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*Abby Jones*
Reflecting on the Development of My Educational Technological Literacy
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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:
Throughout this course of technology I
have learned an abundance of new technology skills. I look forward to using
some of the skills I have learned in my own classroom. The creating of the
WebQuest was much more time consuming than I had imagined; but the finished
product gives insight to how it could potentially save time in the future.
Allowing the students to use technology will learn and comprehend lots of information.
The creation of the Podcast was an
adventure. I personally had never even seen a Podcast, let alone make one. The
process itself was fun and the end product was educational. I was able to learn
so much about the person we did the Podcast on and I can see how beneficial it
could be for a student to use Podcasts to help them learn different topics; either
by creating them or watching them. I look forward to being to use technology in
the classroom, and encouraging my students to take an interest into what it can
bring to the classroom.
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Exhibit 1 WeQuest
Exhibit 2 Podcast
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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:
Through the use of Project
TEAM I was able to record myself giving a lesson and then go back and
reflect on my performance. This teaching tool was amazing, it
allowed me to critically look at myself through someone
else's eye. I could see how you could potentially use a camcorder in
the classroom to record yourself or the students depending on what the
learning objective was.
Another project that helped promote student
learning was the website I am designing. Websites are nothing new, but
to the use of the teachers it can be a relatively new concept. Through
the use of a website there are endless possibilities to help develop
digital-age learning experiences. Being able to connect the website to
a multitude of sites is a way to encourage students to search the web
in a productive manner.
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Exhibit 1 Website
Exhibit 2 Project TEAM (not online)
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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:
My Podcast is an effective way
to show how a teacher can be innovative in a digital society. Creating
a Podcast is like telling an informational story but the students have
the accessibility to access it when ever they want. It is a great
learning tool for students, as previously mentioned, and it's a great
way to show your students how easy technology can be to create
something so useful.
The creation of my website is another tool that exhibits my knowledge
and skills toward working at becoming an innovative professional. The
website not only will help my students understand information that I
give but the parents as well. It allows contact between the parents,
students, and myself creating an open communication system. This alone
is very innovative with the digital society. I look forward to being
able to use that tool on my website in the future.
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Exhibit 1 Podcast
Exhibit 2 Website
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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:
Through the membership of ISTE
I will be able to stay up-to-date with the latest technology
advancements and opportunities that are available, especially those
pertaining to teachers. ISTE also is a place I can go to find out how
to avoid any legal matters and what the regulations are for certain
issues. ISTE is very informational and will help me become a more
responsible teacher when it comes to my virtual learning.
Through the use of Inspiration or Kidspiration you have the opportunity
to organize all of your thoughts and ideas. Students would find
Kispiration very easy to use and very helpful. Through
Inspiration/Kidspiration you could set up plan that allows the students
to understand different parts of the internet and how they would be
able to access it. It could be used as a tool to help comprehension of
the verbal instructions given. I found Inspiration to be a helpful when
it came time to plan a project and I see the potential for the
students.
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Exhibit 1 ISTE Membership
Exhibit 2 Inspiration/Kidspiration
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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:
ISTE Membership also allows
professional growth as a teacher. As mentioned before, it is a site
that communicates what is going on in the technology world and conveys
the most important information for teachers. ISTE keeps teachers in the
know of what is out there and available, it 's a way for teacher's to
connect their ideas and innovations.
The OTEN Conference is a place for professional growth. It is a
conference that allows pre-service teachers to get a look at what other
teacher's in the community are doing. I found the conference to be very
informative and it was also nice that most of the teachers who
presented at the conference were, somewhat, beginning teachers. This
was important for me because it told me that I can do these things in
my classroom right away, I don't need to be an experienced teacher to
incorporate technology into the classroom.
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Exhibit 1 ISTE Membership
Exhibit 2 OTEN Conference
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Final Reflections
In completion of the technology course, my advancement and
understanding of technology will continue to grow. I am just at the beginning
stages of understanding all that is available. This class has given me the opportunity
to start this journey through experimentation and implementation. The projects
mentioned throughout the portfolio are only a few examples of the different
uses for technology in the classroom that we had discussed over the term; and
they are only at the beginning stages of what they could be. Overall, I have
learned so much and am so proud of all the accomplishments that I have been
able to achieve. I look forward to being able to share these tools and
techniques with future colleagues and students. Even more so, I look forward to
my continuation of learning about technology and the many ways that I will be
able to implement them in my classroom!
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