NETS-T Standard Five Reflection

Standard: Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership

Performance Indicators for Teachers:
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.

Reflection:
This class really opened my eyes to all sorts of new technological advances for classrooms. I never knew that half the equipment available were useful in classrooms. Apart from obvious technology such as Microsoft Word and such, programs such as Inspiration and the use of websites really opened my eyes to new ways to teach students. Instead of just ordinary powerpoints and sent home newsletters, there are a huge variety of ways to contact parents and students at home without ever leaving your desk.

Artifacts:
• blog
• website
• web tools