Standard Two: Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning
Experiences and Assessments
Teachers design, develop, and evaluate authentic learning experiences and assessments incorporating contemporary tools and resources to maximize content learning in context and to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes identified in the NETS-S.
Name of Artifact: Inspiration Concept Map
Date: October 2014 Course: EDUC 201: Using Computers in Education
Brief Description: This assignment is a complex map that displays different
options students have to learn the same things. It is based off of students with special needs, or students who just need an alternative way to learn to the best of their ability. Rationale: To demonstrate my understanding of Standard Two: Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments, I have chosen to include my Inspiration Concept Map. This assignment is very complex in appearance, but the construction of it was fairly simple. When students create a map like this, or teachers create a map, it does not have to have so many different components. The purpose of this assignment was to identify different processes and programs available to special needs students which can adapt the learning process and create a whole new way for a student to learn best. It displays what can be authentic learning experiences for students who are not able to learn with traditional practices and incorporates contemporary tools and technologies which are out in the world specifically for special needs students who need an alternative method of learning. It offers frustrated students a chance to thrive. I created this