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Home Standard 1 / Standard 2 / Standard 3 / Standard 4 / Standard 5 Standard 6 / Standard 7 / Standard 8 / Standard 9 / Standard10 **Teachers know how to teach. ** The teacher understands and uses a variety of instructional strategies, including the use of technology, to encourage children's development of critical thinking, problem solving, and performance skills.

 **Evidence 1:** Cells Webquest

I was able to create the webquest using online resources of my choice that would help guide the students’ learning. While the students were working, I was able to walk around the room and ask questions and assist students that needed help. It was beneficial to me to use a webquest because I could control what information students had access to. The lesson was also beneficial to the students because their interest level was higher because they were using computers to work at their own pace, rather than just using the textbook to read and find answers.
 * Rationale 1:** This piece of evidence is a webquest about cells that was used in sixth grade science classes. Students went to the computer lab and were able to access the webquest and work at their own pace. This evidence meets the standard because it incorporates technology and requires students to think critically and find information about the organelles of cells and their functions.

4.K.3 The teacher knows how to enhance learning through the use of a wide variety of materials and technological resources (e.g. computers, audio-visual technologies, videotapes and discs, local experts, primary documents and artifacts, texts, reference books, literature, and other print resources). Students’ learning was enhanced using a webquest about cells. Learning was more authentic because students had an interactive experience using the computer to guide their learning, rather than reading out of a textbook. 4.S.4 The teacher varies his or her role in the instructional process (e.g. instructor, facilitator, coach, audience) in relation to the content and purposes of instruction and the needs of students. I was able to facilitate student learning by creating this webquest about cells. Instead of telling students about cells, I was able to give them a resource that allowed them to discover on their own and build knowledge at their own pace. 4.D.2 The teacher values flexibility and reciprocity in the teaching process as necessary for adapting instruction to student responses, ideas, and needs. Students were able to work at their own pace on this webquest. They could revisit what they didn’t understand and go quickly over concepts that they already understood.