ISTE Standard 2

Design and develop digital age learning experiences and assessments

Teachers design, develop, and evaluate authentic learning experiences and assessments incorporating contemporary tools and resources to maximize content learning in context and to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes identified in the standards.

a. Design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity
b. Develop technology-enriched learning environments that enable all students to pursue their individual curiosities and become active participants in setting their own educational goals, managing their own learning, and assessing their own progress
c. Customize and personalize learning activities to address students' diverse learning styles, working strategies, and abilities using digital tools and resources
d. Provide students with multiple and varied formative and summative assessments aligned with content and technology standards, and use resulting data to inform learning and teaching


Public Domain Materials:

Text: OER Commons is a website that is a dynamic digital library that is a education related network with curriculum based resources. This is great for having evidence in what a student like me will need for teaching my students in the future.

Sound: National Jukebox is a wonderful website that includes historical recordings of events that happened. It is a collection of recordings that will help the teacher and students to hear and imagine the voices of the past! 

Pictures & Photographs: Flickr is a website that allows reliable sources and people to post and share photos of historical events and more! It is a great reliable website that is helpful for sharing with others and getting the best quality pictures for your classroom.

Moving Images: SnagFilms is a website that provides free streaming movies, documentaries, and other videos that are reliable and helpful for showing the classroom on a topic that I will teach.

Webquest:

Webquests are helpful, hands-on, inquiry based learning method that allows students to research and follow a certain description of what I would like them to do. It is a great way for students to interact with technology by following my lesson. It ends with a teacher page which lets the students know what I expect from the webquest they have done. 

Newsletter:

Creating an educational video in order to teach the subject for better understanding:

I used iMovie to create this video; it was very easy to use and very helpful for someone who does not know much about video making. 

My video about the Solar System is an introduction to the assignment I will give my students to create their own version of our Solar System with the correct sizes, components, and knowledge they have received from my video. I hope to help them understand our Solar System, give them a visual example of what the project will be intended for, and use their creativity!