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Newsletter

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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 to take a professional photo of myself and inserted the picture into the newsletter.  I also inserted a childhood picture of myself using a scanner and Adobe Photoshop.  Within the newsletter, I included the dates I would be attending the school for my internship, along with information about myself.  I sent the newsletter home with the students in my classroom.

Impact

When I teach, I can use Microsoft Publisher to make newsletters to send home with my students to inform parents of what we are doing in the classroom.  I can also use Microsoft Publisher to make brochures, web sites, and awards for my classroom.  Microsoft Publisher is a very easy program to use and also looks very professional.

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, indicator 3 because this newsletter allows me to communicate with parents using technology.

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Author: Amber Hardy
Last modified: 11/16/2006 2:33 PM (EST)