Integrating technology into the classroom is so important. It is essential for preparing our students for this global society. As a teacher, I have many strengths and weaknesses. I feel that it is a ultimately a collaborative effort with incorporating technology: the school district providing the technology financially, myself being open to using the technology, and professional development being provided to effectively use it. Technology will help all types of learners become engaged in learning and acquire the skills needed in the real world. Technology helps learning to become more meaningful and fun!
My strengths in technology are email, WORD, basic Power Points, using a 3-M board, and searching the Internet. Yes, I stretched this as far as I could to have some strengths:) I am now feeling confident with blogs and delicsious.com due to only one week of taking this course.
My weaknesses in technology are learning new things. I am open to this, but just don’t have the time to learn it on my own. I wish the school district would provide the time and professional development to effectively implement our current and new technology in our classrooms.
According to the Hallmarks of an Effective eMINTS Classroom survey, I am proficient to advanced with teacher-facilitated learning, student-centered learning, unique teaching pedagogy and learning strategies to implement standards-based curriculum, community of learners, and assessment of student performance. I am transitional in project-based learning, use of technology for learning, and professional collaboration.
According to Grappling’s technology and learning spectrum, I am in between the adapting uses and transforming uses. I would like to fall into the transforming uses category in the future. I want to be using technology as complex learning and thinking tools, assessment tools, and productivity tools. I most hope that my students will initiate technology uses as they create their own learning experiences learning together.
According to The Levels of Technology Implementation (LoTi) Framework by Dr. Chris Moersch, I am not near as advanced as the other scales. I am in level 3 – Infusion stage. Students use digital tools and resources to carry out my teacher-directed tasks that emphasize higher levels of student processing. The higher levels in 4 Integration are 4a-Mechanical and 4b- Routine. They both involve students being engaged in exploring real-world issues and solving authentic problems. Then 5- Expansion involves collaborations with other diverse groups. Finally 6- Refinement involves instruction curriculum to be ENTIRELY learner-based. I have mixed feeling on the final level of instruction being entirely learner-based. I feel that there needs to be a balance. Some students benefit and need that direct instruction from teachers.
According to the NETS-Teachers Rubrics, I could be categorized about the same as the other rubrics, levels, scales, etc. I am the upper half, but still have a long way to go. I hope to move up on the scales throughout this course and learn new ideas to actually use in my classroom. I already use delicious.com daily now.
I plan to improve my implementing technology into my classroom by learning and applying my knowledge from this course. I plan to try my best to learn new advancements in technology and carry them over into my classroom. I most need to improve on inquiry based learning with technology to organize and synthesize information. I hope to learn new ideas in this technology course to implement into my curriculum that foster the inquiry-project-based learning method while incorporating technology at the same time.
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