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**Video Chat - Brown Bear Read-a-Long**



__Topic__ Read-a-Long of Brown Bear by Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle

__Description__ For my Video Chat activity I teamed up with another educator from a different site to connect our students across schools and ages in a common activity.. Reading! For the Third graders in the other class the activity helped them practice their fluency and use of technology. For my 2 year old students the activity also exposed them to another media type as well as hitting on literacy and attention goals. The 3rd graders signed in with their teacher to read the Brown Bear story to my students who also had Brown Bear books of their own. I used the document camera from last years STEP program to project the images of the older kids to my students so they had the option of following along in their own books or to watch the big kids read to them.

__Reflection__

__Maryland Teacher Technology Standards Addressed__ A. Use technology effectively and appropriately to interact electronically. 1. Use telecommunications to collaborate with peers, parents, colleagues, administrators and/or experts in the field. B. Use Technology to communicate information in a variety of formats. 3. Use multiple digital sources to communicate information online. Demonstrate an understanding of the legal, social and ethical issues related to technology use. 4. Use classroom procedures to manage an equitable, safe and healthy environment for students. Design, implement and assess learning experiences that incorporate use of technology in a curriculum-related instructional activity to support understanding, inquiry, problem solving, communication and/or collaboration. 1. Assess students’ learning/ instructional needs to identify the appropriate technology for instruction. 2. Evaluate technology materials and media to determine their most appropriate instructional use. 4. Use appropriate instructional strategies for integrating technology into instruction. 7. Manage a technology-enhanced environment to maximize student learning. Understand human, equity and developmental issues surrounding the use of assistive technology to enhance student learning performance and apply that understanding to practice. 1. Identify and analyze assistive technology resources that accommodate individual student learning needs. 2. Apply assistive technology to the instructional process and evaluate its impact on learners with diverse backgrounds, characteristics and abilities. Develop professional practices that support continual learning and professional growth in technology. 3. Continually evaluate and reflect on professional practices and emerging technologies to support student learning. 4. Identify local, state and national standards and use them to improve teaching and learning.
 * II. Communication **
 * III. Legal, Social and Ethical Issues **
 * V. Integrating Technology into the Curriculum and Instruction **
 * VI. Assistive Technology **
 * VII. Professional Growth **