On the web I would like to have a personal and a professional presence. My personal presence would be for things I would like to share with my friends and family. My professional presence would be for things I would like to share with my students and colleagues. Additionally, many of the things I would like to share with my students will most likely be in French hence one more reason to separate my personal and professional presence on the web.
Expertise I have to share with the world - oh geeze! I don’t feel that I have expertise to share with the WORLD. In my job as an educator, my area of expertise is teaching the French language however I am constantly looking for ways to improve my expertise in this area. After having planned 8 trips to France with students I have expertise in planning immersions trips to France for students. On a personal note, I feel that I have expertise on how to make and follow a budget, (at least compared to many Americans who live way beyond their means). Apart from these few areas, ?????
As I am new to ed tech, the types of experts and expertise with which I would like to connect are experts in the field of ed tech; colleagues who use tech to teach their subject area and/or colleagues interested in how to use tech to teach their subject area; language teachers, (French as well as other languages).
My Personal Growth Plan:
Prior to the MAET program my ed tech learning experiences have been through in-service, PD workshops at my school and workshops I chose to attend at conferences. The issue I have faced after learning new applications in workshops, etc. is TIME. I have perhaps learned the basics of several applications during a workshop and have liked what I saw/learned, however what often happens is that I can’t seem to find the time I want/need to play around with the application(s) so that I feel comfortable enough to use the application. I have found that I have to choose one application to focus on and then “play” with it until I feel comfortable using it. For example, 2 years ago my school wanted the teachers to use OneNote but only provided about 1 hour of PD time by a colleague who presented the software to us, just days after this person had been in-serviced on the software. I immediately saw how useful OneNote would be for me as a platform to write and organize my lesson plans + all of the visuals that I incorporate into my lessons. Two years later I feel very comfortable using OneNote but I know that I am not using but 1/4 of its features because I have not had the time nor opportunity to get more training in OneNote.
After the first week of classes, I can’t believe how much I’ve learned about the tools on the web. I like the way that applications are being introduced to us, via instructors and peers and I am excited to sit on my own time to play around with a few of the applications for which I can see a use in my teaching. Knowing that I have some time in the summer before school begins to “play” around and learn more about these applications, is a relief. As we are introduced to the applications we have the opportunities to use/play them right away which is very helpful for me. I feel that I have become more courageous as far as exploring and learning about the applications which interest me.
My personal growth plan for the remaining portion of the 2010 summer courses:
Since creativity is one of the fundamental mindsets to the program, during these next few weeks I would like to take some time to reflect on the applications I already use with my student to see if there are other creative ways to use these applications to teach French. Csikszentmihalyi does make a good point in this respect! Furthermore, I am fortunate that there are a few language teachers in the class. It is my hope to learn of new and creative uses of the applications with which I am already familiar in future conversations/exchanges with these colleagues.
This first week of classes I have been introduced to a wide variety of new applications, a number of which I can see will be not only powerful learning tools in my classroom but also help my personal and professional work flow to become more efficient and effective. I would like to see my students use these tools for the same reasons however before I can begin having students use them, for the remainder of the course I would like to . . .
1. use and become more comfortable with Delicious & Diigo;
2. use and become more comfortable using Edmodo, Jing and screencast;
3. use and become more comfortable using Google Docs.
Once I become more comfortable using these applications I will then have a better idea of how to creatively use these applications to teach my subject area and also better address the different learning styles of my students.
The TPACK framework is new to me and although it makes total sense to me on paper I must confess that I still don’t know if I have completely understood all aspects of it. I want to become one of those “expert teachers” who consciously and unconsciously finds ways to orchestrate and coordinate technology, pedagogy, and content into every act of teaching. Consequently during these next few weeks and probably for the remainder of the MAET program I hope to become so comfortable with the TPACK framework that by 2012 I will be well on my way to becoming an expert teacher who effortlessly coordinates tech, pedagogy and content into every act of teaching.
My personal growth plan for the remaining portion of the MAET program (years 2 & 3) and the next five years of my career:
Summer 2010: As I am new to the MAET program this year my goals for this summer and the 2 upcoming summers may appear to be a little vague at the moment. (My apologies). Nonetheless this summer I hope to learn and become comfortable using applications that will streamline my personal and professional work flow as well as applications I can use in my class with my students this upcoming school year. In addition, since we are going one-to-one in August at SAS I also plan to share the TPACK framework and a few useful applications with my nervous colleagues, (those who are not comfortable using technology), during in-service opportunities in August and later in the school year.
Summer 2011: Reflect on how the 1st year of the one-to-one program at my school went; continue to reflect on the creative ways to use/re-purpose applications that can be useful tools in the modern language classroom; become comfortable with the gadgets/toys that can be re-purposed to be useful classroom aids, i.e. ipods, cellphones, and whatever other new “hot toys” come out between now and the summer of 2011; continue to share with my colleagues at my school the “highlights” of what I have learned during the summer course.
Summer 2012: Reflect on how the 2nd year of the one-to-one program went at SAS; continue to reflect on the creative ways to use/re-purpose applications and gadgets that can be useful tools in the modern language classroom; continue to share with my colleagues at school “highlights” of what I have learned during the summer course.
2013 - 2018: Demonstrate continual growth in technology knowledge and skills to stay abreast of current and emerging technologies; stay abreast of current technology resources and strategies to support the diverse needs of learners; continue to disseminate information to fellow colleagues about current technologies, strategies & best practices when it comes to integrating technology into content areas ; continue to model and teach legal and ethical practice related to technology use.
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