According to the ISTE Standards for
Teachers (2008), I would have to say that my strengths are standards 2 and 3
because I effectively use them in my classroom daily. I plan on using each of my strengths to introduce new programs to my school to promote literacy.
·
Standard 2: “Design and
develop digital age learning experiences and assessments” (ISTE Standards for Teachers, 2008).
o When I plan my lessons I make sure I have some source of
technology in the lesson to capture my student’s attention.
o My students work on the computer using MIDI or CD-ROM programs that
reinforce the information taught in class that day.
o Various internet sites are also helpful in class, because they
allow the student to see the information in a variety of ways. If we are working on the Renaissance Period,
I can show videos from that time period to give a visual for the students.
o I use clickers to help assess the student’s knowledge. The students find it fun and engaging because
it is not pen and paper but more like a video controller. This also limits cheating and incomplete work
by using the clickers. Each student is
held accountable for their answers.
·
Standard 3: “Model digital
age work and learning” (ISTE Standards for Teachers, 2008).
o As team leader of my team, I began a team newsletter that I can
email or my team can access by using the school’s webpage. The newsletter provides information for the month
that they will need to know.
o On the school’s website, I post events and links to help my
students and parents. For my fourth
graders, we have various activities and the links are there to help the
students at home practice what they need.
Program dates are listed to inform parents of the different events that
their child will be performing.
o I have shown my students websites and programs that they can use
to create their own music and save it to a CD to share.
My weaknesses according to the ISTE
Standards for Teachers (2008) would have to be standards 1, 4, and 5 due to the
fact that I have not had much experience as a facilitator or leader for the
school. As a librarian, I believe I
would be able to display the qualities of these standards because they all have
a common goal of promoting technology to students, teachers, and parents. Standard 1 focuses on the teacher being the
voice to inform the appropriate audience of how to use technology in different
and inventive ways. Standard 4 is about
being an advocate for your school and community to be civil and respectful
while using social media and other internet based communication sites. Lastly,
standard 5 promotes going out and learning about the new technology and
programs that will help your school in succeeding. Collaborating with teachers and the community
on new ideas to help the schools environment is a way described to help in this
task.
As an educator I can improve my
weaknesses by becoming more involved in the committees at my school. I am music teacher at the present time and so
I focus more on my art area more than anything else. Anything that is not of relevance to me I
tend to ignore and pass up as not important.
However, with my pursuit of becoming a librarian I know that I will need
to be in more of the academic planning meetings, attend more professional
development workshops of each content area, and get to know my school’s
community better. Once I accomplish the
task of becoming more involved then I know my weaknesses will evolve into
strengths because I will have a better understanding on how to use them
effectively. I would love to learn more
about how to use handheld devices in my classroom because I know it will grasp
the attention of my students. Knowing
the programs for Ipads, nooks, and kindles can help me in planning lessons for
my class and the teachers that will help improve literacy. Bringing in new tools always gives a boost of
energy to learning and with the 21st century learners, technology is
a key component in doing just that.
References
ISTE Standards for Teachers. (2008). Retrieved from http://www.iste.org/docs/pdfs/20-
14_ISTE_Standards-T_PDF.pdf
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