Heather L. McNeilly, RCOE, Appalachian State University
While in block at Appalachian State University, one of my assignments was
Portrait of a Learner. Part of this assignment was that I choose one student
from the second grade class that I was interning in to focus on for the
semester. I was required to get permission from the student’s parents for
my student to participate in this assignment. I tracked the academic growth
of my learner over the semester and also developed a video that was about
my Portrait of a Learner. Three copies of the video were made. One
copy was given to the parents, the other copies were given to my professor,
and I kept the last copy to go into my files.
By doing this extensive work with this student, I got to use different
kinds of assessment materials in different content areas. As a teacher,
I will be able to do assessments on all of my students and be able to chart
their growth throughout the school year. By using these assessments, I
will be able to determine where my students are at academically and where
I need to start with them in my classroom. Also by developing the video
that dealt with my student, I will be able to use the information that
I learned to collect data on students in my classroom. In my classroom,
I plan to for each student to have a permission slip on file. I also plan
to have weekly newsletters so that parents will be well informed of the
events that are taking place in the class.
In doing the Portrait of a Learner assignment, I used technology effectively
to collect information on student learning using a variety of methods(12.2).
By developing a video on my Portrait Student and giving copies to my professor
and his parents, I was able to use technology effectively and appropriately
to communicate information in a variety of formats on student learning
to colleagues, parents, and others(12.3). By
having my student’s parents sign a permission form to participate in this
assignment and documenting the music that was used in my video, I established
procedures that ensure compliance with copyright law, fair-use guidelines,
security, and child protection(14.1). Also
by documenting the music that was used in the video, I addressed social,
legal, and ethical issues related to technology use(14.3).