I feel that I have made progress in meeting my goals. The main hurdle has been thinking out all of the issues that go into my goals and what the real effect will be on student performance.
What have you learned so far that you can apply in your instructional practice?
I have learned that assessment is the key to starting any new instructional technique, Effectively understanding where students are with the material will inform the next steps.
What do you still have to learn? What new questions have arisen?
I still have to learn how to make many of the technologies in education age appropriate for first graders and young children. How much involvement with technology is age and developmentally appropriate?
How will you adjust your plan to fit your current needs?
I am inspired to get in touch with some of my mentors from my undergraduate degree in education and see if they have any insight on how to use technology in exciting and meaningful ways with young children.
I agree that assessment is the key to starting any new instructional technique. I feel that assessments are often thrown in at the last minute, just to have a grade for students' work. When we plan our lessons according to how we will assess students both throughout and at the end, we will do a much better job of meeting their learning needs, and assessing the acquisition of their learning in a much more meaningful and authentic way. I have also found that when students take part in creating objectives or a rubric to use to grade an assignment, they do much better, because they know exactly what it is that you will be focusing on and direct their attention to either attaining content knowledge or building specific skills.
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