Standard TF III Teachning, Learning and the Curriculum
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Educational technology facilitators apply and implement curriculum plans that include methods and strategies for utilizing technology to maximize student learning. Educational technology facilitators: A. Facilitate technology-enhanced experiences that address content standards and student technology standards. Candidates: 1. use methods and strategies for teaching concepts and skills that support integration of technology productivity tools (refer to NETS for Students). 2. use and apply major research findings and trends related to the use of technology in education to support integration throughout the curriculum. 3. use methods and strategies for teaching concepts and skills that support integration of research tools (refer to NETS for Students). 4. use methods and strategies for teaching concepts and skills that support integration of problem solving/decision-making tools (refer to NETS for Students) 5. use methods and strategies for teaching concepts and skills that support use of media-based tools such as television, audio, print materials, and graphics. 6. use and describe methods and strategies for teaching concepts and skills that support use of distance learning systems appropriate in a school environment. 7. use methods for teaching concepts and skills that support use of Web-based and non Web-based authoring tools in a school environment. B. Use technology to support learner-centered strategies that address the diverse needs of students. Candidates: 1. use methods and strategies for integrating technology resources that support the needs of diverse learners including adaptive and assistive technology. C. Apply technology to demonstrate students' higher-order skills and creativity. Candidates: 1. use methods and facilitate strategies for teaching problem-solving principles and skills using technology resources. D. Manage student learning activities in a technology-enhanced environment. Candidates: 1. use methods and classroom management strategies for teaching technology concepts and skills in individual, small group, classroom, and/or lab settings. E. Use current research and district/regional/state/national content and technology standards to build lessons and units of instruction. Candidates 1. describe and identify curricular methods and strategies that are aligned with district/regional/state/national content and technology standards. 2. use major research findings and trends related to the use of technology in education to support integration throughout the curriculum.
Reflection III Today’s students will graduate and enter a 21st century workforce that will require they be completely comfortable with many different forms of technology and many different software programs and applications. They will work on projects with colleagues from all over the world, they will communicate via webcam, email, text, wikispaces, podcasts, blogs and many other yet to be invented applications. We as teachers need to equip them to research, find credible information, communicate with peers and present their findings using technology. ALA Standard 1 requires that students, “Follow an inquiry-based process in seeking knowledge in curricular subjects, and make the real-world connection for using this process in own life.” It also states they should “Evaluate information found in selected sources on the basis of accuracy, validity, appropriateness for needs, importance, and social and cultural context.” It further requires they are to “Demonstrate mastery of technology tools for accessing information and pursuing inquiry.” (ALA/AASL p. 4) This World Book Online lesson is a beginning step toward understanding and managing a research based site that allows for organization of information, projects and classes as well as creative means of presentation. This site is available to our students through 12th grade and is a wonderful tool to help teach intelligent consumption of information and management of web based inquiry. I recently took a masters level class called Introduction to Authoring Tools. The class asked me to develop a project that required multimedia involvement. The lesson required the students to use MovieMaker, Audacity, and Prezi. This is the sample project that I developed for the students. The project also asked the students to present their historical findings. We used Prezi.
ALA/AASL, (March 2003). ALA/AASL Standards. Retrieved October 2, 2010, from ALA web site: http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/guidelinesandstandards/learningstandards/AASL Learning_Standards_2007.pdf
Artifacts Historical Presenation (Prezi)
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