Standards+Reflections

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//__Standard 1: Educational Technology Facilitators demonstrate an in-depth understanding of technology operations and concepts.__// I believe this standard will be easier and easier for future facilitators to master because soon digital natives will serve the roll of facilitator. Even though they may begin with a high understanding of technology, they will have to constantly stay on top of the field just as today's facilitators do.====== //__Standard 2: Educational Technology Facilitators plan, design, and model effective learning environments and multiple experiences supported by technology.__// I believe modeling is the most important part of this standard because teachers can be shown different technology applications but if they do not know how to effectively incorporate them into the classroom, the applications will not serve their purpose. Personally, planning and designing the experiences for the teachers would be the most difficult part for me if I were a facilitator. I know that I will have to do lots of research to be comfortable in front of the teachers I would be helping. I plan on getting together with specific departments and possibly certain subject teachers to introduce them to technology applications that will benefit their specific subject instead of having a mass staff development and hoping that someone is able to use it. What I would like to do is figure out a subject that is taught during the 1st six weeks and develop a lesson using technology. I will introduce this to the teachers this spring and then they will have something to use when school starts- maybe even the first week of school when things could not be more hectic for teachers. I believe a smaller group will allow me to reach teachers more effectively.

WEEK 2- //__Standard 3: Educational Technology Facilitators apply and implement curriculum plans that include methods and strategies for utilizing technology to maximize student learning.__// As I stated in my embedded assignment reflection, I believe this is the main role of a technology facilitator. I feel this can be a challenge because it requires a pretty substantial knowledge of every subject but many technology tools can be adapted across the curriculum. Facilitators can help teachers see that technology tools should be part of the curriculum instead of separate. The easiest way to maximize student learning is to differentiate instruction and technology is one of the easiest ways to do this. Most learning impairments can be positively served by incorporating technology.

__//Standard 4: Educational technology facilitators apply technology to facilitate a variety of effective assessment and evaluation strategies.//__ With the ever increasing focus on test scores, improving assessment strategies through technology should be a focus of all educators but I do not think many teachers see the connections between the two. Finding different ways to evaluate student learning goes hand in hand with differentiating instruction so facilitators could not be more needed to the classroom teacher.