Planning and Designing Learning Environments and Experiences

Teachers plan and design effective learning environments and experiences supported by technology. Teachers:

A. design developmentally appropriate learning opportunities that apply technology-enhanced instructional strategies to support the diverse needs of learners.
B. apply current research on teaching and learning with technology when planning learning environments and experiences.
C. identify and locate technology resources and evaluate them for accuracy and suitability.
D. plan for the management of technology resources within the context of learning activities.
E. plan strategies to manage student learning in a technology-enhanced environment.

Performance Indicators for Teachers:

• Design developmentally appropriate learning opportunities that apply technology-enhanced instructional strategies to support the diverse needs of learners.
• Identify and locate technology resources and evaluate them for accuracy and suitability.
  
  Reflection:
  Last week we learned in class how to evaluate websites. This applies to Standard number II letter b and c. By looking and evaluating websites, we can decide what research to use in teaching. The website reviews would also help us plan learning and experience. It also allowed us to find internet resources and evaluate them for correctness and suitability. This is a very good technique to know how to do. This will help teachers to assure that their lesson plans are accurate. We learned that websites should be accurate and kept up to date. The source should also be reliable. If a website has a lot of pop ups, it would not be an accurate website. Websites should also be appealing and informative. Boring websites will not catch a child's attention, so they will not learn anything from it.

Last week we learned in class how to create a movie to help in our classroom. I really enjoyed learning how to do this. I believe it pertains to Standard II letter A. I believe it that it has apporpriate learning opportunities that apply to technology enhanced instructional strategies to support the diverse needs of learners. Anyone can learn from a movie and it is very informational and interesting for students to look at. It will make the lesson more enjoyable to students. It could also be used for field trip experiences. I would use it to put together a class trip and allow the students to view it and reflect on the field trip.

Artifacts/Evidence:

Website Evaluations

Future Learning Goals:

I think that teachers should all look and evaluate things before they give it to their students as evidence and facts. I think it is good for teachers to use technology to teach but make sure their sources or educational. I want to learn more about planning technology based activities. I also want to learn more about how to evaluate websites and how to pick the best website to use in teaching the lesson I have prepared for the students. I want to learn to plan activities that are suitable to all different learning styles of every student.