Palm+Goal+2

Name: Erin Palm Date Completed: November 11, 2009

= **2. Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments** = === Teachers design, develop, and evaluate authentic learning experiences and assessment incorporating contemporary tools and resources to maximize content learning in context and to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes identified in the NETS•S. Teachers: ===


 * < a. ||< design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity. ||
 * < b. ||< develop technology-enriched learning environments that enable all students to pursue their individual curiosities and become active participants in setting their own educational goals, managing their own learning, and assessing their own progress. ||
 * < c. ||< customize and personalize learning activities to address students' diverse learning styles, working strategies, and abilities using digital tools and resources. ||
 * < d. ||< provide students with multiple and varied formative and summative assessments aligned with content and technology standards and use resulting data to inform learning and teaching. ||

=**Step 1: For standard two, 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: 2a – Design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity.

Artifact 1: Alphabet Books – Children are creating pages for alphabet books by copying and pasting clipart pictures from a PowerPoint to a Word document. Children will eventually type the corresponding words for the pictures and write sentences.

Artifact 2: Patterns – Children created patterns by inserting shapes into their document and filled in the shapes, then copied and pasted to repeat their patterns.

=**Step 2: For standard two, 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: 2c – Customize and personalize learning activities to address students’ diverse learning styles, working strategies, and abilities using digital tools and resources.

Goal: Develop more activities that can be tiered based on the students’ ability and knowledge of technology. Develop different activities for different students with the same goal in mind.

=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 have recently started using leveled readers in the classroom and this is one way to tier activities based on student ability.