Section One: Vision Statement
As an pedagogue I will promote the pupils to make their best in the schoolroom taking to academic growing. Using new engineering to heighten what is taught from the text edition will assist the kids reach academic tableland and beyond. Research has shown that engineering is being used for communicating in the educational environment. This promotion has allowed for new possibilities in respects to coaction and sharing of information and cognition that will be expected to spread out over clip. New signifiers of engineering “have the power to better parent-teacher relationship by supplying easy. efficient. and effectual methods of pass oning information sing students” ( Zieger and Tan 30-54 ) . Section Two: Mission Statement

I will supply all of my pupils a safe and nurturing environment to let them to boom and turn both academically and personally. Every pupil will be given the upmost regard which will learn them to reciprocate these behaviours amongst themselves. Through the creative activity of an environment conducive for larning the pupils can use the many resources available so they may accomplish their academic ends. These resources include legion educational web sites. in add-on to other technological resources. that will assist pupils excel academic criterions. A category web site is an enlightening tool that provides entree to what is being taught in the schoolroom and can be presented through images and picture. This means of communicating helps to reenforce. to the pupil. lessons they have been late taught. The category web site is a solid nexus. when utilised by parents. between place and school. The site frequently includes the parent enchiridion. prep assignments and category activities. This promotion in engineering allows the parents an chance to remain connected with the school community ( Vitalaki. Anastasiadesm and Tsouvelas 125-135. 2014 ) .

Class web sites reach out to the local and planetary communities as good. The school answerability commission encourages and provides chances for citizens “to be involved in the planning and rating of the school’s instructional plan and quality betterment process” ( Vitalaki et al ) . Planing for unexpected exigencies is something every school must see and hold protocol in topographic point for reaching parents. An of import component of the protocol is the exigency contact list. This information is necessary to implement pupil release processs and should be updated every school twelvemonth. This will guarantee timely communicating between the school and parents/guardians if the pupil should acquire ill or injured during school hours. As an pedagogue. I have Found EPALS to be an educational tool to link my pupils to the planetary community. This resource allows instructors and their pupils to take part in collaborative undertakings. Through this chance the kids are linking with pupils around the universe while taking portion in educational activities. treatments. and games. One of the undertakings through EPAL is sharing cultures- a collaborative undertaking between China and the United States. This undertaking gives American school kids the chance to larn about China while sharing their experiences with pupils from another state ( Vitalaki et al ) .

The cyber universe can be a really chilling topographic point. but one that isn’t traveling off. For this ground. screening kids from negative parts of the cyberspace has been a turning concern over the past few old ages for both the parents and the pedagogues. Teachers today have the duty to inform their pupils on how the cyberspace can be used as a resource for happening information in a safe mode. “Misleading and inappropriate information on the web is one of the major jobs that kids tend to hold while voyaging the internet” ( Marcoux 67-68 ) . Internet safety is an issue I will discourse early in the twelvemonth with my pupils. During the treatment I will learn them that some people that are on-line have bad purposes. These people could be toughs or marauders. Cyber intimidation is a serious job that takes on many signifiers such as directing average messages or menaces to a cell phone and distributing rumours online. “Cyber intimidation can be damaging to striplings and teens.

It can take to anxiety. depression. and even suicide. ” Young people who have been a victim of cyber intimidation are between two to nine times more likely to see suicide than non-victims ( Marcoux 67-68 ) . To assist relieve this job it is the duty of pedagogues to discourse this with their pupils as portion of their cyberspace safety treatment. Through the attempts of pedagogues across the state we can advance internet security and promote “safe surfing” . Communication through engineering serves many intents in the educational scene. The many benefits range from bettering relationships with parents utilizing assorted agencies through an exigency program when the unexpected happens. These progresss. plus many more. heighten the educational experience of pupils today. Section Three: Integrating Instructional Technology

Developments in engineering have found their manner into many facets of our day-to-day lives. Integrating instructional engineering into the twenty-first century schoolroom is no exclusion and is indispensable in supplying the instructor and pupil with the resources needed to be successful. The importance of this integrating has been recognized to the point that. “for more than three decennaries. research workers. policymakers. and industry leaders have promoted computing machine engineering usage within and across larning environments to heighten instruction and learning” ( Walery ) . The integrating of engineering in the schoolroom increases academic accomplishment and encourages creativeness. Teachers are spread outing their usage of engineering for larning because they believe it enhances their ability to pass on with the kids and offers exciting. synergistic entree to the legion resources offered on the cyberspace.

Through the integrating of engineering pupils are encouraged to join forces. supply input. and portion thoughts. The pupils are bespeaking permission to put in educational apps on their IPads which generates an increased degree of exhilaration for larning for the pupil in a digital epoch. Teachers and pupils likewise are ever looking for the following great thought or the latest app. package or computing machine plan to heighten the acquisition procedure ( Walery ) . To efficaciously incorporate engineering into the schoolroom teachers need to understand how to fit appropriate engineering to the acquisition ends and expected pupil outcomes. As with any subject there are pros and cons and incorporating instructional engineering into the educational scene is no exclusion. As an pedagogue I feel the positive side of engineering in the schoolroom is the exhilaration that it brings to the pupil. There are many synergistic web sites available that brings larning to life and they are able to work independently and at their ain gait. Students today are no longer sitting at their desk tossing through the pages of a text edition. Education in the twenty-first century has become more synergistic and engages the pupil in the acquisition procedure.

The down side to the integrating of engineering in the schoolroom is the huge sum of information available through the cyberspace. It would be really easy for a pupil to acquire lost in “the sea of information” that is available. Making research. even as an pedagogue. requires finding and forbearance. To do research easier for my pupils I would supply a list of recommended on-line resources and let them to do the pick on which 1s suit their demands the best. Students today have entree to engineerings at place and school. particularly in the signifier of nomadic engineering such as smart phones and iPods. Wireless schoolrooms are germinating to maintain gait with nomadic engineering. A wireless schoolroom utilizes the usage of I pads which is a nomadic computing machine that can entree the cyberspace ( Walery ) . . This resource allows pupils to direct electronic mails through a secure site to their instructor and to pass on. for educational intents. to another pupil. In add-on to this many apps are available that can be used as direction tools by instructors and pupils. Some of these resources include a calendar and reckoner.

A wired schoolroom. in contrast. has multiple desktop computing machines. While you have the handiness of the characteristics in a computing machine you do non hold the freedom to be “mobile with technology” . The integrating of engineering in the schoolroom is indispensable to back up and better the instruction ability of the teacher and the acquisition that takes topographic point within the pupil. Without engineering integrating in the twenty-first century schoolroom our pupils would be unable to vie in the “real world” upon completion of their high school instruction. Section Four: Software to Support Assessment

Appraisals. formative and summational. allow instructors to roll up information to better pupil larning. These appraisals are an on-going and go oning procedure with the major ends being to calculate out where pupils are fighting and set more accent on those countries. Appraisal in the schoolroom scene helps the instructor examine the outlooks he/she has for the pupils. The appraisal procedure besides provides disposal. instructors. and support staff to measure the course of study. When a thorough appraisal plan at the schoolroom degree balances formative and summational student learning/achievement informations. a clear image arises of where a pupil is in relationship to larning ends and criterions ( Garrison & A ; Ehringhaus ) . There are two types of appraisals used to measure a student’s advancement. formative and summational. Both appraisals are cardinal parts of the aggregation of information and let pedagogues to acquire a balanced image of a student’s strengths and failings ( Ehringhaus ) . Harmonizing to Heritage. Kim. and Vendlinski ( 2007 ) . formative appraisal is a “systematic procedure to continuously gather grounds about acquisition and if incorporated into the schoolroom pattern it provides the information needed to set instruction and larning while they are go oning. ” The information is so used to place a student’s capacity to understand. learn. and adapt lessons to assist the pupil to make the coveted acquisition end. In the formative appraisal the pupils are active participants along with their instructor.

The pupil portions their learning ends showing an apprehension on how their acquisition is come oning in add-on to how good the stuff is being mastered. During the appraisal procedure the pupil receives feedback which serves two maps: to place job countries and to supply positive support of successful accomplishment. One of the tools used in the formative appraisal. which contributes to the success of the kid is the pupil conference During the conference the student sits down with the instructor for a twosome of proceedingss to guarantee there is a sufficient degree of comprehension with the lesson being taught. Instructor feedback serves to place the grade to which the teacher was successful and to place needful alterations in direction that need to be made to help the pupil in get the hanging the stuff. Other tools used in the formative appraisal include the formation of a in writing organiser and holding a pupil bend in sentences placing the chief point of a lesson that has been taught. These tools allow the instructor to look into the student’s comprehension of the stuff that has been presented. A summational appraisal. in contrast. is used to measure pupil larning at the terminal of an instructional unit to find what a pupil knows and does non cognize. This type of appraisal is more formal and at the district/classroom degree is an answerability step that is portion of the scaling procedure ( Garrison ) .

The student’s comprehension through the summational appraisal is measured by an test. undertaking. or paper. The information that is received from this type of appraisal is of import it merely helps in certain facets of the acquisition procedure and can be used to measure the effectivity of school plans. school betterment ends. alliance of the course of study or pupil arrangement in specific countries. Think of the formative appraisal as “practice” and do non keep the pupils accountable unlike the summational appraisal in which plays a function in the pupils grade at the terminal of a grading period. There are several advantages to utilizing engineering when an teacher needs to measure pupil larning. When measuring a pupil via a computing machine the procedure is more rapid and productive. When utilizing a computing machine the pupils work is graded as the appraisal is taken. Another advantage is the human component is removed from the equation. An teacher could rate a trial ill based on their temper or because the pupil has hapless script. The downside to giving an appraisal utilizing engineering is that computing machines can non read written replies therefore the trial would hold to be provided in multiple pick formats. Another downside to measuring pupils on the computing machine is that this signifier of engineering is unable to rate undertakings that are submitted by the kids. Technology. like so many things we use in our day-to-day modus operandi. has its fringe benefits but does non replace a qualified instructor in the schoolroom scene. There are many web sites and plans available for pupil appraisal. Some of these resources are free while others offer a test period.

Some of these educational sites. which can be used in formative or summational appraisals. include Voice-over. PowerPoint games. Blogs. Synergistic clip lines. and Podcast. To maintain kids involved in larning instructors have a duty to research every available avenue for formative and summational appraisals to guarantee the pupils is making their academic ends. The technological resources that can be utilized as a instructor are the on-line gradebook and electronic mail. The on-line gradebook gives parents 24-hour entree and allows the parents and pupils to track information sing classs and approaching assignments. Teachers. through the usage of the on-line gradebook. can make assignments with specific day of the months for when their work is due. The ability to see when a peculiar pupil is non making good because they do non finish work to be done at place or is holding trouble with appraisals gives the instructor the chance to set due day of the months to suit the pupils specific demands. The on-line gradebook provides an equal sum of vision into the educational scene for parents and is a tool I look frontward to using to heighten the instruction of my pupils.

E-mail. which improves communicating for parents and instructors. is a demand for pupils to be successful in their enterprises at school. Epstein ( 2008 ) observed that “more pupils earn higher classs in English and math. better their reading and composing accomplishments. finish more class recognition. put higher aspirations. have better attending. come to category more prepared to larn. and have fewer behaviour problems…” when parents are active in their children’s lives. “Parents and instructors indicated that emails worked most efficaciously to pass on about classs because the messages involved simple. concrete information” ( Thompson ) . Electronic mail is a resource I am looking forward to using as an teacher as it is an effectual agencies of communicating with parents which is of import for the academic success of their kids. I do non experience that engineering should be used entirely for appraisals. Assessment. as we have learned. involves more the merely testing and scaling assignments.

What goes on in the student’s life outside the schoolroom can impact how they perform at school. When parents choose to be active in their children’s instruction. they believe their attempts will hold a positive impact on their children’s acquisition ( Anderson and Minke ) . Rogers and Wright ( 2008 ) found that “the chief grounds that parents did non utilize engineering to pass on with schools were that they either did non hold the engineering at place or they did non hold the accomplishments needed to utilize the engineering to pass on. ” As pedagogues. we need to happen the balance between integrating engineering in our schoolrooms to maintain our pupils engaged in 21st century larning while recognizing the importance that face to face communicating has in instruction. Section Five: Technology In The Classroom

The cyberspace offers legion larning chances and is loaded with an copiousness of information. The concern for pedagogues is how to promote kids to take portion in constructive and inventive acquisition while safeguarding them from inappropriate stuff. the possibility of coming into contact with people they do non cognize. Internet safety entails equilibrating perceived advantages against tolerable hazard. There are many benefits to leting pupils to prosecute in surfing the net. As pedagogues we need to integrate a “Safe & A ; Ethical Internet Surfing Handbook” . The enchiridion will incorporate guidelines and a pupil usage understanding signifier in which the pupils helped bring forth. The enchiridion will besides incorporate information on how to do informed determinations on how to do ethical determinations while surfing the net. This includes proper commendation to avoid copyright violations. Involving the pupil in the creative activity of the enchiridion will ease a deeper apprehension of the outlooks.

Using the cyberspace the kids gain valuable accomplishments such as creativeness. leading. squad edifice. assurance. communicating. invention. and inaugural ( Green and Harmon. 2007 ) . To let my pupils the many benefits offered on the cyberspace I will make a Curriculum Resource Page. This tool is an teacher created papers that consists of hyperlinks to assorted web sites that have been evaluated and chosen by the instructor. The links provided on the resource page support and heighten the acquisition that is taking topographic point in the schoolroom scene. An of import facet in using the course of study resource page is that it reduces the opportunity that the kids will be able to derive entree to a web site that may be deemed inappropriate. The course of study resource page is a valuable tool ; nevertheless. the most of import thing an teacher can make is detect the pupils while making their lessons. Through observation the instructor can guarantee the on-line safety of the pupils by doing certain inappropriate stuff is non being viewed. The key is that ethical behaviour is non a one or two twenty-four hours lesson. but theme pedagogues discuss throughout the twelvemonth ( Jacobsen & A ; Smith. 1998. parities. 5-6 ) . There is valuable web site that can be incorporated into the schoolroom treatment sing internet safety. SafeKids. Ne. gov. has lessons. worksheets. and PowerPoint presentations that help reenforce the lessons of on-line safety to the kids.

This resource is valuable as it incorporates function playing. This allows the pupils to be active participants in the lesson of on-line safety. Young person today are improbable to believe twice approximately perpetrating a cybercrime ( Newman. parity. 6 ) and is a turning concern with school-aged kids. The usage of “paper mills” . which are websites that deliver term documents which pupils can download at no cost and so turn in as their ain original work. These sites have been increasing at an amazing rate. In March of 1999 about 35 of these sites existed and by the terminal of 2003 the figure had jumped to more so 250 ( Newman. parity. 9 ) . Steube ( 1996 ) stated “as more and more schools venture onto the cyberspace. incidents of plagiarism and right of first publication violation that were one time limited to schoolrooms are making an international audience ( parity. 4 ) . Plagiarism is viewed by the immature as a low hazard behaviour and as pedagogues it is our duty to learn the pupils that this behaviour is unacceptable and comes with serious effects. To guarantee my pupils are respectful while using the cyberspace I will implement a pupil usage understanding signifier that each kid along with their parent/legal defender will be required to subscribe as parents need to be involved in their child’s behaviour while surfing the cyberspace.

This understanding will incorporate a codification of behavior. in which the kids can lend their ideas. which will integrate issues refering right of first publication. privateness. and proper usage. As an pedagogue I will teach my pupils on the correct. ethical. usage of computing machine know-hows as I introduce other age appropriate accomplishments. Some of the countries I will put strong accent on are honesty. being trusty. and esteeming the privateness of others. In add-on to these countries of concern I will emphasize the importance of honouring copyright Torahs to avoid plagiarism. To guarantee my pupils are cognizant of how to avoid plagiarism I would show a Power Point learning the proper manner to mention resources. I would demo this resource intermittently throughout the twelvemonth to do certain the construct is non forgotten. Through my attempt my pupils will go responsible cyber-citizens ( Baum. 2005 ) . The incidence of plagiarism has become more become more widespread because it is easy to acquire the information by sing web sites on their specific subject. Other less known Codes of Computer Ethics I will turn to include is the usage of all capital letters is considered shouting and hence impolite. and that wit and irony are viewed as unfavorable judgment and therefore should be used meagerly or avoided all together.

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