Professional+Development

 Professional Development

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. || Some websites that you find interesting: [|International Society for Technology in Education] [|National Association for the Education of Young Children] [|U.S. Office of Educational Technology]  [|Mathematics Technology Lesson Reflection Guide] [|Read, Write, Think: Student Interactives] Final Reflection on my Goals  I feel like I definitely met my short term goals. I used widgets in ways that I never have before. Before this class, I had never saved anything as a PDF file or understood what it meant when something was saved as a PDF. I feel like every page of my Wiki is interactive in some way and would bring technology to my classroom in a new, innovative way.  I wouldn't change any of the long-term goals that I previously made. However, I would add one. One of the goals that I would add would be to use the software and technology that I have learned how to use in a more effective and efficient way. I feel like some of my lesson plans using these technologies could be critiqued in a way that would make the lesson more effective.  I would extend my learning through my first teaching position by attending workshops that teach me more about different technologies in the classroom. Also, I would look to my fellow teachers for advice and ideas about how they think the technology is best used. It might even be beneficial for the teachers in a school to create a technology wiki that they can all interact with and use as a forum for all things related to technology in education.
 * **ISTE NETS-T Standard //(found at//[|//][|ISTE NETS-T Standards]** ||
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%; margin-bottom: 12pt;">**2. Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments**
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Current Abilities** ||
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">I am able to use technology to enhance lessons only in very simple ways. The only lessons in which I have used technology do not necessarily enhance students’ curiosity or knowledge in technology. I know how to use basic technology to enrich my lessons: calculators, computers, power points, overhead projectors, etc. ||
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Need //– Why is there a need to develop in this area?//** ||
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">It is important that I develop in this area so that I can use technology to not only make my job easier but more effective. Technology can help me teach all students, including those with disabilities. I need to learn what type of technology is available to accommodate all students. Students will find the technology exciting and motivating. ||
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Goal** ||
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Learn about ways in which I can use technology that goes beyond simple slide shows, charts, and tables. I would like to learn how different technology can be used to teach all students, no matter their learning style or abilities. Last, I would like to learn about ways in which I can assess students using technology. ||
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Short Term Plan //– What will you do during this class.//** ||
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">I will try to set up my wiki in a way that goes beyond the ways in which I would normally use technology in my classroom by having interactive activities. I will use the resources that have been provided—web sites, podcasts, wikispaces, etc.—to gather information about ways in which I can use technology to teach. ||
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Long Term Plan //– what you will do in the next year.//** ||
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Because of this class, I am now aware of the resources that are available to me when it comes to technology. I will keep up with this technology and read articles that are posted about this topic. Whenever I write lesson plans, I will think about ways in which technology may or may not be useful to the lesson. Also, I will think about ways in which I can incorporate technology into my every day classroom routines. ||
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Assessment //– How will you know that you did it?//** ||
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">I will look at the NETS-T Standards every couple of months to see how I am doing with my goals. If I find that I’m not making the progress that I need to be making, I will adjust my goals. I feel like it will be a lifelong assessme <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">nt, not something that I will every fully “reach” since technology is constantly changing. ||