The following assignments were most directly related to Performance 9.b.: [Teachers] integrate technology in planning, instruction, and assessment to support student learning. Please click on the links to navigate to the relevant pages.

 

Fall (ED630) Assignments:

Project #2: Futuring Assignment

Consumed articles and videos on the evolving use and role of technology in general and with regards to education and reflected upon the purpose and evolving role of technology in the classroom. Viewed student-created technology piece, came up with a rubric to assess it, and assessed it, focusing on potential limitations of the medium.

 

Project #3: Technology Survey

Conducted a survey of the technology available at West High School, the location of my student-teaching.

 

Spring (ED632) Assignments:

Project #2: Internet Resources

In this project, I outlined various internet resources that I find most useful in my educational practice and in use for teaching my students.

 

Project #3: Digital Narrative

For this project, called the Digital Narrative, I was tasked with learning to tell a story digitally. I elected to complete an assignment I had just asked my students to do in essay format; write your own chapter of “the Odyssey”. I went through a process of planning and script-writing, and, using an online animation platform called goanimate, created an animation with my own cast of characters online to tell the story, posting it to YouTube. I plan on using this website in the future to have my students create a similar product as an alternative to writing an essay.

 

Project #4: Individualized Education Project

For this project, I learned how to create podcasts and demonstrated mastery of this new skill by creating a satirical podcast (called “stupid questions”) with the help of my 3rd-hour class, which I posted to YouTube. Then, I used backwards design to create a series of six English-content-area lessons that utilize podcasting, modifying or building off of my existing lesson plans.