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Home Standard1 / Standard2 / Standard3 / Standard4 / Standard5 / Standard6 / Standard7 / Standard8 / Standard9 / Standard10 **Standard 2** ** Teachers know how children grow. ** The teacher understands how children with broad ranges of ability learn and provides instruction that supports their intellectual, social, and personal development.

 Evidence 1: Action Research

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 Rationale 1:

 My action research project examined the effect that using multimedia would have on student performance. Students were randomly placed into two groups, a control and experimental group. They were given a topic, asked to perform research on the topic and given time to create a project. The control group made a paper poster, the experimental group made a Glog using Glogster.edu. The three methods of collecting data were student pre and post-test, teacher observations of students during work time, and a student self-assessment survey. The results of the study showed that students did better on the post-test when creating a multimedia project. The results also showed that students enjoyed their project more than those creating a poster with paper. The information gathered from this study will be shared with the teachers and other professionals in the district to show the value in integrating technology into curriculum.

 KSD

2.K.2 The teacher understands that students’ physical, social, emotional, moral, and cognitive development influence learning and knows how to address these factors when making instructional decisions.

Students are in a world where media is fluid and prevalent. It is time to provide opportunities for students to power up when they get to school rather than power down. Their physical environment should match the one that they have at home when they get to school.

2.S.3 The teacher assesses students’ thinking and experiences as a basis for instructional activities.

At the end of the project I was able to see that students benefitted from this time spent online, both the research and creation of the project itself. The research showed a higher level of motivation with students who used glogs. Glogs were offered then, later in the year for another project.

2.D.1 The teacher appreciates individual variation at each developmental level and shows respect for the diverse talents of all learners, and is committed to help them develop self-confidence and competence.

Glogster allowed students of all levels to work at their own pace. Students with handwriting problems no longer have that problem with a glog, the typing takes care of that. Students with spelling issues used spell check. Students with language issues were able to research various ways to state something and then could figure out how they wanted to write it. This method gave students multimedia creativity where a poster could not.