digital-age communication and collaboration tools. I don't feel I have used technology to do this. My school does not have much diversity and I feel I need to use web-cam's and other Web 2.0 tools to aid me in this venture.
Another problem I found when looking over the NETS-T was with number 5. Engaging in Professional Growth and Leadership- Part a: participate in local and global learning communities to explore creative applications of technology to improve student learning. I feel that the learning communities that I belong to should be expanded. I believe my connections here at Walden have helped me dramatically but I need to reach further than that. The unknown makes me a bit uneasy but I must step out of my comfort zone for my student's.
Goals- Since this school year is drawing to a close, I hope to set up a web cast with biology class in another school by November of next year. This will allow me to make more connections professionally and also allow my students to learn about the students in a different school who may be different from them.
Actions- I will start the exploration process beginning with the connections I have right now. My librarian and other colleges, have children and former teachers around the world who may help me on this adventure.
Monitor- I am going to set my self my time table and also work this into the minutes of our department meetings. This way the department can keep tabs on my progress and call me to task if need be.
Evaluate & Extend- Utilizing my students feed back will be the best way to evaluate my progress. I hope that the technical aspects work first and foremost. However, I want my students to learn that all just because a student is in a different state or type of school they have similar responsibilities that they have. I also want them to see that the opinions that they have may or may not be similar to the ones of others. After the initial web cast, I hope to have them quarterly. This way the students can have debates on what we are learning, the best way to learn specific topics, and maybe utilize cross curricular connections with an English class to have the students write business letters to them.
Resource
http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/NETS/ForTeachers/2008Standards/NETS_T_Standards_Final.pdf
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Mrs. C.-
ReplyDeleteI like you idea of having a web cast so students can talk to other students who are learning the same concept as them. This will allow for a great deal of peer to peer learning to take place as well as us technology for all the it has to offer.
I agree with you about stepping out of our comfort zone and how it is difficult. I find that there are many times that my students are forcing me step out of my comfort zone as they are teaching me new things on the computer. Do you find that about your students?
Mrs. Bimbi~
ReplyDeleteYes, I do. They know technology but not to the extent they need to. I think that I am more worried about the trouble they can into with privacy and such that is why I am uncomfortable. I also find it facinating that they teach us as much as we teach them.
I love that they want to know how to use technology and Web 2.0 tools but I also love utilizing traditional methodologies as well.
~Mrs. C
Mrs. C.-
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that I feel like I hold back because of the fear of what the students might do. Many of the students feel like they know it all when it comes to computers and that they are above the law which can cause some problems. At the beginning of the year I plan on starting with lessons on internet safety and hoping that will help with using the computers correctly and safely but you are always going to have that one student who tests the limits. I am similar to you I think that it is important to utilize traditional and technology in our lessons not just one or the other.