Artifact #1
Permission slip to videotape/photograph/audiotape students
This was created at the beginning of my internship in first grade at Bethel Elementary School to get permission to videotape, photograph or audiotape the students for projects in my classes.
Context
This letter was created at Bethel Elementary School using Microsoft
Word 97. The letter was written to serve two purposes. The other intern
in my class and I wanted to introduce ourselves to the parents and also
get permission to videotape, photograph and/or audiotape some of the students.
It was written on September 15th and sent home with the students that day.
We asked parents to return them in a week so that we could begin work videotaping
for a project in our Media and Technology class.
Impact
This letter will impact much of the work I do in my class during my
internship because it determines which students will be involved in the
videotaping etc. I will also use this letter in the future when I have
to send a similar letters home to the parents of my students. I will use
this letter as a template for other letters that will be sent home as well.
Alignment
This artifact discusses issues surrounding the use of technology (Tech.
Competency 14.3). This letter discusses the use of technology by
myself as a student and with the students in my class. It includes informing
the parents as to what may be used, such as videotape, photographs and
audiotape. This artifact also is a form of communication between
the parents and the teacher, (Tech Competency 12.3).
By informing the parents of why I was in the class with their child and
what I would be doing while there I was able to communicate with the parents.
Because this artifact asks for permission from parents to do something
it will later involve planning around which students are allowed to be
videotaped, photographed or audiotaped. (INTASC
#7) By sending this letter home I am communicating with parents
and fostering relationships between the parents and the teacher. This supports
the learning and well-being of the student. (INTASC
#10)