Standard 6.2 Reflection
Candidates regularly evaluate and reflect on their professional practice and dispositions to improve and strengthen their ability to effectively model and facilitate technology-enhanced learning experiences. (PSC 6.2/ISTE 6c)
Artifact: Weebly Blog
Reflection:
One of the most intimidating and yet rewarding experiences I had during my experience at Kennesaw State University was creating and writing a Blog. At first, the task seemed overwhelming – I did not even know exactly what “blogging” was nor did I think I was interested. However, through this experience, I have grown professionally and have found a new way to regularly evaluate and reflect on my professional practice and disposition.
I began by blogging about new Web 2.0 Tools - giving my experiences and opinions, then I continued with projects, my first screencast, podcast, etc. I made it a habit to regularly evaluate and reflect upon these new tools I would implement into my professional practice and my disposition of how each experience went. What became even more helpful and exciting was when I received feedback on my blog or when I was able to read someone else’s blog and was able to provide insight on the same subject. I greatly value the input from my peers on my Blog – it allowed for an entirely different, yet purposeful, sense of community.
I learned that the blogging experience gave me an inner spark and made me feel more valued as a technologist when I received feedback. I liked getting feedback from my peers and reading others’ perspectives on the same topic. I also learned how to effectively use my professional practice and disposition and write something other than a lesson plan, an improvement plan or just any type of plan. What I would improve would be the consistency that I blog. I would love to blog more often because I feel that it allows me to put my thoughts on paper in a conclusive way – I am able to regularly evaluate and reflect upon my professional practice in a meaningful and productive way.. It also opens up to door for feedback, which allows for me to improve and strengthen my ability to effectively model and facilitate technology-enhanced learning experiences for my peers, my students and myself.
The impact of this experience can be seen in my own professional learning – I plan which technology-enhanced learning experiences I want to implement and then am able to analyze and write about the experience. It also affects student learning because by implementing various strategies, I am able to determine what is effective and helpful for my students in learning Spanish. The impact can be assessed from this experience through the various technology-enhanced learning experiences I have implemented in my professional practice since I began blogging. These experiences have made learning more impactful and meaningful to my students.
One of the most intimidating and yet rewarding experiences I had during my experience at Kennesaw State University was creating and writing a Blog. At first, the task seemed overwhelming – I did not even know exactly what “blogging” was nor did I think I was interested. However, through this experience, I have grown professionally and have found a new way to regularly evaluate and reflect on my professional practice and disposition.
I began by blogging about new Web 2.0 Tools - giving my experiences and opinions, then I continued with projects, my first screencast, podcast, etc. I made it a habit to regularly evaluate and reflect upon these new tools I would implement into my professional practice and my disposition of how each experience went. What became even more helpful and exciting was when I received feedback on my blog or when I was able to read someone else’s blog and was able to provide insight on the same subject. I greatly value the input from my peers on my Blog – it allowed for an entirely different, yet purposeful, sense of community.
I learned that the blogging experience gave me an inner spark and made me feel more valued as a technologist when I received feedback. I liked getting feedback from my peers and reading others’ perspectives on the same topic. I also learned how to effectively use my professional practice and disposition and write something other than a lesson plan, an improvement plan or just any type of plan. What I would improve would be the consistency that I blog. I would love to blog more often because I feel that it allows me to put my thoughts on paper in a conclusive way – I am able to regularly evaluate and reflect upon my professional practice in a meaningful and productive way.. It also opens up to door for feedback, which allows for me to improve and strengthen my ability to effectively model and facilitate technology-enhanced learning experiences for my peers, my students and myself.
The impact of this experience can be seen in my own professional learning – I plan which technology-enhanced learning experiences I want to implement and then am able to analyze and write about the experience. It also affects student learning because by implementing various strategies, I am able to determine what is effective and helpful for my students in learning Spanish. The impact can be assessed from this experience through the various technology-enhanced learning experiences I have implemented in my professional practice since I began blogging. These experiences have made learning more impactful and meaningful to my students.