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Original Art by Ms. Sztukowski

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My name is Mary Sztukowski. I am an aspiring exceptional child educator studying at Southeast Missouri State University. I am originally from St. Louis Missouri, I have three siblings and two dogs. I love ice cream and the beach. My hobbies include swimming and reading. My passion in life is to teaching and helping every child individually grow and develop to be the best that they can be.

On this Padlet you will be able to see my Tech Activities, Tech Resources, Information about UDL, my October Newsletter, and some of my favorite Inspirational quotes. Please enjoy the map of the St. Louis Arch, links, videos, pictures, original art work, and gifs that I have included!

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This PowerPoint highlights three accessibility features available with the iPad. Through step by step instruction, videos and images viewers learn how to activate  Assistive Touch, Speech and Subtitles and Captioning on there own devices and are provided with information on how each feature could benefit either them or a student.

Link: https://mpsztukowski1s.edublogs.org/files/2018/09/Accessibility-features-within-the-iPad-1ovl92z-2702g9k.pptx

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Tinycards is a free application from Duolingo that helps students study and memorize anything. Students and teachers have the ability to scan other teachers and students decks or they can create their own.

Link:
https://tinycards.duolingo.com/

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Through Nearpod teachers can import existing lessons, add interactive features that include quizzes, polls or virtual fields trips and  even more. It works by the teacher sharing a lesson, students entering a code and then the lesson is synced to every device! Syncing allows for all students to see and interact with the lesson. Finally Nearpod is able to track individual progress aswell as class progress which will allow the teacher to be able to meet individual needs.

Link:
https://nearpod.com/

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Book Builder is a site that allows a user to create a personalized work of literature. Through this site a user is able to pick a grade, topic, and subject. The user then is able to add a title and illustrations. A unique feature of Book Builder is it also allows the user to insert characters that can ask questions, offer hints, give answers and or provide facts in order to help students comprehension. Book Builder also includes Speech to Text options. Below is a personally made example of a Book Builder.

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Alligator and Crocodile laying on each other on a log.

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Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities Concept Map Made with Inspiration

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Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities Concept Map Made with Inspiration

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As an aspiring special educator it is important to understand the differences between students I could be working with. A concept map is a great way to organize thoughts to enhance understanding. Below is a personal example of a concept map made with Inspiration, a free concept map app.

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Ozobot is a little toy robot that blends the physical and digital worlds and teaches kids programming. It is very basic programming, where students train the robots to follow patterns on the surfaces that they roll over. Ozobot moves along codes students create using lines, colors, and codes on both digital surfaces, such as an iPad, and physical surfaces, such as paper. The lesson below is a sample lesson using Ozobots to learn about polygons.

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Universal Design for Learning encompasses the concept no student needs to be “fixed” but that the curriculum needs the fixing. Universal Design for Learning does this through three principals. The first principal is multiple means of representation followed by multiple means of expression and lastly, multiple options of engagement. By utilizing these three principals’ teachers design different lessons and curriculum, they use a range of different methods, materials and assessment and as a result are making appropriate efforts to educate and meet the individual needs of all learners. Universal Design for Learning is therefore a blueprint not an intervention. Universal Design for learning can benefit all students not just those outside of the ‘norm.’ In conclusion, Universal Design for Learning strives to fix curriculum, break down barriers and realizes the goals from the means for each student as an individual.

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Universal Design for Learning: Additional Resource

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Universal Design for Learning: Additional Resource

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Universal Design for Learning: Additional Resource 

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Universal Design for Learning: Additional Resource 

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Socrative is a student response system that utilizes student interaction through quizzes and games.  Quizzes can be true/false, multiple choice, graded short answer or allow open-ended short responses. Activities can either be teacher-paced or student-pace. The gaming element is the “Space Race” feature. Through “Space Race” students can compete against one another to launch rockets into space. Results can be displayed live in the classroom to facilitate discussion (with student identity kept anonymous). Results also allow for data collecting for the teachear which will aloow the teacher to meet individual needs.

Link:
https://www.socrative.com/

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Too Noisy is an application that can be displayed on a smart board or ipad where as the volume in classroom increases the level meter dynamically indicates the level of noise, and the background graphics within the app change to reflect the noise levels.

Link:
https://toonoisyapp.com/

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Through Seesaw the teacher can create or find activities for students. Students are then able take pictures, record videos and or draw to complete activities. Seesaw then allows activities and projects to be made into a personalized portfolio for every individual. Portfolios are then able to be shared with parents.

Link:
https://web.seesaw.me/

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Inspiration is an application that allows for creativity and individuality when developing a concept map! With this application there is an option of taking a concept map and with a click of a button the map will turn into an outline and vise versa.

Link:
http://www.inspiration.com/inspmaps

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MindMeister is another application that allows for creativity and individuality when developing a concept map. What is unique about MindMeister is that students can share MindMeister with each-other and collaboratively.

Link:
https://www.mindmeister.com/?utm_source=gadb&utm_medium=search&utm_campaign=-us_en-&utm_content=mm&gclid=EAIaIQobChMImta2j5XH3QIVhsDAC

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Planboard is a free application for all teachers that helps them plan and organize lessons. In Planbaord teachers can add in attachments, photos, and videos to any lesson. The curriculum on course feature allows for teachers to find or add curriculum sets along with individual standards. The Standards Progression tool then helps teachers insure that standards are on track. Planboard can be synced through multiple  devices which allows teachers to access there lessons almost anywhere!

Link:
https://www.chalk.com/planboard/

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Sheppard Software is a website that includes hundreds of educational games that are also entertaining and engaging for students. Sheppard Software adds sound and visual effects to make learning fun and more memorable, designs games with many difficulty levels so that players will continue to be challenged no matter how far they progress and provide games that will exercise players’ brains.
Link:
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/

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National Geographics Kids is a website that includes videos, games,, facts, photos, magizne articles homework help and an interactive map. Students are able to explore and learn about the world in a engaging, and factual way.
Link:  https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/

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Kahoot is a game-based learning platform. Kahoot is free for teachers and allows to create interactive games with the format and number of questions are entirely up to the teacher. Students then are able to answer the questions on their own devices, while games are displayed on a shared screen to unite the lesson. Kahoot is a fun, engaging and entertaining way for teachers to get the class excited for a lesson and or prepare for a quiz.

Link:
https://kahoot.com/

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Tinycards is a free application from Duolingo that helps students study and memorize anything. Students and teachers have the ability to scan other teachers and students decks or they can create their own.

Link:
https://tinycards.duolingo.com/

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Example of a Monthly News Letter Using Adobe Spark

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Example of a Monthly News Letter Using Adobe Spark

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Being from St. Louis the Arch is one of my favorite places to go!