Standard V
Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership
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.
Teachers:
Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership
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.
Teachers:
- Participate in local and global learning communities to explore creative applications of technology to improve student learning.
- 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.
- 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
- Contribute to the effectiveness, vitality, and self renewal of the teaching profession and of their school and community.
PERSONAL REFLECTION
Learning is an ongoing process and teachers are by no means an exception to this as demonstrated in this last standard. Students continue to bring new ideas to share on a daily basis as a result of their own technology use. Keeping abreast of all the technological advances seems daunting, but can be achieved by memberships in professional groups and attending workshops. Workshops are a great venue for idea sharing and networking on a personal level. Leadership skills are developed through collaborating with others in the teaching field and by reading researched-based publications.
Acquiring knowledge also includes passing it along to fellow teachers and community members in an effort to promote effective learning. My first two artifacts listed below are what I consider to be my most challenging elements. They combined learning needs with the logistics of putting training projects all together. A special "shout out" goes to Dr. Taralynn Hartsell for her guidance and, most importantly, her patience along the way. To illustrate professional growth, I have included my Scoop.It project. Scoop.it allows for even more collaboration through articles by others with similar interests. It is through my IT 645 blog postings and responses from my classmates that I have developed a deeper understanding of educational leadership in the area of technology. My "CISE IT Plan" file from IT 709 is a great example of how critical it is to involve community members in all aspects of planning technology renovations.
For IT 636, I created a tutorial for a futuristic environment that involved Weather Life-Like Robots (WxLRs project) training and working with humans in a military weather office setting. This challenged me to master instructional design elements that integrated technology while meeting the diverse needs of learners. My classmates have been cohorts on this journey and I treasure the interactions I have had with all of them. Many are employed in the local schools systems and I enjoyed getting an insider's view of classroom successes and even failures. I have learned so much in the two years and the Pathbrite link below provides a testimonial of my experiences in the IT 569 course in an E-Portfolio format.
Learning is an ongoing process and teachers are by no means an exception to this as demonstrated in this last standard. Students continue to bring new ideas to share on a daily basis as a result of their own technology use. Keeping abreast of all the technological advances seems daunting, but can be achieved by memberships in professional groups and attending workshops. Workshops are a great venue for idea sharing and networking on a personal level. Leadership skills are developed through collaborating with others in the teaching field and by reading researched-based publications.
Acquiring knowledge also includes passing it along to fellow teachers and community members in an effort to promote effective learning. My first two artifacts listed below are what I consider to be my most challenging elements. They combined learning needs with the logistics of putting training projects all together. A special "shout out" goes to Dr. Taralynn Hartsell for her guidance and, most importantly, her patience along the way. To illustrate professional growth, I have included my Scoop.It project. Scoop.it allows for even more collaboration through articles by others with similar interests. It is through my IT 645 blog postings and responses from my classmates that I have developed a deeper understanding of educational leadership in the area of technology. My "CISE IT Plan" file from IT 709 is a great example of how critical it is to involve community members in all aspects of planning technology renovations.
For IT 636, I created a tutorial for a futuristic environment that involved Weather Life-Like Robots (WxLRs project) training and working with humans in a military weather office setting. This challenged me to master instructional design elements that integrated technology while meeting the diverse needs of learners. My classmates have been cohorts on this journey and I treasure the interactions I have had with all of them. Many are employed in the local schools systems and I enjoyed getting an insider's view of classroom successes and even failures. I have learned so much in the two years and the Pathbrite link below provides a testimonial of my experiences in the IT 569 course in an E-Portfolio format.
ARTIFACTS
CISE IT Plan | |
File Size: | 982 kb |
File Type: | docx |
WxLR Project | |
File Size: | 56 kb |
File Type: | docx |
ScoopIt IT 645 Pathbrite
FUTURE LEARNING GOALS
Currently, I am a member of the Instructional Technology Student Association (ITSA) and serve on the Technology & Training Committee of the Staff Council here at Southern Miss. While these organizations are great opportunities to meet my fellow IT classmates and USM staff members, they really don't fulfill the need to be involved with professional organizations related to technology-infused student centered learning practices. I need to research outside groups and choose a few that meet my needs on an academic/work level. I look forward to whatever challenge awaits!