UNSTRUCTURED Field Experience Log & Reflection

Instructional Technology Department

Candidate:
Alford
Course:

Mentor/Title:
Dr. John Metzler

School/District:
Riverwood High School
Professor/Semester:

ITEC 7400 21st Century Teaching and Learning

Summer 2013

Part I: Log
(This log contains space for up to 5 different field experiences for your 5 hours. It might be that you complete one field experience totaling 5 hours!
If you have fewer field experiences, just delete the extra rows. Thank you!)
Date(s)

1st Field Experience Activity/Time

7/14/13-8/3/13

Participated in a workshop studying the portrayal of Africa within

World History. Worked to develop a course that I would be teaching
at my school

PSC/ISTE Standard(s)

100 Hours
See schedule here

1.2 Strategic
Planning
Candidates facilitate
the design,
development,
implementation,
communication, and
evaluation of
technology-infused
strategic plans. (PSC
1.2/ISTE 1b)

DIVERSITY

Reflection
(Minimum of 3-4 sentences per question)

1. Briefly describe the field

experience. What did you learn about
technology facilitation and leadership
from completing this field experience?
Selected to group of 20 educators from
across the country to participate in
workshop examining and reshaping the
ways that Africa is taught in World
History. While there I worked with other
participants to develop lessons involving
technology to create access to primary
sources and other resources on Africa.
From this I learning this I learned
various ways that technology can be
used to bridge gaps in terms of distance,
but also access.

(Place an X in the box representing the race/ethnicity and subgroups involved in this field experience.)

Ethnicity

P-12 Faculty/Staff
P-2

Race/Ethnicity:
Asian
Black
Hispanic

3-5

6-8

P-12 Students
9-12

X
X

Native American/Alaskan Native

White
Multiracial
Subgroups:
Students with Disabilities

P-2

3-5

6-8

9-12
2. How did this learning relate to the
knowledge (what must you know),
skills (what must you be able to do)
and dispositions (attitudes, beliefs,
enthusiasm) required of a technology
facilitator or technology leader?
(Refer to the standards you selected in
Part I. Use the language of the PSC
standards in your answer and reflect
on all 3knowledge, skills, and

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dispositions.)
In order to coach teachers, a technology
coach needs to be able to relate to their
content. In some cases this may mean
having a surface understanding of the
content, but in other cases this means
delve deep into the content. This
workshop granted me the opportunity to
delve deeper into African studies and
begin familiarizing myself with the
content in order to learn how to better
pair learning objectives with activities
involving digital tools.

3. Describe how this field experience

impacted school improvement, faculty
development or student learning at
your school. How can the impact be
assessed? The information I learned in
this workshop became the basis of an
African Studies course that I know teach
at my school. The course teaches
students about another part of the world
and expands their global understanding.