The indicator I choose is: Teachers participate in local and global learning communities to explore creative applications of technology to improve student learning.
This indicator fits perfectly with the arts. Two weeks ago (when there was no snow on the ground) we broke off into groups to discuss different ways technology could assist your field of education. This was one of the topics I, personally, would like to improve. I feel that students, today, don't understand other cultures or ideas outside of their own realm of information. When I did an art history project with my high school students during student teaching, I had a really hard time getting them to understand why they were doing this. It was hard to convince them that history and other cultures from around the world effect things (in this case artwork) today. I think that if I had used other tools to express different artists, the outcome would have been different.
I think that the website iEARN (International Education and Resource Network) would be a great tool for the classroom to help students learn about other cultures. This is also a great tool for teachers. Classrooms can do projects together, over the internet, with other classrooms from other countries. There is also a section on their website that is called The Collaboration Center. It goes through different projects that groups have done in the past and projects that will be happening in the near future. I just think this is a great resource! Also, as an educator, they have forums where teachers can join and chat amongst themselves about different topics. This could be very helpful to talk with a teacher from another country. This could help open up your eyes, as an educator, to see what else is out there.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Goals
I am currently in a course that deals with technology and how to incorporate it into the classroom. Since I don't have a classroom (yet), I want to be able to talk about goals for myself and what I will want to incorporate into my future classroom. In my college career, I have become familar with Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator. I have also taken courses that dealt with PowerPoint and Microsoft Excel. I am now learning new tools within technology and how to bring them to the classroom. For me, in an art room, I want to figure out ways that students can be creative and use technology at the same time.
With new websites out there, like 21st. Century Skills, they are offering new ideas about what and how kids should learn today. I really find global awareness to be something that is so important today. With art, students just don't understand how important other cultures and the history of art influence art today. In my classroom, I want to find ways for me to be able to inspire and engage my students with art history. This is something that I have been playing with and trying to find ways to make this subject interesting not only for students, but for me as well.
There is also a section of these 21st. Century Skills that deals with learning and innovation skills. This whole area, I think, really pertains to the art world. In an art room, students need to be able to feel like they can be creative, and they need to be challenged to think critically, and to be put in situations where they need to collaborate and communicate with peers. These are things that I will need to promote in my art classroom in the future.
A lot of these skills coincide with the ISTE standards for teachers. These standards help educators with guidelines for themselves and how they can incorporate different and new technologies in the classroom. These standards are something that I have not seen before this class and I think it should be something that is incorporated more in education courses at the college level. Since times are always changing and there are always new technologies being developed, these standards help teachers so that they know what to include in their curriculum.
So in this course, I am hoping to be able to learn how to incorporate new technologies into the art classroom, lessons, and curriculum.
With new websites out there, like 21st. Century Skills, they are offering new ideas about what and how kids should learn today. I really find global awareness to be something that is so important today. With art, students just don't understand how important other cultures and the history of art influence art today. In my classroom, I want to find ways for me to be able to inspire and engage my students with art history. This is something that I have been playing with and trying to find ways to make this subject interesting not only for students, but for me as well.
There is also a section of these 21st. Century Skills that deals with learning and innovation skills. This whole area, I think, really pertains to the art world. In an art room, students need to be able to feel like they can be creative, and they need to be challenged to think critically, and to be put in situations where they need to collaborate and communicate with peers. These are things that I will need to promote in my art classroom in the future.
A lot of these skills coincide with the ISTE standards for teachers. These standards help educators with guidelines for themselves and how they can incorporate different and new technologies in the classroom. These standards are something that I have not seen before this class and I think it should be something that is incorporated more in education courses at the college level. Since times are always changing and there are always new technologies being developed, these standards help teachers so that they know what to include in their curriculum.
So in this course, I am hoping to be able to learn how to incorporate new technologies into the art classroom, lessons, and curriculum.
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