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** Standard 1 ** ** Teachers know the subjects they are teaching. ** The teacher understands the central concepts, tools of inquiry, and structures of the disciplines she or he teaches and can create learning experiences that make these aspects of subject matter meaningful for pupils.

Evidence1: Student Podcasts

Rationale 1: During the 2009-2010 school year, the sixth, seventh, and eighth grade technology students created and research a timeline of the history of a person, thing or place. They wrote these in their language arts class and then came up with a way to present them in a fun and interesting way while creating a podcast. Students were taught how to use Audacity and worked in groups to create the podcast.

KSD: //I created an activity that allowed students to apply the knowledge they had gained in the language arts class to make their podcast.//
 * 1.K.3 The teacher relates his/her disciplinary knowledge to other subject areas.**

//Students linked the ideas they were taught when discussing how to use voice in writing and applying it in their podcast.//
 * 1.S.1 The teacher effectively uses multiple representations and explanations of disciplinary concepts that capture key ideas and links them to students' prior understandings.**

//When creating the lesson on how to use Audacity, I showed the students a number of different ways to learn how to do it. I used handouts, screen captures, and demonstrations.//
 * 1.D.2 The teacher appreciates multiple perspectives and conveys to learners how knowledge is developed from the vantage point of the learner.**