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=Standard 4 = =** Teachers know how to teach. ** =

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The teacher understands and uses a variety of instructional strategies, including the use of technology, to encourage children's development of critical thinking, problem solving, and performance skills. ======

Rationale:**﻿** **﻿****﻿** This lesson was created for an assistant child care class for students who are 17 or older and/or a junior or senior status in high school. In this lesson the students are asked to demonstrate their knowledge in which they identify the five areas of development and describe how children they develop in each of these. They will also describe the characteristics of children at different ages and stages of their development. Students will use variety of computer hardware and software programs to create a multimedia project. I have done this lesson several times without the technology component integrated in it and it is kind of boring and dragged out incorporating the multimedia presentation makes it seem more engaging and fun.
 * Evidence 1:** Multimedia EDT 658

The evidence is important to my development as a teacher because I need to always remember to use a variety of instructional strategies in my lessons including technology. When developing lessons I also need to be aware that I need to encourage the development of children’s critical thinking, problem solving, and performance skills. I have learned that it is important that students learn about the concept by identifying, defining, and giving examples and non-examples of it. However, it is just important that the teacher include in their lessons vast occasions to practice the skills of critical thinking, problem solving and performance so that students can use these skills when they encounter future learning or problems that they face at home, work or school.


 * 4. K. 3 **
 * The teacher knows how to enhance learning through the use of a wide variety of materials and technological resources (e.g. computers, audio-visual technologies, videotapes and discs, local experts. Primary documents and artifacts, texts, reference books, literature, and either print resources). **

As a teacher it is very important to include various types of materials and technological resources to enhance student learning. As students are faced with problems they need to be able to identify appropriate and reliable resources to help when they need to solve problems, think critically, and perform required capabilities both now and in their future.


 * 4. S. 2 **
 * The teacher uses multiple teaching and learning strategies to engage students in active learning opportunities that promote the development of critical thinking, problem solving and performance capabilities and help students assume responsibility for identifying and using learning resources. **

As no two students learn the same, it is essential that teacher’s when designing their lessons and activities that they incorporate a multiple strategies to engage students in active learning. Within this lesson, the teacher has developed engaging activities in which the students participate in individual, small and large group activities. It also includes a project based learning in which the students are to use technology to create a multimedia project on child development. While planning their project and applying the contents of the rubric to the project students will use appropriate resources, and critical thinking, problem solving, and performance capabilities.


 * 4. D. 2 **
 * The teacher values the development of students’ critical thinking, independent problem solving and performance capabilities. **

A teacher who incorporates real life problems of projects when developing their lessons and activities in which students have to think critically, problem solve and include performance capabilities are allowing students to practice and refine these skills in the classroom. Allowing for lots of opportunities to practice these skills and becoming successful students will have the confidence needed to solve any future problem they are faced at home, school and work.

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