RACHEL MALER
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
The above graph shows my understanding of how technology works and how educators should use it before I took the W200 course as a student at Indiana University. As you can see, my strongest point was general technology skills, such as using cell phones, laptops, Microsoft office, etc. However, that being my only strong point at that time, I needed to make much improvement in the areas of ISTE-T #1, #2, #3, #4, and #5. Specifically, the areas I wanted to improve most on were #5, engage in professional growth and leadership, #1, facilitate and inspire student learning and creativity, and #2, design and develop digital-age learning experiences and assessments. My SMART goals at this time were to (1) Understand how to effectively use online tools for student resources, (2) effectively use online tools for parent-teacher communication, and (3) create a lesson plan that incorporates both of the above listed.
The above graph shows my understanding of how technology works and how educators should use it after I took the W200 course as a student at Indiana University. As you can see, my areas of weakness in the first graph completely flipped, and turned into my strongest areas. In regards to my SMART goals I gave myself at the beginning of this class, I successfully completed all three. I was able to effectively use online tools, such as we-video, plickers, screen cast-omatic, Kidspiration, and others to create materials for my students to use in and out of the classroom, such as the instructional video, quiz questions, resource evaluation, flowchart, and more. I was also able to effectively use online tools for parent-teacher communication, such as the teacher website I created, the google calendar I created, and the flyers I now know how to create through the smore website. And finally, I was able to incorporate both student resources and parent-teacher communication into my service learning project, by using online resources such as YouTube, screen cast-omatic, and abcya! for the students and teacher, as well as using smore for parent-teacher communication.