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Welcome to my EDT 3010 Portfolio
 =**Welcome to Arlene Jaynes wikispaces**. mscd= ====Hi! I am currently attending Metro State College to finish a long awaited college degree. I have been married for 33 years to my husband, Jack who is a teacher at Legacy High School. We have 4 children, all of whom are grown up and leading their own lives. I enjoy traveling, hiking, reading and riding bikes recreationally. I taught ESL for 20 years to elementary school children in Jeffco school district. Teaching was very satisfactory and I enjoyed the small group interaction.====

====My teaching philosophy includes a combination of all types. I believe you use direct instruction sparingly and will let children take the actions they need to learn and interconnect in the learning process. Piaget's theories are very applicable to my teaching style where you let the children create their own knowledge, while I as a coach encourage them to think critically. Vygotsky advocated social learning theory applicable to classroom cooperative learning groups where students learn from each other and teach each other reciprocally. I believe children need models for learning through social interaction and I as the teacher will teach to their appropriate learning level so they can progress to the next level. Most of all I believe that children need a way of storing all this learning in long term memory through elaborative rehearsal strategies. Children need strong examples on what to do and that will lead them forward to acquiring new knowledge on their own.====

====This portfolio is designed to help us learn how to use technology effectively for our future teaching careers. It also will give others a perspective on who we are as learners. Furthermore it will give us a chance to implement new strategies for teaching in the highly technical world that we live in. This includes 8 different projects that will give you an idea of the different technologies we have learned about and created on our own. This will be an invaluable experience for me to share with others who might want to learn more about the technology that is available.====