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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 understand that children learn differently. ** The teacher understands how pupils differ in their approaches to learning and the barriers that impede learning and can adapt instruction to meet the diverse needs of pupils, including those with disabilities and exceptionalities. media type="file" key="podcast teacher created.mp3"
 * Evidence 1:** Teacher Created podcast for students to use as a review tool


 * Rationale 1:** This podcast was developed for my sixth grade science classes. We spend a large part of the school year learning about the human body’s structure and function. One of the systems we study is the skeletal system. Students are expected to be able to identify and label major bones in the human body. I use many different approaches to help students learn the bones in the body. I give students a double-sided diagram that they can label the human body’s bones on. We label one side together in class as we’re learning and I tell them to leave the other side blank to use as a study guide later. I created this podcast to be used with the blank skeleton diagram. Students can access the podcast online from home or school and use it to review the bones of the human body. Since it’s a podcast, it can be paused and used at whatever pace the student likes. They can listen to it and follow along as many times as they choose to. For some students, this is a very useful tool because they may be auditory learners. Flipping a paper back and forth to check answers does not work for all students.

3.K.1 The teacher understands and can identify differences in approaches to learning and performance, including different learning styles, multiple intelligences, and performance modes, and can design instruction that helps use students’ strengths as the basis for growth. Using a podcast to review content is an additional way for students to learn and grow. A podcast may reach auditory learners in a way that writing on paper cannot. 3.S.2 The teacher uses teaching approaches that are sensitive to the multiple experiences of learners and that address different learning and performance modes. A podcast is another teaching approach that may help some students be more successful when learning about the human body. It was another method to use to practice learning the bones of the human skeleton. 3.D.1 The teacher believes that all children can learn at high levels and persists in helping all children achieve success. Creating a podcast allows more students to be reached and become successful in learning about the bones of the skeleton.