Caitlin+Winning

=Caitlin Winning = Junior, Middle Childhood Education: Language Arts & Social Studies

1. Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity

 * Give students a list of vocabulary words that they must incorporate into a creative short story.
 * Put the students into groups and give them a specific set of supplies. Have them pretend they are in a certain era like the Great Depression or the Westward Movement, and these are their only tools and supplies. Have them come up with an inventive way to use the items as the people during the time would.

2. Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments

 * Allow students free time on the computer on education sites that are approved. In doing so, they have the freedom to do which activity they want on the site, but they are still being productive by doing education activities.
 * Use a Smart board and allow the students to be active participants.
 * Have the students write a creative story, then allow them to make a video to go along with their story.

3. Model Digital-Age Work and Learning

 * Create a class Wiki or blog
 * Create a class discussion board

**4. Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsibility **

 * Collaborate with other classrooms
 * Have the students create a guide for proper usage of technology and resources
 * Have a Skype session with a class from somewhere else in the world

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I would have my students create a delicious account, and then link them all together. For group research projects, the students would be able to share links between the group members. This would be very effective because they would all easily be able to share information.