Michelle+Richardson's+Portfolio

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Educational technology is meant to enhance the academic experience for the child. It makes me very proud to say that I have learned how to operate several sites and tools to make my lessons more engaging and more appealing for the many different types of children in my classroom. Properly using technology presents an excellent way to differentiate so that educators can ensure that the individual needs of each child are being met. Technology is as essential to today's diverse and inclusive classroom as a curriculum guide and textbook. Technology can help the students who previously would have been unsuccessful because of the many barriers that rote, textbook, teaching methods present. Technology is a tool to help students soar to great heights. Click on my many links below to see examples of my work.


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My goal as an educator is to use technolgy to help differentiate instruction as explained in this brief Introduction

My Professional Teaching Resume **The ISTE NETS Standards** Teachers use their knowledge of subject matter, teaching and learning, and technology to facilitate experiences that advance student learning, creativity, and innovation in both face-to-face and virtual environments.
 * ISTE NETS Standard 1. Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity**

The arifact that I chose to represent this standard was a 3 minute and 30 second digital story that I created. This was created using windows movie maker. This short film has audio and still pictures. Now that I know how to make and edit movies on movie maker, I will have my students create movies and projects to express and increse their knowledge. This is a wonderful form of assessment that will be highly motivating for children. I will make movies in my class and even compile them onto a endo the year DVD for the families to have as a gift. [|**Richardson_M Digital Story_0002.wmv**]

Creating a screen shot tutorial is a great resource for students and a great way of assessing students. I will not only create tutorials for my classroom website and for homework help. I will have my students create tutorials to assess their learning and to teach each other. [|RichardsonM_ Tutorial.docx]


 * ISTE NETS Standard 2. Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments**

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

I chose an internet based lesson as my artifact for this standard. This lesson calls for groups of student to collaborate and develop a weekly wiki page reviewing the concepts that were taught in each subject. This will be in the format of an online newsletter. I think that this will be an activity that can help parents become vested in their child's education. It has more meaning for the parent and child if the children develop the newsletter instead of the teacher.



Teachers exhibit knowledge, skills, and work processes representative of an innovative professional in a global and digital society.
 * ISTE NETS Standard 3. Model Digital-Age Work and Learning**

I chose my inspiration graphic organizer as my artifact to represent this standard. I can create graphic organizers to use on the promethean board, that students can interact with. I can use inspiration to illustrate concepts quickly with the electronic graphic oranizers. I can also teach my students to create graphic organizers to map and illustrate their own thinking. Inspiration


 * ISTE NETS Standard 4. Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsibility**

Teachers understand local and global societal issues and responsibilities in an evolving digital culture and exhibit legal and ethical behavior in their professional practices.
 * d. || develop and model cultural understanding and global awareness by engaging with colleagues and students of other cultures using digital-age communication and collaboration tools. ||

I chose my google docs presentation as my artifact for this standard. This artifact displays excellent muliticultural collaboration and good use of judgement when desiging a web accessed slideshow presentation. Google Docs **ISTE NETS Standard 5. Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership**

Teachers continuously improve their professional practice, model lifelong learning, and exhibit leadership in their school and professional community by promoting and demonstrating the effective use of digital tools and resources.

I chose my podcast as my artifact to represent this standard. It is a reflection on a very important topic and on something that I feel passionate about. The Universal Design for Learning, which is another way of saying differentiation, is why the need for technology is abundant. I reflected on these ideas in my podcast.

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I created a gameshow type power point that is interactive and fun. Children would enjoy this and stay engaged for quite a while.

I have several amazing educational websites listed on my Delicious account.

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 * Purpose of Portfolio ||  ||   ||   || The introduction/table of contents explicitly mentions important concepts (such as breadth of content and intended audience) and prepares the reader for what is to come. ||


 * Technology Integration and Content ||  ||   ||   || Portfolio describes/exemplifies the model(s) to integrate technology to be utilized in the classroom. Specific teaching strategies to meet the needs of diverse learners are evident. All relevant course assignments/projects are included. ||


 * Teacher Technology Standards ||  ||   ||   || ISTE-NETS and/ or PA Technology Standards are thorough and directly related and connected to each artifact within the electronic portfolio. ||


 * Web Resources ||  ||   ||   || Internet resources, related to specific academic content, are included as hyperlinks within the portfolio and include the title, URL, and description. Annotations indicate the web links have been evaluated by the author. Hyperlinks are properly functioning. ||


 * Overall Appeal ||  ||   ||   || Type size and/or color, images, graphics and sounds are used well. Appropriate use of high contrast backgrounds and text are used. ||


 * Usability ||  ||   ||   || The portfolio is well designed, logical and easy to maneuver. Information presented is error-free. On each page there is a readily identifiable link back to the homepage. Contact information is included where needed. ||


 * Self-Assessment ||  ||   ||   || Portfolio contains a thorough and accurate self-assessment piece that explains what was learned and what grade should be earned. ||