Productivity and Professional Practice

Teachers use technology to enhance their productivity and professional practice. Teachers:

Performance Indicators for Teachers:
A. use technology resources to engage in ongoing professional development and lifelong learning.
B. continually evaluate and reflect on professional practice to make informed decisions regarding the use of technology in support of student learning.
C. apply technology to increase productivity.
D. use technology to communicate and collaborate with peers, parents, and the larger community in order to nurture student learning.

Reflection:

Last week we learned about Wiki's. I had no idea what a Wiki was, so everything was completely new to me. This meets the standard number five, letter D. It teaches students how to collaborate with peers, parents, and the community to discuss topics. It not only allows the students to keep in touch and understand what each other are doing; it is also great to teach people how to collaborate on line. It is a great way to allow children to do homework. We are using it to discuss chapters that everyone has read. This helps the children to learn. Also if a student makes a mistake, another student can correct their mistake. We also learned that some Wiki's are very educational and can be a very good source of information to use in teaching. Not all of them are accurate, but some are very educational.

Last week we learned how to develop lesson plans for our students. It was very interesting how easy doing lesson plans on a computer really is. I believe that this assignment goes under the productivity and professional practice standard. It shows how teachers use technology to enhance their productivity. To me, doing lesson plans on a computer also could go with A under standard five because it shows professional development. Doing lesson plans in this manner allow the teachers to save them and go in and edit them at anytime they please. It also allows them to always have a back up unless they lose their original copy.

Artifacts/Evidence:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/3868891/Lesson-Plan-1-Assignment-5

http://www.scribd.com/doc/3868871/Lesson-Plan-2-Assignment-5

Future Learning Goals:

I really enjoyed learning different things that can help a teacher be more professional in their practice. I really loved learning how to make lesson plans online and use them. It was very helpful to learn all of these things. I will definately use these things when I become a teacher because it makes it much easier to stay on top of the things that need to be done for the classroom. I hope to learn more about the programs and learn more ways to apply technology to help my students learn more and accomplish more. I would love to use technology to stay in touch with the students and for them to stay in touch with one another.