Reflection

This is relevant to my future classroom in a way that allows me to incorporate technology in a way that i had never imagined. I am going to be using this in several ways, including visual presentations, allowing students to create projects, and using it to accommodate to students who truly need it. Students need to have the opportunity to learn in a plethora of ways, and this is a fantastic tool to use to do so. As a future educator, my students are my priority, and this gives me an advantage that i had most previously not been exposed to. I want to be viewed as a leader and somebody who cares, and using this to put in extra effort to relay my lessons, help my students learn, and growing my own knowledge is a fantastic start.

I hope to use these skills in my future classroom by not only using them to create engaging content, but also share them with my students. I am a huge proponent for creative liberty when it comes to projects and assessments and Apple offers some great ways for students to employ creativity while using the iPads. My ISTE standard of choice was "Designer" because it addresses these very same desires. Allowing students to take creative liberties in assessments is a great way to "teach to the edges" and account for learners' differences in the classroom. It is important to me that students are able to show me what they know in the most effective way possible. In my future classroom, I'd love to include iMovie and Keynote options, along with the traditional Pages and Numbers, to students in order for them to demonstrate their learning. 

Through the Apple Teacher website, I learned about all the different features that the Apple apps allow you to do.  Through the use of Pages, Numbers, Keynote, and iMovie, I can create just about any type of media presentation for my class.  Worksheets, tables, slideshows, and video lessons are all possible.
Ipads are a great resource for the students.  Students will be able to use them to demonstrate their learning in a variety of ways.  This allows them flexibility to share their knowledge in a way that they find most interesting.  This aligns with ISTE standards of an Empowered Learner and Creative Communicator.  The iPads can also be used for researching, which connects to the standard of Knowledge Constructor.  

I found this activity to be very helpful. I loved learning about different features that I never knew existed. I thought I pretty much knew what could be done on the Ipad, but this surprised me by introducing so many more things. This is relevant to my future classroom because it gives me many tools to make assignments more creative. I loved the idea of students creating and narrating their own stories on pages. It is something I could definitely see myself using in my future classroom. I love the idea of using these apps that seem boring as a creative tool for learning. 

The apple teacher program is relevant to my future classroom because it will introduce my students to new and different ways of learning the content that will be presented. It allows students to be able to experiment with different software that they can continue to use in the future in and out of the classroom. ISTE standard #5 is designer, not only will the teacher be able to design the curriculum into one of the softwares, students will also get to be the designer in their own work and lessons and be able to use the apple programs in a way that makes most sense to their learning style. My future classroom will be able to reach every student and their specific learning styles. The apple teacher program and softwares will be able to help me design specific presentations to further help my students grasp the concept being taught. If a student does not understand the curriculum on a certain program, then it can be broken down and designed into a different one. I hope to be able to use the technology in the classroom in a positive way that also introduces my students to new and innovative ways to learn and present. 

This process was incredibly entertaining, as I love learning about and using new gadgets. It's always a bit humbling to realize that despite growing up with technology there will always be features and functions you don't know about until someone tells you, but I also think that is part of the fun of tech. As a teacher, I will always try to be openminded about technology in the classroom and I look forward to being schooled by my students as I inevitably lose touch with new tech. The worst thing is to have a teacher who is clearly out of their depth with the tools being given to them, but also refuses to accept help from their students. I chose the 'Learner' ISTE standard, and that is something I try to live by as both an educator and a human being. You will never have all the answers, and that's okay. The important part is to never stop learning.

I can use these tools for my lessons because most schools now have iPads. Even though I am a math teacher, technology can still be used to share unique ways to solve problems. Keynote can be useful to make cool presentations and research on mathematicians or complex math projects. By using these tools, I can be a knowledge constructor for my students by giving them ways to produce information artifacts for math and so many other subjects. 

I am very glad to now be an Apple Certified Teacher in some of the most common apps on the iPad. Even if my students do not have iPads at their disposal, I will be able to create more engaging lesson plans with my new knowledge on my own iPad. I think having this certification directly relates to ISTE standard 2: Leader. Having this knowledge going into the classroom will only be beneficial to me, my students, and my school. As a future high school math teacher, I am especially glad to be more familiar with the numbers app. I think this will allow me to be more creative and hands on in my future classroom. It will also be easier for my students to use numbers because I will be able to demonstrate the activities and be familiar with common problems with may run into. Having this certification is not only a great resume boost, but provides me with knowledge that will help to make my future classroom and students more technologically aware.

Apple has a lot of great apps to use on the iPads.  I feel that I often see the iPads used for games in the elementary schools, but I feel there are a lot of useful tools available on the iPad that children can also begin to learn and understand to help their development.

The relevance of Apple education in my future classroom is probably beyond my current understanding. Technology is constantly expanding its boundaries, offering new ways for educators to engage their students. Many schools are starting/progressing their indulgence into said technology, implementing iPads, laptops, SmartBoards, and other devices into the classroom. Being able to become certified in these products essentially means we are gaining the skill necessary to actively connect our teaching to the technology. With the continuation of the expansion, we have to be able to keep up with what is new and integrate it into our lessons, giving students the opportunity to grow in their skills as well. In my future classroom, I think I could use the "Pages" app the most. I say this because there is an option to draw and write and insert shapes (2D AND 3D)... These things are all important in a math setting because I will always encourage note-taking, and drawing in notebooks is huge for some learners. I learned that Pages offers all of that as I played around with the app.
Regarding my ISTE standard I chose, I was able to discuss it in the other evidence post, but I can add a few things. Students are equally aware that technology is evolving fast. We as educators are keeping up with this in order to continuously engage our students. I chose the facilitator standard as what this mostly applied to. I did not know anything remotely useful about Apple's education apps until becoming certified. Now that I do know, I feel it is important to stay up to date on what we can do about technology in our classes. We need the skills to create learning opportunities that they may never had heard of (as I said what happened with me). Modeling our knowledge of the technology and using it in creative ways can potentially encourage and inspire students to want to learn more about it, actively engaging them in the lessons we have been able to make.

The apple teacher certification is extremely useful in my future classroom because many of the applications such as pages, iMovie, Keynote, and Numbers are all used with skills that are transferable to other applications and resources everywhere. You never know if you will end up with a school that partners with Apple products, but nevertheless, you can always create using these applications and use a keynote presentation or a Numbers chart to enhance your lesson plan or to demonstrate a concept. All of these certifications are necessary to a teachers technological abilities in an ever changing classroom. The ISTE standards I chose for this are: empowered learner, digital citizen, innovative designer, and creative communicator. 

The apps and tools provided through the iPad can be very beneficial for my future classroom. As technology becomes more prominent, it is important to teach my students technological skills to help them. These apps also help bring a creative aspect to education. As an English teacher, I can help teach writing or comprehension skills by allowing my students to portray what they learned. I can have students make book trailers of the class book, or I can have students draw pivotal moments in a story. I can allow them to create their own graphic organizers to help organize their thoughts and idea. These apps are used to foster creativity and with this creative aspect, comes a deeper understanding of the curriculum. Students can make movies or music. They can create graphs and data to organize their thoughts. Students will become more engaged, and they will be brought out of their comfort zones. My ISTE choice was Designer. These tools can be used to create a curriculum that will fully engage my students while leading them to think critically.