Reflection

 Reflection Page The wiki is set up into four different strategy categories: pre-reading, during reading , after reading , and writing. Each category has five strategies that correlate with it. The technology and instructional grouping strategy can be found under the after reading category and under Content Area Research/Think Pair Share. There is a reference, reflection, and cross-reference page for easy access to all of the strategies. If you click on the cross-reference page in the navigation bar it will give you a link to all of the strategies and the order in which they appear in the binder. The binder is color-coded to each category in the Wiki.

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 * Page || Color ||
 * Introduction
 * Pre-Reading
 * During Reading
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">After Reading
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Writing
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Bibliography

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">On the main page of each category there is the color to correspond with the color in the binder and vice versa the binder page colors are correlated to the color on the wiki pages. There are samples of teacher and student material in the binder that is ready to be copied and used. <span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I plan on using this e-portfolio and binder as a resource to teach strategies in my classroom. I plan on adding more strategies to both of them so that I always have something to look in when I need a strategy. I want to be able to look back at this project and be able to pick out a strategy I need and be able to implement it the same day. This resource binder and Wiki will be shared with my colleagues when it is finished. We have professional development days where we collaborate with one another and I plan to share the binder with them that day. It will always be in my room for them to use as a resource. <span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Currently I have taught my students multiple strategies but feel as if they cannot effectively use them because I did not model enough for them. I am hoping that this project helps me stay organized and teach the strategies in an organized manner. There will be less talking on my part and more discussion between the students. I am going to be more aware of the strategies that are out there and adapt them to fit my student’s needs. <span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Being that part of my job is to reach diverse learners everyday this project made me think more in depth about what strategies reach my students more effectively. I am now more aware of what types of strategies are helpful to my students. Strategies that allow movement, visuals, and creativeness are the ones that my students seem to be more engaged in. So, I as I look for new strategies I have to keep that in mind so that I reach all of my students. Throughout this project I have thought of ways to implement technology when possible so that it is not always pencil and paper activity. The students are going to be using technology more and more so they need to be exposed to it as much as possible. When I am thinking of using a strategy I look to see if it can be used independently and in groups because if eel that you are killing to birds with one stone when you find strategies that work for both. I am always looking for ways to adapt the strategy for instructional grouping. <span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">If I had a chance to make changes to this project I would have more categories and split the strategies into grouping and individual. U would have an abstract about each strategy on their corresponding pages so that there was more information about the description of the strategy. I feel as if we did ten to fifteen strategies more in depth and had implemented them into our classrooms it would have been more beneficial because we would have student examples and our teacher material already put together. <span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">