Standard 4: Criteria F

Uses available resources, including technologies, in the delivery of Instruction.

I am using my blog, Quia, and icivics to meet this particular criteria because I think it shows strength and growth.

I chose my blog because it is the best delivery system of online instruction that I have found.  Any lesson can be linked to it and found at a later time if needed.  I often link films, games, activities, google docs, maps, instructions, anything at all that I want students to see today.  It is especially useful if we have the computer cart, but I also use it when we do not.  It is just a great jumping off point for any lesson.  I use it as a planning book and a way of looking at what we were doing last year, or even 5 years ago during the same month.
Artifact:  Mr Munford's History Blog

I chose Quia to show competency in the standard.  I use it with students throughout the year.  Here you will find a list of online activities and quizzes that can be accessed by students and parents to follow growth throughout the year.  Students and parents can log in to look at scores for quizzes and activities.
Artifact:  Quia page   

I chose icivics because like Quia, students and parents can log in to see what we are learning in class as well as see scores for games, activities and even read essays written by students online.
icivics.

Reflection:  I like using the different online resources because it gives kids the opportunity to navigate through different websites.  Students like the games and activities as a way to "gamify" traditional social studies curriculum.  Because I can keep track of their online activity, I have been able to see that many of them spend time playing a favorite game or activity outside of school.  Also, between my blogspot and these other sites, kids who are absent or behind in their work can easily access lessons to catch up.