Day 12 Febuary 25

Creating a Hypermedia Quiz helps students gain life and career skills as listed by 21 century skills by: being able to work independently, going beyond basic mastery of skills and/or curriculum to explore and expand one’s own learning and opportunities and to gain expertise.

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Day 11 Febuary 23

Today we responded to the eight little indians story telling activity. I was assigned indian five. The goal of this activity was to read the students story and add a new section to it. This activity meets route 21 standard-Life and Career Skills, section- productivity and accountibility, benchmark -producing results. I met this benchmark by demonstrating additional attributes associated with producing high quality products including the abilities to: work positively and ethically with others, participate actively and collaborate and cooperate effectively with teams.

Day 10 Febuary 18

Today we continued to work on the roughdraft for the photostory project. Once the roughdraft was complete we posted them on youtube for fellow peers to view and offer suggestions on how to improve them. I met ISTE standard 1 section d because this activity allowed us to model collaborative knowledge construction by engaging in learning with colleagues in face-to-face and virtual environments.

Day 9 Febuary 16

Today we started an activity where we are to create a photo story using PhotoStory. The basic premis of the project is to find a favorite quote and create a photostory to go along with it. In this activity I met ISTE standard 1 section a by promoting, supporting, and modeling creative and innovative thinking and inventivenessthrough the use of this technology.

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Day 8 Febuary 11

One activityI have done in my out-of-school life that has prepared me to meet an ISTE standard is going on a flyfishing trip with one of my friends. During the trip we shared our knowledge of fishing techniques and practices. One example of this is my friend pointed out flaws in my casting form and I helped him to improve his roll cast. Through this collaboration and constructive criticism I met ISTE Standard 1 section d by modeling collaborative knowledge construction by engaging in learning with colleagues in a face-to-face environment.

Day 7 Febuary 9

In 12th grade I created a powerpoint presentation with another student on the construction job field. By doing so I met ISTE standard 3 section c. through the use of a digital media to communicate relevant information and ideas effectively to fellow students and the teacher.

Day 6 Febuary 4 Skyping

Today we used Syping to communicate with fifth graders and anwer their questions about autobiographies. Through this exercise I met ISTE standard 1 section b. I met this standard because I explored real world issues and solved an authentic problem using digital tools and resources. As a teacher Skyping would allow me to actively engage my students with other classrooms around the world generating different ideas and exeriences.

Day 5 Febuary 2 Google Forms

Today we had to create an online survey using Google Forms and then make a graph from the results using Create a Graph. Through this exercise I met ISTE standard 1 function a. By using a new and creative technology to accomplish a goal I am promoting, supporting and modeling creative an innovative thinking. As a tool to use in the classroom this would help me to show students a creative alternative to accomplishing a task.

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