NETS+Teacher+Standards

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One NETS Teacher Standard that has been met through my taking EDM 300, is to facilitate and inspire student learning and creativity. Through our PSA assignment we were able to explore real world issues and address many concerns that are facing our society today. Also, innovative thing and inventivness was promoted through the PSA, the Digital Story Telling Project and the Comic Life projects. As students we were able to use our own creativeness and create something completely original. Lastly, this standard was also met through our production of a digital portfoloio and blackboard, where we were able to reflect on our classroom work and even use collaborative blogs and view others work. These tools helped to reveal conceptual understanding and thinking.

Another NETS Teacher Standard that was met through this course was to model digital-age work and learning. We demonstrated fluency in technology through applying our current knowledge of computers and using new software programs that we were not aware of. We also learned about smart boards which were used in many aspects of the class, such as presentations and instructionally. In our PSA assignment we were able to use digital cameras and download our footage onto the computer. We then added text slides and background music. When we were finished, three of our class's PSA's were submitted to a contest where they were viewed by many community members. This is a great way to communicate relevant information to our peers.

A third standard that was met this semester wasto design and develop digital age learning experiences and assessments. In class we were able to access a wide variety of digital tools and did so on a regular basis and in all of our projects. We were also able to set our own indivdual educational goals in many of our projects because of non-constraining guidelines for our projects. Through the diversity of tools available in the classroom, all styles of learning were accomodated.

Although I believe that all of the NETS stardards were met in this course to some degree, I do believe that I could expand the standard of engaginfg in professional growth and leadership. When I am actually a teacher and I have my degree I will be able to attend seminars and workshops that will allow me to be technologically savy with the newest and most advanced technologies. I will also be able to explore the technologies that were introduced in this class to a further degree than time allows in one semester. As a teacher I could apply this knowledge and explore what is truly effective and what knowledge should be revised or thrown out.