2.+DESIGN+AND+DEVELOP+DIGITAL-AGE+LEARNING+EXPERIENCES+AND+ASSESSMENTS

=NETS-T 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 NETS-S. Teachers: [|Brainpop]
 * design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity
 * 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
 * customize and personalize learning activities to address students' diverse learning styles, working strategies, and abilities using digital tools and resources
 * 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.

Reflection: In my life science classes, I utilize Brainpop on a weekly basis. Students in my class view videos, answer questions from the activities section, and then take the online quiz. Students then email me their quiz results so that I can record their grades in the grade book. I feel that this activity satisfied NETS-T 2 because it promotes student learning through digital tools. This activity also includes assessment that utilizes technology and is aligned with content standards.



Reflection: In Gateway to Technology class, I designed a lesson plan that allowed for students to research an invention of their choice. This lesson was designed to allow students to customize and personalize their learning activity to address students' diverse learnign styles and abilities. This also allows for students to pursue their individual curiousities and become more active participants, managing their own learning. Prior to this activity, the students and I discussed the lesson, and they decided they would like to be able to choose from any invention, not just those invented after 1940, as was stated in the original lesson. Students created a powerpoint presentation to display what they learned, and they then presented their findings to the class.