InTASC Standard 6
InTASC Standard #6 Assessment:
The teacher understands and uses multiple methods of assessment to engage learners in their own growth, monitor learner progress, and guide the teacher’s and learner’s decision making (InTASC, 2013).
Brief Discription of Evidence:
In the fall semester of 2021, in my EDUC 201- Technology in Education, I created a makerspace that involved five different activities. The purpose of creating the makerspace is to help support technology in a school setting. The activities also help build the student's cognitive abilities. After creating the makerspace I presented to the class my makerspace design, objectives, standards, challenges, resources and materials, cost total, and topic. The different activities were toothpick tower, egg drop, terrariums, LED lanterns, and building a home. In the end, I showed the class where each of the activities was going to be placed in the makerspace.
Analysis of What I Learned:
Throughout designing and presenting my makerspace I was able to learn more about how to plan activities for my future classroom. Different components I learned about the makerspace is how much time goes into planning activities, the cost for 25 students, resources, standards, objective, and proactive measures. Proactive measures are also known as challenges that may occur in the lesson. I learned how to be able to implement different activities in different areas so the students would be able to work in groups and rotate. I learned more about activities that use technology and engineering for students to learn through hands-on activities.
How This Artifact Demonstrates my Competence on the InTASC Standard:
I have demonstrated my competence in this standard by creating my makerspace and then explaining it to the class. I worked and researched different activities that involved technology and engineering. If I was able to use this makerspace as an assessment I would be able to test engineering skills with how well the students built the toothpick tower to stand to a certain extent, such as a certain height. With the egg drop, I would test how well a student designs their home for the egg to withstand being dropped from different heights. With the terrariums, I would be able to test the students on how well they build their terrariums for life to continue to grow and have the students document what they see growing throughout the year. With the building of a home, I could test the students on if they were able to find a way to make a home for their different animals with different materials. With the LED lanterns I would test the students on if they are able to follow step-to-step how to build a circuit to make the lantern glow. I would be able to look at the learners' growth through trial and error. To see them be able to grow from what they have learned instead of giving up. I would be able to see the learners' progress if I carried out these small group activities and see how well they are able to engineer and use technology to be able to complete the task. I would be able to guide my and learners' decision-making by seeing how well the students comprehend the different activities by directions and making accommodations along the way. One theorist I know ties in with this is Neil Fleming because he believes that a student learns from one of the four different learning styles. According to research, “Fleming theorized that we are all one of four main types of learners: visual, auditory, reading/writing, and kinaesthetic” (Broadbent, 2021). This is important because a teacher should incorporate all the learning styles into an activity to accommodate all of the learning styles of the students so that they are able to understand.
Resources
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