Meaghan

My name is Meaghan Ozaydin, and I teach 8th gr. English in Ridgewood.

5 new technologies to try
 * diigo
 * bookshare.org
 * xtranormal.com
 * prezi.com
 * vocabhead.com
 * blogger.com

4 ideas to share with others
 * share xtranormal.com with colleagues - excellent teaching tool
 * share text to speech features with learning specialists
 * create wallwisher for school so we can easily share usefull sites/tools
 * share prezi.come with colleagues

3 principles of Universal Design for Learning
 * provide multiple representations of the same information
 * provide students with a wider variety of options for learning and assessment
 * enable students to be "expert learners"

2 changes in your teaching to reach all learners in the Digital Age
 * provide students with a broad selection of digital technology ways for assessment (prezi and xtranormal
 * provide students with the opportunity to use text to speech features like word talk

1 BIG IDEA to implement "on Monday"
 * use youtube to teach grammar and punctuation (will launch mulit-media project where students will teach specific grammar and punctuation rules)