Module 2 Reflection

This module has helped me think about using standards, CFQ’s or formative assessment in the following ways……

Module 2 has helped me think about using standards curriculum framing questions or formative assessment in the followings:

a. how do I create lessons that reflect the ALEX standards

b. how do I successfully implement the standards within my individual lessons in the classroom

c. how do standards and CFQs collaborate effectively

Before I began the Instructional Technology Masters in the school of education, I was actively taking courses in Collaborative Teaching K-6. I was required to take and successfully pass 4 pre-requisite courses before I could start taking graduate level course in the M.Ed for Collaborative Teaching. I was first introduced to the ALEX website and the use of standards in the Elementary Math for Teachers course with Professor Brown. We had to create a portfolio with standards for grades K-8 in all the subject ares he covered in the class. Each standard had to have a lesson plan and at least one worksheet to accompany the standard and support the lesson. I was taken aback of just how important the standards were and how teachers taught according to these standards. It took me weeks to complete the portfolio. 

Now with all the being said, the unit plan assignment and Module 2 this week has helped me think more in depth about standards and their importance. Before I was simply gathering standards and lesson plans for each subject matter. This class however required that I hone in on one specific subject area in my unit plan and think heavily about how the curriculum, standards, formative assessment, lesson objectives, and projects must work cohesively together with one common goal in mind: teach the student as effectively as possible. In order to deliver lessons to students effectively all these components must go hand in hand. Previously, I learned how to look up standards, complimenting lessons plans that I did not create myself (because they came from the ALEX website as well) and worksheets on a variety of lesson subject matter. This unit plan assignment pushed me to thinker deeper about what I wanted to teach and just how it would benefit the student and relate to the standards. I was expected to not just research and regurgitate items on a website that all educators have access to use. Instead, I was challenged to create a unit with specific lessons that are structured around the curriculum framing questions.