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 **Teachers are able to evaluate themselves.**

The teacher is a reflective practitioner who continually evaluates the effects of his or her choices and actions on pupils, parents, professionals in the learning community and others and who actively seeks out opportunities to grow professionally.

 Microsoft Mouse Mischief Review Game Economics Class    Mouse Mischief is an add-on to Microsoft PowerPoint that allows the creator to add slides to ask yes/no, multiple choice, or short answer questions. I felt I didn’t do enough reflective learning or instant review so I developed this multi-mouse slide presentation. A few of us on staff, along with the technology director, tested it. A classroom set of wireless mice was purchased to use with a presentation containing Multi-Mouse slides. It works best with Windows, recognizing 25 mice rather than XP, which allows about five or six mice to access the slides.
 * Evidence **
 * Rationale **

This PowerPoint presentation was used as a review of terms from the Stock Market unit and Stock Market Simulation. The students in the Economics course are sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Each student had their own mouse with which to respond so everyone’s knowledge was measured. The students were engaged throughout the review. After everyone answers a question, there is immediate feedback to the number of responses for each answer. At that point I knew to either discuss a question or move on. If answers were scattered, I knew I had to discuss it.

Developing presentations with question slides gave me the ability to measure student comprehension shortly after a topic was presented and/or before students were assessed. By adding these slides I’d know if my presentation was effective and/or if students were attentive.

I learned by finding and using Mouse Mischief that several other teachers wanted a resource for review to engage //all// learners throughout the class period, not just //some// learners. You know that a student has responded when their icon has disappeared. If icons are slow to disappear, it may be that students don’t understand the question or they are just being goofy (i.e.—the student with the car icon was “driving” it across the screen). Also, when the results appear on the screen, I couldn’t be certain everyone answered it based on their knowledge or just selecting the same answer as someone else. I believe the students enjoyed reviewing that way. There was some discussion among some students before responses were made, which I thought was a good side effect. As a result of the review, assessment scores were higher. Bringing good technology applications to the classroom aided student //and teacher// learning.

I try to write revisions to lessons following the presentation so that the next time I will account for what I found as successful or needed to be changed for better student understanding and success. It may be that I have to talk about something the next day or give/do an exercise to reinforce a concept.
 * KSD **
 * 9.K.1 **The teacher understands methods of inquiry that provide him/her with a variety of self-assessment and problem-solving strategies for reflecting on his/her practice, its influences on students’ growth and learning, and the complex interactions between them.

The World History teacher and I have spoken many times about multimedia projects our students can do or have done. We share the troubles the students had with working in one lab versus the other (XP vs. Windows 7). The projects were creative and meaningful. We also have spoken about projects/presentations we have made and how well they worked with the class. In particular, we discussed how Mouse Mischief worked with our classes.
 * 9.S.4 **<span style="color: #548dd4; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">The teacher draws upon professional colleagues within the school and other professional areas as supports for reflection, problem-solving and new ideas, actively sharing experiences and seeking and giving feedback.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">The World History and British Literature teachers integrate multimedia projects into their work and as projects for students. We help each other with hardware and application questions. Occasionally students will ask for help on their work. I know that many students are more savvy with technology than I am. I will ask them for suggestions for apps (a freshman student) or finding a certain command on the computer.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">9.D.3 **<span style="color: #548dd4; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">The teacher is willing to give and receive help.

When I have a student in class that struggles, I’ll try to meet with the student to see if he/she has any questions about the curriculum or understanding what I’m asking. I offer to read tests to students who may process the question better if it is heard. Also, I can ‘grade’ a verbal answer at that time rather than making a student write the answer on the test.