V.
PRODUCTIVITY AND
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE.
Teachers
use technology to
enhance their productivity and professional practice. Teachers:
V-A: Use
technology resources to engage in ongoing
professional development and lifelong learning.
Evidence/Artifact 1
North
Carolina Public Schools Professional Development
Reflective Statement 1
This artifact is provided through North Carolina for teachers and
students to take distance learning courses in technology through a
variety of ways. Through this web site I will be able to engage
in
ongoing professional development in relation to technology.
Throughout my teaching career I want to stay up to date on the current
information relating education. Because this web site is provided
by North Carolina I feel that it will be a great resource to find
professional development opportunities so that I can stay engaged with
all the new information available to me as a teacher.
Evidence/Artifact 2
Professional
Development Announcements From Learn NC
Reflective
Statement 2
Learn NC provides announcements about professional development in North
Carolina. This will be a great place to find locations and times
of professional development opportunities throughout the state. I
want to use this web site to find opportunities to participate in
professional development so that I can stay engaged in lifelong
learning. I want my students to learning and be aware of what is
going on around them so I feel that it is very important for me to stay
up to date with my education too.
V-B: Continually evaluate and reflect on professional
practice to make informed decisions regarding the use of technology in
support
of student learning.
Evidience/Artifact 1
Learn
NC Lesson Plan
"Write On"-"Hooking the Reader"
Reflective Statement 1
For this artifact I chose to use this lesson from Learn NC because the
lesson has technology in it that is suppose to support student
learning. I like the idea of this lesson but the students only
have the option of using KidPix and Kidspriation it is not a
requirement. I have used
both of these technology resources and have found them very
useful. The teacher here says that if the students create a web
they can use Kidspiration and if they want to they can type their poem
in KidPix. Because using technology in this lesson is an option I
do not believe that it is supporting student learning.
If I were to use this lesson part of the goals of the lesson would be
to use KidPix and Kidspriation in the final piece to turn in. I
think using these technology resources could support student learning
if actually used in the teaching of the lesson.
Evidience/Artifact 2
Learn NC
Lesson Plan
Fractions on Kid Pix
Reflective Statement 2
This lesson from Learn NC also uses technology to support student
learning. In this lesson I believe that the teacher is successful
at using technology to support student learning. The lesson uses
KidPix to draw fractions. In my opinion this is a great lesson
for semi concrete fractions. Throughout the lesson the students
are actively working with the KidPix program in order to complete the
assignment. This lesson is really based around the technology
being used by the students.
I would like to use this lesson in my classroom when working on
fractions. I believe that using KidPix as a visual aid will help
students understand fractions plus it will give them more technology
skills.
V-C: Apply
technology to increase productivity.
Evidence/Artifact 1
Classroom Web site
Reflective Statement 1
During my technology class I created a classroom web site. This
artifact is about the productivity of my classroom. In the web
site there are places to post homework, look at the calendar,
class news, and much more. My plan for this web site in my
classroom is to give students and parents a resource to find out what
is going on in the classroom so that we can increase our
productivity. I want this web site to be a way to stay in touch
with my students and parents so they can feel comfortable to ask me
questions and so that they feel they are an important part of the
classroom.
The web site can also be added to by students. I want my students
to learn some of their computer skills through this classroom web
site. As the year goes by I want my students to feel that the web
site is their web site and a place where they can show their good work
and all the wonderful things we are doing in our classroom. I
believe that if they feel they are part of the web site they will refer
to it more and increase their productivity.
Evidence/Artifact 2
Mail Merge Letter
Reflective Statement 2
Throughout
the year I want to communicate with the parents of my students. I believe that good
communication between the teacher and parents increases the students
productivity. Mail Merge is a great program in Microsoft Word
that can produce letters for each individual student. Mail Merge
can have information from Access (database) and Excel (spreadsheet) in
it so that parents can see their student's progress. This
artifact would be a great way to send weekly progress letters to
parents so hopefully any issues can be solved before they become
problems. I want my students' parents to be involved in their
students education so that they can help any way they can, they are
very important part of the community in our classroom.
V-D: Use
technology to communicate and collaborate
with peers, parents, and the larger community in order to nurture
student
learning
Evidence/Artifact 1
Classroom Web site
Reflective Statement 1
For this artifact I used my classroom web site. The web site I
think will be great way to communicate and collaborate with peers,
parents, and the larger community in order to nurture the learning of
the students in my classroom. The classroom web site will have
all types of information about what is going on in the classroom.
The students and I will be adding information to the web site so that
peers, parents, and the community can see our progress.
For the classroom web site I would also like to have input from peers,
parents, and the community. I want to know what they want to know
about the classroom. The students in my class are part of the
community and I want them to feel like they are important
members. I hope to get response from those around our classroom
so that the students feel that what they are learning in the classroom
is important and does make a difference.
Evidence/Artifact 2
Newsletter
Reflective Statement 2
For this artifact I choose to use a newsletter that I created in
Microsoft Publisher. This newsletter introduces a unit that I
will be teaching. I would like to create monthly newsletters that
keep the parents informed about what is happening in our
classroom. Through the newsletters students can share what is
going on in our classroom and tell their parents all about the things
they are learning. My hope for these newsletters is to get more
parent involvement and to help nurture the learning of the students in
my classroom.
The newsletters I hope to send out will include things like what we are
studying, trip we plan to take, school calendar, test/quizzes,
projects, and anything relevant to what is going on in our
classroom. I hope that the students will enjoy sharing these
letters and the parents will encourage their students learning.
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