Vicki+Ries+Goal2

TCL Goal Form 2009/10 Victoria Ries – Newman Catholic Elem./Mason City
Beyond the “Walled Garden” - Real 21st-Century Teaching and Learning

Date Completed for Steps 1 and 2: ___October 8, 2009 – Standard 2___

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 strong suit.

Indicator Selected: __c- customize and personalize learning activities to address students’ diverse learning styles, working strategies, and abilities using digital tools and resources.__ __ Artifact 1: ____I created my own webquest on frogs to help them to understand the life cycle and habitats of frogs. In this webquest I provided writing activities, art activities, reading activities, real tadpoles, a pond game on the internet, listening to real frogs on the internet, researching real frogs on the internet, etc.__ Artifact 2: I developed a unit to help my kids understand germs and staying healthy. In this unit I provided my students with an art project depicting how to cover your nose and mouth with a tissue. We had a contest a contest where we ranked the pretend coughs and sneezes, we watched a YouTube movie on germs, we grew real germs on potatoes, drew our own germs in Kid Pix, and finally did a hand washed test using Glow germ and a black light to see if they did a good job washing. __ 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 this goal this year.

Indicator Selected: ____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.__ Goal: To develop at least one new formative or summative assessment per month.__I did develop a couple of new assessments that are online to change the way I do things and to help the students show what they know in a different way. I did use a lot of new tools!