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Shannon Blacklidge
Reflecting on the Development of My Educational Technological Literacy
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Contents:
1. Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity
2. Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments
3. Model Digital-Age Work and Learning
4. Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsibility
5. Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership
6. Final Reflection |
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The ISTE National Educational Technology Standards (NETS•T) and Performance Indicators for Teachers
Effective teachers model and apply the National
Educational Technology Standards for Students (NETS•S) as they
design, implement, and assess learning experiences to engage students
and improve learning; enrich professional practice; and provide
positive models for students, colleagues, and the community. All
teachers should meet the following standards and performance
indicators. As a preservice teacher I have begun to:
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1. Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity
Teachers use their knowledge of subject matter,
teaching and learning, and technology to facilitate experiences that
advance student learning, creativity, and innovation in both
face-to-face and virtual environments. Teachers: |
a. promote, support, and model creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness
b. engage students in exploring real-world issues and solving authentic problems using digital tools and resources
c. promote student reflection using
collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students’ conceptual
understanding and thinking, planning, and creative processes
d. model collaborative knowledge construction
by engaging in learning with students, colleagues, and others in
face-to-face and virtual environments |
My Narrative:
I entered the MAT program at Pacific University
with only a very basic technology background. I took a computer science
class at Oregon State University where I learned how to use: Word,
Power Point, Excel, and Photo Shop. However, I can't remember how to do
most of what I learned. I have had a digital camera for about 6 years
and I have operated a digital vidoe camera before, but I have never put
together and edited a movie on my own. I had never heard of web 2.0,
podcasts, or webquests. I knew people who had blogs, but never wanted
one for myself. Through this technology class I have learned
how technology can be very beneficial in the classroom.
I can now say that I have learned how to
operate an Apple computer. I am still not very good at it but at least
I can turn it on, right click, find the internet, and edit a movie. I
still have a lot to learn about using one and all the programs they
have to offer. I also created a website for the first time by
using the program Nvu. My technology class has been stressful,
challenging, and rewarding. In the future, I plan to have a classroom
website and blog to inform my student's family and friends what
the students are learning and doing.
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Exhibit 1 Website
Exhibit 2 Podcast
Exhibit 3 Blog
Exhibit 4 Expressive Arts Video (not available online)
Exhibit 5 Operating a Mac ibook
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II. Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments.
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 NETS•S.
Teachers: |
a. design or adapt relevant learning
experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote
student learning and creativity
b. develop technology-enriched learning
environments that enable all students to pursue their individual
curiosities and become active participants in setting their own
educational goals, managing their own learning, and assessing their own
progress
c. customize and personalize learning
activities to address students’ diverse learning styles, working
strategies, and abilities using digital tools and resources
d. provide students with multiple and varied formative and summative assessments aligned with content and technology
standards and use resulting data to inform learning and teaching |
My Narrative:
I was able to experience digital learning and
assessment when I created my expressive arts video and my podcast. In
my video, I taught first graders a lesson involving painting. My mentor
teacher recorded it and then I edited the film and reflected on how the
experience went. I think that this is a really good way to do a self
assessment. It is also a good way for the teacher who assigned the
project to visually see what you did and what you learned from your
experience teaching. In the future, I would like my students to create
a video and then record a self assessment on how their project went.
What went well and what would they do differently if they were to do
the project again.
Creating a podcast is another good way to see what students learned
about a specific topic. It also allows students to address the podcast
in what ever style they want. For example: it could be in the form of
an interview or a scripted dialouge like in a play.
Designing a WebQuest allows teachers to design and devolp digital
learning. My WebQuest is on the 50 states. I created the WebQuest to
help students learn how to do research on the computer and record their
information in the form of a fact book.
I also found a game on a website for students to play to get familiar with the physical location of the 50 states.
I also put together a digital book that my first grade students
created. This could be a summative assessment of the art project that
they were doing. I made this book for fun because I would like to
develop a classroom library that has student work in it. I was also
thinking that in my future classroom I could do a similar project but
instead of making a book it could be a podcast that showed the
pictures and words, but the student could also listen to the words to
improve reading skills.
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Exhibit 1 WebQuest
Exhibit 2 Expressive Arts Video (not available online)
Exhibit 3 Podcast
Exhibit 4 Digital Book
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III. Model Digital-Age Work and Learning.
Teachers exhibit knowledge, skills, and work
processes representative of an innovative professional in a global and
digital society. Teachers: |
a. demonstrate fluency in technology systems and the transfer of current knowledge to new technologies and situations
b. collaborate with students, peers, parents,
and community members using digital tools and resources to support
student success and innovation
c. communicate relevant information and ideas
effectively to students, parents, and peers using a variety of
digital-age media and formats
d. model and facilitate effective use of current and emerging digital tools to locate, analyze, evaluate, and use information
resources to support research and learning |
My Narrative:
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would like to create a classroom website to publish my students work as
well as a blog to record what we did that day. I have seen both
websites and blogs that do a very good job providing students,
families, and friends this information. I also like how on a blog
people can leave comments for the students. I think that this is a very
good way to introduce digital work and learning. I have created a
website about myself as well as a blog about my experiences in the MAT
program and student teaching.
Creating podcasts and videos are other ways that I would like to
incorporate technology to support learning in the classroom. A
classmate and I created a podcast together and I found it to be very
fun. I have posted the podcast on my website and blog. If I
designed a project for my students to create podcasts I could post them
on my classroom website so that parents or even the community could
have assess to them. I feel that a podcast or video would be a good way
to let students creativly express what they have learned and could be a
good replacement for a research paper or essay.
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Exhibit 1 Website
Exhibit 2 Blog
Exhibit 3 Podcast
Exhibit 4 Expressive Arts video (not available online)
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IV. Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsibility.
Teachers understand local and global societal
issues and responsibilities in an evolving digital culture and exhibit
legal and ethical behavior in their professional practices. Teachers: |
a. advocate, model, and teach safe, legal,
and ethical use of digital information and technology, including
respect for copyright, intellectual property, and the appropriate
documentation of sources
b. address the diverse needs of all learners
by using learner-centered strategies and providing equitable access to
appropriate digital tools and resources
c. promote and model digital etiquette and responsible social interactions related to the use of technology and information
d. develop and model cultural understanding
and global awareness by engaging with colleagues and students of other
cultures using digital-age communication and collaboration tools |
My Narrative:
I have tried to promote and model digitial
information and technology while in my technology class. I plan to
continue to model it as well as to teach to my students safe, leagal,
and ethical uses of digital technology. I am a member of ISTE to
learn more about using digital-age communication and collaboration
tools.
I know that wikis can be used as a
learner-centered form or communication as well as other web 2.0 tools.
However, I am only now starting to slightly understnd them. I feel that
WebQuests are another way to address the diverse needs of learners
because they are also learner-centered and interactive. Podcasts are
another way to support diverse needs because there are so many
different ways to approach creating one.
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Exhibit 1 ISTE
Exhibit 2 Webquest
Exhibit 3 Podcast
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V. Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership
Teachers continuously improve their professional
practice, model lifelong learning, and exhibit leadership in their
school and professional community by promoting and demonstrating the
effective use of digital tools and resources. Teachers: |
a. participate in local and global learning
communities to explore creative applications of technology to improve
student learning
b. exhibit leadership by demonstrating a vision of technology infusion, participating in shared decision making and community
building, and developing the leadership and technology skills of others
c. evaluate and reflect on current research and professional practice
on a regular basis to make effective use of existing and emerging
digital tools and resources in support of student learning
d. contribute to the effectiveness, vitality, and self-renewal of the teaching profession and of their school and community |
My Narrative:
I went to the OTEN conference where I learned about grants and what
student teachers have done with their grant money. The information was
inspiring yet overwhelming. I became a member of ISTE, where I have
access to articles about technology. I also attended an inservice
conference at the Science Factory, where I learned about inquiry
science and collaborated with current teachers.
At my school, I sat in on a meeting about CPS (remotes) and Interwrite
(kind of like a mini smart board). I took notes and tried to help my
mentor teacher and principal learn how to operate them. My school is
considering adopting them, so we decided that I should try to become
familar with them as well.
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Exhibit 1 OTEN Conference
Exhibit 2 ISTE
Exhibit 3 Science Factory Conference
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Final Reflections
We live in a digital technology age and as much as I
would like to run from it, I have learned it is easier to embrace it. I
have never liked using computers or technology, but I also don't want
to be a handicaped teacher because I do not know how to use technology.
Over the past couple months I have learned how to create things that I
didn't even know exisited. For example I created a website with
multiple pages using a program called Nvu. On my website I have a
WebQuest (which I had never heard of ) and a podcast (again I had never
heard of ). The podcast was created in a program called garage band.
Luckily my partner for the podcast knew a lot more about garage band
than me, so it went smoothly. However, I do not think I could do it
again on my own. I am still on training wheels when it comes to
technology and need some help. I also used a Mac for the first time in
my life. I did not only use it, I downloaded a video from a camera and
then used imovie to edit the film. Once I had created a movie (complete
with background music and credits) I imported it and my podcast onto
iDVD and burned a DVD of my digital work. I can not believe that I have
come this far. but I am afraid that I will forget all that I have
learned, just like I did with my computer science class. I want to be
able to incorporate technology into my classroom and have the resourses
and materials needed to support it. I would like to have ipods with
podcasts created by students and audiobooks. I would like my students
to be able to create movies on imovie and have digital cameras to
record their progress. I would love to have a classroom website so that
parents and the community can be involved with what my students are
learning and a blog to post their work. The only way that I can keep
all the information that I have learned fresh is to keep using it and
to continue learning from professional groups, peers, the community,
and my students.
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