Technology operations and concepts
I think this area of the summary describes me accurately. I access tech based resources regularly to meet many of my professional and personal needs and I am comfortable doing so. Most of the issues I encounter while working with technology I am able to fumble my way through successfully. My previous career entailed daily exposure to a variety of technical devices used by a young woman who is visually impaired; the responsibility for troubleshooting any issues – which there were many of – landed on my shoulders. I am grateful for this experience because it has certainly helped me become more confident when it comes to using technology.
Assessment and evaluation
I am a little confused with the comments under general preparation here. I access technology 98% of the time when seeking information and I do access a variety of sources, yet the summary suggests I should increase my use of technology for locating, evaluating and collecting information from sources.
I would definitely like to explore how to assess and evaluate students’ work that has been prepared using technology as the summary suggests. I would also like to learn more about technology-based assessment and evaluating strategies. I hope we discuss these issues in class; it would be great to see some samples of students work and the tools teachers use for assessment of technology related assignments.
Learning to assess the validity and reliability of information found online is something else I hope to be exposed to during this course; I think I am a fairly good judge of reliable information but I am not confident enough to teach my students this skill.
Productivity and professional practice
I really like the idea of using technology to facilitate communication with parents/guardians as well as with my colleagues once I am teaching. I am aware of the potential problems relating to electronic communication but while exploring online I have found some really great blogs/websites created by teachers. While I would not give out my personal email address I think it would be great to have a page set-up online where parents could go to find the class calendar, reminders etc. How often do students respond to their parents by grunting “I dunno” when asked what they did in school today? A class blog would allow parents to see for themselves what is going on in their child's classroom.
Social, ethical, legal and human issues
I am very aware of how I need to improve in this area. The summary suggests I aim to identify potential legal and ethical issues while also considering equitable access; the reality is I am quite aware of the issues that exist. Although I may slip on occasion when it comes to my personal use of technology, I understand one hundred percent that it is my job as an educator to model safe and responsible use of technology for my students.
Planning and designing learning environments AND Teaching, learning and the curriculum
While I have no real issues in the General Preparation areas of these two skill sets I definitely need to work on the skills mentioned in the Professional Preparation and Student Teaching columns. I’ve combined these two sets because of the fact that the ‘aim to’ lists have very similar suggestions. My hope is to work on the following prescribed actions during the duration of this course:
- select education-specific resources to meet specific objectives
- design inclusive tech-based learning experiences
- prepare a set of engaging, motivating learner-centred technology-based lessons
- start to select education-specific resources to meet specific objectives
- implement tech-based opportunities for exceptional students
- observe and actively respond to student progress while using technology
- start testing potential ed. tech applications to ensure appropriateness
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