Reflection+Statement

Personal reflection is an essential component in the development of a professional educator. The purpose is to reflect on the information, learning's, readings, experiences of this class, performance task, book talk, their application to the profession, the seven recommendations in “Turning Points 2000”, the four essential questions, and how you see yourself integrating technology in your classroom. Some reflective questions to consider: 1) What new learning's did I discover? 2) What questions have now come to the surface for me? 3) What actions will I take as a result of these learning's? 4) What else do I now want to know? The product may take a form that is appropriate for you as a means of demonstrating your professional growth and understanding of middle level education. Options you may select: 1) Keep a journal with regular and meaningful entries, 2) Write a 4-5 page reflective paper, 3) Make a recording, 4) Make a video, 5) Use illustration with descriptions, 6) Design a scrapbook with explanations, 7) Make a portfolio of your thoughts, quick writes, and other activities with explanations, 8) Design a web page, utilize a form of technology (i.e. Power Point, I-movie, etc) 9) Other ways you would like to use to demonstrate your learning's, which will require prior approval from your professor.
 * Reflection Statement - (20 points) Standard 10**