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**Standard 4** ** Teachers know how to teach. ** The teacher understands and uses a variety of instructional strategies, including the use of technology, to encourage childrens' development of critical thinking, problem solving, and performance skills. Rationale 1: This visual demonstration Powerpoint was created to help show my peers and instructor the components of a motherboard and a computer cooling device. My classmates were shown the Powerpoint through a projector and a Smartboard. The Powerpoint featured multiple pictures and written information and facts about the motherboard and cooling components. My peers and instructor were able to see the powerpoint on the class wiki and on my personal wiki. My peers and instructor were able to learn more about two different parts of the computer and why they are important during my powerpoint. My Powerpoint helped my peers learn more about a computer and helped them in completing an inclass assignment which asked students to disassemble a computer and reassemble a computer. KSD Learning was enhanced by the help of computer technology which included a projector and Smartboard, the Internet, and computers. My presentation was able to help students aware of some key parts which make a computer run, help them identify those parts, and learn information about those parts as they build there knowledge of computer hardware. The Powerpoint style of explanation was made created so my peers and instructor would be able to view the presentation multiple times if they needed or wanted to. It was developed to help my peers learn more about these hardware components of a computer in an easy and understandable way that provide both pictures and facts. The adaptation and flexibility of this instruction were done in several ways. The Powerpoint demonstration was developed and posted to give my peers something to view whenever they wanted if they needed to go back and review something about my topic. The Powerpoint was very technology friendly in that it was able to be viewed through a projector and Smartboard. The lesson had great flexibility in that with the use of the file my peers were able to view it multiple times and with multiple types of technology.
 * Evidence 1: Motherboard and Cooling Components Powerpoint[[file:MOTHERBOARDS.pptx]] **
 * 4.K.3 The teacher knows how to enhance learning through the use of a wide variety of materials and technological resources (erg. computers, audio-visual technologies, videotapes and discs, local experts, primary documents and artifacts, texts, reference books, literature, and other print resources). **
 * 4.S.5 The teacher develops a variety of clear, accurate presentations and representations of concepts, using alternative explanations to assist students’ and presenting diverse perspectives to encourage critical thinking. **
 * 4.D.2 The teacher values flexibility and reciprocity in the teaching process as necessary for adapting instruction to students responses, ideas, and needs. **