Standard 1

Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity
          Being a teacher means so much more than just teaching. As teachers it is your job to inspire students as they work. Teachers inspire students to do their best work and be creative with it. We encourage them to let their personality shine through their work. Using technology gives them so many more options and opportunities to be creative with their work.
          In order for teachers to facilitate creative learning, we must first model it for the student. We then let the students engage in it. It is very important to give the students as many different experiences in the classroom as possible so they will be better prepared for the real world. The more problems students are faced with or things they may encounter while being supervised will give them the best chance to succeed.
          In order for teachers to properly model for students, they have to know the subject matter they are teaching. Which is why it is so important for teachers to be overly prepared for class, especially in a technology based classroom. They need to be prepared for anything and everything.
          Teachers also need to be prepared to learn with the students. It is very important for teachers to be open to what students have to say because you never know when an opportunity will present itself for a student to teach you something.
          What I have learned over this semester in IT365 helps promote all of these, every activity we did allowed us to incorporate a little of ourselves in each project. The more creative students are allowed to be, the better they will enjoy the work.
Artifacts: Concept Mapping, Blogging, website