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Set professional learning goals to explore and apply pedagogical approaches made possible by technology and reflect on their
effectiveness.

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Pursue professional interests by creating and actively participating in local and global learning networks.

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Stay current with research that supports improved student learning outcomes, including findings from the learning sciences.

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Creating a sense of community in the classroom is important to me because it allows students to develop peer relationships and creates a better learning environment. I am willing to incorporate technology in the classroom to support coaching students and creating a sense of community in the classroom.

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I made a professional social media account to connect with other educators and discover other ways I can incorporate technology into my classroom. I looked for recommendations of sites and apps on twitter. Discussing with other educators on twitter is a great way to gain more ideas.

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It is important to stay up to date on research and the best practices. One I have discovered is arts integration. Arts integration is a way to keep students engaged and teach them the curriculum.

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GOALS

Opening learning experiences with moves that gain students’ interest.

I will incorporate student interests into lesson plans to engage them.

Offering choices within the learning experience to honor student preferences.

I will offer choice to engage students and give them more responsibility for their work.

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According to Susan Barber on edutopia, "arts integration is a gateway for engagement, motivation, and creativity as students use critical thinking skills to learn content through relevant and individualized projects." Arts integrations has been becoming more popular over time. It is a tactic that gains students' interests and keeps them increasingly engaged. Incorporating arts integration will allow students to maintain the information.

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The lesson plan provided uses technology like powerpoint and PebbleGo. The lesson plans offer choice and allows students to make personal choices when creating their timeline for the lesson.

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Finding great resources and activities from other teachers!

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The artifact includes three lesson plans that include arts integration. It takes interests of the students which is dancing and forms an entire unit which is molded around combining dance with poems. Students were increasingly engaged and were given choices. Each lesson integrates different arts integration methods.

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Julia Mancini_Copy of Methods 2 Unit Map & Lesson Plan Template

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Discovering new APPS from other teachers!