Professional+Development

My Professional Development

ISTE NETS-T Standard #2 To design and develop digital age learning experiences and assessments.

Current abilitiesI understand the need to incorporate technology into learning experiences and to facilitate learning. I have ideas for designing and developing digital age learning experience and I am willing and motivated to do these things. I have experience with technology and I can pick it up quickly.

Need I need to develop in this area because I do not feel comfortable or knowledgeable enough with different kinds of technology to be able to fully incorporate it in the classroom. As of now I am limited in knowledge about many programs and devices, such as programs on Mac computers and devices including the smart board. I also need to learn about more ways to incorporate technology into the classroom to allow students to have multiple forms of learning and feel able to demonstrate their knowledge in their own individual way while using technology.

Goal My goal is to be fully capable to incorporate and facilitate learning through technology with, creativity, motivation, and no hesitation. I want to become a teacher who encourages positive interactions with technology during learning, using it effectively and intentionally to help my students feel comfortable and independent exploring and creating to learn in their own form and abilities.

Short Term Plan During this class, I will learn to use a smart board, record a podcast, and record and edit an iMovie to improve my knowledge of technology. This will include adapting learning experiences that incorporate digital tools to promote learning and creativity as well as customizing and personalizing learning activities to certain grade levels.

Long Term Plan In the next year, I will continue learning about how to incorporate technology creatively in the classroom and learning about new programs and devices that I will need while teaching. I will also explore and create an archive of ideas for using technology in the classroom for my future classroom.

Assessment I will know that I have reached my goal when I have learned about at least one new program and one new device in the next year. I will also have reached my goal if I have started creating a folder of new ideas for incorporating technology in the classroom for learning.

Reflection Now that this class is over I feel like I have made a large dent in my short term plans for professional development. During this course, I learned how to use the Smartboard effectively in lesson plans and make it interactive and fun for students to partake in. The Smartboard was not a difficult thing to learn and I found that it was very user friendly. The next thing I accomplished was learning how to record a podcast. I was able to record a podcast lesson plan that is fun and educational for students and teachers to listen to. The last goal that I attained during this course was learning how to use the iMovie software, record a video, and effectively edit it. I also learned how to upload it to Youtube.com to make public and embed it into a wikispace. I am very pleased with all that I have learned and how far that I have come. <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> I still think that my long term professional development plan is a good goal for me to keep. Learning new technologies would be very good for me as well as keeping up with the new software that I have learned in this course. It may be better for me to further explore what I can do with the technology I learned in this course to use it more effectively in my classroom. I would also need to specify what new technologies that I want to explore and learn to use in the classroom. To do this I can ask friends I know who are teachers what technology they use in their classroom on a daily basis and then proceed to explore and learn it. <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">To extend learning to my first teaching position I will need to attend workshops and always be open to using an exploring new technology. If I do this, I believe my classroom will always have new and exciting ways of learning, presenting information, and teaching lessons. Another thing I will have to do is always be looking for new ways to incorporate technology into my classroom by watching and communicating with other teachers about what types of technology they use and incorporate into their classrooms.