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**Standard 2** ** Teachers know how children grow. **  The teacher understands how children with broad ranges of ability learn and provides instruction that supports their intellectual, social, and personal development.


 * Evidence 1**: EDT 652 Final Paper




 * Rationale 1:** For my 652 class, I wrote a paper that explained how the student brain is evolving, and how in order to keep pace with our students, teachers need to adjust their teaching models from the Industrial Age paradigm to a more technology-rich environment. With a more technology-rich environment, students will learn in a more visceral, stimulating way that lets them create, experiment, collaborate, and immerse themselves in the subject at hand. This was important for me, as an educator, to learn because it made me realize the importance of technology, not just as a supplemental tool, but way to test competency and facilitate teamwork, and give my students 21st Century Skills.

KSD
 * 2.K.1 The teacher understands how learning occurs -- how students construct knowledge, acquire skills, and develop habits of mind – and how to use instructional strategies that promote student learning for a wide range of student abilities. **

//I understand how learning occurs, and that technology will promote learning for students with both a wide range of abilities and interests. //


 * 2.S.3 The teacher assesses students’ thinking and experiences as a basis for instructional activities (i.e., encouraging discussion, listening and responding to group interaction, and eliciting samples of student thinking orally and in writing). **

//With technology, I know how to assess student thinking through discussion and student samples, and use it for a basis for instructional activities. //


 * 2.D.1 The teacher appreciates individual variation at each developmental level and shows respect for the diverse talents of all learners, and is committed to help them develop self-confidence and competence. **

//I appreciate student individuality and am committed to helping them develop their self-confidence and competence – at each developmental level. //