Blog Post #4

A.J Klune

-I chose to look at the 8th-grade level ELA standards and the one that I want to examine is LAFS.8.L.3.4. 

This standard is teaching the students to be able to use multiple types of resources as well as skills to determine definition as well as pronunciation of vocabulary they encounter. This includes being able to navigate physical dictionaries and thesauruses as well as online platforms or the same resources to accomplish this. Also to use current knowledge to be able to determine the meaning when certain resources are not available. And with my current skill set, I do feel prepared to teach this standard because it is almost a basic skill that has been implemented within my educational career with most of my tasks even at the college level. I also have the ability to be able to teach this skill in a way that makes the students think through it on their own with only guidance from me because it's finding out what they know and using that to figure out their own solution.

-For the CPALMs resource I chose to again look at the 8th grade and specifically look a Social Studies student resources. The resource that I chose is an interactive lesson presented by Bill O. Rights and it explores the First amendment. It breaks the standard down into many basic parts so that the student can build their knowledge off of what they learn, as well as challenge their thinking. I would use this because it gives an alternative way to teach certain information as well as give the student a little more freedom to the pace at which they learn. And it makes it a little fun by having a cartoon interaction for them to focus on instead of a Teacher.  

-Being able to search on the internet productively is a vital skill because being able to navigate different areas of the internet for information enables the student or anyone to have access to an expanse amount of resources. Which can enable them to develop certain thoughts from a multitude of viewpoints or sources to have the most developed consensus of a topic or idea. And the skill I would use in the future would be to use the advanced search on google because now I just change my keywords but if I do a full-blown advanced search my resources for research can be much more expanse than it is now.   

Serfs Up ! Harry Browne Quote: What The Bill of Rights DOESN'T Say

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