This is my Blogfolio for IT365. Simply put, this is a compilation of all my assignments from my information technology class. It is the most important grade I will receive all semester in this class, so I hope I’ve done well. The blogfolio, or portfolio in blog form, should contain a link to all my assignments due in since January, a reflection of all the chapters covered this semester in IT365, a list of the NETS-T Standards, reflections of these standards, a final course reflection, and an “about me” post.
The assignments are listed in this blog in an artifact link on the left side of the blog posts and in a blog post so that one can go check my progress through the semester. The chapter reflections are posted so that my professor can check that I have kept my blog updated and kept up with assignments over the semester. The standards are posted to prove that I am aware of them and the reflections are posted to ensure others that I understand their meanings and know how to apply them. The final course reflection is posted to state what I learned in this class. The “about me” section was posted because it was the first assignment due in the blog. I posted these blog entries in order of how I thought they should be read. This means that I had to delete several posts and re-post them in order to have them in the order that I desired. If there is any confusion, one can simply go over to my blog artifact link on the left side of the blog to find any entry.
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
NETS-T Standards
1. Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity
Teachers use their knowledge of subject matter, teaching and learning, and technology to facilitate experiences that advance student learning, creativity, and innovation in both face-to-face and virtual environments. Teachers:
a. promote, support, and model creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness.
b. engage students in exploring real-world issues and solving authentic problems using digital tools and resources.
c. promote student reflection using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students' conceptual understanding and thinking, planning, and creative processes.
d. model collaborative knowledge construction by engaging in learning with students, colleagues, and others in face-to-face and virtual environments.
2. Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments
Teachers design, develop, and evaluate authentic learning experiences and assessment incorporating contemporary tools and resources to maximize content learning in context and to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes identified in the NETS•S. Teachers:
a. design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity.
b. develop technology-enriched learning environments that enable all students to pursue their individual curiosities and become active participants in setting their own educational goals, managing their own learning, and assessing their own progress.
c. customize and personalize learning activities to address students' diverse learning styles, working strategies, and abilities using digital tools and resources.
d. provide students with multiple and varied formative and summative assessments aligned with content and technology standards and use resulting data to inform learning and teaching.
3. Model Digital-Age Work and Learning
Teachers exhibit knowledge, skills, and work processes representative of an innovative professional in a global and digital society. Teachers:
a. demonstrate fluency in technology systems and the transfer of current knowledge to new technologies and situations.
b. collaborate with students, peers, parents, and community members using digital tools and resources to support student success and innovation.
c. communicate relevant information and ideas effectively to students, parents, and peers using a variety of digital-age media and formats.
d. model and facilitate effective use of current and emerging digital tools to locate, analyze, evaluate, and use information resources to support research and learning.
4. Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsibility
Teachers understand local and global societal issues and responsibilities in an evolving digital culture and exhibit legal and ethical behavior in their professional practices. Teachers:
a. advocate, model, and teach safe, legal, and ethical use of digital information and technology, including respect for copyright, intellectual property, and the appropriate documentation of sources.
b. address the diverse needs of all learners by using learner-centered strategies providing equitable access to appropriate digital tools and resources.
c. promote and model digital etiquette and responsible social interactions related to the use of technology and information.
d. develop and model cultural understanding and global awareness by engaging with colleagues and students of other cultures using digital-age communication and collaboration tools.
5. Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership
Teachers continuously improve their professional practice, model lifelong learning, and exhibit leadership in their school and professional community by promoting and demonstrating the effective use of digital tools and resources. Teachers:
a. participate in local and global learning communities to explore creative applications of technology to improve student learning.
b. exhibit leadership by demonstrating a vision of technology infusion, participating in shared decision making and community building, and developing the leadership and technology skills of others.
c. evaluate and reflect on current research and professional practice on a regular basis to make effective use of existing and emerging digital tools and resources in support of student learning.
d. contribute to the effectiveness, vitality, and self-renewal of the teaching profession and of their school and community.
Teachers use their knowledge of subject matter, teaching and learning, and technology to facilitate experiences that advance student learning, creativity, and innovation in both face-to-face and virtual environments. Teachers:
a. promote, support, and model creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness.
b. engage students in exploring real-world issues and solving authentic problems using digital tools and resources.
c. promote student reflection using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students' conceptual understanding and thinking, planning, and creative processes.
d. model collaborative knowledge construction by engaging in learning with students, colleagues, and others in face-to-face and virtual environments.
2. Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments
Teachers design, develop, and evaluate authentic learning experiences and assessment incorporating contemporary tools and resources to maximize content learning in context and to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes identified in the NETS•S. Teachers:
a. design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity.
b. develop technology-enriched learning environments that enable all students to pursue their individual curiosities and become active participants in setting their own educational goals, managing their own learning, and assessing their own progress.
c. customize and personalize learning activities to address students' diverse learning styles, working strategies, and abilities using digital tools and resources.
d. provide students with multiple and varied formative and summative assessments aligned with content and technology standards and use resulting data to inform learning and teaching.
3. Model Digital-Age Work and Learning
Teachers exhibit knowledge, skills, and work processes representative of an innovative professional in a global and digital society. Teachers:
a. demonstrate fluency in technology systems and the transfer of current knowledge to new technologies and situations.
b. collaborate with students, peers, parents, and community members using digital tools and resources to support student success and innovation.
c. communicate relevant information and ideas effectively to students, parents, and peers using a variety of digital-age media and formats.
d. model and facilitate effective use of current and emerging digital tools to locate, analyze, evaluate, and use information resources to support research and learning.
4. Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsibility
Teachers understand local and global societal issues and responsibilities in an evolving digital culture and exhibit legal and ethical behavior in their professional practices. Teachers:
a. advocate, model, and teach safe, legal, and ethical use of digital information and technology, including respect for copyright, intellectual property, and the appropriate documentation of sources.
b. address the diverse needs of all learners by using learner-centered strategies providing equitable access to appropriate digital tools and resources.
c. promote and model digital etiquette and responsible social interactions related to the use of technology and information.
d. develop and model cultural understanding and global awareness by engaging with colleagues and students of other cultures using digital-age communication and collaboration tools.
5. Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership
Teachers continuously improve their professional practice, model lifelong learning, and exhibit leadership in their school and professional community by promoting and demonstrating the effective use of digital tools and resources. Teachers:
a. participate in local and global learning communities to explore creative applications of technology to improve student learning.
b. exhibit leadership by demonstrating a vision of technology infusion, participating in shared decision making and community building, and developing the leadership and technology skills of others.
c. evaluate and reflect on current research and professional practice on a regular basis to make effective use of existing and emerging digital tools and resources in support of student learning.
d. contribute to the effectiveness, vitality, and self-renewal of the teaching profession and of their school and community.
NETS-T Standard One Reflection
Standard: Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity
Performance Indicators for Teachers:
Teachers use their knowledge of subject matter, teaching and learning, and technology to facilitate experiences that advance student learning, creativity, and innovation in both face-to-face and virtual environments. Teachers:
a. promote, support, and model creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness.
b. engage students in exploring real-world issues and solving authentic problems using digital tools and resources.
c. promote student reflection using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students' conceptual understanding and thinking, planning, and creative processes.
d. model collaborative knowledge construction by engaging in learning with students, colleagues, and others in face-to-face and virtual environments.
Reflection:
As silly as it sounds, a teacher must actually be involved with his or her class when teaching. This seems like a silly objective, but it really isn't. Many teachers forget to participate with their students in the lesson. Giving information may be vital, but participating, learning with, and understanding the learning process of students is even more important. Using creativity in lesson plans and additional learning material promotes interest, creativity, and knowledge retention.
Artifacts:
• Concept Map
• Photostory
• Lesson Plan
Performance Indicators for Teachers:
Teachers use their knowledge of subject matter, teaching and learning, and technology to facilitate experiences that advance student learning, creativity, and innovation in both face-to-face and virtual environments. Teachers:
a. promote, support, and model creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness.
b. engage students in exploring real-world issues and solving authentic problems using digital tools and resources.
c. promote student reflection using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students' conceptual understanding and thinking, planning, and creative processes.
d. model collaborative knowledge construction by engaging in learning with students, colleagues, and others in face-to-face and virtual environments.
Reflection:
As silly as it sounds, a teacher must actually be involved with his or her class when teaching. This seems like a silly objective, but it really isn't. Many teachers forget to participate with their students in the lesson. Giving information may be vital, but participating, learning with, and understanding the learning process of students is even more important. Using creativity in lesson plans and additional learning material promotes interest, creativity, and knowledge retention.
Artifacts:
• Concept Map
• Photostory
• Lesson Plan
NETS-T Standard Two Reflection
Standard: Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments
Performance Indicators for Teachers:
Teachers design, develop, and evaluate authentic learning experiences and assessment incorporating contemporary tools and resources to maximize content learning in context and to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes identified in the NETS•S. Teachers:
a. design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity.
b. develop technology-enriched learning environments that enable all students to pursue their individual curiosities and become active participants in setting their own educational goals, managing their own learning, and assessing their own progress.
c. customize and personalize learning activities to address students' diverse learning styles, working strategies, and abilities using digital tools and resources.
d. provide students with multiple and varied formative and summative assessments aligned with content and technology standards and use resulting data to inform learning and teaching.
Reflection:
This standard focuses on the fact that students need to be taught about technology and that it applies to life and school in certain ways. As a student, I understand what students often feel when taught something in class and not seeing it apply to life. It can be very frustrating. This standard requires students be taught the application as well as the use.
Artifacts:
• Online Quiz, Rubric, Puzzle
• Photostory
• YouTube
Performance Indicators for Teachers:
Teachers design, develop, and evaluate authentic learning experiences and assessment incorporating contemporary tools and resources to maximize content learning in context and to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes identified in the NETS•S. Teachers:
a. design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity.
b. develop technology-enriched learning environments that enable all students to pursue their individual curiosities and become active participants in setting their own educational goals, managing their own learning, and assessing their own progress.
c. customize and personalize learning activities to address students' diverse learning styles, working strategies, and abilities using digital tools and resources.
d. provide students with multiple and varied formative and summative assessments aligned with content and technology standards and use resulting data to inform learning and teaching.
Reflection:
This standard focuses on the fact that students need to be taught about technology and that it applies to life and school in certain ways. As a student, I understand what students often feel when taught something in class and not seeing it apply to life. It can be very frustrating. This standard requires students be taught the application as well as the use.
Artifacts:
• Online Quiz, Rubric, Puzzle
• Photostory
• YouTube
NETS-T Standard Three Reflection
Standard: Model Digital-Age Work and Learning
Performance Indicators for Teachers:
Teachers exhibit knowledge, skills, and work processes representative of an innovative professional in a global and digital society. Teachers:
a. demonstrate fluency in technology systems and the transfer of current knowledge to new technologies and situations.
b. collaborate with students, peers, parents, and community members using digital tools and resources to support student success and innovation.
c. communicate relevant information and ideas effectively to students, parents, and peers using a variety of digital-age media and formats.
d. model and facilitate effective use of current and emerging digital tools to locate, analyze, evaluate, and use information resources to support research and learning.
Reflection:
This standard relates to staying up-to-date with technology. Although this seems like something that could be ignored, it truely is not. By ignoring technological updates, your software could go out-of-date and you could be slaving away at stone-age type tools when an easier method has been developed one click away. It is vital that teachers remain up-to-date with technology so that students have the best available sources for information and learning.
Artifacts:
• Assistive Technology Tools
• Website
• Web Tools
Performance Indicators for Teachers:
Teachers exhibit knowledge, skills, and work processes representative of an innovative professional in a global and digital society. Teachers:
a. demonstrate fluency in technology systems and the transfer of current knowledge to new technologies and situations.
b. collaborate with students, peers, parents, and community members using digital tools and resources to support student success and innovation.
c. communicate relevant information and ideas effectively to students, parents, and peers using a variety of digital-age media and formats.
d. model and facilitate effective use of current and emerging digital tools to locate, analyze, evaluate, and use information resources to support research and learning.
Reflection:
This standard relates to staying up-to-date with technology. Although this seems like something that could be ignored, it truely is not. By ignoring technological updates, your software could go out-of-date and you could be slaving away at stone-age type tools when an easier method has been developed one click away. It is vital that teachers remain up-to-date with technology so that students have the best available sources for information and learning.
Artifacts:
• Assistive Technology Tools
• Website
• Web Tools
NETS-T Standard Four Reflection
Standard: Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsibility
Performance Indicators for Teachers:
Teachers understand local and global societal issues and responsibilities in an evolving digital culture and exhibit legal and ethical behavior in their professional practices. Teachers:
a. advocate, model, and teach safe, legal, and ethical use of digital information and technology, including respect for copyright, intellectual property, and the appropriate documentation of sources.
b. address the diverse needs of all learners by using learner-centered strategies providing equitable access to appropriate digital tools and resources.
c. promote and model digital etiquette and responsible social interactions related to the use of technology and information.
d. develop and model cultural understanding and global awareness by engaging with colleagues and students of other cultures using digital-age communication and collaboration tools.
Reflection:
This standard provides that students become responsible with technology for learning as well as recreation. It is vital that students understand that personal identity is a huge deal and that when it is stolen or abused, there can be serious consequences. Using online features suchs as blogs, social networking sites, or youtube seem harmless enough to begin with, but can really lead to a variety of problems for students, parents, and even teachers themselves.
Artifacts:
• Blog
• Youtube Video
• Turnitin
Performance Indicators for Teachers:
Teachers understand local and global societal issues and responsibilities in an evolving digital culture and exhibit legal and ethical behavior in their professional practices. Teachers:
a. advocate, model, and teach safe, legal, and ethical use of digital information and technology, including respect for copyright, intellectual property, and the appropriate documentation of sources.
b. address the diverse needs of all learners by using learner-centered strategies providing equitable access to appropriate digital tools and resources.
c. promote and model digital etiquette and responsible social interactions related to the use of technology and information.
d. develop and model cultural understanding and global awareness by engaging with colleagues and students of other cultures using digital-age communication and collaboration tools.
Reflection:
This standard provides that students become responsible with technology for learning as well as recreation. It is vital that students understand that personal identity is a huge deal and that when it is stolen or abused, there can be serious consequences. Using online features suchs as blogs, social networking sites, or youtube seem harmless enough to begin with, but can really lead to a variety of problems for students, parents, and even teachers themselves.
Artifacts:
• Blog
• Youtube Video
• Turnitin
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