Assignments

[|Saturday Morning Reflections]

[|MidCourse Evaluation]

**Hands on Exploration and Learning** Neuroscience Resources are found here: [|The Neuroscience of Joyful Education] [|A Fresh Look at Brain-Based Education] (Phi Delta Kappan) [] [] [|The Unsuccessful Adolescent] (Mel Levine) [|Case Studies from All Kinds of Minds] [|How can Research on the Brain Inform Education?] Students will **work in groups of two or three** to explore the neuroscience and brain based learning websites above and the **free, readily available resources links** page found below (or on the eLearning site under “**Assignments**").
 * 1) **NEUROSCIENCE AND LEARNING ASSIGNMENT**
 * [|Try this activity to help you understand the three networks]

Choose **four** features/resources (from the Free Resources links below and/or from the Word presentation) and adapt them for a particular student with learning or intellectual disabilities with a specific curriculum focus. Choose tools, features and websites that you have never used prior to class that will help accommodate for students with learning style differences. For example, you may choose a student with language based learning disabilities or organizational difficulties/executive function skill deficits. Consider what we know about effective teaching that taps into our understanding of how the brain works. This assignment should consider how the brain works during learning and what conditions promote learning. These recommended resources will be used to create a reference list on the class wiki for all participants. Choose how you would like to briefly present your information: 1. PowerPoint 2. Graphic Organizing software 3. Wiki 4. Video 5. Podcast 4. Other

Add it as a separate page to the class Wiki Click on New Page and name your page. Edit it appropriately.

Free Resources Microsoft Office for Educators [] Many tutorials and lesson plans Free Teacher Website Resources: [] [] includes:
 * Equity Index: Locate resources and tools to help you meet the needs of a diverse classroom.
 * RubiStar: Create customized rubrics in English and Spanish.
 * TrackStar: View thousands of online lessons or quickly create your own.
 * QuizStar: Construct online quizzes that can include multimedia.
 * Assign-A-Day: Post your own online class calendar with hyperlinks and projects.
 * Casa Notes: Assemble take-home notes in English and Spanish.
 * PBL Checklists: Make custom checklists for multiple projects.
 * R*TEC Teacher: Locate top-rated Tracks, WebQuests, and ThinkQuests for your subject.
 * Web Worksheet Wizard: Make and post a simple Web page within minutes.
 * NoteStar: Assist students with collecting group notes and citations for papers.
 * Think Tank: Helps student set up topics for reports. Use alone or with NoteStar.
 * Project Poster: Provide students with a tool to create and post Web pages for projects.

[|http://www.internet4classrooms.com] [|http://www.educationworld.com] [] [| Read Write Think.org] - Explore the extensive interactive student materials linked on the left side. Free Technology Toolkit for UDL