Standard4

Home Standard1 / Standard2 / Standard3 / Standard4 / Standard5 / Standard6 / Standard7 / Standard8 / Standard9 / Standard10 **Standard 4** 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.
 * Teachers know how to teach.**

Evidence 1:

Rationale 1: In this lesson plan my students use digital video hardware and video editing software to create a new product that reflects their learning about the Bill of Rights. They are given the challenge of finding a current real world news story and analyzing the role a specific amendment plays in the story. They are then required to create and perform their own news story incorporating their analysis.

KSD: 4.K.3The 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 other print resources).

//Through incorporating digital video camera and video editing software students are able to increase their involvement in course material and thereby enhance their learning.//

4.S.4The teacher varies his or her role in the instructional process (e.g. instructor, facilitator, coach, audience) in relation to the content and purposes of instruction and the needs of students.

//During the course of this lesson I am able to vary the amount of involvement and assistance I provide for each student or group. Some students will need help with the concepts of the assignment, some will need assistance with using the technology- I am able to accommodate the unique needs of each student.//

4.D.2The teacher values flexibility and reciprocity in the teaching process as necessary for adapting instruction to student responses, ideas, and needs.

//The flexibility of this lesson allows my students to generate their own ideas for creating their newscast from the shooting location, the topics they cover and even adding extra components for expressing themselves such as sports casts, special interest segments, or commercials.//