Since the school year is almost over, I am going to use the rest of this year as well as this summer to research and come up with ideas on how I can work on being more proficient in the NETS-T standards. The two standards that I choose to work on deal with communicating effectively through the use of a variety of digital-age media and formats, as well as giving my students the opportunity to connect with students their age from other cultures and countries.
When I think about what I need to do in order to begin my endeavour, there is definitely one standard that will take more research and planning. I have bookmarked the ePals website and have begun reading and looking into an appropriate class for my students. There are many different ways to find a class to join up with on ePals, that it will take some time before I pick one. I would like to find some sort of forum that teachers who have been a part of ePals have commented on their experiences as well as giving some possible tips on how to make it run smoothly. If anyone has or knows anyone who has used a website such as ePals or something similar and has some advice for me I would appreciate it.
The second standard that I will be working on is communicating effectively through the use of a variety of digital-age media and formats. This standard will not take as much work as the first one that I mentioned, however I will need to be more diligent and put myself on a schedule. This first thing that I will have to do is actively reach out to the families of my students to gather e-mail addresses that I can send to. I started this school year making a newsletter for every month. It was about February that I slacked off and stopped making them. I would like to reuse the ones that I already have made for next year but just update them. There will be some (from February on) that I will need to create. I want to come up with a deadline (the same each month) that I have the newsletter ready and e-mailed to the families by. This will not take anything more than my time and dedication to getting it done.
With a little help from other teachers, as well as time on my part, I am hoping to be successful at integrating the NETS-T standards for this upcoming school year.
National Education Standards for Teachers (NETS-T) located at http://www.itse.org/Content/NavigationMenu/NETS/ForTeachers/
2008Standards/NETS_T_Standards_Final.pdf
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Susan,
ReplyDeleteYou stated that you want to email newsletters to your students' families. Do you have a class website that you could post the information on and have parents access it? You could have a calendar and also post questions for them to answer. My school district uses Schoolwires and it is a great resource for families and teachers. This is my classroom website http://www.pomounties.org/5683573116211/site/default.asp
Hope you find it helpful.
Kerry
Susan,
ReplyDeleteI also do a monthly newsletter. I did not do one for the month of May because our school had so many date changes. It makes the information going home more confusing. What I try to do is make it the week before the end of the month. Also I use the previous month as my template. You can also have all of the months ready and add one or two things instead of making a new one each time.I will try to attach one in our Q&A section for you. Hope this helps. Electronic is the way to go.
Susan,
ReplyDeleteYour idea about visiting a forum for ePals sounds like a great goal that will benefit you and your future students. Have you considered asking your fellow classmates, in the student lounge, if they have participated in this program? Maybe you could team up with someone from Walden, and be able to work together next school year. I think you are on the right track asking our group, but if nobody offers help than maybe, the student lounge will generate a better response. I will ask some of my teachers at school if they participate in this program. Great goals, you sound very motivated to implement the new strategies.
Susan,
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of email newsletters to the families. I need to do a better job of keeping in touch with parents. Thank you for the idea.