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Field Experience Log & Reflection

Instructional Technology Department
Candidate
Teresa Tidwell
!entor"Title
Joy Hatcher/Teacher
School"District
EAHS/Dekalb County
Field Experience"#ssignment Course
ITEC 748 Introduction to !nline
"earnin#
$rofessor"Semester
A$y %itala/Su$$er &'(
$art I Log
Date%s& #cti'ity"Time ST#TE Standards
$SC
(#TI)(#L Standards
ISTE (ETS*C
)/&(/&'( "e#al Issues *eb+uest ,- hours. /SC 40&1)0&1)0( ISTE 2ETS3C -0b1)0'1)0&1)0(
ISTE 2ETS3T 4a1-d
ISTE -b1)c
7/'8/&'( !nline "earnin# E45erience ,7 hours. /SC
&0'1&0&1&0(1&041&0)1(0'1(0&1(0)1(07
ISTE 2ETS3C (a1(d1(#1 -c
ISTE 2ETS3T 'a1'b1'c1'd1
&a1 (a1(b1(c1(d1
ISTE &a1&b1&d1&61(a1(c1(61(#
7/'&3'-/&'( Syllabus ,& hours. /SC &0'1&0)1(0'1(0&0(0)1(07140' ISTE 2ET3C (a1(b1
(d1(e1(61(#1 -a1-b1-c
ISTE 2ETS3T (c14a14c14d
ISTE &a1 &61 (a1(c0(61(#1-a
Total Hours7 8(& hours 9
DI+ERSIT,
,/lace an : in the bo4 re5resentin# the race/ethnicity and sub#rou5s in;ol;ed in this 6ield e45erience0.
Ethnicity $*-. Faculty"Staff $*-. Students
/3& (3- )38 <3'& /3& (3- )38 <3'&
Race"Ethnicity
Asian
=lack 4
His5anic 4
2ati;e A$erican/Alaskan 2ati;e
*hite :
>ultiracial 4
Su/groups
Students with Disabilities
"i$ited En#lish /ro6iciency 4
Eli#ible 6or ?ree/@educed >eals 4
$art II Reflection
C#(DID#TE REFLECTI)(S
,>ini$u$ o6 (34 sentences 5er +uestion.
-0 1riefly descri/e the field experience0 2hat did you learn a/out technology facilitation and
leadership from completing this field experience3

Legal 2e/4uest I learned that De5al/ County needs to ha'e /etter communication 6ith
sta5eholders regarding their policies concerning accepta/le use7 technology usage7 copyright
and pri'acy policies0 They should /e easy to locate and identify0 They should /e 6ritten in a
6ay that is clear and specific0 They should /e the same regardless of 6hich pu/lication is
'ie6ed0 $resently that is not the case0
)LE I learned a lot from this 6or50 I had to thin5 a/out ho6 to transfer 6hat I 6anted the
student to learn into a managea/le online experience0 It 6as harder to get started /ecause
although I understood 6hat I 6anted I had to ma5e sure I /ro5e it do6n into chun5s that
made sense to the student0 )nce I got started and through the /eginning it mo'ed more
8uic5ly0 I found myself going /ac5 and ma5ing ad9ustments as I 6ent further into the 6or50
(e6 ideas 6ould clic5 into place and I 6as a/le to fine tune the assignments0
Sylla/us I really 6anted to include specific information a/out social media and using a
Learning management system0 I did a /it of research and created real places that I can use
in the future 6ith my classes0 I found a L!S called Can'as that I li5ed and chose to use0 It
seemed more user friendly than D.L0 I disco'ered that an online sylla/us is much more
detailed than one I 6ould use in a face to face class0 I really had to anticipate e'erything
/eforehand0 In a face to face class I could simply address issues as they came up7 /ut 6ith the
online class I 6ouldn:t /e a/le to do that0
.0 ;o6 did this learning relate to the 5no6ledge ,what $ust you know.1 s5ills ,what $ust you
be able to do. and dispositions ,attitudes1 belie6s1 enthusias$. re8uired of a technology
facilitator or technology leader3 %Refer to the standards you selected in $art I0 Use the
language of the $SC standards in your ans6er and reflect on all <=5no6ledge7 s5ills7 and
dispositions0&
Legal 2e/4uest %5no6ledge& I needed to 5no6 the safe7 healthy7 legal and ethical use of
digital information and technology0
%s5ills& 1y reflecting on my county:s policies I 6as a/le to determine some 6ea5nesses and
this 6ill ena/le me to /etter communicate 6ith my students a/out responsi/le use of digital
information and technology0
%dispositions& In completing this field experience I /elie'e that I am /etter e8uipped to teach
my students ho6 to protect their pri'acy and ho6 to protect my o6n0 I can /e more
proacti'e in addressing ethical uses of information0 I can facilitate accepta/le use policies0
)LE %5no6ledge& I needed to 5no6 ho6 to create7 manage and support an online learning
en'ironment0
%s5ills& I searched for and de'eloped tools and assignments in managea/le chun5s to
facilitate learning the standard0 I 6or5ed hard to anticipate potential areas of conflict or
confusion and find 6ays to sol'e those issues so that they 6ouldn:t hinder student progress0
%dispositions& I en9oyed doing this /ecause I can really use the 6or5 I ha'e done and see the
results of my efforts pay off 6hen my students are engaged and learning using technology0 I
ha'e also /egun to thin5 a/out 6ays I can transfer these s5ills into professional de'elopment
courses for my peers0
Sylla/us %5no6ledge& I needed to 5no6 e'erything that 6as necessary for my students to
complete an online course0 The standards are only the /eginning of 6hat students need to
5no6 a/out a class they also need to 5no6 policies7 procedures and 6here to get help in a
'ariety of circumstances0 I had to 5no6 6hat these 6ould /e in order to set up the
information in the sylla/us0
%s5ills& In order to complete the sylla/us I needed to research learning managements
systems7 as 6ell as set up social media sites for class use0 I learned ho6 to incorporate many
different types of online methods of communication and e'aluation0
%dispositions& I li5ed the L!S Can'as /ecause it seemed user friendly0 I ha'e done some
further research and disco'ered another L!S that also seemed 'ery appropriate for my
class needs0 I am excited a/out /uilding my first online course and e'en more excited to
de'elop some professional de'elopment courses0
<0 Descri/e ho6 this field experience impacted school impro'ement7 faculty de'elopment or
student learning at your school0 ;o6 can the impact /e assessed3
Legal 2e/4uest In order to assess 6hether teachers or students ha'e understood and can
put into practice appropriate use of digital information and technology a self*assessment
8ui> can /e gi'en0 Teachers and students 6ho ha'e not fully mastered the material can /e
re'ie6ed and retested as often as necessary until mastery is accomplished0
)LE Continual feed/ac5 in the form of discussion /oards7 study guides7 online 8ui>>es7
completed pro9ects7 oral 8uestion and ans6er through 2im/a sessions are all 6ays to assess
6hether standards ha'e /een met0 The use of more online course 6ill allo6 students ha'e
more flexi/ility 6ith course6or50 This holds true for professional de'elopment as 6ell0
Sylla/us The de'elopment of an online sylla/us allo6s students to reference their sylla/us
anytime and any6here0 They no longer ha'e to 5eep up 6ith papers0 Changes that are made
can /e 8uic5ly communicated in an online class0