Board Builder

I made a Board Builder using Discovery Education on balls that will be used during our Ball study. In my classroom, we have six studies that we use as part of our creative curriculum.  I chose to make my Board Builder on Balls because it is the only study that I have not made something for during my last two classes at Wilkes. Now I will have some type of technology connected to all of the studies that I will do with my students this year.  I connected a song, two videos, four pictures, one digital book, and an assessment from Teaching Strategies GOLD. I used GOLD as the assessment because in my class the students are not graded, they are just observed and rated on the inter-rater reliability tool GOLD provides. Everything I added will enhance the students’ knowledge of balls and will support our discussions and shared writings that we complete every day during large group circle.  The things that I included are connected to my Board supports my students’ interests that way it will want to use my Board. My students will have the opportunity to use this Board Builders during free play in the computers area.  There will be three students allowed to use the Board Builder at a time: one on the computer and two on the HATCH Pads. The students will be able to use the Board for 10 minutes a day for a total of 30 minutes per week.  The students will be able to access the Board during the entire ball study which last for about eight weeks.  I feel this Board Builder will give my students a greater understanding of Balls.  As Gardner states, “Students need to know why they are learning what they are learning and how this knowledge can be put to constructive uses” (Gardner, p. 142). 

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