CeCe Courter - ePortfolio

3. Model Digital-Age Work and Learning

Teachers exhibit knowledge, skills, and work processes representative of an innovative professional in a global and digital society.  Teachers:

a.  demonstrate fluency in technology systems and the transfer of current knowledge to new technologies and situations.
b. collaborate with students, peers, parents, and community members using digital tools and resources to support student success and innovation
c. communicate relevant information and ideas effectively to students, parents, and peers using a variety of digital-age media and formats
d. model and facilitate effective use of current and emerging digital tools to locate, analyze, evaluate, and use information resources to support research and learning

Correlating Assignments:


The prezi that I created was made as a training aide for early childhood educators and as a tool to make parents aware of the balance needed in the early childhood classroom.  Technology in early childhood is very controversial, this prezi helps dispel the myth that technology is all bad and it has a place within the preschool curriculum.


http://prezi.com/5utkktit0atu/technology-in-early-childhood-education-should-we-or-shouldnt-we/

The sliderocket presentation below focuses on the use of technology in the early childhood classroom.  It was made for use as a training tool for early childhood educatiors.


http://portal.sliderocket.com/AIFMW/My-Presentation-1


The youtube video "Basketball 101" was put together through the use of a storyboard, script, and then final video.  The basketball team at the elementary school really enjoyed viewing the video of their games.


http://youtu.be/EuqW1bAXfn8


The storyboards posted below were the preliminary steps that it took to make the basketball video come to life.

http://ed584f10.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/33053122/bball%20storybook%201.pdf


http://ed584f10.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/33053122/bball%20storybook%201.pdf


The video below was made to be a digital yearbook for the school.  This is a yearbook that is played during graduation each year at the preschool.  All of the preschoolers that are going on to kindergarten participate in the graduation.  Each parent of a child in the video has signed a release for their child to be involved.

university_child_development_video_yearbook_2008-2009.ppt
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The voicethread below was made for one of the technology classes that I took during my Master's program.  I chose to do the video on the topic of my husband leaving for the Air Force.  At the time, this was the most significant life disruption as I was finishing my Master's degree!


http://voicethread.com/share/1784301/

Being a Professional in a Technological Society can be enhanced through digital communication

I began communicating with staff and parents of the early childhood program through the use of email, facebook, and blog posts.  I was able to utilize technology as a communication and information sharing tool for the school.  The email was set up as a weekly newsletter to inform parents of the school events and reminders.  This form of communication proved to be extremely effective for today's working parents and student parents who spend a fair amount of time using a computer during the day.  Email was also used to set up meetings and communicate important child specific information.  Facebook was used as a tool to create event invitations for teachers and parents of the school.  It was an excellent way to remind parents about holiday parties and special themed days.  Facebook is widely used by today's parents and utilizing it as a communication tool was successful for our school.  The blog that I set up during my technology classes served as a way to communicate important developmental information about the children.  I used the blog to outline a few activities from each teachers lesson plan and explain the areas of development that each activity enhanced.  By doing this, the parents gained a better understanding of the school's curriculum.

After learning about the use of slide shows, I was able to make an online invitation for the school's Open House Event that we have each year.  This has helped to reach the younger population of parents that are now raising their preschool-aged children.

http://smilebox.com/playBlog/4d6a51784e7a677a4d7a453d0d0a&blogview=true



Another tool that I learned during my graduate school work, was the use of online surveys to enhance education.  The survey below was created to gauge the interest in developing a school PTO.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/WZMWYZ6





Below is an example of a mind mapping activity that I did.  Using technology to brainstorm ideas can be helpful in the classroom or among colleagues.

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