While reading the articles and watching the movies about technology I realized that there are lots of things that I need to improve upon. There are also a couple things that I fell I do alright at.
In the National Educational Technology Standards (NETS). I really liked how it outlines all the standards and performance indicators that all classroom teachers should be prepared to meet. The one thing from this article that I am going to work on is under heading III Teaching, Learning and the Curriculum section B. Use technology to support learner-centered strategies that address the diverse needs of students. Until this class I didn't realize that teachers must use technology to differentiate for the different learning styles and preferences of the students. I would say that this is probably one of my weaknesses. I'm a little ashamed to say that I'm not super tech savvy. In one of the video clips it talked about preparing the students for jobs that don't even exist right now. I want to do that, I want my students to have a spirit of discovery that will take them to places they didn't think they could go to discover things they didn't thing existed. When I am teaching my own class I want to make sure a use technology to support learner-centered strategies that address the diverse needs of my students. The one strength that this article made me realize that I have is applying technology to increase productivity. I'm a firm believer in using technology to do things more quickly and more effectively.
When I was reading the UNI Preservice Teacher Technology competencies it was shocking to see how many things I need improvement in! One of these is described by question 3 Describe and implement basic trouble-shooting techniques for multimedia computer systems with related peripheral devices. I don't have any clue about troubleshooting things. I sort of assumed that there would be a computer specialist at the school that could help me with any problems that I may have. But this isn't always true I need to develop these skills for myself. There was only one or two things in which I put that I am an expert at. One of them from UNI was listed under question 6 Demonstrate knowledge of equity, ethics, legal, and human issues concerning use of computers and technology. The expert level states: I reflect upon and make educated decisions in determining the effectiveness of activities that help my students gain awareness of copyright laws concerning information and computer software and the importance of equitable access to information technology. When I took the el-ed version of this class and we did the internet safety activity. I have since then always felt a strong desire to help kids realize the dangers and benefits of the internet and technology. I plan on teaching my students about that even though I'm teaching math.
My two goals are: 1. to find ways to implement technology in my every day teaching (using a Smartboard). 2. To learn how to troubleshoot my own computer. Two resources I found that I can improve my weaknesses are first a Smartboard training website when I was doing my teacher work sample my teacher used a Smartboard, it was really neat and I hope one day I have one in my classroom. SmartBoard Training. The next way I am going to improve my technology skills is by reading this website. It is about trouble shooting
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