JMU Partnership for 21st Century Skills

NETS*T Standard VI:  Social, Ethical, Legal, and Human Issues

Rubric VI.B elaborated:
 Teachers use technology resources and apply instructional strategies to enable and empower learners with diverse learning needs.
 

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Following must be included to achieve “meets” on all criteria.
□ Evidence of use of two or more resources that meet diverse learning needs of students
□ Two or more instructional strategies/approaches used in conjunction with technology resources to address learning needs in the classroom
   
 
Criterion Meets

Use resources

Uses technology resources that support students with diverse learning needs

   
 
Key Words and Phrases to Include and Address in Reflections:
1. Diverse learning needs – array of needs associated with varied learning styles, intelligences, disabilities, and/or academic abilities among students in classroom
   
Tips
1. Just using technology with students does not guarantee improved learning. Provide evidence of use of technology resources specifically aimed at addressing various learning needs of students.
2. In the reflection, specify the type of learning diversity targeted by each resource and describe how the use of the resource helps meet the need described.
   
Examples of content for reflection:

1.

 Teacher uses United Streaming videos with student who cannot hear. Reflection discusses the use of a special closed-captioning feature available at the site that greatly assists this student’s understanding of video content.
2. Students use a Math skills program that allows them to advance through at their own pace. Program provides remediation for stuggling students and offers stronger Math students the challenge of advancing to more difficult levels to further strengthen their skills. Reflection discusses how this program’s flexibility meets a wide ranging set of needs in Math as ability levels in the class vary greatly.
3. Student uses Alphasmart. Reflection describes how this tool assists this student who has tremendous amounts of difficulty with handwriting.
 
Criterion Meets

Apply a variety of instructional strategies

Applies a variety of instructional strategies when using technology resources to address various learning needs in the classroom.
   
 
Key Words and Phrases to Include and Address in Reflections:
1. Variety  – two or more, different
2. Instructional strategy  –  teaching method; general approach to choosing and sequencing learning activities
   
Tips
1. Factors to consider about instructional strategies include sequence of presentation, degree of student and teacher interaction, feedback, remediation, testing means, and the delivery method. In the reflection, be sure to describe specific methods applied and identify the learning need targeted by use of each strategy.
   
Examples of content for reflection:

1.

 Teacher provides evaluation rubric along with Internet research project assignment. Reflection discusses how the rubric is structured to help lend focus and guidance to those students who cannot easily organize the tasks of a project.
2. Teacher uses peer tutors to assist with completion of a Powerpoint project. Reflection describes the roles of the tutors and how they help students who have trouble retrieving and retaining information.
3. Teacher uses Kidspiration as part of a lesson on mammals. Reflection describes how this graphic organizer strategy helps students who have deficits in reading, attending, retrieving and retaining information.