I think this video is very helpful. It goes into more detail of what the importance of defining and working with language functions which will help me more when I write my lesson plans. Even though it is all useful information, I have to say I lost focus a few times and had to rewatch the video a few times. From my experience with technology and videos in the classroom, if students see that a video is over 10 mins, they zone out and don't want to watch it. Sometimes they will just skim the video and say that they watched it. I think that even just posting straight forward bullet points like you have in the video can be helpful on a blog and then if they want more details they can watch the videos. I hope that doesn't come off as a negative comment, but as an observation.
It is a great point. i always try to stick to the 10 minute and under, but you can see this is something I am still working on. I will continue to try and work on this goal.
I agree with Ms. Kuisle's comment. I also had a question about academic language. If there are words that I believe are part of the academic language, but they are not included on the list we received, should we still include them on our EdTPA lesson plan? I really think this video is very helpful and tells me a lot about what I should include in the academic language sections on the EdTPA lesson plan.
Great question Leah! The academic language sheet that I passed out only contains the most popular and/or most used words. It is not an exhaustive list. Please use any language that you believe needs to be addressed to make sure all students can access the content/knowledge.
I think this video is very helpful. It goes into more detail of what the importance of defining and working with language functions which will help me more when I write my lesson plans. Even though it is all useful information, I have to say I lost focus a few times and had to rewatch the video a few times. From my experience with technology and videos in the classroom, if students see that a video is over 10 mins, they zone out and don't want to watch it. Sometimes they will just skim the video and say that they watched it. I think that even just posting straight forward bullet points like you have in the video can be helpful on a blog and then if they want more details they can watch the videos. I hope that doesn't come off as a negative comment, but as an observation.
ReplyDeleteIt is a great point. i always try to stick to the 10 minute and under, but you can see this is something I am still working on. I will continue to try and work on this goal.
DeleteI agree with Ms. Kuisle's comment. I also had a question about academic language. If there are words that I believe are part of the academic language, but they are not included on the list we received, should we still include them on our EdTPA lesson plan?
ReplyDeleteI really think this video is very helpful and tells me a lot about what I should include in the academic language sections on the EdTPA lesson plan.
Great question Leah! The academic language sheet that I passed out only contains the most popular and/or most used words. It is not an exhaustive list. Please use any language that you believe needs to be addressed to make sure all students can access the content/knowledge.
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