Standard5

Home Standard 1 | Standard 2 | Standard 3 | Standard 4 | Standard 5 Standard 6 | Standard 7 | Standard 8 | Standard 9 | Standard 10 **Standard 5 ** //Teachers know how to manage a classroom.//

The teacher uses an understanding of individual and group motivation and behavior to create a learning environment that encourages positive social interaction, active engagement in learning, and self-motivation.

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**Rationale 1:** This online website allows teachers to create classes and have student accounts for each student to be able to log into and see information put out by the teacher. In addition to this, the students can have discussion with each other and the teacher can also be involved. Allowing students to be able to think about their response and give them time to formulate a response takes a lot of pressure off actually participating in the class discussion. This is one of the reasons I think that using online discussion boards is a great classroom tool. **KSD:** 5.K.2 The teacher understands how social groups function and influence people, and how people influence groups. Students need to be able to look to more than just the teacher to know what to do and how to act. This online classroom is a great way for all students to get involved with class discussion and other facets of the class. 5.S.2 The teacher engages students in individual and cooperative learning activities to develop motivation to achieve, by (for example) relating lessons to students’ personal interests, allowing students to have choices in their learning, and leading students to ask questions and pursue problems that are meaningful to them. Within this Moodle class, I have set up an area for students to be able to give suggestions to me about what they would like to see happen in the class. I believe that so long as I am meeting the required content in a class students should be able to steer what direction we dive deeper into. 5.D.3 The teacher values the role of students in promoting each other’s learning and recognizes the importance of peer relationships in establishing a climate for learning. As mentioned before, this online class discussion is a great way to get every student involved. It is a great way to have the students that typically do not contribute to class discussion be able to lead the discussion. This is a nonthreatening environment that all students feel free to contribute. ======