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4a: Reflecting on Teaching
GOOGLE FORMS provide a format for creating surveys and polls that can be used student and parent feedback and opinions on lessons, activities, and teaching styles. Responses are collected in corresponding Google Sheets that can in turn be used to analyze and sort data in a variety of ways.
BLOGGING: Research suggests that reflection on, in, and through practice are vital components of any professional practice. Blogging enables teachers to keep an ongoing personal record of their actions, decisions, thought processes, successes and failures. It also provides opportunities for creativity and feedback from a wider audience that extends beyond the wall of a teacher's classroom. Blogging tools include:
BLOGGER (integrates with Google Workspace)
PROFESSIONAL PORTFOLIOS: Use Google Sites, blogging tools, or other website creation platforms to reflect upon your growth and work as it aligns to the Danielson Framework.
4b: Maintaining Accurate Records
STUDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS/ONLINE GRADE BOOKS: Tools are adopted by districts to assist teachers in taking attendance, recording and determining grades, and communicating with students and parents.
GOOGLE FORMS and GOOGLE SHEETS for data collection and analysis allow teachers to collect, organize, analyze student student performance. Charts and graphs are also automatically created to illustrate trends.
4c: Communicating with Families
CLASS WEBSITES + LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS: Teachers provide learning targets, announcements, information, materials, calendars. LMS also allow for the administration, documentation, tracking, reporting and delivery of learning materials and activities.
CANVAS (adopted LMS in the Pewaukee School District)
GOOGLE FORMS for Student/Parent Feedback
GOOGLE VOICE is a voicemail service from Google that enables users to send free text messages, customize their voicemail, read voicemail text transcript, and more. Google Voice messages may be forwarded to a teacher's personal phone without students accessing teachers personal phone number.
GOOGLE CALENDAR: Shared class calendars are a great way to communicate classroom events, class learning targets, activities, and assessments. Teachers can also attach materials such as notes and study guides via Google Drive .
REMIND is a safe way for teachers to send text message students and parents.
SIGN UP GENIUS is free online software tool for volunteer management and event planning. Save time with sign up sheets and schedules for schools, sports leagues, holidays, etc.
SOCIAL MEDIA is a convenient way for teachers to connect with parents.
FACEBOOK (Create class pages for students and parents to follow)
INSTAGRAM (Great for sharing photos)
4d: Participating in the Professional Community
SOCIAL MEDIA is a convenient way for teachers to connect with parents.
TWITTER: Micro-blogging platform for sharing ideas, asking questions, and showcasing work.
A Twitter chat platform which allows users to participate in real-time hashtag/thematic conversations.
Complete list of educational Twitter Chats (including times and hashtags)
FACEBOOK: Subscribe to thematic pages and those created by experts and like-minded professionals.
LINKEDIN: Expand your connections to like-minded professionals and experts in your field.
PINTEREST: Explore, share, and collaborate on thematic pin boards.
4e: Growing and Developing Professionally
GOOGLE FOR EDUCATION TEACHER CENTER: Empowering educators and supporting lifelong learning with free, online training for the classroom.
ADOBE EDUCATOR EXCHANGE: Unleash creativity and digital literacy. Discover free lessons, activities, and projects for your class.
SKILL SHARE: Don't Just Change. Grow. Get Inspired and Move Your Creative Journey Forward. Get Access To Thousands of Inspiring Classes and the Support of a Creative Community. On-Demand. Offline viewing. Projects included. No commitments.
MOOCs: A massive open online course (MOOC) is an online course aimed at unlimited participation and open access via the internet. In addition to traditional course materials such as videos, readings, and problem sets, MOOCs provide interactive user forums that help build a community for students and teachers.
TED TALKS: TED is a global community, welcoming people from every discipline and culture who seek a deeper understanding of the world; a clearinghouse of free knowledge from the world's most inspired thinkers — and a community of curious souls to engage with ideas and each other, both online and at TED and TEDx events around the world, all year long.
Homegrown PD: Despite this project's focus on technology tools, it is important to note that homegrown professional development such as job-embedding educational technology coaching and events such as Edcamps (where educators ask questions and share their own expertise) are excellent ways for educators to grow and develop professionally
4f: Demonstrating Professionalism
GOOGLE FORMS provide a format for creating surveys and polls that can be used student and parent feedback and opinions on lessons, activities, and teaching styles. Responses are collected in corresponding Google Sheets that can in turn be used to analyze and sort data in a variety of ways.
BLOGGING: Research suggests that reflection on, in, and through practice are vital components of any professional practice. Blogging enables teachers to keep an ongoing personal record of their actions, decisions, thought processes, successes and failures. It also provides opportunities for creativity and feedback from a wider audience that extends beyond the wall of a teacher's classroom. Blogging tools include:
BLOGGER (integrates with Google Workspace)
LINKEDIN: Expand your connections to like-minded professionals and experts in your field.
PROFESSIONAL PORTFOLIOS: Use Google Sites, blogging tools, or other website creation platforms to showcase your work.
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