Standard+10

= = =Standard 10= ==The teacher fosters relationships with school colleagues, parents, and agencies in the larger community to support pupil learning and well being and acts with integrity, fairness and in an ethical manner.==
 * Standard 1 *Standard 2 *Standard 3 *Standard 4 *Standard 5 *Standard 6 *Standard 7 *Standard 8 *Standard 9 *Standard 10

=Evidence= Classroom Wiki

=Rationale=

I created a classroom wiki page through wikispaces.com a couple of years ago and have used it during the past two years to showcase student work, creativity interests, and to communicate with students and parents. This wiki page includes announcements, current events, student work, links for students to go to as extensions for all curricular areas, ongoing topics within each subject area, educational games, important links, and even a “How To” section where they can watch screen casts on how to create things like Animoto or Prezi presentations. Each student has their own section where they can display their current work and information on their current book of choice. This is also where all group projects are posted to so parents can watch them at home! This is a great site to build a webpage on because it is very easy to insert information, it was visually appealing, and it allows students to become an integral part of its upkeep. This website was used for students and parents at the fifth grade level, but changes could be made to adapt to any grade level or curricular area. I really enjoyed using wikispaces because I could display what our class was doing fast and conveniently. It helped me as a teacher because I never before realized that parents are very interested in seeing pictures of their student as well as daily announcements, assignments, and practice activities for their children. It is vitally important to keep a strong connection to the home front, and if parents prefer a website to an assignment notebook I would prefer to provide both options to accommodate various home situations.

=KSDs= **KSD ****10.K.1 The teacher understands schools as organizations within the larger community context and understands the operations of the relevant aspects of the system(s) within which s/he works. **

The main purpose of this classroom wiki page was to showcase student projects and learning, communicate with parents and family members what is going on in our classroom, and provide an assignment board to keep students and parents up-to-speed at any moment from anywhere the internet is available. Any school, like a business, has many more people than just the workers or students that have invested time and interest into what is going on in the day-to-day procedures. This wiki page allows anyone interested to visit the webpage, read the announcements, and view the accomplishments we are striving to make and relate that to the national standards we are working hard to meet.

**10.S.2 The teacher makes links with the learners’ other environments on behalf of students, by consulting with parents, counselors, teachers of other classes and activities within the schools, and professionals in other community agencies. **

My classroom wiki made it possible to consult with parents in a more convenient way. The website allows parents to see what is going on inside our classroom with just a click of the mouse. Often times it is hard for parents to call or stop in to see the teacher or volunteer in a classroom. Because of this fact in my community a wiki page allows students to proudly show parents what they are accomplishing in our room! This allows parents to still feel like they are part of the process. If at any time parents have a question there is also a “Contact Mr. B.” tab that will lead them to my email address and school phone number, which allow for near immediate response.

**10.D.1 The teacher values and appreciates all aspects of a child’s experience. **

I think that a classroom wiki or webpage helps prove that I highly value my students’ experiences in the classroom. The wiki offers students and parents the ability to view happenings going on in the classroom or work on extra practice activities offered in the “Practice/Fun” section. This is something that can be accessed from almost anywhere and can be updated by my students or myself daily. This allows them to foster a real sense of ownership and because of that I’ve found they are willing to go above and beyond to create phenomenal projects, videos, or essays in order to share it with loved ones on the internet.