My Educational Technology Development and Evaluation
1. I am highly skilled at general technology skills such as communication and word processing devices. I feel comfortable using email or text for communication and I am good at working with Microsoft Office and Google Docs.
2. I am confident with helping students to use technology for creative development and learning. I know resources that will allow the students to display what they have learned in an engaging way.
3. I excel in participating in professional growth and leadership by networking on social media on the topic of education. I also look to the internet to find resources that will provide me with new perspectives and ideas.
After Training
Before Training
Strengths
Areas For Improvement
Evidence of Accomplishing These Goals
1. I need to improve on using web development software.
2. I need to better understand current research on technology.
3. I need to become more knowledgable on how to confront cyberbullying.
1. I will become comfortable enough with what I've learned to be able to teach someone else the skills.
2. I aim to be able to inform students about technology and guide them to use safe practices.
3. I will be able to use web development and multimedia software in my classroom.
1. I need to continue to find research on the best technology practices in the classroom.
2. I need to better understand how to promote cultural awareness using technology.
3. I need to practice using technology for collaboration in virtual environments.
1. I know how to incorporate technology based upon the 4 E's. I can differentiate between if a source is good or not based off of if it is effective, engaging, enhancing, and efficient. I am confident with this because I created a video that evaluated the website "ICIVICS", based on the 4 E's.
2. I can incorporate technology into existing lesson plans in order to make the lessons more effective. I feel I excel at this because I was able to create a new lesson plan that incorporated technology for a previous teacher of mine. To view the lesson plan, click here!
3. I am able to communicate and demonstrate the effective uses of technology with colleagues, parents and students. I feel that I can
communicate this information because I created an infographic that gives helpful information about how to use technology effectively.
1. By creating a video that evaluated a technological resource, I was able to address my goal of communicating what I've learned with someone else. In the video I evaluate the resource "ICIVICS" based on if it was effective, enhancing, engaging, and efficient. This allowed me to share what I've learned with someone who may be contemplating using the resource.
2. In order to be able to inform students about technology and guide them to safe practices, I created an infographic that describes appropriate ways to have relationships on the internet and information about further internet safety. This infographic provides a great resource for my students to reference if they are wondering about appropriate internet usage.
3. To address my goal of feeling comfortable with using web development and multimedia software, I created a video using WeVideo. The video I created used multimedia software to compile pictures into a stop-motion video. I was also able to add a voice-over and music to the video. The usage of web development and multimedia software made the instructional video very engaging and effective.