ISTE Report Card and Goals
Personal Report Card
My experience developing a concept- based curriculum based on the International Baccalaureate program has increased my understanding of the importance of collaboration and developing higher level thinking skills in order to explore important global issues. I have developed units of inquiry which allow for students to explore different perspectives in authentic ways. I try to use technology as much as possible to enhance these experiences and give students opportunities to communicate in a variety of ways.
Here are some examples of how I incorporated technology with my Grade 3 students last year through the ISTE Teacher Standards. Overall I would say that I am meeting expectations across the different standards and feel that I need to achieve more in all areas as the expectation a s a digital- age teaching professional is to constantly develop and learn. I feel more responsibility this year as I reach the midpoint of the MET program and in my new support role position.
1. Facilitate and inspire student learning and creativity
– Helped to organize Skype talks with a Canadian astronaut and someone from the Ryan’s Well Foundation
– technology was made available as a research tool to help in their personal inquiries
2. Design and develop digital-age learning experiences and assessments
– Helped students create videos/QR codes in order to communicate their conceptual understandings-examples include personal migration videos and videos in the role of an ‘artist’ explaining the process and message of their artwork.
– encouraged students to collaborate and represent their knowledge through technology in different ways such as shared presentations and movies..
3. Model Digital age work and learning
– communicated through weekly blog on parent portal
– shared resources and planning curriculum through google drive and Atlas Rubicon
– taught students how to effectively use different research websites, language and math programs for research and learning
4. Promote and model digital citizenship and responsibility
– organized school google email accounts for Grade 3 students at the beginning of the school year and followed up throughout the year with lessons on digital citizenship and responsibility
– encouraged students to share different cultural perspectives through their units of inquiry- ie- videos, pictures, interviews relating to their home country
5. Engage in professional growth and leadership
– participated and shared resources from workshops, google summit and MET courses
– collaborated with MET peers through discussions and group projects
Specific Goals
This year I am in a support position at a new school. I am taking my experiences as a classroom teacher incorporating technology with my students to now working with teachers modeling and sharing ways to incorporate technology into their curriculum planning. I will also be using technology as a communication tool with students, teachers and parents.I feel through my teaching experiences, workshops and MET courses I have been exposed to many great teaching tools and ways to use technology to redefine learning. I found the MET courses I took last year helped me to consolidate and validate my teaching practices.
I feel this course, 565A will now help me share my knowledge through a variety of digital tools.
My overall goals are to use technology in ways to help students understand and share their learning at a higher level of thinking. I also want to learn to use communication tools more effectively. I have experience working with google apps for education and can share my knowledge of how to use this tool for collaborative planning, teaching and learning while also learning how to use more of their apps more effectively. I am excited that Google classroom will be the educational tool for communication tool between Grade 6-12 teachers and their classes starting now and plan on setting up a Google classroom to communicate with teachers. I feel I still have a lot I can learn and apply through technology which takes time and collaboration.This will be a major focus this year as we develop engaging curriculum and ways to collaborate effectively.