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Standard 6 - Teachers communicate well.
The teacher uses effective verbal and nonverbal communication techniques as well as instructional media and technology to foster active inquiry, collaboration, and supportive interaction in the classroom.

Evidence:
Personal Finance Wiki

Rationale:
I created a Wiki for my high school Personal Finance class. This wiki is a communication tool between me and my students and as a way for the students to share information with each other. This wiki contains pages for each of the units covered in Personal Finance. The page contains a summary of what was talked about, links to assignments, and links to other online resources. For the Stock Market Unit, the students are required to research some stocks and share the information with their classmates by creating a page on the wiki.

It is important to communication as much as possible with my students. This wiki allows me to do this easily. It allows me to put everything that we cover in a unit in a central location for students to reference at any time. This wiki has helped students stay more organized and feel more prepared for class because they know exactly what we did or will be doing in class and when their assignments are due. Also, if they forget their assignment at school they can open it up on the wiki and print off a new one.

KSD:
//6.K.4 The teacher recognizes the importance of nonverbal, verbal and media communication techniques.// Through is wiki I am able to communicate with my students nonverbally, verbally through the use of a voki, and through forms of media such as videos and the wiki itself.

//6.S.5 The teacher knows how to use a variety of media communication tools, including audiovisual aids and computers, to enrich learning opportunities.// This wiki demonstrates my ability to use a several different media communication tools. I use a voki to introduce or review each unit, there are videos on several of the pages re-enforcing what was learned, and there are opportunities for the students to communicate with each other about what they are learning.

//6.D.2 The teacher values many ways in which people seek to communicate and encourages many modes of communication in the classroom.// Students don’t ways feel comfortable communicating in the same ways. The wiki allows students to communicate with each other and share information without worrying about standing in front of the classroom and speaking.