co-PBST+7

Date 7/31/2012 To: Dr. Yeh From: Dan McPherson Subject: CO-PBST Reflection

I have learned many ways to teach to my students through the use of technology in my EDT 3010 educational class. Standard 7 in CO-PBST is about knowledge of technology. I now have the ability to demonstrate the following: 7.1 Apply technology to the delivery of standards-based instruction.7.2 Use technology to increase student achievement.7.3 Utilize technology to manage and communicate information.7.4 Apply technology to data-driven assessments of learning.7.5 Instruct students in basic technology skills.

7.1 Apply technology to the delivery of standards-based instruction. - I have met this standard by designing and developing a WebQuest site. The activity on this WebQuest site was designed to meet the grade standards from 6th grade to 12th grade. The activity was delivered through a website I created on Google sites. Therefore, I have the ability to apply technology to the delivery of standards based instruction.

7.2 Use technology to increase student achievement. - I have met this standard by researching and writing an essay on technology integration in the classroom. What I found while writing this essay is that students who are expected to sit and watch and listen while the teacher lectures do not learn as well as those that actively participate in the lesson. By using technology (like interacting with a lesson on a computer) students become more interested in the subject and perform better academically. I have learned that the use of technology does improve student achievement in the classroom. As a result, I have the ability now to improve my students’ achievement through the use of the different software programs I learned about in EDT 3010. Most of these programs are in the web 2.0 tools I learned about.

7.3 Utilize technology to manage and communicate information. - I have met this standard by designing and developing a Wikispaces portfolio which I can manage and communicate to my professor what I have learned from my EDT 3010 educational technology class. The portfolio was designed from the Wikispaces website and can be utilized by my students to communicate what they have learned from an entire class that I have taught. Therefore, I have the ability to utilize technology to manage and communicate information.

7.4 Apply technology to data-driven assessments of learning. - I have met this standard by utilizing the RubiStar website. At the RubiStar website, I developed a rubric to go along with my WebQuest project. This data driven assessment helps students correctly determine how to get the best possible grade on the project that I have assigned them. Since I was able to create a rubric for my WebQuest project, I do have the ability to use technology to utilize data –driven assessments of learning.

7.5 Instruct students in basic technology skills. -I have met this standard by learning about the SMART Notebook program. This program allows me to teach students from a SMART Board and allows them to interact on the SMART Board while I am teaching a lesson. The group that I worked with in class developed a lesson plan about the geography of Colorado. During the lesson students will be asked to come up and interact with the SMART Board. By doing this they will be learning basic technology skills. The more they work with the SMART Board, the more they will be able to use it when they want to develop projects for future assignments. I was able to successfully develop an interactive lesson plan utilizing the SMART Board, therefore, I do have the ability to instruct students in basic technology skills.