It has been really interesting reading the tips that have come through during the November challenge. Something that seems to be coming through strongly from those that have contributed so far is that teachers applying for jobs would be in a stronger position if they could show evidence in a digital form of their own critical reflection on their teaching practice.
I have been doing some thinking around this recently in relation to the Registered Teacher Critieria. As Digi Advisors, we have put together a wiki showing ideas on how to meet each of the criterion through e-learning practices. However, something that I think is really interesting is how digital tools can be used to collect and collate that evidence. We have put some of these ideas together on a page on the wiki:
http://registeredteachercriteria.wikispaces.com/Gathering+the+evidence
Here is a quick summary of some of the ideas that there are examples of on the wiki page:
These are just a few ideas to start the ball rolling. Have you got any more thoughts on how teachers can use digital tools to talk to their progress against the criteria or to show prospective employees evidence of reflective practice?
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Hi Suzie,
I'm finding using blogging as a method to gather evidence on the Graduating Teacher Standards has been a really interesting process not just for myself but by the amount of incoming searches I'm getting on the GTS. This shows to me that there is a need for more evidence to be available to help the learning of others but nobody has taken up the challenge of creating it.
Stephanie
That is why it is fantastic to have people like yourself Stephanie that are blazing the trail. There is such potential for the use of etools as part of this process so it is great to have models of how others are doing this.