1. Facilitate and inspire student learning and creativity
2. Design and develop digital age learning experiences and assessments
3. Model digital age work and learning
4. Promote and model digital citizenship and responsibility
5. Engage in professional growth and leadership
Personal/Professional opportunities for growth
One area of opportunity for growth is releasing control of the learning to my students with regards to technology. There is a fine line in elementary between capabilities vs. responsibility. As some technologies are new, setting clear expectations can be so dependent on each individual’s exposure. I would like to learn more about how to maximize the use of the limited technologies available to me on my campus. Another area is monitoring of students while they are involved in projects and other technology assignments as it is difficult with large classes. Digital citizenship is a topic I want to become more familiar with in order to confidently instruct students, especially in areas of internet safety, copyright free searches and giving credit for where you find information on the internet.
Professional Strengths
My biggest technology strength is my eagerness and passion for professional growth. If something new is available, I am one of the first to try it out. I look forward to learning new ways to engage my students in learning, creating and collaborating using technology. I often seek new ways to integrate technology into my lessons. In my 2nd grade classroom I model the use of technology for my class by using my technology in my daily lessons. Engaging Power Points and videos have been beneficial to my students due to their increased engagement to the lessons. They have been introduced to e-books, and Virtual Field Trips have been a great resource. Due to the high number of Economically Disadvantaged students we have on our campus, these “trips” have enabled our students to have experiences they wouldn’t have been able to otherwise.
My teammates often come to me for help with technology and ideas. I communicate with teachers and administrators online as well using e-mail and google docs and twitter. I used google docs to take surveys, set up schedules and plan (allowing my fellow teammates to add their ideas). I communicate with parents and staff through different media. This year I used a messaging app with my parents. This made communication much better between us. As a campus, we use online assessments monthly to collect data on our student’s growth. Luckily our 4th and 5th grade students next year will each have their own Chromebook, so we will really be able to incorporate these into their learning and group collaboration. I look forward to using Google Docs with them.
Next year in my new position as Librarian, I look forward to working with teachers and students to incorporate technology. I plan to overcome my weaknesses by continuing to learn from the online courses I am taking and attend trainings and classes and bring those ideas to teachers. I plan to work closely with my technology personnel to learn more ideas for integration as well as work with ideas teachers on my campus may have to share.
I would like to see projects and real world ideas representing each of these standards so I can have a better understanding and plan my own lessons. As a campus we are working to have K-5 students do more creating with technology next year and I look forward to being a big part of that.
Reference
International Society for Technology in Education. (2015). ISTE standards: Teachers. Retrieved from http://www.iste.org/standards/ISTE-standards/standards-for-teachers
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