ISTE Standards
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Teachers use their knowledge of subject matter, teaching and learning, and technology to facilitate experiences that advance student learning, creativity, and innovation in both face-to-face and virtual environments.
a. Promote, support, and model creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness
b. Engage students in exploring real-world issues and solving authentic problems using digital tools and resources
c. Promote student reflection using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students’ conceptual understanding and thinking, planning, and creative processes
d. Model collaborative knowledge construction by engaging in learning with students, colleagues, and others in face-to-face and virtual environments
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Teachers design, develop, and evaluate authentic learning experiences and assessments incorporating contemporary tools and resources to maximize content learning in context and to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes identified in the Standards•S.
a. Design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity
b. Develop technology-enriched learning environments that enable all students to pursue their individual curiosities and become active participants in setting their own educational goals, managing their own learning, and assessing their own progress
c. Customize and personalize learning activities to address students’ diverse learning styles, working strategies, and abilities using digital tools and resources
d. Provide students with multiple and varied formative and summative assessments aligned with content and technology standards, and use resulting data to inform learning and teaching
Teachers exhibit knowledge, skills, and work processes representative of an innovative professional in a global and digital society.
a. Demonstrate fluency in technology systems and the transfer of current knowledge to new technologies and situations
b. Collaborate with students, peers, parents, and community members using digital tools and resources to support student success and innovation
c. Communicate relevant information and ideas effectively to students, parents, and peers using a variety of digital age media and formats
d. Model and facilitate effective use of current and emerging digital tools to locate, analyze, evaluate, and use information resources to support research and learning
Teachers understand local and global societal issues and responsibilities in an evolving digital culture and exhibit legal and ethical behavior in their professional practices.
a. Advocate, model, and teach safe, legal, and ethical use of digital information and technology, including respect for copyright, intellectual property, and the appropriate documentation of sources
b. Address the diverse needs of all learners by using learner-centered strategies providing equitable access to appropriate digital tools and resources
c. Promote and model digital etiquette and responsible social interactions related to the use of technology and information
d. Develop and model cultural understanding and global awareness by engaging with colleagues and students of other cultures using digital age communication and collaboration tools
Teachers continuously improve their professional practice, model lifelong learning, and exhibit leadership in their school and professional community by promoting and demonstrating the effective use of digital tools and resources.
a. Participate in local and global learning communities to explore creative applications of technology to improve student learning
b. Exhibit leadership by demonstrating a vision of technology infusion, participating in shared decision making and community building, and developing the leadership and technology skills of others
c. Evaluate and reflect on current research and professional practice on a regular basis to make effective use of existing and emerging digital tools and resources in support of student learning
d. Contribute to the effectiveness, vitality, and self-renewal of the teaching profession and of their school and community
Facilitate and inspire student learning and creativity
Design and develop digital age learning experiences and assessments
Model digital age work and learning
Promote and model digital citizenship and responsibility
Engage in professional growth and leadership
Evidence 1: Kidspiration
This tool is called kidspiration; this can be used to create different types of concept maps. This can be done by the kids for certain topics or concepts or I can create them myself. Students can start with a blank screen and add information that can help them with their learning. This can be beneficial for kids who are brainstorming a project or writing a paper it allows them to organize their information and make connections. Since they start with a blank page they can create this map in anyway that they imagine and can use this tool to collect and organize their thoughts as well as use it to teach other students. Students can add pictures, text, or symbols to articulate their thoughts.
Evidence 3: Instructional Video
This PBL was created to challenge students to question what art is, and what it means to them. This question was designed to get students to think about art in a more personal way. It is an activity that can allow students to express and then reflect on their personal view of the value of art. In an indirect way it can expose them to art therapy and how art can be therapeutic. This includes an introduction by artists with disabilities, whether they happened to be autistic, had physical disabilities, or specific learning disabilities. Seeing these pieces can offer excitement and inspiration for the kids as they start to experiment with art. And in turn they will create an art piece and write a reflection about them. They will then be set up in the classroom as an art gallery and this is where the kids are able to stand by their art and express their thinking about what it is and work on social skills.
This PBL is a very engaging and enhancing experience for the kids. They are being very self reflective and have deep thinking about how art benefits them and what it means to them. This can also include collaboration with other students; enhancing their perspective. Since they are then asked to create their own art piece this is now a very engaging experience. They are learning and experimenting hands on and are able to reflect instantly on this experience.
Evidence 2: Problem Based Learning
This tool was created by wevideo which is an awesome and easy way for kids to create videos! The actual instruction itself was focused on our emotions. The video is supposed to be targeted for kids that may not always recognize social cues such as emotions; especially in an elementary setting. This touches on describing what emotions are, when we might feel them, and what they look like on other people.
This video can be helpful and resourceful for students who may struggle socially. This video can serve as a reference point if they find themselves in a situation where they didn't recognize somebody's emotion or if they have been feeling strong emotions but cant recognize what it is. This video also helps give ideas about how to react to people when they're experiencing these emotions. This video is engaging and can help them to think about what emotions they experience or specific situations they've experienced certain emotions. This video is also enhancing their knowledge regarding emotions.
Evidence 1: Plickers
Evidence 3: Kidspiration
This resource allows you to create quiz questions and have a live assessment in the class using scan codes and an app! This resource is very beneficial for students who are creating survey questions and can engage and interact with the entire class. This way the kids can collaborate very efficiently. This resource also can be used for students to help study or review for a test in a fun and engaging way! In this particular set of questions I could evaluate the results and see that since the majority of the class got the questions correctly I will probably make time to meet with the select few students who had the incorrect answers and have a conversation with them about what they think. If it was a misunderstanding we can talk through it or I can assess if they need further instruction with meal times and social responses. This may be too easy for the students so it may be good to get a baseline for where they are at and then move on from there. I think it would be wise to move onto the next topic.
Evidence 2: Powtoons
This next tool is called Powtoons! This is an amazing movie maker that allows you to change different slides, add sound, and pictures! This is a good idea for an alternative way to write a newsletter or a Powerpoint. This tool is very beneficial and resourceful for students as well. Although it helps me get my point across as a teacher it's also very easy for the kids to use as well. If the students need to give some sort of presentation or tell a story, Powtoons would be a great fun choice that's easy to use! This tool is very engaging as well as efficient for students to use! This is a more engaging and creative way to present a newsletter to the class rather than sending out an email!
This tool is called kidspiration; this can be used to create different types of concept maps. This can be done by the kids for certain topics or concepts or I can create them myself. Students can start with a blank screen and add information that can help them with their learning. This can be beneficial for kids who are brainstorming a project or writing a paper it allows them to organize their information and make connections. Since they start with a blank page they can create this map in anyway that they imagine and can use this tool to collect and organize their thoughts as well as use it to teach other students. Students can add pictures, text, or symbols to articulate their thoughts. This tool is a great way to add something new and creative rather than the kids just drawing this out on a piece of paper! This is a very simple tool to use than most kids would be able to use, at different ages and levels.
Evidence 3: Instructional Video
Evidence 2: Storify
Evidence 1: Newsletter Powtoons
This next tool is called Powtoons! This is an amazing movie maker that allows you to change different slides, add sound, and pictures! This is a good idea for an alternative way to write a newsletter or a Powerpoint. This tool is very beneficial and resourceful for students as well. Although it helps me get my point across as a teacher it's also very easy for the kids to use as well. If the students need to give some sort of presentation or tell a story, Powtoons would be a great fun choice that's easy to use! This tool is very engaging as well as efficient for students to use! This is a more engaging and creative way to present a newsletter to the class rather than sending out an email! This tool allows you to stay connected and relay important relevant information to students and parents in an engaging way.
This technology tool is called Storify. Storify allows you to create an "infographic" or a combination of different tweets from twitter. This is very beneficial for collecting a variety of resources about a specific idea or topic. This specific one is focused on a hashtag called #spedchat. This allows me to create a collection of resources that I can refer to along with parents. This is a new way to be connected with fellow teachers and people in the community as well. This tool allows me to stay updated and hear latest ideas and contributions in different topics. This keep my technology and knowledge up to date and allows me to have new resources readily available!
This tool was created by wevideo which is an awesome and easy way for kids to create videos! The actual instruction itself was focused on our emotions. The video is supposed to be targeted for kids that may not always recognize social cues such as emotions; especially in an elementary setting. This touches on describing what emotions are, when we might feel them, and what they look like on other people. This resource is a great way to convey information effectively and is just an example of the different topics and subjects that can be taught. Instructional videos can also be very helpful when teaching about new resources and tools as well.
Evidence 1: Creative Commons
My teacher website, e portfolio, and SLP website have a Creative Commons License . This license gives me the ability to have the rights over the material that I created and decide how people are allowed to use them. I can share my work with other people but still have my name attached. This shows the kids how to use digital citizenship correctly. This tool is used to protect my work as well as show students that we should respect other peoples work as well. This is a good way to teach my students about digital citizenship and will help them to recognize when it's okay to use and respect other peoples work as well.
Evidence 2: Digital Citizenship Classroom Expectations
This tool is called Piktochart and it gives you the ability to make incredible info graphics. There are many templates, images, and symbols to choose from to create your info graphic for whatever your need. This particular one is focused on classroom management and digital management in the classroom. This tool is a great way to engage the kids aesthetically. It has a very simple layout that is straight to the point when it comes to the rules of the classroom. They will learn my expectations for our classroom with this info graphic. This tool teaches them classroom management for our class regarding technology. This includes trusting them to use their devices appropriately for classwork as well as being mindful of the temptations of how they could use their devices inappropriately in the classroom. This is a standards that holds them accountable to use technology for learning and not personal use in the classroom. This helps their digital citizenship and honesty in our classroom.
Evidence 3: Online Safety Emaze
This tool is called Emaze. I specifically used it for a presentation for parents/students that explains the dangers and barriers of online safety for your kids. Online safety is a huge concern for teachers and parents. This presentation warns parents the dangers and how to help keep their kids safe. This resource can help inform the parents and students about current safety tips for technology in school and conveys the differ levels of what is and isn't appropriate at school as well. This tool is very easy for parents and kids to navigate and create as well.
Evidence 1: Storify
Evidence 3: Digital Management
Evidence 2: Service Learning Project
This technology tool is called Storify. Storify allows you to create an "infographic" or a combination of different tweets from twitter. This is very beneficial for collecting a variety of resources about a specific idea or topic. This specific one is focused on a hashtag called #spedchat. This allows me to create a collection of resources that I can refer to along with parents. This is a new way to be connected with fellow teachers and people in the community as well. This tool allows me to stay updated and hear latest ideas and contributions in different topics. This keep my technology and knowledge up to date and allows me to have new resources readily available!
This service learning project allowed me to interact with a teacher and create something specifically for her needs and her classroom. This was done using a website to hold a collection of resources that would be beneficial to her and her kids! This SLP also included an instructional screen cast the taught about the different resources and showed her how to navigate the website as well. This was a very interactive and engaging project to be involved in the community and create and solve a problem for her classroom. This would be an amazing thing to have my future students learn and incorporate. Of course it wouldn't be this complicated but the idea of having students do some sort of project that they gained knowledge from and had a community experience would be a great way to enhance their learning.
This tool is called Piktochart and it gives you the ability to make incredible info graphics. There are many templates, images, and symbols to choose from to create your info graphic for whatever your need. This particular one is focused on classroom management and digital management in the classroom. This tool is a great way to engage the kids aesthetically. It has a very simple layout that is straight to the point when it comes to the rules of the classroom. They will learn my expectations for our classroom with this info graphic. This tool teaches them classroom management for our class regarding technology. This includes trusting them to use their devices appropriately for classwork as well as being mindful of the temptations of how they could use their devices inappropriately in the classroom. This is a standards that holds them accountable to use technology for learning and not personal use in the classroom. This helps their digital citizenship and honesty in our classroom.
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