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Evelyn Dominguez

Reflective Manuscript Unit 4/5

July 2, 2020

University of Houston-Clear Lake

Caroline M. Crawford 
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https://youtu.be/RBkLBShQfv4

Assigned Readings:

For this unit the horizon report that I focused on was the ”2016 K-12 Edition: Key Trends

Accelerating Technology Adoption”. This article began by stating the two long term goals that

would need to happen in order for technology to advance. The first term goal that they agreed

was redesigning learning spaces, in order to create an environment that would provide the kids

with hands-on activities. The second term goal that they focused on was that they said they had

to rethink were working and the pace that they would need to have in order for their end goal to

benefit the students and prepare them for the 21st century workforce.

While having these two long term goals was their main priority. It is important to

understand that they planned on making this possible by first of all starting with the teachers and

allowing the teacher education programs to be the ones that needed to train and emphasize the

development of technology within classrooms and allow the instruction to be more of where they

“as in the teachers” were seen more of guides and coaches. I especially liked this point because it

connects to the first horizon report I read in rethinking the role of teachers and how important it

was for the activities to be led by students. Within this same note it talked about how there was

$100 million dollars in the budget to make sure that the teachers across the country benefit from

professional developments such as coding and makerspace. In addition to the teachers getting the

professional development they needed they also mentioned how some of that money was going

to be used so that the less advantage would benefit from programs such as makerspace. By doing

this it was hoped that more schools would embrace the notion of students as creators and the

ones that were at the forefront of their education.

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Of course for this to take initiative it was vital to keep the students on board and they did

this by allowing them to have real-world experiences to better prepare students for the workforce

and at times even had them do projects within their community to expose them to the real world

in which they had to problem solve on their own. This really resonated with me because I was

able to see that the plans that they had back in 2016 were actually on track and what they had in

mind was achievable.

Reflective Experience:

I would say that this article was by far one of my favorite units. Not only was I able to

picture the different projects and advancements they were suggesting, but I knew that it was

implemented. It allowed me to look at my professional career and how I have contributed to this

advancement, as well as what I needed to do to continue supporting the advancement. For

instance, it was talking about coding and how coding was a new form of digital literacy and was

on the rise in schools because of the important role it played in computer science and it made me

think about my own experience with coding and my students. I had an afterschool club called

Ladies with STEAM and we explored the coding bots and the maker spaces too. We were able to

attend a conference at the apple store where the girls got a chance to interact with the apple

technology and foster their own game. In addition to this, it talked about a fifth-grade class in

South Korea that had a project of turning a playground into a parking lot and were able to see the

finished project. Although, not the same project this made me think of my hometown Grand

Island, Nebraska in which Habitat for Humanity partners up with the Seniors from one of the two

local high schools and those who have an interest with construction and infrastructure are invited

and admitted to the program. The students take part from the beginning of the house building to
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the end where their owners get to see it for the first time. It was these things that allowed me to

really reflect on the actual advances we’ve had in the education field with technology.

Student Name: Evelyn Dominguez

Designate Horizon Report Reading(s):

http://www.nmc.org/publication-type/horizon-report/

Key Trends Accelerating Technology Adoption K-12 2016 Horizon Report

https://library.educause.edu/~/media/files/library/2017/11/2016hrk12EN.pdf

ISTE Standards Evaluation Template

 International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)

http://www.iste.org/standards
 ISTE Standards Home Page
http://www.iste.org/standards/iste-standards
o ISTE Standards for Students
http://www.iste.org/standards/standards-for-students
o ISTE Standards for Educators
http://www.iste.org/standards/standards/for-educators
o ISTE Standards for Coaches
http://www.iste.org/standards/standards-for-coaches
o ISTE Standards for Administrators
http://www.iste.org/standards/standards-for-administrators

ISTE Standard(s) Addressed in Unit Five:

Learning Catalyst: Collaborator (Standards for Educators)

ISTE Standards for Educators (2017)
http://www.iste.org/standards/standards/for-educators

4. Collaborator
Educators dedicate time to collaborate with both colleagues and students to
improve practice, discover and share resources and ideas, and solve
problems.

Professional development and program evaluation (Standards for Coaches)

ISTE Standards for Students
http://www.iste.org/standards/standards-for-students

4. Professional development and program evaluation

Technology coaches conduct needs assessments, develop technology-
related professional learning programs, and evaluate the impact on
instructional practice and student learning.

Content knowledge and professional growth (Standards for Coaches)

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ISTE Standards for Coaches

http://www.iste.org/standards/standards-for-coaches

6. Content knowledge and professional growth

Technology coaches demonstrate professional knowledge, skills, and
dispositions in content, pedagogical, and technological areas as well as
adult learning and leadership and area continuously deepening their
knowledge and expertise.

Within each of the Standards, you will note the sub-standard designation. Please rate
your own success towards meeting this standard within your Final Project as a
Personal Rating using the following delineation:

Rating Scale
1 Absent-component is missing
2 Unsatisfactory-needs significant improvement
3 Somewhat satisfactory-needs targeted improvements
4 Satisfactory-discretionary improvement needed
4 Very satisfactory-no improvement needed

As well, please explain your Personal Rating designation and thoughts within the
Personal Reflection area.
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Learning Catalyst: Collaborator (Standards for Educators)

ISTE Standards for Educators (2017)
http://www.iste.org/standards/standards/for-educators

4. Collaborator
Educators dedicate time to collaborate with both colleagues and
students to improve practice, discover and share resources and ideas,
and solve problems.

Sub-Standard Personal Personal

Rating Reflection

a. Dedicate planning time to 3 As the 3rd grade technology tech lead in

collaborate with colleagues to
create authentic learning
experiences that leverage
technology.
b. Collaborate and co-learn with
students to discover and use new
digital resources and diagnose
and troubleshoot technology
issues.
c. Use collaborative tools to expand
students’ authentic, real-world
learning experiences by engaging
virtually with experts, teams and
students, locally and globally.
my team, we had talked about creating
assignments and I would give them a
little guide as to how they could make
assessments within Schoology and we
would collaborate with each other and I
showed them how we could save it to
our resource folder so that we as a
whole team would be able to use it.
2 I believe there is an area of growth
where I could involve more students to
trouble shoot with. In my classroom I
had a job for Technician which would be
the student in charge of turning on al
the devices and making sure they were
charged but would also be aware of
how to troubleshoot. Unfortunately, this
was only once a week and I was unable
to get all the kids to be involved.
1 This is another area of growth where I
think that I need to make it more a
within the class experience. Our
Librarian often provided opportunities
for them to engage in video
conferences during block, but not during
class time.
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d. Demonstrate cultural competency
when communicating with
students, parents and colleagues
and interact with them as co-
collaborators in student learning.
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3 This was by far one of the biggest
challenges but after really thinking it
through before the pandemic, I
recorded some tutorials as to how their
students could access their Hub and
how to log in to complete their
assignments too.
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Professional development and program evaluation (Standards for Coaches)

http://www.iste.org/standards/standards-for-coaches

5 Professional development and program evaluation

Technology coaches conduct needs assessments, develop technology-
related professional learning programs, and evaluate the impact on
instructional practice and student learning

Sub-Standard Personal Personal

Rating Reflection

a. Conduct needs assessments to 2 Although I did this with science and

inform the content and delivery of
technology-related professional
learning programs that result in a
positive impact on student learning
would have the students complete
online homework and allow them to use
StemScopes to familiarize themselves
more with our lessons, I believe that I
need to integrate technology even more
in other concepts too.

b. Design, develop, and implement 1 I believe this is an area in which I need

technology-rich professional
learning programs that model
principles of adult learning and
promote digital age best practices in
teaching, learning and assessment
c. Evaluate results of professional
learning programs to determine the
effectiveness on deepening teacher
content knowledge, improving
teacher pedagogical skills and/or
increasing student learning
to grow in and take some time to
develop rich professional learning
programs. At one point during the
school year I would have all of my
lessons ready to go in a powerpoint
where the kids knew what it mean with
the words “Ready 321 Math Time” and
they would have their math notebooks
out, pencils, math folder out by the time
we began. Although this was a very
good program to use, there need to be
a deeper understanding/implementation
in order for this to work.
2 Again, this is something that I hadn’t
really considered tusing in my
classroom, but now that I am aware of
the various tools that I can use such as
Nearpod, and Plickers I could see how I
can use this to determine the
effectiveness of that lesson and use the
knowledge obtained to see where I
need to rethink/reteach.
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Content knowledge and professional growth (Standards for Coaches)

http://www.iste.org/standards/standards-for-coaches

6       Content knowledge and professional growth

Technology coaches demonstrate professional knowledge, skills, and
dispositions in content, pedagogical, and technological areas as well as adult
learning and leadership and area continuously deepening their knowledge
and expertise.

Sub-Standard Personal Personal

Rating Reflection

a. Engage in continual learning to 3 I believe that the district I work in has a

deepen content and pedagogical
knowledge in technology integration
and current and emerging
technologies necessary to effectively
implement the Standards *S and
Standards *T
b. Engage in continuous learning to
deepen professional knowledge,
skills, and dispositions in
organizational change and
leadership, project management,
and adult learning to improve
professional practice
c. Regularly evaluate and reflect on
their professional practice and
dispositions to improve and
strengthen their ability to effectively
model and facilitate technology-
enhanced learning experiences
great tool for this. Each year we are
asked to do at least 14 hours of
professional development and with
these hours we must have 5 that are
technology credits. Therefore, every
year I have been able to continue my
learning and understanding of
technology integration within our
instruction and although at times it is
difficult to do, I believe that having an
idea of where to start and what to use is
a great first step.
3 This I believe goes hand in hand with my
statement above, but in terms of
improving professional practice I believe
that by volunteering to help out in
community and school events one
doesn’t only gain skills but allows the
adult to learn to improve within our
professional community.
3 I believe that this is something that every
teacher in Texas should and is doing
because of TTESS within this we don’t
only look at a professional growth goal,
but we look at a personal goal at the
beginning of the school year and reflect
on both of them at the end. This not only
allows us to evaluate our professional
practices, but also allow us as teachers
to continue our growth and see how we
can improve our teaching practices
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including those in which we incorporate

technology.