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Newsletter

bookbag.gif clip art from discoveryschool.com
NC- North Carolina DPI Elementary Education Specialty Area Standards
Standard: Standard 16: Elementary teachers develop as leaders in their schools and communities by staying informed about educational policy issues and supporting professional development. Elementary teachers participate in co-curricular activities, provide leadership in student and curriculum involvement, and connect these activities to the development of citizenship ideals in their students.
Indicator: Indicator 3: Teachers communicate with parents, guardians, and caretakers to build partnerships between home and school.
USA- ISTE: National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) for All Teachers
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Standard V: Productivity and Professional Practice. Teachers use technology to enhance their productivity and professional practice.
Performance Indicator C: Apply technology to increase productivity.
Performance Indicator D: Use technology to communicate and collaborate with peers, parents, and the larger community in order to nurture student learning.

Rationale for Newsletter

Context

Using Microsoft Publisher, I created a 1-page newsletter to send home with the students in my block internship at Mountain View Elementary School. I used a digital camera and used a scanner to insert a childhood photo of myself. Within the newsletter I included clip art, the dates of my internship, and information about myself.  

Impact              

When I teach I can use Microsoft Publisher to send out newsletters and brochures to inform students and parents of current events pertaining to the class. I can also use Microsoft Publisher to create awards for the students. Students can create newsletters and brochures for various projects in the class.

Alignment

I have met competency VC because creating newsletters on a computer is much more efficient than using paper and pencil. I can reuse this newsletter from year to year and change it as I need to.

I have met NETS-T competency VD and NCDPI standard for elementary educators #16, indictor 3 because this newsletter allows me to communicate with parents using technology.

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Author: Summer Barker
Last modified: 5/30/2007 10:57 AM (EST)