VMLA Assignment 4 - Star of the Sea Catholic School by Mrs. Selig

Standard*T 1: Facilitate & inspire student learning & creativity

joanne_selig — 2015-02-03 16:33:17 UTC

S.1 Is T-PACK in a nutshell. Teachers must understand the content area & use a variety of teaching strategies (while identifying student interests & diverse learning needs), in order to promote student exploration, reflection, investigation & learning.

Standard*T 2: Design & Develop digital age learning experiences & assessments

joanne_selig — 2015-02-03 16:34:12 UTC

S.2 Correlates with both technological & pedagogical knowledge. Designing personalized, technology-enriched learning experiences help enhance learning & encourages students to investigate & produce innovative, original ideas relevant to the subject content area.

Standard*T 3: Model digital age work & learnng

joanne_selig — 2015-02-03 16:34:40 UTC

S.3 Correlates with T-PACK's Technological Knowledge. Teachers modeling the use of a variety of digital tools & resources support student innovation & success.

Standard*T 4: Promote & model digital citizenship & responsibility

joanne_selig — 2015-02-03 16:35:01 UTC

S.4 Parallels with TPK. Teachers need to model & promote the safe, ethical & legal use of technology tools & resources.

Standard*T 5: Engage in professional growth & leadership

joanne_selig — 2015-02-03 16:35:36 UTC

S.5 Combines Content & Tehnological Knowledge. Teachers need to actively contribute & participate in local & global learning communities.

S.3: When students are exposed to a variety of digital tools:

joanne_selig — 2015-02-03 18:41:16 UTC

They are able to work collaboratively with others towards achieving common goals, while expanding learning, sharing resources or solving problems.

S.4: Protect students while promoting ethical & responsible digital citizens

joanne_selig — 2015-02-03 19:08:20 UTC

Internet & AUP Policies
BYOD Policy
Annual Digital Citizen Projects

S.5: When teachers participate in L/GLC's & other PD they are able to

joanne_selig — 2015-02-03 19:32:23 UTC

Support, model, collaborate with & encourage others in learning opportunities
Explore creative applications of technology
Learn new skills to improve student learning

S.4 Teachers can promote online safety in a lesson

shaunchoffel — 2015-02-04 13:39:04 UTC

Using talking Avatars (Voki's) to explain digital citizenship and safety.
Collaborating with other schools/classes to promote project-based learning. (Wikkispaces, Skype, Wallwisher, Edmodo)

S.5 Professional Development

shaunchoffel — 2015-02-04 13:41:39 UTC

Continue the monthly professional development sharing in faculty meetings.
Post materials from workshops in a central area (ex. Edmodo) for all teachers to view.

S.1: Promote student learning via:

shaunchoffel — 2015-02-04 13:47:47 UTC

Promote STREAM via Genius Hour which appeals to a variety of student interests and learning styles
After school technology & robotic clubs enable students to further explore STEM activities in an informal collaborative environment

S.2: Student-Driven Formative Assessments

shaunchoffel — 2015-02-04 13:48:56 UTC

Student-designed rubrics for collaborative research projects.

S.3: Design collaborative research-based projects

shaunchoffel — 2015-02-04 13:50:23 UTC

using a variety of tools (Chromebooks, iPads) & resources (Wikispaces, Edmodo, Quia).

S.2: Assessment

cathryn_whisman — 2015-02-04 18:28:04 UTC

Implementing eWalk this year has helped to focus more on student learning and the use of technology to help make that happen.

S.5: LMS

cathryn_whisman — 2015-02-04 18:30:01 UTC

Using Edmodo to share professional reading and discussion helps promote sharing as a faculty while saving some valuable meeting time.

S.5: Professional Growth Plan

joanne_selig — 2015-02-04 20:36:49 UTC

Faculty selects a specific topic to research throughout the year and implements into the classroom
Faculty must complete technology standards checklist each year
Faculty attends PD conferences (ie VSTE, edCamp, code.org workshop)