UNSTRUCTURED Field Experience Log & Reflection Instructional Technology Department ~ Updated Summer 2015 { Candidates Mentor/Tit School Distr | Bridget Walsh Karen Sard Gwinnett Co. Publie Schools _ Course: | Professor/Semester: 7410: Instructional Technology Leadership Fuller (his tog comtains space for up to § different field experiences for your S hours. It might be that you complete one field experience totaling S hours! Ifyou have fewer field experiences, just delete the extra pages. Thank you!) 1s 1 Field Experience Acai Time PSC Standard) ISTE Sandan |= Dale High School vik,“ Wildest Wak" Tamvo3pm, 8] PSC 6.1 STE Dating with principal and 2h ees oe \ bch ISTE la PSC LI ISTE tb jPsc 12 ISTE le | Ps 13 eile | PSC 51 ce ISTE Sf PSC3.6 ‘ste = PSC43, reindividual who can verify this experience: vending. hari Send I DIVERSITY | tice nin thos espesning he celta subgroups noe in this ld experience ahnciy P-12 Faculiy/St 2 Students = a age Faia - | —— =a x x Bik — = x { x Hip = x 1 x Nake aa Aaa Nae x ‘Whi x at x ‘Subgroups Seen wih Daas x Lined Elk Pie x Ege or Fes Redced Ns x Reflection (inno see per que) T, Briefy describe the field experience. What did you learn about technology coaching and technology leadership from completing this fied experience? Sie visit Duluth High School see participate inthe “Wildeat Walk,” a coordinated event where teachers open thee classtooms So visitors can View thei clssroom use of technology. We observed a varity of subject area, grade-level, and ability level classrooms —1 in total~ as well as hows technology is wed tomes the needs of students i those various classroom (PSC. 4.3/1STE Se) | dcbriefed with tech team from my schoo. ineluding my technology specialist, in order to come up with plan to present what we eared om the experience to ucminsestors andthe principal | 2 How oid this earning relate to the knowledge (what must you know), sis (what must you be able todo) and dispositions (attitudes, lit, | enthusiasm) cequited of a technology facilitator or technology leader? (Refer tothe standards you selected ubove. Use the language ofthe PSC Standards in your answer and rflet on all }knowledge, skills, and dispositions.) Knowledge lamed about new apps and tchnology—such as Near pod and Smartboard clickers—thateachers at Duluth High School routinely use leamed about ways to flip he classroom in apiysics lab aswell a networked with teachers foun other high schools and LSTs to sae ho there school ‘handles Chromebook check out and faites peer uring during academy tine with a google spreadsheet which definitely something I can bring Back to ny school (PSC 3.6/ISTE 31)Skills lared how to use a SMART bord clicker | Iared how ta discuss my observations of another school's use of technology with my co-workers. Teamed how till some of my school’s policy and program gaps (needs). Dl's teachers havea clear vision for technology use a their school Twas nice to see this vision and compare what they're dong 19 what we've doing to see ways we might be able to grow (PSC I.1/ISTE 1a). had conversations withthe technology team athe vis te strategize how we might implement some of what we saw today with our ealleagues and possibly adit what we 7 forthe cones of our school (PSC 1.2/ISTE Ib) (PSC 5.1/ISTE 4a). Dispositions -1 demonscated motivation and leadership by volunteer for his Visit 1 et ike, by taking withthe team, that wha had to say was valuable, sind might even change the pliy towards technology in my school sine we presented to principal, Aditionaly, through this experience I was able to be a part of change proces for introducing new technology and new wses of echnolog. 5. Describe how this Feld experience impacted sehool improvement, faculty development or student learning at your school. How can the impact be aisessed? Visiting Duluth High school impacted the schoo! environment since will be stating a different Chromebook check out system in the Fall. We've stugales, in ‘he past few years ind the best check out system, Should individual teachers hou them? Shovld Academy Lets? Should administrators? Who should be responsible? We decided that we liked Duluth’s five Chromebooks per teacher system. We felt hat iencourages collaboration, an, if teachers need ‘mor. they ean cordate borrowing date ith eachother or checkout a laptop cat. We advocated for this system infront ofthe leadership ofthe schoo. ‘Adaiionally, we abserve ideas about how bes wo use academy time, syle hall-ype period in which students ean ave to other lasses. One of the ideas ‘vasa peer ving system where student “exper can travel tthe classroom of students who need help—this i organized once a week through 3 Spreadsheet. We reall liked this idea The academy time policies we saw could make a big diferent for Students strugaling in ou School. We could measure the success ofthis change by looking at failure ates from ist semester last year and comparing them ofl aes fom ist semester this year.