NETS-S Standard 3

Standard:

 3. Model Digital-Age Work and Learning

Teachers exhibit knowledge, skills, and work processes representative of an innovative professional in a global and digital society. Teachers:

Performance Indicators for Teachers:

a.	Demonstrate fluency in technology systems and the transfer of current knowledge to new technologies and situations.
b.	Collaborate with students, peers, parents, and community members using digital tools and resources to support student success and innovation.
c.	Communicate relevant information and ideas effectively to students, parents, and peers using a variety of digital-age media and formats.
d.	Model and facilitate effective use of current and emerging digital tools to locate, analyze, evaluate, and use information resources to support research and learning.

Reflection:

The artifacts that helped me the most to grasp the concept of standard 3 are the following projects: the teacher website, BlogSpot page, and the power point presentation. Each of these projects taught me different ways to use my computer skills and showed me new ways to inform others by using digital tools and websites. When I first began this class I have to say I was pretty confident in that I already knew how to do all of these things that we were leaning to do. However, now that it is the end of the semester I can see now that this class really was very helpful because it showed me how and why thing happen on a computer. I know I met this standard because we used many different digital tools over the semester and most of the projects helped with that. Only three of them stand out to me when I think about it, but I know that I met the standard because I was able to complete each task and project with ease and success. These new skills will definitely help me be a better teacher because I will know many ways to reach out to my students and parents. I am now able to create a teacher website for my future classes and before this class I was not aware of how to even begin something like that. I never even thought it was a possibility for me to have a website let alone create one. 
With my creative passion in me I know that when the time comes for me to truly need to create a website I will without of doubt create one that is easy to read and fun to look at. The power point presentations that we did helped me become more aware of the accessibility features on a computer. I had never even thought about those kinds of things until we did that project. Now, when I need to take a quick picture of my screen I know that I can easily just press Ctrl+PrtScn and it will automatically capture a picture for me. By creating this BlogSpot page it not only has showed me how to stay in contact with others, but I have created one for my personal use as well and I now am a regular blogger. I just wish I had done this while I was studying in France last semester that would have been so much more helpful for me to keep up with what I saw and how I was feeling.

Artifacts/Evidence 

• BlogSpot 
•  Website
• Power Point

Future Learning Goals:

            From these projects I learned how to new digital tools such as the accessibility tools and I also learned how to create and update a website or blog. In the future I will use all of these technologies to enhance my students learning abilities and to make things more accessible for them. When I begin teaching I will most likely have a website for the students and parents to look at so they can get any information they need about grades or upcoming assignments. If I am able to have a classroom with a projector then I would be able to show the students using the projector what their assignments are for the day, what the lesson is about, and explain how to do their can do their homework for that day.

 To strengthen my knowledge about this standard I will continue to develop and master the tools of the computer and use any technology resource that I can in the classroom. I want the students to be aware of the many ways they can complete their assignments through technology. As a child in the classroom there was never any type of technology in the classroom accept for the overhead projectors. I don’t want that to be the case in my classroom, therefore I will do my best to make sure that my students use some sort of technology to learn every day.