UNSTRUCTURED Field Experience Log & Reflection

Instructional Technology Department – Updated Summer 2015

Candidate: Mentor/Title: School/District:

Stephanee Stephens Dr. Traci Redish Kennesaw State University
Course: Professor/Semester:
ITEC 7430- Internet Tools in the Classroom Vitala/Fall 2017

(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 pages. Thank you!)

Date(s) 1st Field Experience Activity/Time PSC Standard(s) ISTE Standard(s)

9/23/17 Develop and assist in delivering L2 ESOL instruction to a middle PSC2.1 ISTE 2a
school pull-out classroom. PSC 2.2 ISTE 2b

First Name/Last Name/Title of an individual who can verify this Signature of the individual who can verify this experience:
experience:
Kris McBride

DIVERSITY
(Place an X in the box representing the race/ethnicity and subgroups involved in this field experience.)
Ethnicity P-12 Faculty/Staff P-12 Students
P-2 3-5 6-8 9-12 P-2 3-5 6-8 9-12
Race/Ethnicity:
Asian x
Black
Hispanic x
Native American/Alaskan Native
White x
Multiracial
Subgroups:
Students with Disabilities
Limited English Proficiency x
Eligible for Free/Reduced Meals
 Reflection
(Minimum of 3-4 sentences per question)
1. Briefly describe the field experience. What did you learn about technology coaching and technology leadership from completing this field
experience?

Spending time in an ESOL classroom was renewing and revitalizing for me. As a Spanish and ESOL teacher for 10 years, it’s always been my passion. My
Master’s Degree from KSU was in Inclusive Education TESOL, and though it’s been several years, I found myself able to jump right into instruction. I was
this time able to connect technologies and pedagogy acquire through my position professionally and as a candidate in this program to provide even more
support and meaning to the learners.

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 above. Use the language of the PSC
standards in your answer and reflect on all 3—knowledge, skills, and dispositions.)

Knowledge - – To complete this field experience, it was necessary to have a clear understanding of the student content standards, as
well as the student technology standards (PSC 2.1). I knew students would be focused on explicit language arts instruction, so it
was important that I had a grasp of the 6-8 ELA standards as well as the WIDA levels. This helped to guide the instruction. As a
technology leader, knowing the content with which teachers are working is imperative. If you are unable to provide supports with
technology that directly relate to what the students need to know, you are unlikely to experience any buy in from the educators you
are working with.

Skills – The research-basedlearner centered strategies (PSC 2.2) helped to guide the instruction and indicate what I needed to be
able to do. Understanding that activating prior knowledge was important helped as I supported students in their writing brainstorm
session. I also employed Krashen’s Input Hypothesis which evokes one to present comprehensible yet challenging input.

Dispositions - –Despite having experience and expertise, challenges in rapport and relationships with students were present. Diving
into a completely unfamiliar situation, (since I am not based at the school in which I completed the field experience), forced me to
stay positive and patient – characteristics that I believe any technology leader needs to have in order to be successful.

3. Describe how this field experience impacted school improvement, faculty development or student learning at your school. How can the impact be
assessed?

Though I am not the full-time instructor in this setting, I believe the tools (Nearpod ELL) that I modeled will be meaningful and
spark better instruction for all students in the future.