https://padlet.com/amberlmyers2088/1xk5srl2ppru Made with a wish on a star en-us 2018-02-20 17:42:41 UTC 2018-02-20 19:41:39 UTC hello@padlet.com amberlmyers2088 https://padlet.com/amberlmyers2088/1xk5srl2ppru/wish/233406066 Effective teachers build and maintain respective relationships with their students. Teacher-student relationships are a very integral part of teacher effectiveness in the classroom. It is very important to make connections with students and element 36 discusses several ways in which you can use a student's interests and background to make meaningful connections and build an appropriate relationship with your students.

]]> 2018-02-20 17:44:38 UTC https://padlet.com/amberlmyers2088/1xk5srl2ppru/wish/233406066 amberlmyers2088 https://padlet.com/amberlmyers2088/1xk5srl2ppru/wish/233408305 Teachers can learn more about their students through intrest inventories or student surveys. These can be assessed at the beginning of the year to help teacher gauge their students likes, dislikes, learning styles, etc. The survey's can and should includee questions to learn more about the students' life outside of school, such as their hobbies, favorite music, games, etc. 

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Teacher's can use digital survey format for giving the surveys, using a tool such as Survey Monkey. 

Digital portfolios can also be created by students to exhibit their interests, and students can attach a picture of themselves that they take using a digital camera or other device. 

]]> 2018-02-20 17:48:21 UTC https://padlet.com/amberlmyers2088/1xk5srl2ppru/wish/233408305 amberlmyers2088 https://padlet.com/amberlmyers2088/1xk5srl2ppru/wish/233452620 Students can and should create their own personal learning goals for units, based on their interests, knowledge base, and what they want to know.  Students can set learning goals before and even during a unit. Students should also be encouraged to include the learning preferences, new skills, and amount of effort they are investing into the unit as part of their learning goal..

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Students can create a journal online using a google doc and google drive. Programs such as Evernote can also be used for students to record students own learning goals. 
Students can also record these learning goals via audio/video technology into the journal or notebook. ]]> 2018-02-20 18:57:50 UTC https://padlet.com/amberlmyers2088/1xk5srl2ppru/wish/233452620 amberlmyers2088 https://padlet.com/amberlmyers2088/1xk5srl2ppru/wish/233478916 As teacher's familiarize themselves with their students they should be looking towards the hobbies, interests, and achievments of hteir students to be able to provide positive feedback and praise to their students. This shows that the teacher cares and helps make positive relationships with the students. The teacher should also familizarize themselves with important events in a students life such as birthdays, vacations, weddings and changes the student may be experiencing in homelife. 

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Using the areas of achievement the teachers can provide praise using social media (class Facebook page, Twitter, etc.). Teacher's may also choose to have a classroom website or Edmodo page that enables students to interact with postings from the class. Any of the choices above will allow a public and community like platform for the teacher to post positive announcement above his/her students. Teacher's can encourage other students to show support of their peers and achievements on a class and individual basis. ]]> 2018-02-20 19:37:14 UTC https://padlet.com/amberlmyers2088/1xk5srl2ppru/wish/233478916