Final Reflection

• Standard 1: Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity

1. promote, support, and model creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness.
• During my lessons that I created for this class, I tried really hard to create authentic, creative activities for my students to do. In my lesson on the Oregon Trail I believe I accomplished this very well because I had my students create a journal that was unique to themselves but also integrated things that they had learned during the lesson.
2. engage students in exploring real-world issues and solving authentic problems using digital tools and resources.
• During my lessons, I did not have my students use the internet to explore one of the subjects, but if I would have been able to go more in depth, for my Oregon Trail lesson, I would have had them conduct research on the trail and create a project on what they learned.
3. promote student reflection using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students' conceptual understanding and thinking, planning, and creative processes.
• In each of my three lessons, I had all of my students share their assignments at the end. This promoted my students to reflect on their work as well as collaborate with one another about what they learned.
4. model collaborative knowledge construction by engaging in learning with students, colleagues, and others in face-to-face and virtual environments.
• During my lessons I tried to allow for some group work or whole group instruction. This allowed everyone to share their knowledge and understanding with one another as well as created face-to-face interaction.

• Standard 2: Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments

1. design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity.
• With the three lessons that I created for this class, I tried to relate my content to my students' lives and incorporate technology to help with this. I don't believe that technology promotes more creativity in students but rather it promotes a different type of creativity than they would us if they were not using technology.
2. develop technology-enriched learning environments that enable all students to pursue their individual curiosities and become active participants in setting their own educational goals, managing their own learning, and assessing their own progress.
• By allowing my students to use technology to create their activities, I feel as if it kept them engaged longer with the lesson because they have so many different resources available to them. During my lessons I allowed my students to use the tools that they found the most interesting to them in the Pixie app.
3. customize and personalize learning activities to address students' diverse learning styles, working strategies, and abilities using digital tools and resources.
• Along with what I said above about allowing my students to use the different resources in the Pixie app, I also allowed them the opportunity to create their activities in the format of their choosing. During my 5 senses lesson, I had the students represent the 5 body parts that went with the senses as well as a picture or drawing to represent what we use them for. This allowed students to personalize their activity and make it different then the activities of the other students in the class.
4. provide students with multiple and varied formative and summative assessments aligned with content and technology standards and use resulting data to inform learning and teaching.
• During my lessons I sort of combined my formative and summative assessments.  Throughout the lesson I had them working on projects in Pixie, and as a formative assessment I walked around and observed what students were doing and if I saw something that needed to be address then I would. For my summative assessment I had the students turn in their work so that I could assess and check for their understanding.

• Standard 3: Model Digital-Age Work and Learning 

1. demonstrate fluency in technology systems and the transfer of current knowledge to new technologies and situations.
• During my 5 senses lesson, I introduced Pixie to my students and I showed them where everything was that they would need. Once we got to the last lesson on the Oregon Trail, my students were able to take things into their own hand and get started right away working on their projects.
2. collaborate with students, peers, parents, and community members using digital tools and resources to support student success and innovation.
• For my lessons I did not collaborate with parents or community members but if I had the opportunity to, I would hold a parents night to introduce them to the different technologies that we will be using in the classroom throughout the lesson. 
3. communicate relevant information and ideas effectively to students, parents, and peers using a variety of digital-age media and formats.
• During each of my lessons I incorporated the smart board. I did this to communicate relevant information by showing them videos, displaying their work, and doing practice problems on the board.
4. model and facilitate effective use of current and emerging digital tools to locate, analyze, evaluate, and use information resources to support research and learning.
• During my lessons, I didn't have my students conduct research on the computer but I did have them go outside during one of my lessons and use their ipads to record data during their activity. 

• Standard 4: Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsibility

1. advocate, model, and teach safe, legal, and ethical use of digital information and technology, including respect for copyright, intellectual property, and the appropriate documentation of sources.
• During my lessons I used Pixie which is a kid friendly app that provides students with age appropriate content. I also showed my students examples of how to use the technology by making an example for them before I allowed them to get started.
2. address the diverse needs of all learners by using learner-centered strategies providing equitable access to appropriate digital tools and resources.
• During each of my lessons I provided my students with the choices to use paper rather than the computer, or to dim the lighting on their computer as well as make font larger so that they were able to see better.
3. promote and model digital etiquette and responsible social interactions related to the use of technology and information.
• At the end of each of the lessons, I had my students present their activities with one another. This provided students with positive and responsible social interactions because they presented with manners and observed one another with respect.
4. develop and model cultural understanding and global awareness by engaging with colleagues and students of other cultures using digital-age communication and collaboration tools.
• During my 5 senses lessons I talked with my students about people with hearing or sight disabilities and this allowed my students to consider the differences between everyone and how everyone is unique. Also, during my Oregon Trail lesson, I introduced my students to the society and culture in a part of our countries history. This had them look at others and see the difficulties others have faced and relate themselves to the historical figures.

Lesson 3 Blog Phase 3

1. Instructional Decisions/Teaching (InTask Standard # 9): Discuss the implementation process and describe
• What went well and what didn't go well during the implementation of your lesson?
• I think my lesson went fairly well and it seemed like everyone enjoyed creating their own journals based on what we saw in the video and discussed.
• The video that I picked for my lesson ended up being a little bit to long to keep everyones attention so next time I would try and find something a little bit shorter.
• How well was the alignment to objectives and standards maintained?
• I think that the alignment to the objectives and standards was well maintained. I taught them about the Oregon Trail and I also had them create a journal which met my writing standard.
• Describe any modifications made during the implementation of the lesson
• I had to modify my lesson because the video was a little bit long so I ended it a little early when I thought they understood the point.
2. Mechanics:
   • What technologies did I use (for the teacher and the learner)? How were the technologies used (by whom and in what manner)?
   • For the students I used pixie so that they could create a journal using multiple pages.
   • As the teacher, I used my computer to show them a video because a smartboard was not available.
   • My lesson was within the correct time frame
     • My lesson went with the correct time frame well. We ended maybe two minutes before we were supposed to finish.
3. Assessment of Learning (InTask Standard # 6): Refer to Assessing Student Learning
• Include at least 2 digital artifacts that demonstrate what you or your students (peers) have created as a result of your lesson

• Describe your students' level of success in achieving the standards and objectives for your lesson based on your assessment
• I think that my students succeeded in achieving the standards and objectives for my lesson because they were all able to create journals that included information we learned about before starting our journals.
• Describe the level of success you had in teaching the lesson
  • How do your individual reflections support this?
  • I think I was successful in teaching my lesson to my students. I wish that I would have had my students use an app called mystory instead of using pixie but that didn't harm their learning.
  • How do the comments from your classmates support this?
  • I think I got some good ideas in my feedback. Something I saw a few times was how I should have picked a better video to show the class on the Oregon Trail.