#Spedmath Twitter Chat - 2/26/15

Thursday evening I joined #sped math twitter chat. It was a little confusing at the beginning trying to figure out why my posts would not show up on the newsfeed. I did figure it out and kept up the best I could. 

I was surprised by how quickly it all happened. It's pretty neat to know that you are having conversations with people all over the country that are teaching the same things and dealing with many of the same concerns. 

There was a lot of discussion on whether or not students with IEPs should be exposed to general curriculum standards or functional curriculum standards. Most agreed that it is dependent on the skills of each individual student. It was good to hear from others and confirm my feelings on the issue. I also appreciated hearing about specific resources some are using to help support their struggling math students. Some of the resources were ones that I have used and others were new. I look forward to looking into a couple of the new ones that were mentioned in the chat. 

Feb 14 - Preparing Students for the 21st Century

Feb 14 - Preparing Students for the 21^st Century

There are many new skills involved in integrating technology into student learning. I work with a group of 2^nd graders who all struggle in reading and writing. This quarter in writing we have been working on Animal Research. We are finishing up the rough draft and some will start their final copy next week. Each student has researched their animal using textbooks and Pebble Go. Pebble Go was a learning experience for them as they had to learn how to navigate the web site, locate appropriate information that was based on the essential questions (what they look like, what they eat, where they live and interesting facts) and then gather the appropriate notes. Once the final copy is finished, I would like to take this project one step further. I plan to introduce the students to Shadow Puppet. The students will download or illustrate a picture to represent the four essential questions for their animal. These will be downloaded onto Shadow Puppet and then the student will read each section of their report and record it under the appropriate picture. Once they are finished they will have the opportunity to share it with their classmates. In addition, they will have the opportunity to learn how to attach the document to an email and share it with their family and/or friends. I look forward to seeing their final products!