A blog, Wiki, or Google site are great ways for students to interact with class material outside of the actual class. A Google site or Wiki allows teachers to post helpful materials that students can access from home, and a blog allows the students to talk about what they've learned or questions they may have while home. The Internet Bookmark assignment was beneficial because it taught me how to make a hyperlink, something that will allow me to make clean presentations when teaching while still listing the information that I need to get to my students. The bookmarks, blog, Wiki, and Google site will be quite helpful to my content area-English. I can use the website to create hyperlinks and post secondary sources and I can have students use the blog to discuss the reading. The PowerPoint was helpful because I now know how to make a unique assignment that, hopefully, won't bore my students.
I feel that I have met the following standards through completing these assignments:
S1. Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity--learning new pieces of technology allows me to do assignments in a different way and to teach my students to explore their own technological creativity.
S2. Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments--the assignments I have completed all have to do with 21st Century Skills. I can now create hyperlinks, websites, and blogs, and all of these skills are ones that will allow me to participate in the Digital Age.
S3. Model Digital-Age Work and Learning--this is similar to the above statement. By being able to develop these assignments, I am now able to participate and model the work and learning styles of the Digital Age.
S4. Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsibility--the Internet Bookmarks assignment specifically helped with this because, thanks to the category about copyright issues, I have learned a bit about how to be responsible with technology and information on the internet. The part of the assignment that dealt with cyberbullying also encouraged me to think about citizenship on the internet.
S5 Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership--Now that I know how to create these materials I have the chance to further develop my skills and emerge as a technological leader in my profession. I can use the years ahead of me to grow in the technological field and I can help others develop their skills as well.
My content area is also English. With state standards, it is very hard to promote a lot of creativity. I liked how you stated that using these websites is not only a way to become technologically savvy, but also to inspire personal creativity. I also feel better prepared, as a teacher, to understand issues concerning copyrights. Hopefully these skills will help us on our journey to becoming effective teachers!
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