Standard6

Home **  Standard1 / Standard2 / Standard3 / Standard4 / Standard5 / Standard6 / Standard7 / Standard8 / Standard9 / Standard10  ** **Standard 6** ** Teachers communicate well. ** The teacher uses effective verbal and nonverbal communication techniques as well as instructional media and technology to foster active inquiry, collaboration, and supportive interaction in the classroom.

 Evidence 1: Teacher webpage, links to outside sources.

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 Rationale 1:

 This is an ongoing, fluid part of my teacher website. The reason that I have this page is to help facilitate a home to school connection. The links are separated by subject or by how we use them in class. The math links are there for math fact practice each night and literacy links are used for logging reading minutes. Each link has either been shown to students in the classroom or used in the computer lab. There are many there for them to use and take a look at. Parents have reported that their children hardly leave their computer alone and are “on the classroom website constantly”.

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6.K.4 The teacher recognizes the importance of nonverbal, verbal and media communication techniques.

 This is a way for me to communicate with students while I am not there, and it is also a way to help parents see what students should be working on at home. Rather than sending home paper worksheets, there are media communications that can never be “lost”.

6.S.5 The teacher knows how to use a variety of media communication tools, including audiovisual aids and computers, to enrich learning opportunities.

All of the links that are posted on this page are meant to be an extension of learning. This also makes homework more “fun” and hardly ever do students feel pressure to get their homework done. Instead they look forward to going home to work on their math facts or the latest thing we have tried out in the lab.

6.D.3 The teacher is a thoughtful and responsive listener.

As students become more proficient navigators of the internet, I have found that they start to recommend sites to me. I add many sites recommended by students or parents. I have found that sometimes those are the best sites for students to use.