Lindsay+Clark

Lindsay Clark's page! I am currently enrolled in the Special Education program.

=**Assignment 1- Special Report- Topic: Privacy and Safety**= Most information for this project is located on the group site, Privacy and Safety

Here are the links that I used for researching this topic: Video on COPPA - very interesting video on Children's Online Privacy Protection Act.- Lindsay

Warning Signs- Lindsay

Safe Internet Alliance - Lindsay

Awesome Site on How-To's for Internet Safety- Lindsay

=**Assignment 2- Gadget Report: Kindle Fire**=

1. History of Gadget: 20 poitns History of my gadget has been included on my powerpoint presentation.

2. Learning Plan: 5 points a. Trial and error b. Internet tutorial c. Ask another teacher who has used Kindle in their classroom d. Play around with it on my own time e. Ask an IT professional

3. Lesson Plan and Materials: 15 points Small group guided reading lesson (15 minutes) __Objective:__ Students will use the Kindle Fire to read the story of the week and learn to use the highlighting and dictionary features to figure out new vocabulary words. __Materials:__ Kindle Fire, list of vocabulary words, vocabulary notebooks, pencil __Activities:__ We will use the Kindle to introduce our new story for the week. The story will already be downloaded for them on the device. I will teach the students to use the highligthing feature and then use the dictionary feature to identify and learn new vocabulary words that coincide with our story. I will be giving the students a list of their new vocabulary words and they will use the highlight and dictionary feature on the Kindle to find the words and then write their definition in their vocabulary notebooks. __Evaluation:__ Were the students able to correctly highlight and identify the correct definition of their vocabulary words? 4. Evidence: 5 points Included pictures of lesson on my powerpoint presentation

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=**Assignment 3- Technology Projects**=

//**1. Resource website**//
My resource website! All about insects for 1st grade!

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//**3. Desktop Publishing**//
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This is a new copy of my open house agenda in a word document, it is more easily visable! = = =

= =//Assignment 4- Technology Integration Unit//= //Unit overview write-up: included in lesson plan// //Lesson Plans// //Supporting Website: I chose to use the website that I created for our tech project!// [] Checklist: 1. Will create Picasa web album during unit 2. 1. Doodlebuddy on IPad 2. typing assignment on computer 1. website 2. powerpoints to go with lessons 1. quiz 2. doodlebuddy drawing =
 * 2 online games or software application (Prezi, PowerPoint, Picasa album- teacher created)**
 * 2 Tool Software (e.g. for students to explore, create or publish information using technology-student created)**
 * 2 multimedia projects you created yourself as instructional materials (Voki, instructional video – teacher created)**
 * 1 Assessment Tool**

= =**//Assignment 5- Second Life Explorations//**=

//**Avatar: Dukiegirl2**//

Reflections on "In-World" Experiences
//**April 1- Today I completed the trampoline exercise for my avatar. It was pretty simple to follow, however, my computer was so slow that I actually ended up at first with like 4 boxes! After I figured out how to take them away the rest was fairly simple. It was neat to get to see my avatar actually jump on the trampoline! I enjoyed this project and found that with a little time and some trial and error I was able to figure a few things out on my own without even needing the directions so that was nice to learn. I would say that I will definitely attempt to maybe try and build something else for my avatar.**//

//**April 26- Today we went and saw a movie in Secondlife. I really enjoyed once we were there and actually got to see the movie. Once I figured out how to buy the ticket it was pretty simple after that. After reading some of the other blogs about this trip I would have to agree with a few people who said that I didn't like not having control over my avatar. I was not really understanding what was going on at first! However, the colors and scenes were actually very realistic and I think that if I could figure it out on my own I would probably try and catch another show!**//

//**May 8- My final reflection for SecondLife**// //**I would have to say that overall I liked the experience of trying something new. As I have been saying all along, I think that if my connection was better and my computer worked a bit faster, I think I would've enjoyed the explorations more. It's hard to understand or enjoy this experience if every 5 minutes it freezes up the computer and I have to start all over again. I have never really been a believer in the whole "In-world" type of thing but after this experience I can see how it opens up opportunities to meet new people and explore new things. I enjoyed the opportunity to try my hand at something new!**//

=//Final Reflections//= //**This class has definitely been an eye opener for me as far as the amount of technology that there is available to teachers for the classroom. Little did I know what I began that something as small as my KindleFire could be a wonderful tool that I can share with my students. I liked exploring the different tools and getting to hear about everyone's tools that they used in the classroom. It gave me some wonderful ideas. I enjoyed doing the group projects because we could do everything over the internet and didn't even have to meet in person! I have never been a fan of doing group work but for this class I enjoyed it. I would say that I had the hardest time with the resource website, figuring out how to share it and putting it all together was very frustrating at points for me, but in the end I figured it out. That is the best thing I have taken from this class is to not be afraid to try new things and that they might not work the first time around but if you keep trying to figure it out that is the best way to learn something new. Thanks!**//