ISTE NETS #2:

Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments

Teachers design, develop, and evaluate authentic learning experiences and assessments incorporating contemporary tools and resources to maximize content learning in context and to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes identified in the Standards.

Teachers:

a. design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity

b. develop technology-enriched learning environments that enable all students to pursue their individual curiosities and become active participants in setting their own educational goals, managing their own learning, and assessing their own progress

c. customize and personalize learning activities to address students’ diverse learning styles, working strategies, and abilities using digital tools and resources

d. provide students with multiple and varied formative and summative assessments aligned with content and technology standards and use resulting data to inform learning and teaching

Artifacts and Narrative

i) In my Geometry class, I developed a GoogleEarth project where the students explored various buildings around the world. They could choose which country and which buildings, and then calculated the surface area and volume it.

ii) In my AP Calculus BC class we complete one project each quarter. Most of these students are seniors, and one of their projects is to research their first job's salary and create an entire budget for the year after college graduation. They may choose to present their research in an ibook format. Calculus Budget Project Sample 1 Calculus Budget Project Sample 2 (To view samples, click on the link, and choose to download the file using the icon in the top menu.)

iii) In 2012 I developed a new class at BSM (Benilde-St. Margaret's) that we called Blended-Online Precalculus. This class is the perfect mix of an online class and a traditional class. The students watch screencast videos of each lesson at home (or outside of the classroom) and in the classroom, two times a week we spend the time developing and enriching a concept. We also use the class time to spend more time developing and working on more challenging concepts. You can watch any of the videos I made via my YouTube channel: YouTube Nightingale4321/videos or https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/0Bz5ouvczi1imbnRQTE1PSU1xRnc

iv) My former school, Benilde-St. Margarets, is a one-to-one laptop school. Each student is given their own MacBook Air. The school is located in Minnesota, and the "polar vortex" was a big problem during the winter of 2013-14. Now when the weather is too cold or too snowy, they have "online school". Each teacher posted a lesson and/or video by 9am for each class, they also have live office hours so students can check in and discuss any questions they may have. This is a link for one of the screencasts I made for online school day, along with its lesson plan (posted below) . Screencast Video Lesson (with embedded questions via EDpuzzle)

v) I do not reinvent the wheel each lesson, and use online resources when feasible and when possible. Several that I use frequently are:

a) Visual Calculus This is a dynamic website that has many options and activities to reinforce various skills.

http://archives.math.utk.edu/visual.calculus/3/graphing.3/index.html

b) Kahoot.it https://create.kahoot.it/?_ga=1.20875962.320001818.1442882964#quiz/9b5ccda6-a967-4ddc-baba-a950ad747afa