INTASC

Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium

PRINCIPLE #6

____The teacher intern uses knowledge of effective verbal, non-verbal and media communication techniques and appropriate technology to foster active inquiry, collaboration, and supportive interaction in the classroom.

Using Technology in the Classroom:
At first I tried to stray away from using technology in my classroom, i.e. Power Point, not other technologies such the use of video clips and movies to facilitate student learning. I wanted to personally find out how independent I could use other traditional methods and then incorporate technology more gradually over the course of my student-teaching internship without over bearing students who weren't used to having instruction passed to them through other mediums. Therefore, over the course, and more specifically towards the end of my internship, I did utilize technology more within the classroom. Click here to view some of my power point lectures and here for my reflection on technology in the classroom.

Ethics and Technology in the Classroom:
As one of my fulfilling requirements in this program, I had the task of building my own views based on research of using ethics and technology in the classroom. This study answered several "What would I do?" types of scenarios, which inludes, copyrighted material and plagiarism, being a critical user of the internet, acceptable user policies (AUP), online safety and ethical issues, and other related issues. Each scenerio is linked to a word document file. In addition to the scenerios, I did other projects that illustrates each scenerio's theme by creating a poster, a top ten list, a PowerPoint presentation, an AUP, and a student guide addressing how to be a critical user of the internet.

Provides support for student expression in speaking, writing, and other media:
Over the course of my internship I wholeheartedly felt the importance of having students be involved in expressing their own views. I found through writing, students were more successful at giving their opinions when they either felt embarassed or perhaps reluctants to give their views during class discussion. One of the ways I would have them do so was by written responses to articles and exit slips.

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