Standard II: Teaching & Learning
School library media candidates model and promote collaborative planning with classroom teachers in order to teach concepts and skills of information processes integrated with classroom content. They partner with other education professionals to develop and deliver an integrated information skills curriculum. Candidates design and implement instruction that engages the student’s interests, passions, and needs which drive their learning.
Reflection:
Having the ability to understand learners and discover what motivates them is one of the most important jobs for a media specialist. The learner analysis assignment is evidence of my ability to use assessments and motivational strategies to plan meaningful lessons. First I used data from a pre-test to assess strengths and weaknesses of students. Next I used two assessments to determine the motivation of the learners’ towards the standard being taught. Once attitudes were determined, I then developed motivational strategies to make the lesson meaningful to the learners. I also took learner characteristics into account, and differentiated the tasks appropriately. I feel that by first analyzing learners, I was able to design a lesson that met all of the learner’s needs.
The learner analysis assignment was used to create my Understanding by Design lesson. The lesson was carefully designed using the results from the analysis to make sure that all learners’ needs were met. The UbD lesson focuses on the learner’s ability to further develop their addition and subtraction skills and apply them in problem solving. A variety of performance based tasks and how those tasks will be assessed. The lesson also includes pre-assessment, formative assessments, and summative assessments. The lesson demonstrates my ability to plan, deliver, and assess instruction.
The Pathfinder that I created for my Information Literacy Lesson Plan I feel is a good example of how I taught concept and skills of information processes integrated with classroom content. The Pathfinder is rich with resources on the third grade science standard dealing with the regions of Georgia. I enjoyed creating the Pathfinder, and I feel that it helped guide students in their research.
In today’s schools it is imperative that a school library media specialist is knowledgeable about an extensive amount of resources that can be used to integrate information skills into the classroom. I feel that the WebQuest I helped create is an excellent example of using a web 2.0 tool to blend classroom content and information skills in a way that drives student learning in an interactive, fun approach. The WebQuest gives students an opportunity to explore the different regions of Georgia, and apply the knowledge to a new situation.
The learner analysis assignment was used to create my Understanding by Design lesson. The lesson was carefully designed using the results from the analysis to make sure that all learners’ needs were met. The UbD lesson focuses on the learner’s ability to further develop their addition and subtraction skills and apply them in problem solving. A variety of performance based tasks and how those tasks will be assessed. The lesson also includes pre-assessment, formative assessments, and summative assessments. The lesson demonstrates my ability to plan, deliver, and assess instruction.
The Pathfinder that I created for my Information Literacy Lesson Plan I feel is a good example of how I taught concept and skills of information processes integrated with classroom content. The Pathfinder is rich with resources on the third grade science standard dealing with the regions of Georgia. I enjoyed creating the Pathfinder, and I feel that it helped guide students in their research.
In today’s schools it is imperative that a school library media specialist is knowledgeable about an extensive amount of resources that can be used to integrate information skills into the classroom. I feel that the WebQuest I helped create is an excellent example of using a web 2.0 tool to blend classroom content and information skills in a way that drives student learning in an interactive, fun approach. The WebQuest gives students an opportunity to explore the different regions of Georgia, and apply the knowledge to a new situation.