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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 School.

I used a digital camera to take a picture of myself. I also scanned a photo onto the computer and edited the photos on Adobe print shop. The date of the internships were put in there, clip art was added, and put information about myself.

Impact

When I teach I can use Microsoft Publisher to make newsletters and announcements. I can communicate with the parents of the students this way and they can learn about who I am as a person.

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: Deborah Hinshelwood
Last modified: 11/14/2006 4:39 PM (EST)