Standard 6.1 Continuous Learning
Candidates demonstrate continual growth in knowledge and skills of current and emerging technologies and apply them to improve personal productivity and professional practice. (PSC 6.1/ISTE 6a, 6b)
Artifact: GaETC Conference
Reflection:
This artifact is the participant lanyard I received when I attended GaETC 2015. Throughout the two days that I attended this conference in Atlanta, I learned about so many new technology programs that I became excited about implementing back at school. This conference is one that I always look forward to attending because of how relevant it is to my field. I always walk away with some incredible take-aways, and I enjoy interacting with the other teachers and technology coordinators in attendance. This artifact demonstrates mastery of Standard 6.1 - Continuous Learning - which states that "candidates demonstrate continual growth in knowledge and skills of current and emerging technologies and apply them to improve personal productivity and professional practice" since the GaETC conference is a great way for all teachers and technology coordinators to continuously learn.
Through attending this conference, I demonstrated the ability to continually grow in the knowledge and skills of current and emerging technologies. In one session, I learned about the various options for creating digital portfolios. Digital portfolios has been the up and coming thing over the past several years, and I learned about some incredibly user friendly tools that would make digital portfolios fairly simple for students to create and keep up with. In another session, I learned about some Chrome extensions that were recently developed that would be beneficial to both teachers and students. Finally, in several other sessions, I learned about many Web 2.0 tools and apps that I had not previously heard of.
After this conference, I was able to apply the knowledge and skills that I gained to improve personal productivity and professional practice. Back at my school, I began talking about the concept of digital portfolios with my administrative team, and I referenced several of the platforms that I learned about at the conference. I also greatly benefited from the various Chome extensions that I learned about. I began using them for my own personal use as well as with teachers. The favorite was an extension called OneTab. This allows someone to keep all of their open tabs saved in just one tab. We also learned about a Web 2.0 tool called piZap. This tool is a photo editor and collage maker. I began using this when posting updates to our school Facebook page. Instead of uploading a lot of pictures, I created a collage of pictures using this tool. Viewers seemed to love it.
Being a lifelong learner is a crucial aspect of being in the education field, and that was reinforced to me while attending this conference. Technology is constantly changing, and as a result, it is so important to make the effort to stay up to date on the latest technology tools and trends. Attending these types of conferences allows me to do that, and it also allows me to collaborate with other technology coordinators like myself. That type of networking is very valuable. In addition, attending conferences like these can improve faculty development and student learning since I share what I learned at the conference with my teachers. We all then try out these tools with our students.
This artifact is the participant lanyard I received when I attended GaETC 2015. Throughout the two days that I attended this conference in Atlanta, I learned about so many new technology programs that I became excited about implementing back at school. This conference is one that I always look forward to attending because of how relevant it is to my field. I always walk away with some incredible take-aways, and I enjoy interacting with the other teachers and technology coordinators in attendance. This artifact demonstrates mastery of Standard 6.1 - Continuous Learning - which states that "candidates demonstrate continual growth in knowledge and skills of current and emerging technologies and apply them to improve personal productivity and professional practice" since the GaETC conference is a great way for all teachers and technology coordinators to continuously learn.
Through attending this conference, I demonstrated the ability to continually grow in the knowledge and skills of current and emerging technologies. In one session, I learned about the various options for creating digital portfolios. Digital portfolios has been the up and coming thing over the past several years, and I learned about some incredibly user friendly tools that would make digital portfolios fairly simple for students to create and keep up with. In another session, I learned about some Chrome extensions that were recently developed that would be beneficial to both teachers and students. Finally, in several other sessions, I learned about many Web 2.0 tools and apps that I had not previously heard of.
After this conference, I was able to apply the knowledge and skills that I gained to improve personal productivity and professional practice. Back at my school, I began talking about the concept of digital portfolios with my administrative team, and I referenced several of the platforms that I learned about at the conference. I also greatly benefited from the various Chome extensions that I learned about. I began using them for my own personal use as well as with teachers. The favorite was an extension called OneTab. This allows someone to keep all of their open tabs saved in just one tab. We also learned about a Web 2.0 tool called piZap. This tool is a photo editor and collage maker. I began using this when posting updates to our school Facebook page. Instead of uploading a lot of pictures, I created a collage of pictures using this tool. Viewers seemed to love it.
Being a lifelong learner is a crucial aspect of being in the education field, and that was reinforced to me while attending this conference. Technology is constantly changing, and as a result, it is so important to make the effort to stay up to date on the latest technology tools and trends. Attending these types of conferences allows me to do that, and it also allows me to collaborate with other technology coordinators like myself. That type of networking is very valuable. In addition, attending conferences like these can improve faculty development and student learning since I share what I learned at the conference with my teachers. We all then try out these tools with our students.