Throughout this semester, I have learned several things in the IT 365 course. I have learned how to create a website, create and upload an educational youtube video, make a concept map on Inspiration, use the tools on the computer designed to assist people with special needs, create quizzes, puzzles, and rubrics online, and how to find and use public domain images and sound clips online. These are all skills I will need in order to effectively incorporate technology in my classroom in the future.
Because I am no stranger to technology, I have many strong points. Some of my strong points include blogging, creating videos, using web tools, and keeping up with the latest advances in technology. Although I am strong in quite a few areas, I also have a few areas in which I need to improve. These areas include creating websites adn ;using assistive technology. I believe that I am weak in these areas because I have little experience in each of them. In this class was my first time using assistive technology and creating a website. I am certain that with practice, i will master these two skills.
My future learningi goals are learning how to create a more visually appealing website and familiarizing myself more with assistive technology. Both of these skills are important i fI want to be successful at teaching.
I plan on integrating technology in the classroom by applying all the skills I have learned in IT 365. I plan on creating videos to aid my lectures, create quizzes online, use virtual tours, use assistive technology whenever it is needed, and much more. I also plan to pass on to my students what I have learned in IT 365 so that they may become as skillful and comfortable with technology as possible and maybe even choose a career using these skills in the future.
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Standard 5
5. Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership
Teachers continuously improve their professional practice, model lifelong learning, and exhibit leadership in their school and professional community by promoting and demonstrating the effective use of digital tools and resources. Teachers:
PhotoStory
The main idea of standard five is to stay up to date on all technological advances in order to continue to grow and improve as a teacher. This is a standard that would be better mastered from actual teaching experience, but I can think of one artifact that demonstrates my ability to keep up with ever-changing technologies: the PhotoStory video. When uploading this video to youtube.com, I came across a fairly new feature that I, before then, had not been aware of. This was the feature that allowed me to close caption the narration in my video. This would allow deaf or hearing impaired students to enjoy and learn from the video just as much as students with no hearing impairments. By taking advantage of this new feature, I was keeping up with and taking advantage of a technological advance.
Teachers continuously improve their professional practice, model lifelong learning, and exhibit leadership in their school and professional community by promoting and demonstrating the effective use of digital tools and resources. Teachers:
| a. | participate in local and global learning communities to explore creative applications of technology to improve student learning. |
| b. | exhibit leadership by demonstrating a vision of technology infusion, participating in shared decision making and community building, and developing the leadership and technology skills of others. |
| c. | evaluate and reflect on current research and professional practice on a regular basis to make effective use of existing and emerging digital tools and resources in support of student learning. |
| d. | contribute to the effectiveness, vitality, and self-renewal of the teaching profession and of their school and community. |
PhotoStory
The main idea of standard five is to stay up to date on all technological advances in order to continue to grow and improve as a teacher. This is a standard that would be better mastered from actual teaching experience, but I can think of one artifact that demonstrates my ability to keep up with ever-changing technologies: the PhotoStory video. When uploading this video to youtube.com, I came across a fairly new feature that I, before then, had not been aware of. This was the feature that allowed me to close caption the narration in my video. This would allow deaf or hearing impaired students to enjoy and learn from the video just as much as students with no hearing impairments. By taking advantage of this new feature, I was keeping up with and taking advantage of a technological advance.
Friday, May 6, 2011
Standard 4
4. Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsibility
Teachers understand local and global societal issues and responsibilities in an evolving digital culture and exhibit legal and ethical behavior in their professional practices. Teachers:
PhotoStory
The fourth standard is all about using technology safely and responsibly and teaching your students to do the same. While working on the PhotoStory video, I was instructed to only use public domain pictures and music. I was also told how to search for and find these things online. These are lessons I will pass on to my future students so that they understand the importance of being original and that everything found online is not open to be used in any way we see fit. I will also apply these lessons myself when using the internet to create activities for my classroom in the future.
Teachers understand local and global societal issues and responsibilities in an evolving digital culture and exhibit legal and ethical behavior in their professional practices. Teachers:
| a. | advocate, model, and teach safe, legal, and ethical use of digital information and technology, including respect for copyright, intellectual property, and the appropriate documentation of sources. |
| b. | address the diverse needs of all learners by using learner-centered strategies providing equitable access to appropriate digital tools and resources. |
| c. | promote and model digital etiquette and responsible social interactions related to the use of technology and information. |
| d. | develop and model cultural understanding and global awareness by engaging with colleagues and students of other cultures using digital-age communication and collaboration tools. |
PhotoStory
The fourth standard is all about using technology safely and responsibly and teaching your students to do the same. While working on the PhotoStory video, I was instructed to only use public domain pictures and music. I was also told how to search for and find these things online. These are lessons I will pass on to my future students so that they understand the importance of being original and that everything found online is not open to be used in any way we see fit. I will also apply these lessons myself when using the internet to create activities for my classroom in the future.
Standard 3
3. Model Digital-Age Work and Learning
Teachers exhibit knowledge, skills, and work processes representative of an innovative professional in a global and digital society. Teachers:
PhotoStory
Web Site
Blog
Online Quiz
Turnitin.com
Standard three involves communicating and collaborating with students, peers, parents, and community members using digital tools. The artifacts that demonstrate my mastery of this standard are the PhotoStory video, the teacher website, the blog, online quiz, and turnitin.com assignment. The former three all involve sharing information with both students and parents using digital age media. The latter two both use digital tools which demonstrate my fluency in technology. The website and blog are perfect ways to share information and collaborate with students and parents who have access to teh internet outside of the school. PhotoStory, the online quiz, and the turnitin assignments offer technological alternatives to everyday student and teacher tasks that usually do not incorporate technology.
Teachers exhibit knowledge, skills, and work processes representative of an innovative professional in a global and digital society. Teachers:
| a. | demonstrate fluency in technology systems and the transfer of current knowledge to new technologies and situations. |
| b. | collaborate with students, peers, parents, and community members using digital tools and resources to support student success and innovation. |
| c. | communicate relevant information and ideas effectively to students, parents, and peers using a variety of digital-age media and formats. |
| d. | model and facilitate effective use of current and emerging digital tools to locate, analyze, evaluate, and use information resources to support research and learning. |
PhotoStory
Web Site
Blog
Online Quiz
Turnitin.com
Standard three involves communicating and collaborating with students, peers, parents, and community members using digital tools. The artifacts that demonstrate my mastery of this standard are the PhotoStory video, the teacher website, the blog, online quiz, and turnitin.com assignment. The former three all involve sharing information with both students and parents using digital age media. The latter two both use digital tools which demonstrate my fluency in technology. The website and blog are perfect ways to share information and collaborate with students and parents who have access to teh internet outside of the school. PhotoStory, the online quiz, and the turnitin assignments offer technological alternatives to everyday student and teacher tasks that usually do not incorporate technology.
Standard 2
2. Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments
Teachers design, develop, and evaluate authentic learning experiences and assessment incorporating contemporary tools and resources to maximize content learning in context and to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes identified in the NETS•S. Teachers:
PhotoStory
Puzzle
Assistive Technology
The second standard is mostly about designing your teaching style around the students' learning styles in order to give the students the best opportunity to learn. This standard states that teachers should use technology to help diversify their teaching. The artifacts I think demonstrate my achievement of this standard are PhotStory, the puzzle, and the assistive technology assignments.
The PhotoStory video is a great way to diversify one's instruction. It's a break form the usual lecturing style of teaching that teachers use the majority of the time. It would allow students who learn by seeing and students who learn by listening to better grasp the concept being taught. Also, by uploading the video to youtube, students are able to access the video outside of class if need be.
The puzzle assignment is another good break from lecturing. It is a fun and educational activity that students would enjoy.
The assistive technology assignment taught me many ways to customize learning activities in order to address students' special needs. With this skill set, I will be able to adapt almost any technology assignment or activity so that any student can successfully complete it.
Teachers design, develop, and evaluate authentic learning experiences and assessment incorporating contemporary tools and resources to maximize content learning in context and to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes identified in the NETS•S. Teachers:
| a. | design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity. |
| b. | develop technology-enriched learning environments that enable all students to pursue their individual curiosities and become active participants in setting their own educational goals, managing their own learning, and assessing their own progress. |
| c. | customize and personalize learning activities to address students' diverse learning styles, working strategies, and abilities using digital tools and resources. |
| d. | provide students with multiple and varied formative and summative assessments aligned with content and technology standards and use resulting data to inform learning and teaching. |
PhotoStory
Puzzle
Assistive Technology
The second standard is mostly about designing your teaching style around the students' learning styles in order to give the students the best opportunity to learn. This standard states that teachers should use technology to help diversify their teaching. The artifacts I think demonstrate my achievement of this standard are PhotStory, the puzzle, and the assistive technology assignments.
The PhotoStory video is a great way to diversify one's instruction. It's a break form the usual lecturing style of teaching that teachers use the majority of the time. It would allow students who learn by seeing and students who learn by listening to better grasp the concept being taught. Also, by uploading the video to youtube, students are able to access the video outside of class if need be.
The puzzle assignment is another good break from lecturing. It is a fun and educational activity that students would enjoy.
The assistive technology assignment taught me many ways to customize learning activities in order to address students' special needs. With this skill set, I will be able to adapt almost any technology assignment or activity so that any student can successfully complete it.
Standard 1
1. Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity
PhotoStory
Blog
Website
The artifacts I chose for this standard are the PhotoStory video, the blog, and the web site. Each of these projects required innovativeness and creativity to complete. The video involved music, narration, pictures, and text - all of which had to be created or selected by me. All of these things had to mesh well together in order for the video to be appealing to both the ears and the eyes. This was important because students learn more from things they find interesting and/or entertaining than they do from things they believe to be boring. I believe this video accomplished visual and auditory appeal. The blog also required a bit of creativity because it is a place where I shared my personal thoughts and opinions on a particular topic. The blog also took some reflecting. After reading the NETS.T standards, I reflected on each one in my blog, which reinforced my learning. Last, but not least, the web site was a project that was both creative and authentic. When I become a teacher, keeping the parents and guardians of my students informed on the happenings of my classroom will be very important to me. A web site is just the thing to help me achieve this. An effective web site should be designed to fit its purpose. The purpose of my web site is to let parents know a little about myself and the class their child(ren) will be in for that school year. Therefore, my website should have a colorful and fun design as well as a neat and organized one. This is an area in which I need to improve. Although my website contains all of the appropriate information, it could stand to be a little more visually appealing.
Teachers use their knowledge of subject matter, teaching and learning, and technology to facilitate experiences that advance student learning, creativity, and innovation in both face-to-face and virtual environments. Teachers:
a. promote, support, and model creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness. b. engage students in exploring real-world issues and solving authentic problems using digital tools and resources. c. promote student reflection using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students' conceptual understanding and thinking, planning, and creative processes. d. model collaborative knowledge construction by engaging in learning with students, colleagues, and others in face-to-face and virtual environments
PhotoStory
Blog
Website
The artifacts I chose for this standard are the PhotoStory video, the blog, and the web site. Each of these projects required innovativeness and creativity to complete. The video involved music, narration, pictures, and text - all of which had to be created or selected by me. All of these things had to mesh well together in order for the video to be appealing to both the ears and the eyes. This was important because students learn more from things they find interesting and/or entertaining than they do from things they believe to be boring. I believe this video accomplished visual and auditory appeal. The blog also required a bit of creativity because it is a place where I shared my personal thoughts and opinions on a particular topic. The blog also took some reflecting. After reading the NETS.T standards, I reflected on each one in my blog, which reinforced my learning. Last, but not least, the web site was a project that was both creative and authentic. When I become a teacher, keeping the parents and guardians of my students informed on the happenings of my classroom will be very important to me. A web site is just the thing to help me achieve this. An effective web site should be designed to fit its purpose. The purpose of my web site is to let parents know a little about myself and the class their child(ren) will be in for that school year. Therefore, my website should have a colorful and fun design as well as a neat and organized one. This is an area in which I need to improve. Although my website contains all of the appropriate information, it could stand to be a little more visually appealing.
Introduction to my Blogfolio
Welcome to my blogfolio. Here you will find three things: 1) a list of links that lead to all assignments I have completed in IT 365, 2) the five NETS.T standards and a reflection for each, and 3) a final course reflection for IT 365.
This blogfolio is designed to show my growth throughout this semester and to display evidence of what I have learned in IT 365. Each of the three things found here do just that.
This blogfolio is designed to show my growth throughout this semester and to display evidence of what I have learned in IT 365. Each of the three things found here do just that.
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