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:
Throughout the Specialist Instructional Technology Program at Kennesaw State University, I have written blogs that reflect on different instructional practices, ways to use various technologies, my learning as a college student, my college courses, and much more. The entries varied in content and were completed individually.
As a candidate for the program, I had to regularly evaluate and reflect on my experiences, dispositions, and professional practices throughout the program. I did this through the Weebly blog. As a result, I improved and strengthened my abilities as a teacher and technology leader. Reflections are essential in the learning process and helped me to better effectively model and facilitate technology-enhanced learning experiences for others. When thinking about how to improve one’s teaching and ways to get better, one can only develop overall progressive teaching practices. Reflections are a best practice to use for any teacher or student and can be used in many ways.
I learned the importance of conducting frequent reflections during the course of my learning and teaching practices. Taking the time to think about my strengths and weaknesses improved my teaching practices tremendously. If I could change anything about this artifact, I would add more reflections of my daily or weekly teaching practices in my classroom at school; I plan on starting a blog to do just that once my college assignments are complete this semester.
The work I put into this artifact improved my practices as a teacher and provided a resources for my school and faculty. When the resources I shared are put to practice, student learning is sure to be impacted and increase. The impact can be assessed through surveys, lesson plans with technology integration, observations looking for the resources shared in the blog, and stats on the amount of people who are reading my blog. This is a practice I plan to continue throughout my career as a teacher.
Throughout the Specialist Instructional Technology Program at Kennesaw State University, I have written blogs that reflect on different instructional practices, ways to use various technologies, my learning as a college student, my college courses, and much more. The entries varied in content and were completed individually.
As a candidate for the program, I had to regularly evaluate and reflect on my experiences, dispositions, and professional practices throughout the program. I did this through the Weebly blog. As a result, I improved and strengthened my abilities as a teacher and technology leader. Reflections are essential in the learning process and helped me to better effectively model and facilitate technology-enhanced learning experiences for others. When thinking about how to improve one’s teaching and ways to get better, one can only develop overall progressive teaching practices. Reflections are a best practice to use for any teacher or student and can be used in many ways.
I learned the importance of conducting frequent reflections during the course of my learning and teaching practices. Taking the time to think about my strengths and weaknesses improved my teaching practices tremendously. If I could change anything about this artifact, I would add more reflections of my daily or weekly teaching practices in my classroom at school; I plan on starting a blog to do just that once my college assignments are complete this semester.
The work I put into this artifact improved my practices as a teacher and provided a resources for my school and faculty. When the resources I shared are put to practice, student learning is sure to be impacted and increase. The impact can be assessed through surveys, lesson plans with technology integration, observations looking for the resources shared in the blog, and stats on the amount of people who are reading my blog. This is a practice I plan to continue throughout my career as a teacher.