SHERRY VALENTI’SBIO PRESENTATIONLearn about me and interactivity!

NAVIGATION SLIDE Who is Sherry, the person?

Who is Sherry, the teacher? Project-based learning and multimedia

Interactive multimedia

Self-assessment of course skills

WHO IS SHERRY, THE PERSON?

I am the wife of a teacher and mother of one daughter, Olivia

I live on the Eastern Shore of Maryland Likes: Outdoors, living near the water,

naptime, exercising, Baltimore Ravens, Scrabble, Project Runway

Dislikes: Cold weather

PROJECT BASED LEARNING AND MULTIMEDIA IN MY CLASSROOM

I used PowerPoint as a review tool in Math My students create PowerPoints as a digital

yearbook project for their fifth grade year I integrated Webquests and online field trips Students also compared and contrasted city

life and country life in an online unit

INTERACTIVITY I used computer based games and

PowerPoints, such as Jeopardy, to review for tests.

I also have used problem based games, such as Jamestown to help students empathize and comprehend what life was like in the past.

I believe any interactivity, even if it’s simply verbal interaction, enhances every classroom!

SELF ASSESSMENT

ANALYSIS OF SELF-ASSESSMENT I have done animations before, but it has

been a few years. I know it’s changed since then!

I have used Wikispaces, but never to create a portfolio.

Many of the skills are ones that I have tried, but not mastered. If I didn’t feel %100 comfortable, I left it blank.

IN SUMMARY… Even though I love staying home with my

daughter, I enjoy working part-time because I love teaching, too. Technology has always been a part of my teaching, but I would like to it take a larger role in my classroom.

My goal is to take what I have been doing and make it current to what’s happening now in 2010!