Goal #4 Candidates apply their knowledge of curriculum content and design to support learners construction of knowledge.

Artifact Reflection: This artifact came out of the MAT 726 Technology in Reflective Teacher Leadership class. This artifact was a problem statement that dealt with implementing more technology in my my math classroom. It involved me looking at my math curriculum and trying to come up with different ways to incorporate technology within the mathematics world. The solution to this problem was incorporating Khan Academy into my pull-out freshmen math class. Khan Academy is a math website that I utilized during class time and saw very positive results. It aligns very well with what we are doing within the class and student grades have only gone up as a result. NBPTS 2nd Core Proposition: Teachers know the subjects they teach and how to teach those subjects to students. By knowing what Khan Academy had to offer and where we were in terms of curriculum within my freshmen pull-out math class it made it easy to align. This shows that I know the subject I teach and how to find ways to incorporate different tools and strategies into my classroom.

Timothy Andrews MAT 726 Technology Research Project Part 2 (Problem Statement) Describe your teaching context C rrently ! am in my si"th year teaching s#ecial ed cation at Ma$ o%eta &alley 'igh School in (elhi) !owa* (elhi is located abo t +6 miles ,ast o- .aterloo and abo t /0 miles .est o- ( b $ e) o-- o- 1*S* Ro te 22* Ma$ o%eta &alley 'igh School is the only high school within the Ma$ o%eta &alley School (istrict* The Ma$ o%eta &alley School (istrict is a 3ery r ral area made # o- + small comm nities which incl de4 'o#%inton) ,arl3ille) (elhi) 5reeley) and 6 c% Cree%* The school district has three elementary centers (78+)) one middle school) and one high school* The percentage of minority students within our district is 2.7%. We have 10 Hispanic students (6 male, 4 female), 9 African-American (6 male, 3 female) and 2 Native Americans (2 male). The total number of students in the district is currently 759 pupils with almost exactly 50% of these being free and reduced (Tuetken). My teaching d ties consist o- being a high school reso rce teacher -or -o r #eriods o- the day) co8teach one #eriod o- Pre8Algebra) teach

one #eriod o- ninth grade math (in the reso rce room)) teach one #eriod entitled 9earning 9ab (wor% one on one with a st dent on daily li3ing s%ills) e"4 time: money)) and an !,P corres#ondent* State the problem Within the special education department here at Maquoketa Valley I am the go to math person for most of the level one and two identified students and one level three. With this being said math takes up a huge part of my day whether it is within the resource room or math room. There is a wide variety of subjects and students that I work within the area of mathematics inside the resource room everyday. Whether it is teaching my ninth grade math group, re-teaching PreAlgebra, Algebra, Geometry, or Learning Lab, mathematics is being instructed. After reflecting on my daily teaching schedule and looking at what I have researched in terms of technology the past couple weeks one thing came to mind. This one thing being that I am not utilizing technology the ways I can be within the area of mathematics other than the typical calculator, overhead projector, or document camera. One way that I can start benefitting from technology in my resource room is by utilizing an online resource called Khan Academy. Khan Academy is a math website that I have used in the past with students and could tell they benefitted from it. For some reason I havent really made it an emphasis to use this online tool more often especially for some of my lower level math students. Clearly state the goal and outcomes, in measurable terms, for resolving the problem you have described above. St dents in my ninth grade # ll o t math class will engage in a 7han Academy acti3ity on the !nternet o3er the co rse o- three lessons* The 7han Academy acti3ity will align with the lesson we are co3ering within o r Pre8Algebra boo%* This online reso rce will hel# im#ro3e o r $ i; scores and in t rn raise each o- the three st dents grades* Pro-essional < tcomes a) Teacher will im#lement the sage o- 7han Academy into my # ll o t ninth grade math lesson #lans* a) The teacher will com#are the st dents grades be-ore the online 7han Academy is tili;ed d ring class (lesson)w time as well as a-ter* 9earner < tcomes a) St dents will engage in an online mathematics learning tool called 7han Academy* St dents will wor% on the conce#ts that deals with that day=s lesson #lans* b) The class a3erage grade will rise as a res lt o- the 7han Academy online learning acti3ities that are done daily d ring class time*

Rationale and support for goals and outcomes The -act o- the matter is that more #ractice and re3iew time on daily lesson=s can only enhance st dents learnings* 7nowing this and loo%ing at the lac% o- technology being sed in my # ll o t math gro #) it=s a no brainer to go ahead with this online learning tool that is a3ailable* Ma%ing technology a3ailable to the st dents whene3er #ossible in the classroom is a m st as we mo3e well into the 20st cent ry* A line o t o- the boo% Born Digital that really o#ened my eyes was) >.e need to determine what o r goals are) as teachers and #arents) and then -ig re o t how technology can hel# s) and o r %ids) to reach those goals (Pal-rey ? 5asser) 222@) #*2/6)*A 6y doing this it will enhance my st dents learning by getting more #ractice and doing it in a 3ariety o- way=s* This is the reason why incorporating technology can only benefit the students in my pull out math class.

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