Artifact 10

CONTEXT: In a curriculum and instruction course at Appalachian State University, instructed by Pam Schram, I completed a Classroom Climate and Environment assignment.

IMPACT: I incorporated my teaching philosophy and leadership style into the Classroom Climate and Environment assignment. I mentioned that I would like to establish an environment in which all students belong to the classroom family and are connected through common experiences. As an aspect of the Classroom Climate and Environment assignment, I also considered ways in which students could share technology resources and materials within the context of learning.

ALIGNMENT: The Classroom Climate and Environment assignment satisfies goal IID of the National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers, as well as INTASC Standard V. The Classroom Climate and Environment assignment illustrates my methods for managing technology resources in my classroom, such as through encouraging students to share computers and other technological tools. In the learning environment, which is based upon the ideas of inclusion and sharing, students in my classroom will be expected to take turns and share technology resources at computer, music, and listening stations. Sign up sheets to assist in managing the sharing of technology resources will be used in my classroom (IID). By describing the community of learners’ environment that I plan to set up in my classroom, I exhibited my intentions of establishing clear procedures and expectations that will allow the classroom to become a family-like environment. In the Classroom Climate and Environment assignment, I outlined specific plans for building a collaborative learning community, such as by seating students at tables, posting a list of classroom expectations, establishing student jobs, conducting class meetings, and designating a whole class reading time for each day (INTASC V).