6.1 Continuous Learning
Candidates demonstrate continual growth in knowledge and skills of current and emerging technologies and apply them to improve personal productivity and professional practice. (PSC 6.1/ISTE 6a, 6b)
Artifact: MIE Teacher Academy
Reflection:
This artifact is from a workshop that I attended in October of 2018. The purpose of this workshop was to introduce various tools that are available through Microsoft. At the end of the day, participants received a Microsoft certification as a Microsoft Innovative Educator (MIE). A wide variety of resources was introduced during the workshop. These tools included Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Forms, Microsoft Sway, Office 365, Microsoft Educator Community, OneDrive, OneNote, and a variety of other tools. These tools have the capability to provide differentiation, promote engagement, create personalized learning opportunities, and assess learning. I served as a participant in this workshop. Many of the tools that I learned about were later incorporated into my classroom and shared with colleagues.
This artifact demonstrates mastery of standard 6.1. The standard states that candidates will demonstrate continual growth in knowledge and skills of current and emerging technologies and apply them to improve personal productivity and professional practice. Through this experience, I demonstrated the ability to continually grow in the knowledge and skills of current and emerging technologies. There are several tools that I learned about in this workshop, that I would consider as an emerging technology. Microsoft Word has been around for a long time, but is emerging as new features are constantly added. Specific features presented included the ability to translate any document between many different languages or identifying parts of a sentence such as verbs and nouns. This experience also provided me with the opportunity to apply knowledge and skills to improve personal productivity and professional practice. One significant tool for this is OneNote. This tool allows you to create notebooks either for a teacher to keep notes for themselves or create a notebook that is shared with either other teaches or a class of students. These notebooks could be used for lesson plans, parent contact logs, or a central location for important information such as schedules and announcements. This tool could also be used with students. A class notebook could be created and shared instantly with students. Students can notate on their own copy of these notes, collaborate with classmates, and turn in assignments through this notebook.
Through this experience, I feel that I was learn about many valuable tools that can be taken back to my school. Google has become a popular place to go for many of these tools. Sometimes Microsoft can be forgotten about. Microsoft actually has many effective tools that can be used on the cloud just like Google. One thing that I like about many of the cloud resources that are available through Microsoft is that they give you a similar feel to the desktop version of resources. If I could change anything about this experience, I wish I could have more time. This was a very quick dive into many different resources. I really could have benefitted from more time and hands on practice with many of these resources.
This artifact impacts student learning and faculty development. This experience opened the door the many resources that were available to me, but I was unaware of them. I am not able to use them for my own professional practice and implement them into lessons with my students. Many of these tools promote a personalized learning experience, which will push my students to a deeper level of learning. Tools like Sway provide them with opportunities to create presentations that can be shared. The Educator Community provides opportunities for virtual field trips where students can gain experiences from their desks. This impacts faculty development as I share it with my colleagues. This impact can be assessed through benchmark assessments, state tests, and classroom walkthroughs.
Reflection:
This artifact is from a workshop that I attended in October of 2018. The purpose of this workshop was to introduce various tools that are available through Microsoft. At the end of the day, participants received a Microsoft certification as a Microsoft Innovative Educator (MIE). A wide variety of resources was introduced during the workshop. These tools included Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Forms, Microsoft Sway, Office 365, Microsoft Educator Community, OneDrive, OneNote, and a variety of other tools. These tools have the capability to provide differentiation, promote engagement, create personalized learning opportunities, and assess learning. I served as a participant in this workshop. Many of the tools that I learned about were later incorporated into my classroom and shared with colleagues.
This artifact demonstrates mastery of standard 6.1. The standard states that candidates will demonstrate continual growth in knowledge and skills of current and emerging technologies and apply them to improve personal productivity and professional practice. Through this experience, I demonstrated the ability to continually grow in the knowledge and skills of current and emerging technologies. There are several tools that I learned about in this workshop, that I would consider as an emerging technology. Microsoft Word has been around for a long time, but is emerging as new features are constantly added. Specific features presented included the ability to translate any document between many different languages or identifying parts of a sentence such as verbs and nouns. This experience also provided me with the opportunity to apply knowledge and skills to improve personal productivity and professional practice. One significant tool for this is OneNote. This tool allows you to create notebooks either for a teacher to keep notes for themselves or create a notebook that is shared with either other teaches or a class of students. These notebooks could be used for lesson plans, parent contact logs, or a central location for important information such as schedules and announcements. This tool could also be used with students. A class notebook could be created and shared instantly with students. Students can notate on their own copy of these notes, collaborate with classmates, and turn in assignments through this notebook.
Through this experience, I feel that I was learn about many valuable tools that can be taken back to my school. Google has become a popular place to go for many of these tools. Sometimes Microsoft can be forgotten about. Microsoft actually has many effective tools that can be used on the cloud just like Google. One thing that I like about many of the cloud resources that are available through Microsoft is that they give you a similar feel to the desktop version of resources. If I could change anything about this experience, I wish I could have more time. This was a very quick dive into many different resources. I really could have benefitted from more time and hands on practice with many of these resources.
This artifact impacts student learning and faculty development. This experience opened the door the many resources that were available to me, but I was unaware of them. I am not able to use them for my own professional practice and implement them into lessons with my students. Many of these tools promote a personalized learning experience, which will push my students to a deeper level of learning. Tools like Sway provide them with opportunities to create presentations that can be shared. The Educator Community provides opportunities for virtual field trips where students can gain experiences from their desks. This impacts faculty development as I share it with my colleagues. This impact can be assessed through benchmark assessments, state tests, and classroom walkthroughs.