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Name: Ellen Patch Date Completed: 10/15/09

=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: a: design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity.

Artifact 1: Design a book report using Google form to gather information about a book the students read.

Artifact 2: Use the Website Spelling City to encourage students to practice spelling words for spelling tests. I keep each students' individualized spelling list on Spelling City so they can play games, take practice tests, etc. in order to get ready for their spelling test.

=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: c- customize and personalize learning activities to address students' diverse learning styles, working strategies, and abilities using digital tools and resources. Goal: Allow students to use websites provided by me to enhance their learning styles and abilities.

=**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 created a class blog with a variety of websites for students to use to enhance their learning. The students are able to go on these sites and practice skills I've taught or learn more advanced skills. One of the outcomes of this is that the students have found parts of these websites that I didn't even know existed. One group of boys found a way to link their computers together to play a racing game that has encouraged them to learn their basic multiplication facts. They had to show me what they were doing since I didn't know this was possible. The benefit for the boys has been their math scores have increased because they all have practiced their basic facts so much!