3.6 Selecting and Evaluating Digital Tools & Resources
Candidates collaborate with teachers and administrators to select and evaluate digital tools and resources for accuracy, suitability, and compatibility with the school technology infrastructure.
Artifact: Content Area Brochure
Reflection:
The Content Area Report/Brochure was made during ITEC 7400. The purpose was to provide teachers with a handout that gives them the technologies available within a specific content area. I chose Language Arts for first grade teachers and students as my focus.
This artifact demonstrates mastery of Standard 3.6 because I collaborated with teachers and administrators to select and evaluate digital tools and resources for accuracy, suitability, and compatibility with the school technology infrastructure. The brochure was distributed to teachers on the first grade team at school. It was based on sites that we have used in the past and new sites that were researched and included. Teachers received a hard copy of the brochure as well as an email for easy access to the hyperlinked sites. There are so many sites that have good language arts activities for young students. I tried to narrow down sites to the ones that teachers and students could use at school for center time, as well as sites that could be placed on teacher websites for at-home use for extended practice.
Upon reflection of the brochure, I feel that it is not only for first grade teachers and students, but other elementary grade levels could certainly benefit from the information and sites provided. I could have, and may, distribute this to parents via email. Teachers in kindergarten and second grade can also use the sites for differentiation. The first grade teachers I worked with were pleased with the product and were interested in exploring the sites they were not as familiar with. A good problem I see with this artifact is that there are even more sites since the brochure was made that I could include. A web page may be a better creation for this information so that it can be added to as more beneficial sites are explored.
The impact and assessment of this artifact is seen through the web links to these sites available through teacher blogs, the use of these websites during center time in the classroom, and direct feedback from the teachers using the brochure and sites.
The Content Area Report/Brochure was made during ITEC 7400. The purpose was to provide teachers with a handout that gives them the technologies available within a specific content area. I chose Language Arts for first grade teachers and students as my focus.
This artifact demonstrates mastery of Standard 3.6 because I collaborated with teachers and administrators to select and evaluate digital tools and resources for accuracy, suitability, and compatibility with the school technology infrastructure. The brochure was distributed to teachers on the first grade team at school. It was based on sites that we have used in the past and new sites that were researched and included. Teachers received a hard copy of the brochure as well as an email for easy access to the hyperlinked sites. There are so many sites that have good language arts activities for young students. I tried to narrow down sites to the ones that teachers and students could use at school for center time, as well as sites that could be placed on teacher websites for at-home use for extended practice.
Upon reflection of the brochure, I feel that it is not only for first grade teachers and students, but other elementary grade levels could certainly benefit from the information and sites provided. I could have, and may, distribute this to parents via email. Teachers in kindergarten and second grade can also use the sites for differentiation. The first grade teachers I worked with were pleased with the product and were interested in exploring the sites they were not as familiar with. A good problem I see with this artifact is that there are even more sites since the brochure was made that I could include. A web page may be a better creation for this information so that it can be added to as more beneficial sites are explored.
The impact and assessment of this artifact is seen through the web links to these sites available through teacher blogs, the use of these websites during center time in the classroom, and direct feedback from the teachers using the brochure and sites.