Student Name: Heather Picardo

Date: January 31, 2016

Portfolio Artifact Description: Design your dream house- Using drawing
tools create your dream house
What you learned: I knew going into this assignment that creating a dream
home floor plan would be a little more difficult than creating an ideal
classroom. I was familiar with using lines and shape tools; however the
concept of creating a floor plan seemed a little intimidating. This assignment
took me out of my element a little but I enjoyed it. It was not as difficult as I
thought because it was a floor plan that did not include furniture. I can see
how this assignment could be related to technology in schools.
National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers (NETS)-T
Addressed: Standard # 2 Teachers design, develop, and evaluate authentic
learning experiences and assessments incorporating contemporary tools and
resources to maximize content learning in context and to develop the
knowledge, skills, and attitudes identified in the Standards-S. Found at
http://www.iste.org/standards/ISTE-standards/standards-for-teachers (links to
external site)
Application of Skills Learned for the Future: I think this assignment
allows students to express their personal sense of creativity while possibly
incorporating math skills. Younger students could benefit from this
assignment to learn perimeter and area. For older students, you could
equate the amount of square feet to the actual cost per square foot. It would
teach a valuable life lesson as well as continue to let students use creativity
regardless of age.