NETS-T Indicator: 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.
Goal:
To inspire student creativity in virtual environments.
To incorporate more project-based learning including technology into the curriculum.
Actions: In order to achieve my goals for this indicator, I plan on attending more professional development in the areas of project-based learning with mathematics education. I want to know how other people use technology in their classes, so I have also been working on connecting with others that I went to college with who currently teach mathematics at other high schools to get some ideas. It is always important to share your ideas with others to see how they can be modified or made better.
Monitor Progress: To monitor my progress, I plan on making a checklist of where I want to be throughout the year and trying to incorporate at least one technology lesson/project per chapter. If I can achieve this after the first year, then I will work to do more upon the next.
Evaluate and Extending Learning: I plan on using and modifying my lessons each year. I want others in my department to give me feedback on what they like and did not like about the projects. Peer feedback is very important because they may see something or think of something that I have not thought of about this. I also want to have an evaluation filled out by my students at the end of the year to see how to improve things.
NETS-T Indicator: Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership. Teachers continuously improve their professional practice, model lifelong learning, and exhibit leadership in their school and professional community by promoting and demonstrating the effective use of digital tools and resources.
Goal:
To become more Smart Board “literate”
To help more people in my department with their new literacy skills.
Actions: In order to achieve my goals for this indicator, I plan on working with the Smart Board and the “experts” with the Smart Board in my school. I want to be able to be the “go-to” person in my department for anything with technology. I currently help at in-service days with any technology questions or workshops. I also would like to attend more professional development in the field of the Smart Board to get to know the ins and outs of it.
Monitor Progress: I plan on staying up to date with any Smart Board training that comes available to my school. I am also working on this Master’s Degree with integrating technology into the classroom.
Evaluate and Extend Learning: After each training, I want to have my own training with my department to share what I have learned so that I can continue to be the “go-to” person. I will keep a log of what I learn at each session so that if there are any questions that I may not be able to answer off of the top of my head, I can refer to what has been taught.
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Anna, I really like the way that you are going to involve your fellow teachers. Peer feedback can be extremely useful because it is great to get feedback from someone in your department who is familiar with what you teach and who may be able to give you fresh perspective on why they think an activity may be effective or not. I also liked how you want to be the "go to " person for your peers and how you want to help them with technology in the classroom. This was an angle in did not even think about. Well done.
Anna,
Communicating and sharing with your colleagues is definitely a great way to improve both your own teaching and your co-workers teaching. One of my goals was to take more of a leadership role at team meetings, but a lot of the professional discussions are the first to be cut from the meeting agendas. My colleagues prefer to talk about students and interventions as opposed to personal, professional goals and how to better teach concepts. Many times the direction of the discussions is decided by one negative individual who prefers to monopolize time by complaining about student motivation and parents. It is difficult, but valuable to have the courage to speak up and direct the professional conversations. You have a lot of great input and ideas to share with your peers--it's just a matter of getting your peers to listen.
I do not know if you have already explored these options, so they might not be helpful. First, for using technology in your math classes, I enjoy browsing Texas Instrument’s free activity forum ( http://education.ti.com/educationportal/activityexchange/activity_list.do?cid=us ). Obviously, most of the activities revolve around using TI calculators, but some of them can just give you good ideas for using your SMART board. Second, I have a digital whiteboard (not a SMART board), but I still browse their free activity forum as well ( http://exchange.smarttech.com/forum.html?url=/forums/ ). Also, here are some other interactive whiteboard blogs that I subscribe to, that you might be able to benefit from:
http://smartboardgoodies.com/
http://smartboardrevolution.ning.com/forum
http://smartboards.typepad.com/
http://gettingsmarterwithsmartboards.blogspot.com/
http://www.whiteboardblog.co.uk/
http://www.harveyshomepage.com/Harveys_Homepage/Welcome.html
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