Technology+Facilitator+Standard+III

= Teaching, Learning, and the Curriculum =

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Technology facilitator standard III deals with an educational technology leader’s ability to lead model, design, and disseminate plans that include methods and strategies for applying technology to maximize student learning( "ISTE | Technology Leadership," n.d., para. 1). Before I began the program here at Lamar, teachers with technology questions constantly approached me, mostly because I am a technology teacher. One of the most profound changes that have occurred during the program is that the courses have broadened my knowledge of available curriculum tools and technologies. The more knowledge I have gained the better able I have been in aiding not only teachers from other curriculum I have been able to enhance the learning experiences of students in my subject group. I trained my peers in integrating ExamView online test generator with classjump.com an online class website to post our reviews for the finals online, as well as the final exams.(TF-III.A.1) This eliminated the need to make 1200 copies of the review and final and allowed students to study from home or any web enabled device to prepare for the final exam. One outstanding benefit of moving our examination online it that it allowed for Spanish speaking students to use a Spanish webpage translator to translate the test into their native language for review and assessment, and students with vision limitations could resize the text to fit their needs in a way that is extremely difficulty to accommodate in print format. (TF-III.A.2, and TF-III.B.1).

During the summer I taught a two week course online using Schoology.com. This format allowed students to work from home and accommodated seniors who just needed this class to graduate, but had already began working for the summer. (TF-III.A.6, TF-III.D.1, and TF-III.E.1) Due to the condensed time frame, I turned to technology to aid me. For example, one student objective is to create a research paper. I researched and found several tools, that the student could use now and in the future in college to aid them in performing this task. There are online templates available from //office.microsft.com//, //bibme.com// is a great online citation tool, and the Perdue Owl website. (TF-III.A.4) Several students stated “Why can’t the regular class be like this straight forward, why were we creating everything from scratch if there are examples online?” (TF-III.C.1)The truth I found is that we can continue to beat our heads against the wall trying to teach students to do thing our way, or we can train them in the tools to get it done.

References ISTE | Technology Leadership Standards. (n.d.). //International Society for Technology in Education | Home//. Retrieved July 22, 2010, from http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/NETS/ForTechnologyFacilitatorsandLeaders/Technology_Leadership_Standards.htm#Teach