Andrew



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I am a PE Teacher at a Chicago International Charter School. I have been a Varsity Boys soccer coach for the past four years. My school is about 25% students with special needs so I thought it would benefit my career to get a Masters in Spe. Ed. Some of my hobbies include rugby and golf! I went to undergrad at Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI.

Primary Sources- Congress Library

C__//**lassroom Tech Share- Mastery Manager & Smart Pen**//__
 * Mastery Manager** -**What is it?** - This is assistive technology to both teacher and instructional modification. It is an online test answer sheet maker. It is used to help identify a quantify test answers in an attempt to adjust instruction to meet the needs of your individual students. It can be set up to meet any type of test format and is very helpful in identifying state standards that need to be addressed in your assessments. The program then can do item analysis to see what questions kids are getting incorrect. It then give the teacher the opportunity to adjust instruction based on where students are getting confused. It is user friendly after you get used to it. My initial impression of it was that it was goint to be a pain in my side. It seemed like extra work to set up, however after I got used to it it seemed to actually save time in the end. It also has so many options for you to adjust the different aspects of the test or quiz.


 * Smart Pen Echo Livescibe**- The pen has the ability to write and take notes as well as record something while writing. There are so many benefits to something like this, especially kids who have trouble keeping up with the note taking. Below is link describing the funtions and how the pen works.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rF11--7iN40