will try out a variety of different Internet based multimedia programs (Prezi, Glogster, Voki and Animoto).

 The learning environment is Edmodo, a fun and engaging place for students to learn online. The idea behind it is that there are resource places for when students are stuck. Another part of the class is creating online community agreements so that it is a respectful place to learn.

 KSD 5.K.3 The teacher knows how to help people work productively and cooperatively with each other in complex social settings.

Creating community agreements allows me as a teacher to prevent inappropriate comments. Also, since it will be coming from the students, they will hopefully buy into the agreements even more than if they were teacher prepared.

5.S.1 The teacher creates a smoothly functioning learning community in which students assume responsibility for themselves and one another, participate in decision making, work collaboratively and independently, and engage in purposeful learning activities.

Students will be working collaboratively and independently, online for several weeks and with two face to face times. There will be accountability since projects will need to be posted and shared. The assignments are purposeful and meaningful.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">5.D.2 The teacher understands how participation supports commitment, and is committed to the expression and use of democratic values in the classroom.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Once again with students coming up with the online learning community agreements themselves, they hopefully will understand that the online classroom is there for them. Also knowing that each person has a responsibility to share (versus in person when one can sit back and just listen), they will realize they must support each other along the way.