MOD 2 RESPONSE

Describe the importance of the using a variety of instructional strategies and the value they add to education of students in the 21st Century. Evaluate the role technology plays in the implementation of various instructional strategies. How will this impact your teaching of students?

Alrighty, take today for example. In the morning we have math and after our math assessment we break for small groups. My 4 IEP students go with their teacher, 2 ESOL students with their teacher, and I'm left with 12 students. 4 go on First in Math, an Internet math game, and complete the current skill set. (5 skill set, 3 games per skill set). 8 students. I have a volunteer so she takes 4 students and a phonemic generator. The students are to write three words with the rolled sound and choose one to write in a sentence. The remaining 4 students are working with me on subtraction with regrouping. Every day a teacher's world changes, depending on the tools that they are provided. Teachers want to make learning fun and we want the students to retain the information provided to them. Some of my reading lessons are very monotone and boring and I can tell from the students reaction and lack of focus. So, yesterday, we echo read the story of the week and the students loved it. Today, we listened to the story on CD. The students need variety and the teachers. Changing things around keeps the students interests. Using different types of technology, from a website, to an online video to showing a picture through a document reader, makes it interesting. Students always remember the fun activities. You'll know because they'll keep asking you to play them over and over again. That's what I like about teaching second grade. Some of the boys are 'too grown' but you can still have fun. The fifth grade became was statues for black history month, having to choose a person, dress like them and give a report on that person. Creativity and variety helps a student learn and always remember the real-world information that they need to be successful adults.