Kristin

//**__United Streaming: 5 Ways I Can Utilize this Website in my Classroom__**

1. **Self Reflection:** I can watch some clips found in the "Teaching Practices" categorey to reflect upon whether or not my teaching strategies are effective, and how I can improve.//

2. //**Extention of Curriculum:** I can select clips to show my class that extend what I am teaching. For example, I can show the Chika Chicka Boom Boom clip to extend the alphabet instruction I deliver in my classrom, or show a clip about How Plants Grow in Science.//

3. **//Address// Different** //**Learning Styles:** As we know, children do not learn at the same pace nor do they learn in the same manner. In effort to address the learning styles of more children in my classroom, I could show videos to engage visual learners as well as students with a technological intelligence.//

4. //**Motivation:** As I explored with United Streaming, I watched many clips that relate to the curriculum in which I teach. I LOVED WATCHING THESE CLIPS! I was amazed at how many interesting videos there were. I also thought that it was a nice change of pace from me always reading a story or explaining a concept to my students. I think that the students would be excited to watch these clips, and more motivated to learn the material.//

5. //**ELL:** I could use some of the clips found in the World Languages categorey to help English Language Learners in the classroom. I found many great clips to show ELL that would help them with learning and practicing the English language. I also saw some neat clips to show the rest of my classroom. These clips may help the rest of my students understand what the ELL are going through, and ways that they can be helpful. I think that it would also make the ELL feel important if other students learned a little about their culture. These clips would also help me to get a clearer picture as to how to accomodate an ELL.//

//**Reflection:** I had heard of United Streaming before, but had never used it. I was intimidated because I thought it would be too difficult for me to figure out since I am somewhat "technologically challenged". I was so surprized by how easy it was to locate clips and to navigate through the site. I loved that the clips are categorized, it made them easy to find. There were so many clips that related directly to or extended the curriculum I teach. I found the clips to be engaging and interesting, and definitely a nice alternatative to explaining a concept or reading from a book! I also liked how there were several clips under Teaching Practices that I could view to further my knowledge on certain topics and issues. I was impressed with the site, and can't wait to incorporate it into my classroom.//

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//I loved this quote, "As civilization advances the gap between the capacities of the young and the concerns of adults widens." I think it is so true in the everchanging technology world that we live in today. It is true that once children were dependent upon learning from adults, and that through interactions children became educated. That is not the case today. Children are no longer dependent on adults as their only means to learning. Infact, where technology is concerned, youth are many times more educated. As educators or parents of this "new world" it is so important that we stay abreast of the newest technologies. My comic spoofs how many parents today are naieve to what goes on in cyberworld. //

media type="custom" key="4379261" //I often wonder...as the children of today are technology natives and we are technology immagrants, are we really teaching them...or are they teaching us?//

media type="custom" key="4379299" Bloom's Taxonomy: //I feel that as I was growing up, the vast majority of what I learned was through the knowledge/remebering level. When I graduated from high school and worked towards obataining my BS and now my MS, I notice that the higher levels such as evaluating, and creating are utilized more frequently.//