Patch+Goal+1

Name: Ellen Patch Date Completed: 9/8/09

=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: Students will research a saint and use Google Docs to type information. They will then dress as the saint and use a flip camera to record their saint report.

Artifact 2: Students will write a personal narrative. They will type their personal narrative on Google Docs. They will include a "meet the author" at the end of their writing including a picture a classmate has taken with a digital camera.

=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: To continue to learn as much as possible about technology and to be able to work with students to use technology on a regular basis in my classroom.
 * d. || model collaborative knowledge construction by engaging in learning with students, colleagues, and others in face-to-face and virtual environments. ||

=**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 learned quite a bit of technology this year. I have worked with my students to get them comfortable with Google Docs, Glogster, a classroom blog, Spelling City, and quite a few websites. We use technology almost daily in our classroom.