Special Needs 1- Developing an Individualized Plan

Reflect on the types of plans presented in this lesson and the best practices for writing individualized plans for the online environment Review and compare the two sample individualized student plans provided below. Both sample plans are written for the same student. Keeping in mind the best practices discussed in this lesson, consider the strengths …

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Special Needs 1- Applying Strategies and Best Practices

Reflect: Consider the general best practices and specific strategies presented in this lesson. Choose two of the student scenarios below. First, identify at least two difficulties each student may be experiencing in their online class. Then, discuss two best practices or specific strategies that might be helpful to each student. Scenarios Dustin has an IEP with accommodations for a hearing impairment; …

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Special Needs 1- Accommodations in an Online Environment

Reflect on your experiences with your students. Think of a situation in which online education may have been a preferable option for one of your special needs students or a student with an extenuating circumstance. Describe student’s disability, special need and/or the extenuating circumstance, without including personally identifiable information. This student is a male, hard of …

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Jigsaw 103

Assignment: Demonstrate the use of Pane 3 (your choice: Map, Notes, Survey, or Image) for instructional purposes and describe your approach. Demonstrate the use of Pane 4 (your choice: Whiteboard, My Web Links, My Videos, My Presentations, or MyDocuments) for instructional purposes and describe your approach. Reflect upon best practices for utilizing each of these …

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Jigsaw 102

Assignment: Demonstrate the use of Pane 1 (your choice: webcam, video or audio) for instructional purposes and describe your approach. Demonstrate the use of Pane 2 (your choice: presentation, document, or screenshare) for instructional purposes and describe your approach. Reflect upon best practices for utilizing these two panes. Reflection: For this assignment I uploaded a …

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Evaluate Reflection

iNacol, the International Association for Online Learning, publishes Standards for Quality Online Teaching. Consider the following standards: Standard D: The online teacher promotes student success through clear expectations, prompt responses, and regular feedback. Standard G: The online teacher demonstrates competencies in creating and implementing assessments in online learning environments in ways that ensure validity and …

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Evaluate 3 – Self Reflection

Artifact: Submit evidence of reflection on your individual teaching abilities. Include artifacts, evaluation feedback, your own reflections, e-portfolio links, professional growth plans and anything else that showcases introspection into strengths and weaknesses as an online educator and document all in your individual blog..   This is my summative assessment for 2015-2016 school year. Upon reflection, …

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Evaluate 3 – Personalized Teaching and Learning

Artifact: Provide sample data from student results for a course within your field. The data can be entirely theoretical and written out in text form. Create: Examine your sample student performance data. Create an action plan that you would implement in your classroom to personalize teaching and learning.  Provide both a class and individual approach …

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