Journal Entry

Step 1: Journal Activity

 

Select and explore one site from the following list of professional sites for educators.

 

Add the one professional site you visited; then type each of the three resources you located within that one professional site you visited. Place the name of each resource in the document below.

 

Make sure to include your name and email address within the assignment.

 

·                   Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)

 

·                   Education Week

 

·                   National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)

 

·                   National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)

 

·                   National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)

 

·                   National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)

 

·                   Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)

 

·                   International Reading Association (IRA)

 

·                   International Society for Technology Education (ISTE)

 

·                   National Middle School Association (NMSA)

 

·                   National Staff Development Council (NSDC)

 

·                   National Education Association (NEA)

 

·                   American Federation of Teachers (AFT)

 

·                   National Association of Multicultural Educators (NAME)

 

Step 2: Journal

 

Once you have completed the Google Docs Activity explained above, you will use the Journal (click small blue tab labeled “Journal” at the top of the page) and answer the following questions within the Journal about being a professional:

 

·                   Explain how one of the resources will provide a positive change within your teaching. Focus on one resource you found and explain how your students would benefit from this resource. Why?

 

·                   Many resources contain trendy topics, products, technology, or strategies. Focus on one resource you found and explain how trends or new strategies could alter this resource. Why?

 

This Journal is worth 60 points and will be graded according to the criteria found in the Rubrics link under Course Home.

 

This Assignment addresses the following unit learning outcome:

 

·                   Evaluate resources for enhancing professional growth.

 

It also addresses the following course outcomes:

 

ED511-5: Examine the professional responsibilities of educators.

 

ED511-6: Evaluate personal instructional choices in comparison to research on effective teaching.

 

 

 

 

 

Journal Activity

 

Name:

 

Name of site:

 

Three resources within the site:

 

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2.

 

3.

 

 

 

Explain how one of the resources will provide a positive change within your teaching. Focus on one resource you found and explain how your students would benefit from this resource. Why?

 

 

 

 

 

Many resources contain trendy topics, products, technology, or strategies. Focus on one resource you found and explain how trends or new strategies could alter this resource. Why?