3.7 Communication & Collaboration
Candidates
utilize digital communication and collaboration tools to communicate locally
and globally with students, parents, peers, and the larger community. (PSC
3.7/ISTE 3g)
Artifact: Lambert High School website; Twitter feed
Reflection:
Maintaining open lines of communication and collaborating with other professionals is a vital part of being a 21st Century Connected Educator. Several artifacts have been submitted to demonstrate mastery of Standard 3.7. In this age of immediate information, it is important for educators to take advantage of the various avenues for communicating pertinent information.
The primary way that I communicate with students in my classes is through our online learning management system (LMS). However, to communicate news and events to students, parents, faculty, and community members, I update the school website. Our school website is extensive and contains information about each department, school athletics, fine arts, counseling, testing, and everything else that one needs to know about Lambert High School. The school website is also where we recognize awards and achievements earned by students and staff, such as Teacher of the Month, athletic wins, and awards won by students in competitions. It is part of my responsibility as Instructional Technology Specialist to maintain the website in order to keep those lines of communication open.
As a more informal way of communication, I also have a Twitter account that students and faculty can follow. I use this Twitter account to remind students of assignments and to offer extra cultural information. Teachers at Lambert who follow my Twitter account receive notifications of network problems, as it is difficult to communicate that the school network has malfunctioned via the school network. However, the greatest resource for me via my Twitter account is the Professional Learning Network (PLN) that I have created for myself via other World Language teachers and Technology Educators. My PLN on Twitter allows me to collaborate with teachers from around the world, permitting me instant access to a dedicated group of educators who bring new perspectives and thoughts to even the most mundane situation. The resources and tools to which they introduce me allow me to keep my classes fresh and to bring new technology to the faculty and staff of Lambert High School
The two artifacts allow me to demonstrate mastery of Standard 3.7, which states that candidates “utilize digital communication and collaboration tools to communicate locally and globally with students, parents, peers, and the larger community.” I am able to communicate locally with students, parents, and colleagues via the school website as I update the variety of pages that share information with our community. I am also able to communicate locally with students and colleagues more informally via Twitter, which permits a freer flowing and natural communication that allows a sharing of ideas and information. Twitter also permits me to collaborate locally and globally with peers and the larger community as I participate in Twitter chats with educators in a variety of fields with different specializations.
In the future, as I continue to grow my PLN on Twitter, I will continue to seek out Technology Educators. At the same time, I will also need to seek out educators from a wider range of subject areas. Up to this moment, I have tended to collaborate primarily with World Language and Literature teachers. However, as my responsibilities grow as Instructional Technology Specialist, it will be more important to seek out educators who can provide new perspectives in those subject areas with which I have less familiarity.
Maintaining open lines of communication and collaborating with other professionals is a vital part of being a 21st Century Connected Educator. Several artifacts have been submitted to demonstrate mastery of Standard 3.7. In this age of immediate information, it is important for educators to take advantage of the various avenues for communicating pertinent information.
The primary way that I communicate with students in my classes is through our online learning management system (LMS). However, to communicate news and events to students, parents, faculty, and community members, I update the school website. Our school website is extensive and contains information about each department, school athletics, fine arts, counseling, testing, and everything else that one needs to know about Lambert High School. The school website is also where we recognize awards and achievements earned by students and staff, such as Teacher of the Month, athletic wins, and awards won by students in competitions. It is part of my responsibility as Instructional Technology Specialist to maintain the website in order to keep those lines of communication open.
As a more informal way of communication, I also have a Twitter account that students and faculty can follow. I use this Twitter account to remind students of assignments and to offer extra cultural information. Teachers at Lambert who follow my Twitter account receive notifications of network problems, as it is difficult to communicate that the school network has malfunctioned via the school network. However, the greatest resource for me via my Twitter account is the Professional Learning Network (PLN) that I have created for myself via other World Language teachers and Technology Educators. My PLN on Twitter allows me to collaborate with teachers from around the world, permitting me instant access to a dedicated group of educators who bring new perspectives and thoughts to even the most mundane situation. The resources and tools to which they introduce me allow me to keep my classes fresh and to bring new technology to the faculty and staff of Lambert High School
The two artifacts allow me to demonstrate mastery of Standard 3.7, which states that candidates “utilize digital communication and collaboration tools to communicate locally and globally with students, parents, peers, and the larger community.” I am able to communicate locally with students, parents, and colleagues via the school website as I update the variety of pages that share information with our community. I am also able to communicate locally with students and colleagues more informally via Twitter, which permits a freer flowing and natural communication that allows a sharing of ideas and information. Twitter also permits me to collaborate locally and globally with peers and the larger community as I participate in Twitter chats with educators in a variety of fields with different specializations.
In the future, as I continue to grow my PLN on Twitter, I will continue to seek out Technology Educators. At the same time, I will also need to seek out educators from a wider range of subject areas. Up to this moment, I have tended to collaborate primarily with World Language and Literature teachers. However, as my responsibilities grow as Instructional Technology Specialist, it will be more important to seek out educators who can provide new perspectives in those subject areas with which I have less familiarity.
