My Second Reflection

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. Teachers:

a.	design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity.

I created a web adventure where the students look at ancient math and have the opportunity to  look deeper into the civilizations. I am proud of this project because it allows the students to experience math outside of a problem solving setting. The design of the questions allows students to form opinions about the areas of math and show understanding by creating mathematical models.  While doing research to find web pages that were appropriate to link to my math site I learned a lot about ancient math that I did not know before. For example, I learned that Zero was "discovered" in multiple places around the same time period. I can apply this in the classroom by telling students weird math facts like that to hold their attention. The web adventure meets the standard because it allows the student to have an online learning experience while also promoting creativity and independent thought.

My First Blog Post

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. Teachers:

• advocate, model, and teach safe, legal, and ethical use of digital information and technology, including respect for copyright, intellectual property, and the appropriate documentation of sources.

 

In the Internet Usage Project  I have created,  I have posted rules to stay safe on the Internet. The most important of these rules is to use common sense. The Generals Rules sections give students guidelines in how to ethically use the Internet and the Plagiarism section offers how to use and cite information found on the Internet. The section of this site that I am most proud of is the Links page. The links provided show math in ways not often seen in the classroom. Seeing math in the real world or interesting things about math inspires interest students to want to learn about math. While doing this project I learned how to create a web-page, manage it  and how to convey my ideas online. In the future I will continue to improve my website and update it. The website can be used to connect parents to the classroom and allow students to find assignments and help online.