Reinforcing+Effort

= ** Reinforcing Effort ** =



= **Technology 1: TeacherTube.com**  = = = =** Rationale: **=

==== Using, @http://www1.teachertube.com students will be able to upload a video that people can watch, use for educational purposes, and receive feedback in the form of comments. This type of activity takes several steps from creating the content for a presentation, filming it, editing it, and finally uploading it onto the Internet. The reinforcement will come in different forms such as users comments, number of views, and number of downloads. The audience viewing the video ranges from small and large groups to being viewed worldwide. ==== = Resources: =

==== Students need to register to be able to upload videos. Registration is free at []. Registration also allows for viewing content without advertisements showing before each video. This website can be viewed with free video viewing applications supplied by most computers or by free upgrades. ====



= **Technology 2: E-Portfolio: Chalk & Wire**  =

= Rationale: =

By creating an E-Portfolio, students can show the amount of work they have completed in school. It can be used as an indicator to track students’ progress over a particular period of time. Teachers, students, parents, and administrators can easily track the progression made during the year in a school or a district. Students will be able to keep track of themselves and how much work they have accomplished overtime; this will benefit them in their future academic lives as they will have past work to reflect upon and use as a springboard for new projects.

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 *  Chalk & Wire offers e-portfolios for a cost of $94.00 for 10-500 accounts for 4+ years of service. If the school district needs more accounts they can purchase different plans with the following cost, $88.25 for 501-1000 accounts and $81.00 for 1001-8000 accounts.



= ** Technology 3: Certificates. ** **[]** =

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==== By using this website, teachers will be able to reward students and recognize their personal achievement. This website is a good technological tool for reinforcing students’ efforts because it provides students who succeed in achieving a personal goal with a reward-based system. When students are recognized for their efforts, they are better able to make a connection between making a real effort and personal improvement. ====

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=** Educational Challenge ** : ** Student Motivation: **=

==== Creating an e-portfolio, students can look back at their past work and admire the progress they have made over the years. Seeing their progress,they will establish a greater appreciation for the art of education and its long-term implications. This is a huge motivating factor for reinforcing student effort. The motivation to work harder in classes may be carried into different aspects of life such as extracurricular activities. Motivation and greater effort can lead to ====