Reflection 9

Of everything you learned, what do you think will have the biggest impact on student learning?

- students collaborating
- problem solving
- taking ownership in their work
- reflecting on their learning
- well thought out units to share among teachers
- 21st century skills can be applied in all grade level schooling
- integration of objectives, curriculum, assessments, resources in authentic learning

Reflection 8

How can technology be used most effectively to support and assess student learning?

- peers can provide feedback in a wiki or blog
- peers can make comments or suggestions for students to extend their learning
- small groups can be assigned a project to be assessed
- students can showcase a project using technology skills

Reflection 7

How do you plan to successfully implement your unit?

We'll follow the rubric to make sure we include all of the components of a good unit: Standards, assessment, collaborative learning, 21st century skills, student samples, accomodation of all learners, higher order thinking, etc...
We'll work closely as team to plan accordingly (sharing ideas and planning for efficiency and order).

Reflection 6

How can technology be used most effectively to support and assess student learning?

- students complete graphic organizers to sort information
- blogs postings where students can learn from one another and share ideas
- create a product to assess their understanding of a topic

Reflection 5

The module has helped me think about student-centered assessment in the following ways:

The assessments included in our unit will help students develop many skills useful across the curriculum: thinking, analyzing, using graphic organizers, use visual reasoning, and problem solving skills.

Reflection 4: Assessment

How can technology be used most effectively to support and assess student learning?

- Students can take a test on SurveyMonkey once the teacher makes up the questions.
-A teacher could use the interactive response system to engage students simultaneously with group questions.
-Rubistar is good website to create rubrics in order to assess students based on a presentation or project.
-Many software programs have games that involve a point system based on the number of correct questions.

Reflection 3: Internet Use

This module has helped me think about the impact of the Internet on my students' learning in the following ways:
I think our team should make a launch page of the sites that students will be visiting. That way students spend time reviewing the site rather than looking for it. Our internet sites need to be age appropriate in terms of reading ability. Many of the sites are helpful for adults, but difficult for younger students to read.