Cherilyn+Eveleth+Goals

Date Completed: 4/4/10

=Standard 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. **===


 * 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. ||

=Step 1: For standard one, select the indicator that is your strongest suit for the standard and give two examples (artifacts) of why you selected it as your strongest suit.= Indicator selected: a-Promote, support and model creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness. Artifact 1: I have been using vocabulary activity sheets that are group-oriented that allow students to apply our vocabulary terms to everyday life. We have also been exploring different vocabulary activities using the computer.

Artifact 2: In library skills, the media teacher and I have worked together to create computer projects that are enhancing student learning. With novels we have read, the students have created Inspiration projects about the characters, setting, and plot of the story. We are also using Timeliner to go along with another novel that we will be reading that will allow students to create a timeline of important events. In social studies with our colonies unit, students have designed their own slideshow with pictures and sound showcasing what they learned about their specific colonial topic. Students will be presenting these slideshows to their classmates.

=Step 2: For standard one, select the indicator that is your "least strongest" suit for the standard and write a professional goal of how you are going to increase your competency with the goal this year.= Indicator selected: Engage students in exploring real-world issues and solving authentic problems using digital tools and resources. Goal: The students are working on a problem-based project in social studies where they are creating a slideshow demonstrating what they have learned about their colonial topic. The culminating activity will be the students presenting their slideshows to their classmates and having a community colonial days where students will teach other students and adults about what they have learned. As a teacher, I will continue to work with other teachers to implement problem-based projects where students will learn more about the digital resources available to them.

=**Step 3: On the final TCL day, reflect on each standard and goal you set for yourself. How did you do and why?**=

Reflection: I think that working on these standards and goals has gone very well so far. The students seemed to be very excited and engaged in researching their colonial topics and want to share what they have learned with others. It will be a continuous process of implementing new digital resources that students can explore and be able to learn. After the last TCL day, the students completed their problem-based project in social studies with their colonies unit. Students shared with one another what they learned about their topics and also during Colonial Days in the gym. The project went very well, and the students were engaged in learning. I want to continue to explore and learn more about the digital tools that are out there to implement more activities within the classroom. Type in the content of your page here.