NET+Goals


 * 1. Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity **

I will develop a semester long discussion with my students next semester on the topic of: What are my home literacies and how do they connect with school? Within this project, there will be specific lessons and reflections on how technology is part of the literacies of my students and in what ways can that be reflected and integrated into the school. I may also include a written assignment in which students are able to choose as a topic to write about of different ways in which teachers could utilize technology to help them gain access into the lives and interest of their students.

What I want to accomplish for the class is to create 2 lesson plans. One will focus on discussion of our technology is part of a student’s life – for them to be able to identify how they use technology – and for //the students// to brainstorm how they may apply it to the classroom. Second lesson will focus on exposing students to how technology can aid the students in their ELA (and math) studies by providing them with specific examples on the internet. These two lessons will be complementary as one is asking the students to speak of technology and brainstorm ideas while the other is to provide them with what I have learned about technology and its uses.


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

Within the website I am creating for NET goal 3. I will include a set of multimedia activities which will help students with the basic grammar rules. The students will be able to access these activities online to help them learn and understand grammar rules.


 * 3. Model Digital-Age Work and Learning **

I will create a website (I don’t know what all the technical terms are for the different types of websites… so I’ll just say website for now and figure out the rest as the class proceeds) for my classes next semester in which students will be able to access: 1) Grades 2) Class discussion page for ELA assignments. 3) Assignments 4) Math activities in which I can monitor their progress.


 * 4. Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsibility **

Create a lesson plan concerning internet responsibility to use at the beginning of the next teaching year with my students. Within this lesson plan I will include:
 * Importance of technology.
 * The creating of a class internet agreement policy which will incorporate the ethical uses of digital information.
 * An explanation of the technologies we will be utilizing during the first semester and time for students to practice using them.


 * 5. Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership **

Personal Use Project: To become familiar with RSS feeds and be able to develop a webpage utilizing Wiki introducing what RSS feeds are and how they can be utilized in the ELA classroom.



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