Last
week for my graduate class I reviewed the National Education Standards for
Teachers. I decided that I needed to
improve on all aspects of standard two; design and develop digital age learning
experiences and assessments. Some of the
learning experiences that I particularly wanted to improve on are my webquests
and computer-based tutorials that I give my students. In order to improve these I will need my
course text and will need to spend time finding reliable resources on the
Internet. I also want to add a
project-based technology-learning piece into my lessons where students would
collaborate with a wiki. I have only
worked with a wiki one time for a graduate class I took. I will need to make an
appointment with our technology specialist and have him help me create a wiki
for the class. It would be great to hear
how Walden colleagues have used Wiki’s in their classes. My fellow biology colleagues and I have
created a 15-question assessment to be used with student response systems. Each of us is going to give it to all of our
classes. The data will go directly into
performance matters, which is our school districts digital tool for collecting
data on students. We are going to
compare the data and determine what best practices are working with the student
population at our school. We will
collaborate and discuss what each of us is doing that works and does not work
and determine the best practices we should use during our PLC time in the week.
I
also need to improve on all aspects of standard three; model digital age work
and learning. An example of why I need
to improve on this is the fact that I don’t have any experience with a wiki. I also need to improve my knowledge in how to
use spreadsheets in class. In order to
increase my knowledge in digital age work and learning I need to meet regularly
with my technology specialist to keep up to date with new technologies. I can also sign up for any classes offered
through my school district. I need to
model “life-long learning” and continue to go to classes that will teach me new
technologies.
References:
Cennamo,
K., Ross, J. & Ertmer, P. (2009). Technology integration for meaningful
classroom use: A standards-based approach. (Laureate Education, Inc., Custom
ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.
International
Society for Technology in Education. (2011). Nets for teachers. Retrieved from http://www.iste.org/standards/nets-for-teachers.aspx
Shelby,
ReplyDeleteIt seems as though you will be using a variety of digital technologies while carrying out your GAME Plan. Incorporating tools like the web quest, wikis, and other computer based activities or assessments will give students multiple opportunities to succeed within your class. As stated by Cennamo, Ross, and Ertmer (2009) it is important to be flexible and allow students to have a variety of options while working on achieving specific goals. These options are the core of universal design for learning which promotes students to exploring and using various activities in order to learn the content and reach the set goals.
I have not had a lot of experience using web quests and want to explore those more as well. I hope that you are able to find that they really are useful tools to use within the classroom. I am excited to hear about the rest of your plan and hopefully how it turns out.
References
Cennamo, K., Ross, J. & Ertmer, P. (2009). Technology integration for meaningful classroom use: A standards-based approach. (Laureate Education, Inc., Custom ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.
Aneta
Thank you for your post Aneta. So far this week I have been looking at other people's web quests on the internet to get ideas to create my own for my biology class.
ReplyDeleteI am also working on a webquest Shelby, but I am designing my own at this point. Any suggestions you have regarding sites to check would be great. I have looked at a few to help build them, but they are not very visually appealing.
ReplyDeleteI am interested in your Performance Tracker software. I like that all the teachers are inputting information into the tracker giving a wider range of data, and by comparing all the techniques used, a larger base of skills and approaches to draw from. It is something I can see being very useful.
I have never worked with creating a wiki either, and will be interested to hear how it goes. One area of concern for me would be keeping up with documentation and also how to limit contributions from outside sources.
Peggy
Cennamo, K., Ross, J. & Ertmer, P. (2009). Technology integration for meaningful classroom use: A standards-based approach. (Laureate Education, Inc., Custom ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.