Candidates regularly evaluate and reflect on their professional practice and dispositions

to improve and strengthen their ability to effectively model and facilitate technologyenhanced learning experiences. (PSC 6.2/ISTE 6c)
Reflection
In standard 6.2 students must routinely reflect and professional practices
in order to strengthen and improve in instructional technology and enhance
learning experiences. Throughout the semesters at Kennesaw State University, I
have benefited from reflections in each course. At the end of each instructional
course I had to take the opportunity to reflect on things that I learned, ways to
improve, and ways to implement what I learned throughout the semester. It is
important to take opportunities to evaluate and express ideas and concepts that
were taught all of which are skills necessary in reaching mastery. I have often
made mistakes in facilitation of professional development, student technology
instruction, and assessments, yet I have learned that it is important to be able to
take a step back, reflect, reevaluate, and redeliver. With every reflection and
application, I saw myself reaching higher levels of fluency and comfort.
Documenting my reflection allows me to evaluate the successes, areas of
improvement, and different ways to implement.
Reflecting is a process that often times come naturally. Every professional
development and training I facilitated was evaluated by myself and others. With
that being said, it would be rather difficult to change the process of reflection. I
could only suggest creating a google doc or survey monkey that would be
completed after every assignment, training, needs assessment etc. That would

uniform the reflection and allow for candidates to analyze data collected from
cumulative surveys. As far as the actual artifact, I would add more input others
who have been impacted from the work throughout the semesters. I also feel that
I can improve on the artifact by increase the reflection. I have facilitated,
modeled, trained, and coached many times throughout the year. Reflection has
many facets. For example, reflecting on work enhances its meaning. Reflecting
on experiences encourages insight and complex learning. We foster our own
growth when we control our learning, so some reflection is best done alone.
Reflection is also enhanced, however, when we ponder our learning with others
(Costa and Kallick 2016). I should have reflected and documented more of the
interactions, time spent creating the artifacts, and ways to improve and strength
artifacts.
Reflection involves linking a current experience to previous learnings (a process
called scaffolding). Reflection also involves drawing forth cognitive and emotional
information from several sources: visual, auditory, kinesthetic, and tactile. To
reflect, we must act upon and process the information, synthesizing and
evaluating the data. In the end, reflecting also means applying what we've
learned to contexts beyond the original situations in which we learned something.
Ive used reflection to not only help and improve my craft, but I have also
implemented reflection with my students, administration, and staff so that they
can improve or build upon prior knowledge in the end perfecting their craft as
well. My reflection has impacted school improvement in that I had opportunities
to reflect and improve any strategy or idea implemented that may need to be
adjusted to better fit the needs of the school.

Reflection is not just a tool that should primary be beneficial to the one
reflecting. In each reflection strengths, weaknesses, and areas of improvement
should be expressed. All of which have direct impacts and correlations to those
involved. I used my reflections as a way to guide and find new and innovative
ways to implement assessments, hands on experiences, and engaging lessons
for teachers and students. I reflected in good and bad situations. Being an
effective instructional technologist brings upon dispositions to deal with many
situations and making the best out of those situations with a goal in mind. How or
what can I do to improve the achievement and performance or each and every
child, teacher, parent, and administrator. My experiences will continue grow and
prosper, but I can assess the impacts of my reflections as beneficial and strong. I
can see that I am not only an advocate for student positive learning
experiences ,but I am also a huge advocate for supporting teachers
understanding that all stakeholders are important in the growth and enlargement
of schools.

References
Costa, A. L., & Kallick, B. (2008). Learning and leading with habits of mind: 16 essential
characteristics for success. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and
Curriculum Development.