April 18, 2009
I was honored when Becci Burns and Carla Zembal-Saul asked me to share my blog at the Penn State Teaching with Technology Symposium. (See a screen shot of the email at the bottom of this entry.) This conference was held at the Penn State Hotel and Conference Center and was held for Penn State Professors across all campuses and colleges. Becci asked me to share how I tag my blogs to help my advisers find the necessary information. I showed the Teacher Education Performance Framework (TEPF) link and explain how tagging entries with "portfolio" allowed me to highlight only the best pieces of evidence. I also showed the professors how we can comment on each other's blogs and how I had numerous comments on my own blog. I explained how comments help us as interns to stay in tune with what others are experiencing.
My part was short, about five minutes of a 45 minute presentation, but it was an honor to be asked to be a part of an important project like this. When I gave my presentation my legs were shaking and I felt very nervous, but I was able to share my hard work and success through my blog. It was very exciting to be able to share my progress with others in a formal setting.
D3 Justification: This is evidence of me valuing profession growth because I went with my professors to a conference to share a new technology and tool that I am using. I was able to show what we are learning to do in PDS to help other professors in other colleges use similar technology. Also, I benefited from hearing about the progressions and uses of the blog in the college of education and PDS.
I was honored when Becci Burns and Carla Zembal-Saul asked me to share my blog at the Penn State Teaching with Technology Symposium. (See a screen shot of the email at the bottom of this entry.) This conference was held at the Penn State Hotel and Conference Center and was held for Penn State Professors across all campuses and colleges. Becci asked me to share how I tag my blogs to help my advisers find the necessary information. I showed the Teacher Education Performance Framework (TEPF) link and explain how tagging entries with "portfolio" allowed me to highlight only the best pieces of evidence. I also showed the professors how we can comment on each other's blogs and how I had numerous comments on my own blog. I explained how comments help us as interns to stay in tune with what others are experiencing.
My part was short, about five minutes of a 45 minute presentation, but it was an honor to be asked to be a part of an important project like this. When I gave my presentation my legs were shaking and I felt very nervous, but I was able to share my hard work and success through my blog. It was very exciting to be able to share my progress with others in a formal setting.
D3 Justification: This is evidence of me valuing profession growth because I went with my professors to a conference to share a new technology and tool that I am using. I was able to show what we are learning to do in PDS to help other professors in other colleges use similar technology. Also, I benefited from hearing about the progressions and uses of the blog in the college of education and PDS.
You did a fantastic job and you made us proud!!! Thank you for putting forth such effort and being willing to go the extra mile! You could also link to the TLT Symposium site. I believe that they taped our presentation, which you could add here as an artifact as well. (It's just an idea.) Keep up the terrific work!