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Field Experience Log & Reflection

Instructional Technology Department
Candidate
Teresa Tidwell
!entor"Title #oy
$atcher"Teacher
School"District
E%$S"De&al' Count
Field Experience"%ssignment
EL Project
Course
ITEC 7400 21
st
Century Teaching
and Learning
(rofessor"Semester
Amy itala!"all 2012
(art I Log
Date)s* %cti+ity"Time ST%TE Standards
(SC
,%TI-,%L Standards
ISTE ,ETS.C
/"01.00"20 #esearched $otential to$ics% methods and
$ossi&le acti'ities (or EL Project)decided on a
*e&+uest as the method,- hours.
P/C 201%202%20-%101%102 I/TE20a%20&%20c% 10a%10&%10c
2!2-!12 Com$leted the su&mission o( the *e&)&ased
curriculum $roject with the intent on using this
to$ic (or my $roject ,1hour.
P/C 201% 203% 201% -04% 40- I/TE 2a% 2e% 2(% -d% 3c
10!1)2!12 #ethought initial idea and changed to$ic0
Colla&orated with mentor and other teachers in
other su&ject (ields to (ine tune and (lesh out
conce$t idea,2 hours.
P/C 101%102 I/TE 10a%10&%10c
10!12!12 "inali4ed su&mission o( initial EL idea ,2 hours. P/C 201%207 I/TE 20(%20g
10!12!12 #e'ised sco$e o( EL Project to ma5e it more
managea&le (or students consulted mentor,1
hour.
P/C 204%203 I/TE 20d%20e
11!22)23!12 Com$leted EL 6ra(t including designed ru&rics,3
hours.
P/C 201% 207 I/TE 2(% 2g
11!27!12 #e'iewed comments on EL dra(t made some
suggested re'isions 8 $racticed my technology
coaching s5ills,103 hours.
P/C 102 I/TE 10c
2!1!12
2!2!12
2!10!12
2!24!12
10!2!12
10!22!12
Practiced technology teaching and coaching s5ills
,1 hours.
P/C 102%10- I/TE 10c
Total 9ours: ,2103 hours .
DI3ERSIT4
;Place an < in the &o= re$resenting the race!ethnicity and su&grou$s in'ol'ed in this (ield e=$erience0>
Ethnicity (.20 Faculty"Staff (.20 Students
P)2 -)3 1)7 2)12 P)2 -)3 1)7 2)12
Race"Ethnicity
Asian =
?lac5 <
9is$anic =
@ati'e American!Alas5an @ati'e
*hite =
Aultiracial =
Su'groups
/tudents with 6isa&ilities
Limited English Pro(iciency =
Eligi&le (or "ree!#educed Aeals =
(art II Reflection
C%,DID%TE REFLECTI-,S
;Ainimum o( -)4 sentences $er Buestion>
25 6riefly descri'e the field experience5 7hat did you learn a'out technology facilitation and
leadership from completing this field experience8

I learned that it is im$ortant to test dri'e the eBui$ment and so(tware you $lan on using &e(ore you
actually use it0 It is a good idea to get the (eed&ac5 (rom others a&out the sco$e and seBuence o(
your $roject &e(ore it &egins and modi(y whene'er necessary0 It is easier in theory to $lan
technology &ased lessons than it is to im$lement these ty$es o( lessons0 Aost im$ortantly I
learned that in order to ha'e the resources and su$$orts in $lace (or technology &ased learning at
my school I will ha'e to lead and teach &oth administrators and teachers a&out ways to im$lement
technology in the classroom0
05 $o9 did this learning relate to the &no9ledge ;what must you 5now>% s&ills ;what must you
&e a&le to do> and dispositions ;attitudes% &elie(s% enthusiasm> re:uired of a technology
facilitator or technology leader8 )Refer to the standards you selected in (art I5 Use the
language of the (SC standards in your ans9er and reflect on all ;<&no9ledge= s&ills= and
dispositions5*
052 Content Standards & Student Technology Standards
I need to 5now how to &est $air the standard with an a$$ro$riate technology0 I must &e a&le to model
the use o( the technology and im$lement it in the classroom lesson0 Ay &elie( and high e=$ectations o(
my studentCs a&ilities will hel$ moti'ate my students and create a Dcan doE en'ironment0
050 Research.6ased Learner.Centered Strategies
I read and researched 'arious ways to modi(y and ada$t lessons (or ELL students and students with
s$ecial needs0
05; %uthentic Learning
I incor$orated the use o( a 'ariety o( de'ices (or student access to in(ormation and ena&led the students
to interact with $ro(essionals (or resource materials0
05> $igher -rder Thin&ing S&ills
I created a $roject that reBuired higher order thin5ing &ecause students had to e'aluate in(ormation and
ma5e connections &etween 'arious situations in order to $ro&lem sol'e0 Candidates model and
(acilitate the e((ecti'e use o( digital tools and resources to su$$ort and enhance higher order thin5ing
s5ills0 /tudents also ha'e to do sel()assessments and $eer re'iews as well0
05? Differentiation
I consulted other $ro(essionals and made adjustments (or the di((erent a&ilities and needs o( my
students0
05@ Instructional Design
I researched and e'aluated many di((erent (ormat and $ossi&le to$ics as well as the resources needed to
su$$ort the lesson0 I de'elo$ed a *e&+uest acti'ity that uses a 'ariety o( di((erent (orms o(
technology to enhance the learning e=$erience0
05A %ssessment
I ha'e created se'eral di((erent tools (or assessing my EL $roject including di((erent ru&rics% sel()
assessments and $eer assessments0
@52 Continuous Learning
I ha'e learned (rom e'ery assignment throughout this course and used that new 5nowledge to im$ro'e
my teaching0 I ha'e learned how to coach other teachers as well0
@50 Reflection
I ha'e continuously re(lected and grown (rom this e=$erience0 I o(ten had to adjust my thin5ing and
methods in the light o( new ideas% suggestions and $ro&lem sol'ing0
@5; Field Experiences
E'ery e=$erience I ha'e had outside the class in de'elo$ing and structuring my lessons has hel$ed me
im$ro'e my s5ills0
;5 Descri'e ho9 this field experience impacted school impro+ement= faculty de+elopment or
student learning at your school5 $o9 can the impact 'e assessed8
In the $rocess o( de'elo$ing my $roject and learning a&out educational technology I too5 the
initiati'e and o((ered to teach $ro(essional de'elo$ment classes in instructional technology0 I
taught one class on engaged learning and LoTi0 I recei'ed $ositi'e (eed&ac5 (rom an instructional
coach on my teaching0 I also had the teachers write down how they could use these ideas in one o(
their lessons0 This (ield e=$erience was an e=am$le to other teacher o( a way they could
incor$orate technology into their lessons with *e&+uests0