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Standard 2 - Teachers know how children grow.
The teacher understands how children with broad ranges of ability learn and provides instruction that supports their intellectual, social, and personal development.

Rationale:
This was research that was done in my high school Keyboarding Applications Two class. For nine weeks, class was conducted as a hybrid classroom. Students used a Moodle to turn in assignments, take tests, participate in discussions, and find additional online resources.

Through the conducting the research I found many literature articles that discussed how online learning helps to reach a broad range of learners with various abilities. Through an online course students can participate in class at anytime that works for them, not just the standard school hours. Students can also develop socially through online discussions. An online course helps students to become responsible for their learning, helping them to grow intellectually and personally. The students need to use the online resources to learn the concepts, often digging deeper into the concept then is done in the classroom. This research allowed me to create a hybrid classroom that included opportunities for students to learn, demonstrate their learning, and share with their classmates what they found. I was able to do this through videos, resources links, and online discussions.

KSD
//2.K.1 The teacher understands how learning occurs -- how students construct knowledge, acquire skills, and develop habits of mind – and how to use instructional strategies that promote student learning for a wide range of student abilities.// An online class allows me to reach all of my students, no matter what their learning style. Students can use readings, videos, charts, and discussion with other classmates to complete their learning and demonstrate what they have learned.

//2.S.3 The teacher assesses students’ thinking and experiences as a basis for instructional activities (i.e., encouraging discussion, listening and responding to group interaction, and eliciting samples of student thinking orally and in writing).// Students enjoy working on the Internet and have experience using it to find information. An online classroom requires the students to use these skills to learn the concepts of the class. Online discussions allow me to monitor student learning and prompt students to expand on their thoughts/opinions or on a concept being discussed.

//2.D.2 The teacher is disposed to use students’ strengths as a basis for growth, and their errors as an opportunity for learning// Researching how to create an effective hybrid classroom allowed me to see various ways to capitalize on my students strengths and help them use these to learn the necessary concepts and be successful in the classroom