|
Jenae Carpenter
Reflecting on the Development of My Educational Technological Literacy
|
|
|
Contents:
1. Technology Operations and Concepts
2. Planning and Designing Learning Environments and Experiences
3. Teaching, Learning, and the Curriculum
4. Assessment and Evaluation
5. Productivity and Professional Practice
6. Social, Ethical, Legal, and Human Issues
7. Final Reflection |
 |
|
|
|
To Return to my home page, please click HERE
|
|
I. TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS AND CONCEPTS.
Teachers demonstrate a sound understanding of technology operations and concepts. Teachers:
|
A.
demonstrate introductory knowledge, skills, and understanding of
concepts related to technology (as described in the ISTE National
Education Technology Standards for Students)
B. demonstrate continual growth in technology knowledge and skills to stay abreast of current and emerging technologies.
|
My Narrative:
Based on my completion of all the assignments in
Education 537--Educational Technology, I believe that I have
"demonstrated my introductory knowledge, skills, and understanding of
concepts related to technology." I now can design my own website
and webquest using the program Nvu. I also learned how to create
a podcast with the program GarageBand and iTunes. Lastly, I
created a video of a lesson I planned using iMovie. I have
"demonstrated much growth in my technology knowledge and skills" this
semester and feel much more "abreast of current and emerging
technologies."
|
Exhibit 1 Website
Exhibit 2 Webquest
Exhibit 3 Podcast
Exhibit 4 Project TEAM Video
|
|
|
II. PLANNING AND DESIGNING LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS AND EXPERIENCES.
Teachers plan and design effective learning environments and experiences supported by technology. Teachers:
|
A.
design developmentally appropriate learning opportunities that apply
technology-enhanced instructional strategies to support the diverse
needs of learners.
B. apply current research on teaching and learning with technology when planning learning environments and experiences.
C. identify and locate technology resources and evaluate them for accuracy and suitability.
D. plan for the management of technology resources within the context of learning activities.
E. plan strategies to manage student learning in a technology-enhanced environment.
|
My Narrative:
This semester I have "designed two appropriate
learning opportunities that apply technology-enhanced instructional
strategies to support the diverse needs of learners." The first
exhibit is my webquest on Revolutionary War figures. This
webquest allows students to delve deep into a long-term project using
the internet and other technologically-based strategies.
Throughout creating this webquest I had to "identify and locate
technology resources (websites) and evaluate them for accuracy and
suitability for young learners." The second exhibit is my podcast
on Dolores Huerta. Students can use this podcast to learn about
the social contributions of Dolores Huerta in a new, unique
technologically-based format. It is also a jumping off point for the
students to create their own podcast using the program GarageBand.
Both of these projects led me to "plan for the management of
technology resources within the context of learning activities and plan
strategies to manage student learning in a technology-enhanced
environment."
|
Exhibit 1 Webquest
Exhibit 2 Podcast
|
|
|
III. TEACHING, LEARNING, AND THE CURRICULUM.
Teachers implement curriculum plans, that include
methods and strategies for applying technology to maximize student
learning. Teachers:
|
A. facilitate technology-enhanced experiences that address content standards and student technology standards.
B. use technology to support learner-centered strategies that address the diverse needs of students.
C. apply technology to develop students' higher order skills and creativity.
D. manage student learning activities in a technology-enhanced environment.
|
My Narrative:
Throughout this semester I have had the opportunity
to create two "technology-enhanced experiences that address content
standards and student technology standards" in the form of a webquest
and a math lesson that focused on using the program Geologo. The
webquest "uses technology to support learner-centered strategies" by
allowing students to complete a project using the internet and other
programs with very little direct instruction--the students are leading
their own learning. The Geologo activity "applied technology to
develop students' higher order skills and creativity" by allowing the
students to create polygons using their knowledge of coordinate
geometry. Both activities allow me to "manage student learning
activities in a technology-enhanced environment."
|
Exhibit 1 Webquest
Exhibit 2 Geologo Lesson Plan
|
|
|
IV. ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION.
Teachers apply technology to facilitate a variety of effective assessment and evaluation strategies. Teachers:
|
A. apply technology in assessing student learning of subject matter using a variety of assessment techniques.
B. use technology resources to collect and analyze data, interpret
results, and communicate findings to improve instructional practice and
maximize student learning.
C. apply multiple methods of evaluation to determine students'
appropriate use of technology resources for learning, communication,
and productivity.
|
My Narrative:
While I have not yet had the opportunity to "apply
technology in assessing student learning," I am progressing toward this
goal. In my webquest, I have designed assessment techniques that
use technology and applied several "methods of evaluation to determine
students' appropriate use of technology resources for learning,
communication, and productivity." In my future teaching I plan to use a
variety of technological resources to assess my students and to
research on best practices to "maximize student learning."
|
| Exhibit 1 Webquest
|
|
|
V. PRODUCTIVITY AND PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE.
Teachers use technology to enhance their productivity and professional practice. Teachers:
|
A. use technology resources to engage in ongoing professional development and lifelong learning.
B. continually evaluate and reflect on professional practice to make
informed decisions regarding the use of technology in support of
student learning.
C. apply technology to increase productivity.
D. use technology to communicate and collaborate with peers, parents,
and the larger community in order to nurture student learning.
|
My Narrative:
This semester I have "used technology to enhance my
productivity and professional practice." I have "used technology
resources to engage in ongoing professional development and lifelong
learning" in the form of my ISTE Membership. With access to all
the resources on their website and the education journal "Learning and
Leading," I have "continually evaluated and reflected on professional
practice to make informed decisions regarding the use of technology in
support of student learning." I have also "used technology to
communicate with peers, parents, and the larger community" by creating
my website--allowing me the opportunity to communicate with the outer
community my educational goals and background. I also constantly
use "technology to increase my own productivity." I use Microsoft
Word, Publisher, and the Internet to research and create most of my
lessons.
|
Exhibit 1 My Website
Exhibit 2 ISTE Membership
Exhibit 3 Turkey Glyph Survey (Microsoft Publisher)
|
|
|
VI. SOCIAL, ETHICAL, LEGAL, AND HUMAN ISSUES.
Teachers understand the social, ethical, legal, and human issues
surrounding the use of technology in PK-12 schools and apply those
principles in practice. Teachers:
|
A. model and teach legal and ethical practice related to technology use.
B. apply technology resources to enable and empower learners with diverse backgrounds, characteristics, and abilities.
C. identify and use technology resources that affirm diversity
D. promote safe and healthy use of technology resources.
E. facilitate equitable access to technology resources for all students.
|
My Narrative:
Throughout this semester I have "modeled legal and
ethical practice related to technology use" in all of my projects.
In my podcast and my webquest I referenced all of the information
I found and used. These projects also allowed me to "apply
technology resources to enable learners with diverse backgrounds,
characteristics, and abilities." All of my students, no matter
their background or educational level could particpate in my webquest.
Also, being a member of ISTE, I work to "promote safe and healthy
use of technology resources" and with all of my exhibits I try to
"facillitate equitable access to technology resources for all students."
|
Exhibit 1 Podcast
Exhibit 2 Webquest
Exhibit 3 ISTE Membership
|
|
|
Final Reflections
As a final reflection, I feel that I
have really learned a lot throughout this course. I have worked
extremely hard to complete all of these projects at a high level of
quality. I spent many hours working to make my website reflect my
personality and background. My webquest is a comprehensive unit
that took a lot of planning and time to complete. There was a lot
of stress that occurred throughout my work on my podcast and Project
TEAM video because of issues with the technology, but I worked through
them and was successful in finishing both projects. I attended
all classes and always put forth my best effort. Not only was I
working toward the NETS Standards this semester, but I also achieved
many of the intended course outcomes:
• demonstrate the ability to critically assess why, when, and how to
use technology to support the learning and thinking process.
• demonstrate knowledge of equity, ethical, legal, and human issues of
computing and technology use as they relate to society and model
appropriate behaviors.
• display an increased understanding of the variety of instructional
programs available for classroom use, as well as appropriate methods
for their utilization.
• apply current instructional principles, research, and appropriate
assessment practices to the use of computers and related technologies.
• explore, evaluate, and use computer/technology-based materials ,
including applications, teacher utilities, educational software and
associated documentation.
• demonstrate knowledge of uses of computers for problem-solving, data
collection, information management, communications, presentations, and
decision making.
• increase the ability to formally evaluate instructional software.
• critically evaluate and utilize online sources or information.
• use Macintosh and Windows-based computers, digital cameras, scanners,
ipods and other related technologies to support the instructional
process.
• demonstrate increased skill in the use of hypermedia applications,
electronic searches, multimedia, WWW construction, telecommunications,
and other recent innovations in educational technology to support
instruction.
• identify resources for staying current in applications of computing and related technologies in education.
• demonstrate professionalism in a commitment to trying new software
and hardware, develop strategies for learning to use new technological
tools, and show patience and persistence in the learning process
• demonstrate progress on meeting the NETS standards as a necessary but not sufficient indicator of technological competence
While I have not achieved every one of these outcomes
and standards, I am progressing toward all of them and feel that I have
learned an immense amount so far this year. I know that I will
continue to grow in my knowledge and application of technology
throughout my career as a teacher.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|