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PTS 1.

The teacher understands the central concepts, methods of inquiry, and


structures of the discipline(s) and creates learning experiences that make the
content meaningful to all students.

1. Write a paragraph explaining your knowledge and understanding of the standard—put

the standard into your own words.

I think that this standard wants me to know that when thinking about the planning and

teaching of instructional material, there are many different concepts, methods of teaching,

and student modifications that need to be considered. As an educator and life-long

learner, a teacher needs to continue his or her own education on topics and use the

knowledge and resources to maximize teaching effectiveness. It is imperative that

teachers be resourceful and open-minded in order to enhance the learning experiences of

their students.

2. Explain how the artifact you chose demonstrates your understanding and application

of the standard.

The artifact I selected was a weebly website that I created with a partner while enrolled in

CI 451 Teaching Elementary Science II. Our final project for this class required that we

pick a science topic and create a unit for that topic, producing a student-friendly website

that described the different tasks and activities that the unit included. I believe that the

lessons I created and research I conducted demonstrate my ability to “design learning

experiences to promote student skills in the use of technologies appropriate to the

discipline” and “evaluate teaching resources and curriculum materials for their

comprehensiveness, accuracy, and usefulness for representing particular ideas and

concepts.” The lessons are hands-on and inquiry based, and therefore, I believe students
would be more likely to learn the desired goals and objectives.

3. A If the artifact has been used in your practice, reflect on how your teaching will

change in the future to further meet the standard.

B. If the artifact has not been used in your practice, i.e., a class assignment, reflect

upon how your teaching will be impacted by the assignment.

This artifact was used for an assignment as mentioned above; therefore I think that if I

were to reflect on how my teaching would be impacted by this assignment, I think that

the use of technology and different modes of teaching would enhance my teaching. I

think that helping students take responsibility for their learning through giving them

access to the unit website would increase student reliability. Additionally, working with

different technologies and all the resources available on the website can help enhance the

learning experience for students.

4. Conclude with a paragraph discussing how you are more prepared to Teach and

Learn in a Diverse Society as a result of satisfactorily meeting the standard.

This website is preparing me to teach and learn in a diverse society because it is

providing me another way to make learning more comprehensible for students. The use

of technology is a great way to use multiple modalities when teaching in a diverse

society. I think that the resources available on this website can give students the

opportunity to do research on their own time and become aware of what will be covered

in class. Knowing what the lessons are about can prepare them for in-class instruction

and also give them opportunities to look for resources to share with the class.
Additionally, working with these websites has increased my own personal knowledge of

how they function and how they could function in the classroom environment. If I wanted

to implement the use of one of these applications in my classroom, I have learned how to

use them and can teach my students how to use them more effectively as a result.

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