Third Year Practicum Goals

Professional Responsibilities:

Honours cultural diversity and promotes intercultural understanding

Planning for Learning:

Analyzes resources (e.g. programs of study, teaching materials, textbooks) and considers current issues to select appropriate teaching strategies and design relevant learning experiences

Facilitating Learning:

Integrates digital technology and resources, as appropriate, to build student capacity for:

- acquiring, applying and creating new knowledge;

- communicating and collaborating with others, critical-thinking; and

- accessing, interpreting and evaluating information from diverse sources

Assessment:

Uses varied and relevant assessments to identify learner needs and adjust instruction. Includes varied ways of addressing misunderstandings

Inclusive Environment:

Creates a respectful and ethical learning community that encourages learners to take risks, build trust, embrace diversity, increase self-confidence, and show leadership

Previous Educational Technology Experience

    I personally, do not have much educational technology experience. However, in my field placement last year, my mentor teacher was able to show and guide me in using some of the Smart tools in her classroom. Each day specifically, I would lead the Grade one students through their calendar activity that involved the "notebook" feature on the smart board. This allowed students to keep track of important holidays, events to look forward to, and how many days they had been in school so far that year. This was a useful tool that allowed us to integrate mathematics, social studies, language arts, and science into their daily routines.

My Burning Questions About Technology

    I would like to know some new tools that would be useful for me in teaching social studies as this is an area where I am currently feeling the most uneasy about and would appreciate technological support in this subject.