Standards

The final assessment will incorporate the [|standards] I teach and the presentation. I will save the presentations for parent conference week which takes place around Thanksgiving. However I want the students to create bonds with other students so I need to connect them somehow. Of course I need parent permission. It sounds like creating another social network like Facebook which would not be possible. Perhaps I could use the Wiki platform and have each student somehow be able to access other memoirs. I need to investigate this aspect more. I can also submit my lesson after I tweak it to the Georgia Department of Education for consideration for other teachers to replicate and improve on. Teachers need to work together to reach and teach everything we are expected to accomplish. Teachers have not been always been given the necessary preparation to become a teacher in today's classroom. It is a cliché but teachers need constructive criticism and feedback to become more effective and professional. Just like students need to be validated for the work they do, so do teachers. A good example of new literacies connecting to traditional literacies is [|CyberGuides]. The San Diego Department of Education created this valuable tool for teachers to connect technology into their language arts classrooms but due to California's financial woes, the funding to continue has been cut short. I realize I have new work to do in the classroom and my school. I need to sponsor thoughtful, reflective discussions about what students need to know and be able to do in this new century. I need to know how to best motivate them to learn. I also need to involve my community in with these discussions for change. These changes are necessary in order to help students become contributing citizens in a global world and have a better future. Side note: A new movie called [|G-Force] by [|Jerry Bruckheimer] features little furry animals very similar to the hamsters.