Standard 6: Candidate Professional Growth & Development
Candidates demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and dispositions to engage in continuous learning, reflect on professional practice, and engage in appropriate field experiences.
Candidates demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and dispositions to engage in continuous learning, reflect on professional practice, and engage in appropriate field experiences.
- Element 6.1 Continuous Learning - Candidates demonstrate continual growth in knowledge and skills of current and emerging technologies and apply them to improve personal productivity and professional practice.
- Element 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.
- Element 6.3 Field Experiences - Candidates engage in appropriate field experiences to synthesize and apply the content and professional knowledge, skills, and dispositions identified in these standards.
My Personal Learning Network (PLN) is a collection of resources I have saved since the beginning of my Graduate program. The resources represent multimedia resources for a variety of situations. I have resources for the classroom, for the Media Specialist, and for the Instructional Technology Specialist. I think my PLN has helped me refine my idea of a Media Specialist/Instructional Technology Specialist. I value each resource in this collection. I believe these resources will help me support a school, the classroom, and teachers. Each resource was added because I believe I can use the information in the future or I think the information supports my role. The PLN represents Element 6.1 because each resource supports continuous learning. These resources are a collection of new ideas and continuous reflection.
In FRIT 7232 I was in a small group for a technology plan evaluation assignment. Part of the assignment creating a annotated biography to support our views and opinions. This collection is a group of resources our group used to support a technology evaluation. Each resource either supports our vision or taught us new ideas. The annotated biography represents Element 6.1 because each team member was asked to research and choose new resources. Each team member also learned about new resources.
My blog represents my chronological experience in the practicum class. My blog highlights my activities, assignments, and my experiences. I completed hours at an elementary school, middle school, and high school. I was asked to assist with activities and complete projects. I believe my experience has been invaluable. I have experienced the differences between the Instructional Technology Specialist at each school level. My past experience is elementary school. I am comfortable with elementary school. However, my favorite experience was the high school. I learned so much about technology and I was regularly pushed outside my comfort zone. I researched and summarized a variety of technology resources I have never used before. I connected them to the teachers and the students. My blog represents Element 6.2 because I reflected on my experiences in the blog. This assignment also represents Element 6.3 because I completed my field experience and all of the assignments.
In FRIT 7232 I was in a small group for a technology plan evaluation assignment. Part of the assignment creating a annotated biography to support our views and opinions. This collection is a group of resources our group used to support a technology evaluation. Each resource either supports our vision or taught us new ideas. The annotated biography represents Element 6.1 because each team member was asked to research and choose new resources. Each team member also learned about new resources.
My blog represents my chronological experience in the practicum class. My blog highlights my activities, assignments, and my experiences. I completed hours at an elementary school, middle school, and high school. I was asked to assist with activities and complete projects. I believe my experience has been invaluable. I have experienced the differences between the Instructional Technology Specialist at each school level. My past experience is elementary school. I am comfortable with elementary school. However, my favorite experience was the high school. I learned so much about technology and I was regularly pushed outside my comfort zone. I researched and summarized a variety of technology resources I have never used before. I connected them to the teachers and the students. My blog represents Element 6.2 because I reflected on my experiences in the blog. This assignment also represents Element 6.3 because I completed my field experience and all of the assignments.
Personal Learning Network (PLN)
Annotated Biography
Annotated List of Resources2 by melisaeichele on Scribd
Blog
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