1.2 Effective and knowledgeable teacher Candidates implement the principles of effective teaching and learning that contribute to an active, inquiry-based approach to learning. Candidates make use of a variety of instructional strategies and assessment tools to design and develop digital-age learning experiences and assessments in partnership with classroom teachers and other educators. Candidates can document and communicate the impact of collaborative instruction on student achievement.
A library media specialist is a teacher who collaborates with classroom teachers and other members of the learning community. She is knowledgeable of different research database and resources. She prepares her lessons by creating lesson plans, library policies and guides students in expanding their knowledge and research skills.
During my course in Instructional Design and Development, I made the Pebbles Projects where I collaborated with the Language Arts fifth grade teacher. The students created a PowerPoint presentation of their life story. The Language Arts teacher taught the class how to create a time line chart of their life, which became the basis of their project. I used that in teaching them how to create their storyboard, and then gave them a hands-on training on how to use PowerPoint. The next session was used for them to create the slides, add their photos, use animations and transitions and follow the Kodak’s rule of six—which is using six items in a slide. On the third session, the students were given 2 minutes to present their work in front of their Language Arts teacher and Media Specialist. A 10-point rubric was used to grade their work. Presentation skills were also emphasized in this project. The students’ works were outstanding and the teacher appreciated the effort I gave to make this project with the fifth graders. I learned that collaboration is fun learning experience. It also makes everyone’s work easy too because you share ideas and work together as a team. Students’ works are creative and they get to express themselves through their own design in the slides they made. After making this assignment and really creating it with the class, I learned to love my work as an instructional partner and information specialist. It was great to share my expertise to teachers and students. It makes the learning community more open and aware of what a library media specialist can do beyond reading books. This semester, in my ISTC 789 Practicum course, I was observed in class and I created a lesson plan for third grade students. I taught them a new lesson that I learned from one of the back-to-school workshops I attended with other library media specialists. It is called Makerspace. Students create something out of paper, LED light, copper wire and battery, which is similar to a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math education or STEM project. I picked this lesson because students will learn more if real world application activities are used. In my lesson, I read a book about electricity, showed a video on YouTube on how to create a simple circuit, and had step-by-step instructions on how to create their own simple circuit. The students were very interested on the lesson and excited to light the LED light. It was a lesson I collaborated with their Science class about electricity and it is something really memorable for me because I felt that I was not just a librarian… I was also a teacher and I have the capability to excite my learners and teach them new things. I have the option to be more creative on my lessons so students will understand more what we read from a book or watch from a video. During my Research course last spring 2015; I learned how to write a research proposal. The topic I chose was, “How do parental involvement affects student’s reading achievement?” At first I had a hard time grasping this course because I never liked research paper, but my professor was very good in simplifying things for me to understand it very well. The assignments we did like creating survey questions and writing literary reviews prepared me in making my final project. The purpose of my study was to find out how parental support at home affects students’ reading achievement and what kind of support they give to their children. I learned how to write survey questionnaires, interpret literary articles and research studies, write hypothesis and pick a sample population for my research. Although this project was not implemented, I was happy and interested in doing this research in the future if time permits.
Candidates implement the principles of effective teaching and learning that contribute to an active, inquiry-based approach to learning. Candidates make use of a variety of instructional strategies and assessment tools to design and develop digital-age learning experiences and assessments in partnership with classroom teachers and other educators. Candidates can document and communicate the impact of collaborative instruction on student achievement.
Artifacts
ISTC 667 - Modified ISD/Pebbles Model
ISTC 789 - Lesson Plan on MakerSpace
ISTC 685 - Research Proposal
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A library media specialist is a teacher who collaborates with classroom teachers and other members of the learning community. She is knowledgeable of different research database and resources. She prepares her lessons by creating lesson plans, library policies and guides students in expanding their knowledge and research skills.During my course in Instructional Design and Development, I made the Pebbles Projects where I collaborated with the Language Arts fifth grade teacher. The students created a PowerPoint presentation of their life story. The Language Arts teacher taught the class how to create a time line chart of their life, which became the basis of their project. I used that in teaching them how to create their storyboard, and then gave them a hands-on training on how to use PowerPoint. The next session was used for them to create the slides, add their photos, use animations and transitions and follow the Kodak’s rule of six—which is using six items in a slide. On the third session, the students were given 2 minutes to present their work in front of their Language Arts teacher and Media Specialist. A 10-point rubric was used to grade their work. Presentation skills were also emphasized in this project. The students’ works were outstanding and the teacher appreciated the effort I gave to make this project with the fifth graders. I learned that collaboration is fun learning experience. It also makes everyone’s work easy too because you share ideas and work together as a team. Students’ works are creative and they get to express themselves through their own design in the slides they made. After making this assignment and really creating it with the class, I learned to love my work as an instructional partner and information specialist. It was great to share my expertise to teachers and students. It makes the learning community more open and aware of what a library media specialist can do beyond reading books.
This semester, in my ISTC 789 Practicum course, I was observed in class and I created a lesson plan for third grade students. I taught them a new lesson that I learned from one of the back-to-school workshops I attended with other library media specialists. It is called Makerspace. Students create something out of paper, LED light, copper wire and battery, which is similar to a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math education or STEM project. I picked this lesson because students will learn more if real world application activities are used. In my lesson, I read a book about electricity, showed a video on YouTube on how to create a simple circuit, and had step-by-step instructions on how to create their own simple circuit. The students were very interested on the lesson and excited to light the LED light. It was a lesson I collaborated with their Science class about electricity and it is something really memorable for me because I felt that I was not just a librarian… I was also a teacher and I have the capability to excite my learners and teach them new things. I have the option to be more creative on my lessons so students will understand more what we read from a book or watch from a video.
During my Research course last spring 2015; I learned how to write a research proposal. The topic I chose was, “How do parental involvement affects student’s reading achievement?” At first I had a hard time grasping this course because I never liked research paper, but my professor was very good in simplifying things for me to understand it very well. The assignments we did like creating survey questions and writing literary reviews prepared me in making my final project. The purpose of my study was to find out how parental support at home affects students’ reading achievement and what kind of support they give to their children. I learned how to write survey questionnaires, interpret literary articles and research studies, write hypothesis and pick a sample population for my research. Although this project was not implemented, I was happy and interested in doing this research in the future if time permits.