21st Century Classroom Project

1. Welcome-This video tells the story of why I decided I wanted to become a teacher. My reasoning is because I live with a brother who has severe special needs.  My brother Andrew has impacted my life in many ways. My community service hours and observing at his school helped make my decision if teaching is really what I want to pursue a career in. View my reflection post here!

2. My Classroom - I chose to set my classroom up like this because the students are able to collaborate with other students at there table of four. I feel as if this setup is very student centered learning because if a student needs help with something, another student at that table will be able to help them if the teacher is busy at that time. If a student is disabled, the student will not have to navigate through the rows to get to there seat. 


3. Rituals and Routines - Some routines I would use in my classroom would be group work. This would give the students the chance to communicate with others and get a chance to meet other people. Even though some students may not like group work, it will give them a chance to communicate with other people. I feel as if group work is a form of collaboration becuase students have to work with the other peers in there group. If students do not collaborate, the group work may not get done correctly. Another routine I would use in my classroom would be to play a review game before a test. This would give the students the chance to practice what they already know and learn what they do not. While playing this review game, the other students in there group can help each other and collaborate with one another.

Instructional Glimpse- My Lesson Plan

To view my power point click here!

My Technology Integration -There is no doubt in my mind that I will use technology in some way in my future classroom. The technology that I will use will be a smart board. This gives the students the chance to learn and experience something different than just a plain chalk board. Students would be able to learn the alphabet or even shapes on the smart board and also during there math lessons. I'm not sure if I would be able to use a smart board globally but I definitley feel it could be used locally. The use of a smart board can connect studets and teachers outside the classroom because others can view the lessons you performed in class. This will give you the chance to collaborate with others to get a better idea of how you can make your lesson better or even create a new lesson using the same concepts.

PLN - As a PLN, I plan to use twitter in my future classroom. I will be able to post my lessons on my twitter page and get feedback from other teachers. I will also get a better idea of what other teachers did for there lessons to help make mine better. My students may be too young to use twitter but it will benifit me as a future teacher.

My email is kd105203@scots.edinboro.edu!




Annotated Bibliography 

"Classroom Architect." Classroom Architect. 06 May 2012 http://classroom.4teachers.org/.