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**5 Teachers know how to manage a classroom.**
 * The teacher uses an understanding of individual and group motivation and behavior to create a learning environment that encourages positive social interaction, active engagement in learning, and self-motivation.**

Evidence 1:Moodle Website [] (Spanish I Moodle Site) [] (Spanish III Moodle Site) [] (Spanish IV Moodle Site) [] (Spanish V Moodle Site)

Rationale 1:Moodle is a great tool to organize a variety of activities. I attended a two day seminar about using Moodle. I have created a Moodle site for all seven of my current classes. The sites are organized by unit and chapter. Each unit and chapter includes the standards and objectives for my curriculum. The sites include all of the online activities that are done in class as well as some of the handouts that are available to download. Moodle also has chat, forum and journaling opportunities for students. I have not used all of the features of Moodle yet but I am using many of the features. My students go to the computer lab about once a week to use Moodle. It has made my online activities much easier for me to manage and my students to use because everything is centralized.

KSD 5.K.4 The teacher understands the principles of effective classroom management and can use a range of strategies to promote routines and positive relationships, cooperation, and purposeful learning in the classroom.

Once created, this site can be easily modified and used again in the years to come. The site provides a format that is consistent for students to use every chapter. Moodle is a great tool for my independent study students as the expectations are clearly communicated and modules can be opened and closed to accommodate their pace.

5.S.3 The teacher organizes, allocates, and manages the resources of time, space, activities, and attention to provide active and equitable engagement of students in productive tasks.

This site allows me to put all of my online assignments, webquests, links, etc in one place, using a consistent format.

5.D.4 The teacher recognizes the value of intrinsic motivation to students’ life-long growth and learning. The objectives and expectations are clearly stated.

Students can work at their own pace. Some assignments are mandatory but there are links to other websites that have online flashcards and learning games that are encouraged but not required of the students. The online games provide immediate feedback about the student’s performance.  

 