Evans_Goal_1

Evans_Goal_2 Evans_Goal_3 Evans_Goal_4 Evans_Goal_5 Date Completed: Sept. 1, 2009

=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: Artifact 1: Using weather service to track and graph temperature changes in different parts of the world to determine habitat and lifestyles
 * b. || engage students in exploring real-world issues and solving authentic problems using digital tools and resources. ||

Artifact 2: Podcast to assist in teaching vocabulary words

=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: Goal:Incorporate the use of digital cameras to show conceptual understanding from the K perspective.
 * . || promote student reflection using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students' conceptual understanding and thinking, planning, and creative processes ||

=**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 used digital cameras in our kindergarten writing lessons this year. We also used podcasts in my teaching of vocabulary, science, math, and literature.