Reflection #9

Corin Justa

March 29, 2013

Chapter Nine Reflection:

In an ever growing world it is important for teachers to incorporate technology into their classrooms so that students can gain the skills needed to be successful as new ways of learning and teaching are created. It is our jobs as teachers to be able to identify each of our student’s prior understanding so that we can have a basis to start from and understand how to continue on as we build our foundation. The students in your classroom will have been exposed to different levels of technology.  Every student is going to be different, there will be those whom are fully capable and comfortable and then there will be students whom have never worked with certain types of technology before. Doing small activities will help teachers establish each students readiness and help us find out what they do and don’t understand so we can grasp a sense of where we should start on our journey. Establishing anchors helps you gain a sense of where your students are at and helps you create learning goals. Once you assess your classroom, you can think about how you to create a quality learning experience that will reach all of your students needs.

Throughout a project it is important to observe and assess your student’s productivity. Providing rubrics and deadlines helps benefit both the students as well as the teacher as projects go on. With rubric, students know what is expected of them. For each rubric deadline created, the teacher has the opportunity to assess each student’s progress and become aware of whether or not the overall lesson needs to be adjusted in any way to help benefit the students learning experience. It is important to have a basis of assessment to track your student’s progress so that no one gets left behind, and advanced students have the opportunity to learn more. Grading throughout the entire project is beneficial for both teachers and students and helps reach a successful outcome.

This chapter relates to our project and topic by reminding us of the importance of setting deadlines and creating rubrics so that we can wager how a lesson is going and identify if we need to make any changes. Flexibility in lesson is one of the most important jobs of teachers, but more importantly is knowing when lessons need to be changed to benefit the overall learning experience for the classroom. Evaluating student’s prior-knowing, creating rubrics and deadlines, and providing feedback are all key tools to necessary to assess students educational abilities and grow to reach an even greater outcome.