6.2 Reflection
Candidates regularly evaluate and reflect on their professional practice and dispositions to improve and strengthen their ability to effectively model and facilitate technology-enhanced learning experiences. (PSC 6.2/ISTE 6c)
Artifact: Weebly Blog
Reflection:
The artifact “Weebly Blog” was created throughout my time in the Ed.S. program from Summer 2013 through Summer 20144. In this blog, I have reflected on each course as well as completing various assignments in ITEC 7430 Internet Tools in the Classroom. The blog gives an overview of my work in the Ed.S. program, and I spent a great deal of time working on efficiently evaluating each course and its impact on my own growth.
The element of Reflection under the Standard of Candidate Professional Growth and Development was definitely mastered with this artifact. My Weebly blog is evidence that I regularly evaluate and reflect on my professional learning and dispositions. Each semester at the end of each course, I took time to reflect on my learning in the course and how it had impacted my growth as an instructional technology specialist. I also examined what I thought it meant to be an instructional technology specialist and how I was progressing towards that goal.
While completing this artifact, I learned a great deal about reflection. Having to reflect at the end of every course forced me to really spend some time thinking about what I had learned and evaluating how I would utilize that new knowledge to further my own professional growth and knowledge. Additionally, when completing the blog entries for ITEC 7430 Internet Tools in the Classroom, I examined a number of new internet tools and evaluated how those could be utilized in my classroom. If I could do anything differently with this artifact, I wish I had reflected a few times each semester instead of waiting until the end of each course to think about my learning and how it would impact my knowledge and skills.
The work that went into creating this artifact will impact student learning as I reflected throughout my program of study on how to better serve my students in the classroom. Learning about new tools is not enough. We must constantly strive to better our students’ experience in the classroom so that they are taking away lifelong learning concepts instead of simple facts to remember, regurgitate, and then forget. This impact on student learning can be evaluated by student surveys at the end of the semester and by improved performance on EOCTs and SLOs.
The artifact “Weebly Blog” was created throughout my time in the Ed.S. program from Summer 2013 through Summer 20144. In this blog, I have reflected on each course as well as completing various assignments in ITEC 7430 Internet Tools in the Classroom. The blog gives an overview of my work in the Ed.S. program, and I spent a great deal of time working on efficiently evaluating each course and its impact on my own growth.
The element of Reflection under the Standard of Candidate Professional Growth and Development was definitely mastered with this artifact. My Weebly blog is evidence that I regularly evaluate and reflect on my professional learning and dispositions. Each semester at the end of each course, I took time to reflect on my learning in the course and how it had impacted my growth as an instructional technology specialist. I also examined what I thought it meant to be an instructional technology specialist and how I was progressing towards that goal.
While completing this artifact, I learned a great deal about reflection. Having to reflect at the end of every course forced me to really spend some time thinking about what I had learned and evaluating how I would utilize that new knowledge to further my own professional growth and knowledge. Additionally, when completing the blog entries for ITEC 7430 Internet Tools in the Classroom, I examined a number of new internet tools and evaluated how those could be utilized in my classroom. If I could do anything differently with this artifact, I wish I had reflected a few times each semester instead of waiting until the end of each course to think about my learning and how it would impact my knowledge and skills.
The work that went into creating this artifact will impact student learning as I reflected throughout my program of study on how to better serve my students in the classroom. Learning about new tools is not enough. We must constantly strive to better our students’ experience in the classroom so that they are taking away lifelong learning concepts instead of simple facts to remember, regurgitate, and then forget. This impact on student learning can be evaluated by student surveys at the end of the semester and by improved performance on EOCTs and SLOs.