Digital Story

My Digital Story....Kinda long but I hope you enjoy it!!

 

It's about my journey from a student to a teacher.

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fv4FQlzokrc&feature=youtu.be

My citation struggle

Question:   Many students inadvertently plagiarize because they lack the skills they need to properly cite and reference sources.  In what ways can lessons on citations be tied to those on plagiarism?  How can you model and think aloud throughout the year to reinforce these skills?
I am facing the "citation struggle" now with my college students. Even though all of my students have been made to have pre-reqs of English classes, ethics classes, and computer literacy BEFORE they get to me, they still struggle with correct was to cite sources. I want to take the time to teach them the correct way, but there isn't room in my curriculum for this. I have given them resources, online help, PowerPoints to view on their own, but they still don't "get " the importance. I try to prepare them for technical writing and research papers that they will need to do for competitions as much as I can , but I think there is a breakdown far sooner than they get to me. I feel they don't get the knowledge they need prior to getting into a professional program. Most have be taught MLA formatting, which is ok, but APA is preferred in everything they do post high school. I am currently trying to come up with different small projects to get them acquainted with APA: I have them use the discussion board to post opinions but also site one source. Ethics is also a portion of my curriculum that I can incorporate plagiarism into, and in fact it is part of their student handbook that if they get caught plagiarizing they may be subject to expulsion. Drastic I know, but it makes them understand the importance of the matter!!
I can't wait to see what you others use for this one!!

Literacy

I have often fought on how to better incorporate literacy, specifically new vocabulary, into my content area. This chapter in Pearson has helped give insight on new and innovative ways to do just that.  The area I teach in radiology is full of new, often unheard of terms, for the student. They often struggle with new vocabulary , definitions and content . Not only new radiology terms, but medical terminology and abbreviations that they will not only need to remember, but utilize in their everyday life.  On page 70 of “Technology to Teach Literacy” it addresses giving the student vocab words before introducing the text and having students actively engage in the vocab in some manner( (Anderson, Grant, & Speck, 2008). I have often left it up to the student, as an assignment, to define new words DURING the review of a new chapter. The idea of introducing them ahead of time may help students get a better understanding of new terms. When it comes to the medical terms, I break down the words and teach prefix, suffix and root word separately, having them gain a good understanding of these before we put them together as a whole word. I then test them on those before we move onto complete words. I find this to be helpful in the overall understanding of new words. I also believe this strategy helps with future encounters, being able to break down new words into familiar terms. I would like to work on a “technology” that would help students in this area…..if there are any suggestions out there J

Anderson, R., Grant, M. M., & Speck, B. W. (2008). Technology to Teach Literacy, A Resource fo K-8 Teachers. New Jersey: Pearson.