Beruflich Dokumente
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Samantha Niehaus
04/03/18
1. Self-assess your skills related to the ISTE Teaching, Learning and Assessment
standards (Unit 3) by writing a reflection that examines your skills, knowledge and
professional practice in relation to each standard.
ISTE states that technology coaches assist teachers in using technology effectively for assessing
student learning, differentiating instruction, and providing rigorous, relevant, and engaging
learning experiences for all students. The following bullets will list the specific standards and my
personal reflection and self-assessment in relation to each.
A. Coach teachers in and model design and implementation of technology-enhanced learning
experiences addressing content standards and student technology standards.
I think that I do a great job of modeling the design and implementation of technology-enhanced
learning experiences with my students and colleagues. I model how to use PBL activities and can
now learn to focus on coaching other teachers about these techniques and activities. We use
Chromebooks daily in my classroom, type daily, and use STEM materials to reach content and
student technology standards. We also use technology to present our learning to each other and
collaborate with others.
C. Coach teachers in and model engagement of students in local and global interdisciplinary
units in which technology helps students assume professional roles, research real-world
problems, collaborate with others, and produce products that are meaningful and useful to a
wide audience.
This is a standard that very closely aligns with the PBL training that I have had and implemented
through the iChallengeU program which allowed high school students to work together with a
local nonprofit to help solve a problem, present on their problem in a competition and learn
meaningful strategies while collaborating and working on real-world problems as professionals. I
have extensive training in PBL and am very familiar with the Buck Institute as a resource
D. Coach teachers in and model design and implementation of technology-enhanced learning
experiences emphasizing creativity, higher-order experiences emphasizing creativity,
higher-order thinking skills and processes, and mental habits of mind (e.g., critical thinking,
meta-cognition, and self-regulation).
This is one of my favorite standards to implement, as students expressing their creativity and
higher-order thinking turn into such enjoyable experiences. Some of my favorite things to do
here are having students blog with the help of writeabout.com, using Makey-Makey in the
classroom, ozobots, creating portfolios with Google Sites, and participating in Genius Hour
activities. We also love to use Breakout Edu games in the classroom and collaborate with other
classrooms for the games and even genius hour activities. This standard correlates to the
principles of STEM and STEAM and allows students to use engineering skills and become
makers.
4. Create several goal statements based on your answer to Question 3. Include your
specific, attainable learning goal, a measurable outcome, and how you expect to
achieve it. Choose one goal to address through action research
Goal 1: Become more informed. I will do this by keeping notes, researching best practices, and
participating in Twitter Chats with my PLN. I will seek out information, research further based
on what I learn, and keep a journal to track what I try, how it works, and what I can do to share
the information I am learning. This will be a lifelong goal, but the main focus will be for the
remainder of the school year and throughout the summer.
Goal 2: Peer Collaboration. I will continue to offer support to my coworkers in the area of
educational technology and implementation. I will offer a weekly meet up time for us to
collaborate and connect about the things we are doing, what we need help with, and what
technologies we are using or struggling with using. We will keep a collaborative Google
Document of each of our meetings logging what is discussed and resources for us to use. I will
do this for the remainder of the school year, and will ask my peers if they feel they have been
able to increase the amount of technology integration used in their classrooms.
Goal 3: Online Graduate Courses. I will continue taking online graduate classes throughout the
next year as I work towards my masters degree. The purpose of this is to be learn all that I can
about being a technology and learning coach, and also be able to work my passion for STEM
into my coaching experiences.
Goal 4: Work with a Mentor. I will work with a mentor; Alaina Sharp. Alaina is a technology
integration coach and specialist through my local ISD and offers support to my district. I will
meet with her once per month to discuss how to better implement technology and increase
engagement in my classroom. We will keep a log of our meetings and discuss the progress made
after each meeting. We will set a goal for me to work on throughout the month and check in to
see how it is working and what changes need to be made. This will take place for the rest of the
school year and Alaina will help me plan my presentation for the Jackson Ed Tech kick off in
August.
Goal 5: Action Research: ISTE Standard 2.g. Coach teachers in and model effective use of
technology tools and resources to continuously assess student learning and technology literacy
by applying a rich variety of formative and summative assessments aligned with content and
student technology standards.
I will focus on creating a variety of formative and summative assessments that also align with the
student technology standards and effectively use technology tools and resources. I will develop
rubrics, and work on implementing my idea of focusing on learning over grades throughout this
project. I will implement this over the next two weeks with my own fourth grade students.