Professional+Development

ISTE NETS-T+Standards: Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning Creativity

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


 * ==Current Abilities ==

===The one goal that I am currently able to do is Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning Creativity. I can help students navigate through the web to find reliable information. I can teach students to use different programs on the computer that can each help with learning, such as using the computer for a reading activity. I also can use technology to teach in the classroom as well as just verbally teaching to the students. ===


 * ==Need- Why is there a need to develop in this area?==

===My students need to be able to navigate through the web and find information that is reliable. I must be able to keep up with technology as it progresses as well as take every opportunity that I get to learn more about it. I need to do this because then my students can be updated with information. I need to feel confident in the skills that I have when using technology, so that I can help the students effectively. I must know as much as I can about technology in order for students to feel comfortable using it as they get older. ===


 * ==Goal ==

===My goal is to help my students be able to navigate through the web. I want to feel confident when using technology instead of frustrated and nervous. I must feel confident in technology, so that I use it as often as possible with students and parents. I also know that technology will be used through out the school that I am teaching at with faculty, so I need to know as much as possible. ===


 * ==Short Term Plan- What will you do during this class? ==

===I am going to learn everything that this class has to offer. I am going to try and become as comfortable as possible when working with different technology skills, so that I can promote technology use in my classroom. I want to be able to create a Wiki space on my own for my future class. ===


 * ==Long Term Plan- What will you do in the next year?==

===I want to continue learning about different technology that I can use in my classroom and use to communicate with parents. I want to be able to have more then one option for parents to be able to access for information. I also want my students using both ways of learning, through computers and face to face. ===


 * ==Assessment- How will you know that you did it? ==

===I will know that I have achieved my goals when I can sit at a computer and know exactly what I am doing and how I am going to do it. I will be faster at certain types of areas. I will also be able to help other people use technology. If I am promoting technology in a positive way through out my classroom, then I know I have achieved my goals. ===


 * ==Reflection==

=== I have met my short term goals. I feel ten times more comfortable when working with computers. When doing the TIP project, it did not take me forever to figure out how to work each program. I feel certain that I could teach 25 second grade students how to work each program as well as teaching good digital citizenship. I never thought that I would be able to feel this comfortable when using different technology programs. === === I do not think that I would change my long term goals because I feel that it is very important to stay as updated as possible with new upcoming technology. I do want to add that I want my students to feel comfortable when using the programs that I choose to incorporate in class. I want the students to understand each possiblities that the programs have in order for it to better their learning. === === I would extend my learning to my first teaching job with first teaching the technology to the students. I would start out basic, but then add information as the year went on. I think that students will be excited about learning with computers because technology is so common these days. I want to make sure my students feel as comfortable as they can when using a computer and technology programs. ===